themachinestops

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Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Me too. They actually made stop being lazy and make a full automated server specifically for this. Netflix was awful too with the buffering.

Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service in c/[email protected]
Should I read the Tempest? in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I honestly don't like romance, but I liked Romeo and Juliet. So I guess it depends on the story, but I mainly lean towards sci-fi and fantasy.

Some books read: Animal Farm, The Machine Stops, Around the world in 80 Days, And The hunger games book 1.

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Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service (techcrunch.com)
No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This might actually make people move to Lemmy nice.

Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 1 points 1 week ago

Even if they gave half of their fortune they will still be rich, but no we need 9 yachts and private islands.

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No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online (www.eff.org)
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If they doing this might as well ban books also for harmful content to children:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

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Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams (www.notebookcheck.net)
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https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/50822969

Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 59 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Mozilla does it again, adding useless crap.

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HBO Max’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Will Start in Earnest in September (www.thewrap.com)
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 1 points 1 week ago

There are worse people who didn't go to jail: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-pfas-settlement-water-chemical-contamination

These days all companies got to do is pay a fine.

Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 2 points 1 week ago

We are living in a Brave New World.

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal in c/[email protected]
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose (www.npr.org)
OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 2 points 1 week ago

I think humanity is heading in the wrong direction with AI:

https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-confessions-gone-they-are

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ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not ! (www.digitaldigging.org)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agrok.com%2Fshare

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Are u sure? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
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Scratches (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online in c/[email protected]
[–] themachinestops 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This falls on the parents instead because of dumb laws every one has to deal with this, I just hope that not all countries are this insane:

users in the UK have had to take photos of themselves and upload it to a service that uses AI to guess their age. Or, send in photos of ID such as passports or driving licenses.

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Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online (rockstarintel.com)
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Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines (techcrunch.com)
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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Achatgpt.com%2Fshare

Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more in c/[email protected]
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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand (www.pcgamer.com)
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Statement: https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/august/clarifying-recent-headlines-on-gaming-content.html

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.

Our payment network follows standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

Media contact

Seth Eisen

[email protected]

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GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorship (www.avclub.com)
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