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herrsharky1 t1_jdw645v wrote
Reply to comment by icarealot420 in Microsoft says its new version of Teams is twice as fast by Puginator
Sorry it doesn't work like that. Now it's twice as many clicks to close.
Marchello_E t1_jdw4dqm wrote
Reply to comment by __-___--- in Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence can attack humans by ethereal3xp
Many people are already proxies; look at the storming of the US Capitol, or Brexit, Russian propaganda, or advertisement in general. Are those who get manipulated to blame, or the one doing the manipulation?
okvrdz t1_jdw41aq wrote
Reply to comment by HTC864 in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol
I remember when best web practices were a thing. One of the sacred ones was to not use pop-ups. You could find them in tabloids and other low-level websites of the kind. Forward 15 years to today and now even the most prestigious websites do it. I’d say that’s a good example.
PitterPatter12345678 t1_jdw3wwz wrote
The article may be repetitive, but poor writing shouldn't obscure the fact being reported. Which is 100 % true by the way.
Marchello_E t1_jdw3ujt wrote
Reply to comment by fitzroy95 in Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence can attack humans by ethereal3xp
Yes, but the real question is: Who is to blame, who is thrown in jail, who get a fine?
Is Elon Musk to blame for the update? Is the bank to blame for allowing these online transactions.
The question is: is the person who instructed the AI to blame because the AI doesn't actually understand the implications of what it is doing, or is the actual AI to blame yet what happens to those who instructed the AI, or what if the AI is "glitching"?
BrownMan65 t1_jdw2y0h wrote
Reply to comment by Comfortable_Excuse41 in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
>When Sirisena took office, Sri Lanka owed more to Japan, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank than to China. Of the $4.5 billion in debt service Sri Lanka would pay in 2017, only 5 percent was because of Hambantota.
Are you just knowingly not reading the article or the parts that I quoted? You're seriously mad at China for loaning money at a lower interest rate than every other country that loaned them money? Also their total debt to China is less than every other country. It's so obvious that you're just looking for any reason to hate on China instead of actual dealing with reality.
brianfree123 t1_jdw2cth wrote
Teams sucks. Skype worked better.
B33f-Supreme t1_jdw2c3t wrote
This is a predictable result of tech monopolies that has already been given a helpful name:
icarealot420 t1_jdw2bk6 wrote
now i can ignore Teams twice as fast.
Comfortable_Excuse41 t1_jdw296g wrote
Reply to comment by BrownMan65 in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
China knowingly lent money to a country who the had the in abilities to payback. I wonder how they got the hambo port
MajesticWaterBuffalo t1_jdw1oxs wrote
Reply to comment by VincentNacon in GrapheneOS: Why I ditched Google for a privacy-focused Pixel ROM by ProgsRS
It's the combination of the Pixel hardware, and that Google allows you to lock the bootloader with a custom ROM installed.
cottesloe t1_jdw19lt wrote
This seems does not seem press release worthy. While valuable, I am not sure 99.9% of Teams users give a damn.
justnews_app t1_jdw02mp wrote
Yeah! Shorter meetings!
Or not fast in that way?
SAGreer t1_jdvykkm wrote
Reply to comment by SAGreer in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol
My query was:
Summarize the article at
BrownMan65 t1_jdvyeg1 wrote
Reply to comment by Comfortable_Excuse41 in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
>Our research shows that Chinese banks are willing to restructure the terms of existing loans and have never actually seized an asset from any country, much less the port of Hambantota.
>In Hambantota, instead of waiting for phase 1 of the port to generate revenue as the Ramboll team had recommended, Mahinda Rajapaksa pushed ahead with phase 2, transforming Hambantota into a container port. In 2012, Sri Lanka borrowed another $757 million from China Eximbank, this time at a reduced, post-financial-crisis interest rate of 2 percent. Rajapaksa took the liberty of naming the port after himself.
>When Sirisena took office, Sri Lanka owed more to Japan, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank than to China. Of the $4.5 billion in debt service Sri Lanka would pay in 2017, only 5 percent was because of Hambantota.
Yes. The current state of Sri Lanka is due to shitty leadership and even shittier loans from basically everyone but China.
SAGreer t1_jdvye6y wrote
Reply to comment by MrSrsen in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol
Wow - I had never done that before. It’s pretty wild.
Here’s the summary I got:
The article discusses how the tech industry's drive to optimize engagement and revenue is causing harm to users and the internet as a whole. It argues that tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are among the worst offenders, using manipulative design tactics and invasive data collection to keep users hooked and maximize profits. The article suggests that the tech industry needs to prioritize ethical design principles and user privacy to prevent further damage to the internet and its users.
[deleted] t1_jdvy9jr wrote
Reply to comment by Khoza604 in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
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basshead17 t1_jdvy19x wrote
Just don't pay attention to how much memory it consumes
leaky_wand t1_jdvxuy0 wrote
Reply to Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Bi-Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread by veritanuda
What are the most active subreddits for AI specifically? I find myself looking for updates in this one and Futurology but I am sure I am missing out on some of the deeper discussions.
MrSrsen t1_jdvxhvv wrote
Reply to comment by SAGreer in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol
I provided the text with a request to get a summary. Try it yourself. It is very easy.
Comfortable_Excuse41 t1_jdvxfc9 wrote
Reply to comment by BrownMan65 in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
Does the address the current state of Sri Lanka
SAGreer t1_jdvx8l2 wrote
Reply to comment by MrSrsen in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol
Can you explain the process you used to get that summary generated?
TheDryMoistTowelett t1_jdvx0ha wrote
Reply to comment by allegate in Microsoft says its new version of Teams is twice as fast by Puginator
I do it all the time. I don’t think it’s a setting, for me the meeting is its own window. You may just have to try to open teams while you are in a meeting?
KazakiLion t1_jdvwucy wrote
Reply to comment by Few-Lemon8186 in Microsoft says its new version of Teams is twice as fast by Puginator
They moved from Electron to Microsoft’s Edge WebView2 technology. The big performance gains came from finishing their migration from Angular to React (only needing to load / manage one primary framework), and refactoring that old code with an eye towards performance as they went. Still not native unfortunately.
Frymewitheggs t1_jdw68s1 wrote
Reply to NASA delays Boeing Starliner's debut crewed voyage by Loki-L
Did they fix the leaky pipes yet?