direct, non-AMP link https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr431lr72jo

tablets (especially ones that could be flashed with Linux, i.e. not iPads) are way less common than smartphones, so you get fewer devices to choose from for testing, fewer users who can run it, report bugs, and support the project, and less interest in general.

“oh neat, the scorpion is paying me to carry it through the river!”

the creator delayed the launch because he had to write the legalese for the service, and on top of that I think he’s waiting for the app stores to approve the app (the service isn’t available through a browser).

he mentioned in the past that the videos will be automatically deleted after some period of time, so that should make the storage situation a little bit more manageable.

At what price point would this device be useful?

given that it’s horribly bad at what it claims to do and was a fire risk? not even a zero point.

I remember reading about Samsung TVs looking for unprotected WiFi networks, so even if you don’t give it your network details, it’ll connect to your neighbour’s if it’s not password-protected.

Discourse has got an ActivityPub plugin, but the forum owner needs to explicitly add it to their forum.

you can click on the posted URL and read it yourself. it’s free!

being able to sort saved posts into categories was my favourite Reddit Gold feature.

the fate worse than quenching.

and now I’m imagining Siri speaking in a very high-pitched voice.

It’s not terrible

it sucks at summarising information, though https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-worse-summarising-information-humans-government-trial/

Invidious or Piped are great options, that also let you hide all the distractions like suggested videos, the toxic dumpster fire that’s the comments section, and so on. Piped even implements SponsorBlock.

!lemmyapps@lemmy.world

well, technically /r/lounge has been a paid subreddit, as it requires a Premium subscription to access

…I’ll be in my bunk

also Glaze turns out to be not as effective as initially thought https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/glaze-a-tool-protecting-artists-from-ai-bypassed-by-attack-as-demand-spikes/

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.

and neither does reddit’s own search tool

the repliest of guys