other_cat
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other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Colorado Open Source Exemption Could Save Linux From Age Verification RulesEnglish
2·5 days agoNot to mention the federal level bill that is so sweeping it applies to virtually everything.
This specific joke format is one of my favorites.
other_cat@piefed.zipOPto
Games@sh.itjust.works•News About Developer Ponco (of Vampire Survivors fame)English
2·10 days agoIt feels a bit alarming but the article says the teams are “very small.” I’m not sure how small, but if it’s like 50 people total spread out in 3-4 man teams, and assuming they aren’t sinking money into physical workspaces, that isn’t so bad. We just don’t have enough information to really know what this means fiscally, I’m afraid.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real TimeEnglish
1·10 days agoSuddenly reminded of an article I saw from like… TEN years ago talking about anti-surveillance makeup and haircuts. It was just like painting block shapes in multiple colors on your face haha.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real TimeEnglish
2·10 days agoMy thoughts were that now they can ID people tagged as “dissenters” to widen the net.
I also find it strange that they don’t have anything to show to the public, like, at all. Not of the new game or the remaster. Also makes me nervous.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•PlayStation is planning to add age verification to its consolesEnglish
1·11 days agoWhile I don’t entirely disagree, I also think the amount may be a bit more than you think. Just to go off of the backlash Discord faced forcing them to wait a few months in hopes nobody will care later. If absolutely nobody was against it for them, they wouldn’t have bothered with even that much. Then again, that’s PC vs Console, so I’m not sure if the demographics would be drastically different.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce in May, according to reportEnglish
10·12 days agoIt’s kind of sad in hindsight. I remember around 8-10 years ago or so a conversation about unionization amongst programmers came up and almost universally the response was “lol why would I ever unionize? Just hop companies.”
Welp.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your dataEnglish
2·13 days agoReally enjoying Kvaesitso!
Hopping on this helpful and informative post to add my own tidbit: If you find you get loose eyelashes in your eyes a lot, or that they seem to curl inward and poke your eye a lot, see your optometrist about the possibility of blepharitis–a chronic inflammation of the eyelids. It’s a lifelong condition, no cure, but there is a pretty simple daily treatment and hopping on it will drastically improve your quality of life. I used to think it was normal to constantly want to rub your eyes because they itched–surprise! It’s not.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkableEnglish
1·22 days agoWhat kind of content do you watch? Some of the stuff I enjoy watching I can definitely get my fix from elsewhere (educational, food/cooking/recipes, tech news); some of it is very person-specific so I would miss out on their specific views on things but I still would have other sources to turn to if I could disregard that (essays, reviews, comedy); and some of it is like ‘well my choices are basically youtube or twitch’ (let’s plays/other video game content)
(EDIT: Reviews not News. I hate watching most news tbh.)
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•AI Company Clones Musician’s Voice, Then Copyright-Strikes Her Own SongsEnglish
3·27 days agoThis definitely has been the narrative recently. Not just from Bland Altman but also from other billionaires it seems.
I’m not sure piefed has crossposting, but feel free to do so yourself!
In their heads what they’re actually saying is ‘moral rights.’ As in “I have a moral obligation to destroy trans kids.” Everything else is, as you said, a dog whistle. But if it’s a MORAL right, then it doesn’t matter what anyone else is doing because they are wrong and an enemy.
He’s pretty active on Bluesky if you want something bad but not AS bad to follow on.
other_cat@piefed.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’English
10·2 months agoLove this but I will say that “IRL enshittification” is absolutely a thing. Just take shrinkflation for example.






Aren’t frogs turned on by anything?