Please, people, don’t discuss the new polygraph as if it were more real than the old one. They are both tools, but, also, they are first both lies. It’s just a guess, but I believe there’s probably someone at every stage of the implementation saying it doesn’t quite work like that or that it doesn’t work at all. But who cares? The product they are selling is justifiable exploitation.
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World News@beehaw.org•Condom prices could rise 30% due to Iran war, says world’s top producer Karex
4·20 days agoThis is the first time I had to consider that condoms made of natural rubber is not the norm everywhere.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use
5·20 days agoThere’ll be people that see this as a good thing and not exploitative at all. We are absolutely too used to the people above taking two kidneys and forcing us to pay for the life support they provide that them asking kindly for just one kidney feels OK.
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Technology@beehaw.org•User anger as Amazon ends support for some older Kindles
35·1 month agoKay said she was also concerned about the presence of adverts on some newer, discounted Kindle devices, and how these might alter the reading experience.
Some people still insist you have options and that the market change because of organic choice. You don’t and it doesn’t. Companies are subtle and gently guide you to where they want when it works. When it doesn’t, they push you while thanking you for your support.
To offer some perspective. The Linux kernel will now stop supporting a CPU from 1989.
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World News@beehaw.org•Swiss e-vote snafu leaves 2,048 ballots unreadable
1·2 months agoI believe what you want is the part called “autenticidade”, which is a test to check that the votes inputted are the ones registered.
It’s the official government site from Brazil in Portuguese.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
4·2 months agoThe secret is going beyond making logical sense to regular people. How does an executive can make it look like their job matters? By offering solutions to problems that don’t exist. They can just pay someone to manipulate numbers and have accomplishments on their résumé.
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Technology@beehaw.org•(Meta) What about technology satire or funny pieces?
3·3 months agoIf not here, I don’t know where. If you don’t understand the technology is being overhyped, it’s just a silly joke that doesn’t reflect reality.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal
2·4 months agoI’m sorry to jump in out of nowhere, but this argument can be used against your top comment in this thread. Some people listen to single tracks, others to whole albums. Am I missing something? I thought you two were just comparing points of view, not trying to decide who was right.
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World News@beehaw.org•UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
5·1 year agoPlease, don’t take this to a private conversation if it’s not a private matter. The topic you were discussing would benefit others and being open offers the chance for someone to jump in with a unique perspective.
Now, about the way you expressed your opinion on the assault received. I don’t have a degree in psychology, but I believe you shouldn’t so nonchalantly analyse someone’s behavior after just one interaction and you definitely shouldn’t treat it with levity (“to die on”). Also, personally, I think you should only advise people to seek help when it’s for their on benefit, not because you don’t approve their behavior. You might have had the best intentions, but the language you use is important.
You didn’t ask the same thing.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
2·1 year agoI’m very sorry for you. People might not realize how traumatizing having to deal with it can be. It definitely shouldn’t be the responsibility of people without proper support or training.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Like to drive fast? Virginia has an anti-speeding device for you.
12·1 year agoI’m pretty sure this is one freedom US people won’t let technology take away in the name of safety and ease of use. The roads and the culture are the problem. You can go fast and people will say going as fast as you can the whole time is the right way to drive.
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Technology@beehaw.org•EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow AirDrop alternatives - GSMArena.com news
8·1 year agoHeadphone manufacturers need access to system functionalities such as proximity auto-pairing and automatic audio switching.
If Apple were a restaurant, they wouldn’t provide tableware for free and would charge you for bringing your own while tying one of your hands behind your back.
Hey, as long as the competition is reasonable, you can be as unreasonable as you want and say the customer has options. Curious they never say their customers appreciate what they do as a defense.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Games can no longer use virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases in the European Union
2·1 year agoConsidering you can’t sell platinum for money, you could add complexity by converting it to another currency when exchanging hands. No value lost, exact same ratio. You buy platinum, you spend it on the store or it decays when you give it to another player. Platinum carries real world value, decayed doesn’t. Would that work? The only reason for doing that would be to obfuscate the fact platinum has real world value. The players being constantly aware of the fact might mess with the economy.
Honestly, their monetization is really something I could never criticize.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says
6·1 year agoMy cynical take is that Facebook wants the money from ads target at children, but not the responsibility of vetting the apps they might download because the trust the platform they are in. Google and Apple just want to pass the responsibility to developers and create laws that punish them for misusing tools they want to provide so other people deal with the complaints.
Still being cynical. It’s not that big corporations can’t do anything. They just can’t do anything without using their own money.
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Technology@beehaw.org•OpenAI calls for US government to codify 'fair use' for AI training
3·1 year agoThe conflict that people that hate both copyright and exploitative AI had just got resolved. It’s nothing new, but I still get surprised by how shameless the justifications can be.
“Your honor, if I hadn’t stole all that money, I couldn’t be investing to make myself more money. Think about it, it was so much that I had to hire people to help me, so I created jobs.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•US Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google
1·1 year agoGoogle control the browser most people use and that browser could be defaulted to use a different search engine, which controls what you see when you have a question. They can take control from google and allow a real ally to buy it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits [404 Media]
7·1 year agoI think that is a little backwards thinking. Common folk are at these events taking the pictures. Common folk are producing high quality content. I’m pretty sure the celebrities themselves wouldn’t have as much information on their peers as the collective of researchers do. Far from mere spectators.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
5·1 year agoIt wasn’t true. I wasn’t even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don’t care. I put an edit above now.








It’s weird that they describe complex situations and then call it simple. I can also say I can create light with the press of a button and pretend it’s not just a trigger that depends on prepared terrain.