flop_leash_973

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Nothing teaches you what the documentation says like plowing ahead without reading it, fucking something up badly, having to crawl back to the documentation hat in hand and actually read it.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I find that Apple supports their software and services on platforms they don't own cradle to grave while holding their nose, seemingly just so they can say they are available on other platforms. And catch a few bucks from people that don't have their hardware but really want to watch Ted Lasso and the like legally on their Android/Roku/Fire TV device.

Sure, it technically works, but like you have seen it is clearly a very distant afterthought.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

An Idiot Abroad

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because nothing endears your platform to users like throwing ads in their face during the high points of whatever they are watching.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yet more evidence that the smartest thing you can do if the game comes from a AAA studio is hold off on buying it for 6-12 months.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I listened to one recently that was using AI. It was kind of off putting because of how robotic it came off.

It wasn't the tone really, but I find that AI tends to not get human speech inflections right most of the time during active speech. And that can be jarring to me at least.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

And no one that has an option should take them up on those job offers.

They have shown what they will do again as soon as they think AI gets good enough.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Finally, a new phone that JerryRigEverything is probably going to be able to snap in half with ease.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Open a Grindr account using his profile picture.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Advertising as a concept is not bad. But given the realities of capitalism, the greedy executive and shareholders can never resist the easy money. As a result anything that implements ads will eventually be completely overrun and ruined by them. Might take a year, might take 10, but once that door is opened it is inevitable.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It is amazing how much "crazy" mirrors rule 34. If you can think it up, someone has a conspiracy theory about how it is being used to harm or control the general public.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

lol, Jesus. It is like what a screen writer would come up with for a movie that contained a terrible company run by terrible people doing stuff so outlandishly terrible everyone watching would think "the absurdity of the terrible is how you know it is made up".

 

If its not more blatant ways to display ads or AI Google isn't working on anything it would seem.

 

As if those AI overviews weren't already useless enough.

 

It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

 

Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

Edit/update from 9to5google so this post does not spread what is apparently inaccurate information: https://9to5google.com/2024/07/08/google-maps-pop-up-quick-detour-ad/

 

It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

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