There’s nothing that could possibly go wrong with this strategy. 😂
Avid Amoeba
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It’s great but that fan is an overkill. 😂
According to my observations, the Fediverse grows whenever people look for alternative. People do that whenever their comfort is disturbed by material changes. E.g. Reddit gated app APIs, people’s apps started shutting down, protest ensued, it failed, people looked for an alternative, many joined Lemmy as the obvious one. That created one of the largest spikes in active usage. There were others following that. There are network effects keeping people where they are unless there’s a significant force pushing them to overcome that. And so I think the Fediverse would grow the same way it’s grown so far. By being here for people whenever they can’t say or read something the way they were previously able to, as corporations enshittify to profit maximize. You even see them doing that themselves, with Bluesky for example, where they built an alternative that pretends to be federated in order to capture refugees. But Bluesky is inevitably going to get fucked too and since it’s federated in pretense only, there isn’t another instance to take over. I think the process is similar to Linux adoption. It was always there, chugging along for people looking for alternatives. It hasn’t stopped growing. It hasn’t exploded but we’re not complaining about where we are, are we.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motionEnglish31·4 days agoAt this point all the arguments about what nefarious could they possibly do with the data are busted. They answer is - our imagination and access to information is not rich enough to figure out today and it’s probably worse than what we can think of.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motionEnglish7·5 days agoFaraday cage or bust.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•PSA: Stop Using These Fire-Prone Anker Power Banks Right NowEnglish31·5 days agoIssuing recalls - a sign of how big Anker has gotten.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'English21·8 days agoThis is the material explanation. They expect increased productivity and therefore higher output and therefore higher profits from the same workforce. Not necessarily to downsize. Downsizing or upsizing would be dictated by a combination of the realized productivity gains and the uptake of their products by the market.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'English5·8 days agoWhy would they do that? If they’re making better quarterly results by listening to Wall St, that’s what the system tells them to do.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startupEnglish11·8 days agoSeeking profit above all else isn’t human nature. Humans have lived and still live in societies that don’t do this. The socioeconomic system that we find ourselves in currently in a large part of the world does put profit above all else. But this system is just one iteration of how we live. And even it has changed over time where it has gotten worse over the last 50 years. It too would change and likely be replaced by another in the long run. Many believe that would be some form of socialism. Or we could go largely extinct before we abandon it. A better world is possible though.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Google is launching Offerwall, A new tool for publishers/websites to paywall their content.English14·9 days agoMy first thought.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish2·14 days agoI understand completely what you’re saying and I have considered it. I just don’t believe we’ll ever get to the point where a fully automated system produces all necessary goods for high standard of living without human labour required. Worse, even if we get to the point where significantly less labour is required, history informs us that the unemployed would very likely revolt and take power through violence. Especially because we won’t be able to go from the status quo to a state where we neutralize revolting people automatically in a short enough time frame for people to be caught by surprise and unable to revolt. Not to mention that a part of such a revolt would likely include the stoppage of work by people who work on, maintain and operate the automation. I think the most likely scenario as we go down this path would be the formation of militant labour unions that take power back from the rich and steer automation into producing for the majority. Whether we go away from capitalism through this change or reshape it, I don’t have a guess.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish12·14 days agoThe rich are only rich because the money they possess can be exchanged directly or indirectly for people’s labour. Without it, the money is valueless and the rich cease to be. It’s also one reason why labour strikes are so effective and the rich have had to create militias to prevent them.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace YouEnglish13·15 days agoPlot twist: board replaces the whole exec layer with CEO AI, keeps the difference, gives nothing to the employees, line goes up, employees now threatened both at the top and the bottom of the ladder, work-work!
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act NowEnglish18·16 days agoIs this real? The article gives no concrete details.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auctionEnglish2·19 days agoI’ve no idea to be honest.
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auctionEnglish421·19 days agoYes, and the workers risk nothing, or something like that, I’m told. 😂
Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auctionEnglish2222·19 days agoStart company.
Run it into the ground.
Go bankrupt.
Buy it back.
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Use low power radio like ZigBee or Z-Wave, exclusively, unless you have a good reason to trust the device.