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  1. fbern

    “I don’t fear Ken Paxton”: Nurse vows to keep shipping abortion pills to Texas

    One could go so far as to say that Republicans also don't care about the unborn, given the sad state of prenatal care and high maternal mortality when compared to other high-income nations. They could be enacting positive changes right now. But it's all lip service.
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    You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboard—here’s why

    Over the years, I have gone through mechanical keyboards from the likes of Unicomp, Matias, Das Keyboard, Logitech, Keychron, and DROP. The keyboards were good, but they ultimately left me feeling dissatisfied. That feeling persisted regardless of the keyboard layout (101, TKL, 60%) and switch...
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    Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

    Another simple answer is for these social media platforms to get hacked, resulting in either a breach of revelatory and damning internal company data or the infrastructure itself being critically damaged. Why not both? The amount of damage caused by social media to humanity far exceeds the...
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    AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

    The people: The U.S. justice system, U.S. government:
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    AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

    Good. AI companies deliberately flouted copyright laws to train their models. Now they are trying to use ignorance and play stupid to try and get away with it. This in addition to using the worn out trope of how doing anything against their interests will stifle innovation. Copyright laws...
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    Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent

    Time for Gov. Abbott to put the mounted patrols, razor wire, and floating barriers to deter the parasites from crossing the border. Or better yet: do absolutely nothing and let them run rampant. Yepp... An absolute lack of concern and sheer cruelty is more in keeping with the Texas state...
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    RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

    LOLOLOLOL!!! Now that you mention it... Yes!! But there would have be separate ones for chocolate and "pink".
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    RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

    Sometimes simplicity can be taken a bit too far, to the extent that it becomes unintuitive. That is the problem with UX design these days. Many elements are indistinguishable from each other. I guess that this is where generations of computer users differ. For example: I grew up using...
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    RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

    I wouldn't call it cute. More like generic, which is in line with UX designs of the past ten years or so. The folks at OWC designed something that more accurately represents an internal SSD : It even has a chip with their logo on it. I guess that Apple lacks the talent to come up with...
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    RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

    ... to a black rectangle. Heck, why not just turn all of the icons into colored rectangles of varying sizes? That's pretty much representative of many of the devices that we use these days.
  11. fbern

    Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

    Introducing ads will ensure that Alexa+ becomes a financial failure. It is a very dunderheaded idea. Businesses need to look to other ways of making profit. For starters: ensuring quality in their products and good customer service.
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    Doctors blast Senate bill, point out that 11.8M losing health insurance is bad

    With Republicans -- conservatives, jingoists, wingnuts, or whatever the proper term is nowadays -- every accusation that they make is an actual confession of who they are and what their actual motives are.
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    RFK Jr.‘s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions

    He did, in a way, when he and his grandchildren recently swam in a creek that is known to be contaminated with raw sewage. That apparently had no ill effect on him. Perhaps if he //did// live cleanly... now that might have a harmful effect.
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    RFK Jr.‘s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions

    ... and larger dumps with the expectation that one of them will do the job.
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    Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws

    It's become clearly apparent that for conservatives, states rights and fiscal responsibility are a matter of concern when campaigning and when liberals are in control of government.
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    Ex-FCC Chair Ajit Pai is now a wireless lobbyist—and enemy of cable companies

    One of the most punchable asinine mugs.
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    AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

    Yeah, I hear that there are is a huge demand for workers in something else. ;-)
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    AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

    Now that it is maturing and producing quality content, AI video generation will be used for legitimate and beneficial purposes. Just like the other AI tools. Right? Beyond the novelty, I look at this as another useful tool for those who engage in propaganda, extortion, and fraud, not to...
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    On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good

    I began using Skype in place of a landline for several years before it was acquired by Microsoft. The service was reliable with straightforward offerings, and the client was simple and functional. After the acquisition, Skype gradually devolved into a hot mess (in keeping with many Microsoft...
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    Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them

    One just has to listen to the criticisms and accusations that so-called conservatives (they are far from being that nowadays) make about their opponents and whatever they disagree with. Through these projections, they pretty much say who they are, what their beliefs are, and what their agenda is.