Indeed. I was expecting a two-week “calm before the storm” at this point, as the protest blackout ended but the API was not yet removed. But the protest continued and Reddit keeps stirring the pot. Interesting times.
I know that in the end Reddit will be able to brute-force themselves a “win”, but if the Fediverse gets a nice solid critical mass of users as a result then I think Reddit’s destined for a long decline.
Even better is to post the text of paywalled articles so people without access can still read them.
Even if Twitter and Reddit don’t completely crash like Digg did, making them “just one among several” will be a good thing in the long run. They’ll actually have competition for a change.
Crypto is decentralized, though. It’s an honest way of describing it. I think that more to blame are the specific crypto users who gave it a “bad name” with their shenanigans and equally the people who took that as an excuse to dump on crypto in general.
Didn’t they say that they were planning to no longer release new “versions” per se, but just keep on updating the existing operating system indefinitely? Perhaps they had the bad luck to start that strategy with one of the bad releases.
If the technology was to become widespread it would have to do better than “silly digital ski goggles” anyway. I wear glasses, I wouldn’t mind slightly bulkier glasses if in exchange I can get a heads-up display telling me what the name of that person who’s greeting me that I should totally know the name of but have forgotten right now.
Indeed. As much as the changes that have been made and will be made to Reddit over the years are appalling, it’s not the fault of the workers in the trenches. They get their directions from on high.
Yes, I am aware. I said:
ChatGPT is good when I’m brainstorming random ideas - it’s important to bear in mind that it makes crap up, but sometimes that’s what I’m after.
Sometimes I want it to be making stuff up that sounds legit, that’s exactly what I’m after. The legitness is the important part, the accuracy is secondary. Sometimes I provide it with all the facts up front and just want it to rewrite them for me.
Don’t use it in court. That’s not what it’s for. It’s for other things.
I still use Google when I’m wanting to find a particular website, but ChatGPT is definitely nibbling at the use cases. ChatGPT is good when I’m brainstorming random ideas - it’s important to bear in mind that it makes crap up, but sometimes that’s what I’m after. If accuracy is important I can double-check it afterward.
Bing was looking like it might take over from Google for me, but in recent weeks something changed and I started not liking it any more. I would ask it for something and it would always do a websearch and seemingly base its answer entirely on whatever website it first found. That results in it giving a lot of “I don’t know the answer…” responses when I know that the answers are really out there. If Bing’s going to act as the “I feel lucky” button on Google then there’s not much value in it. Maybe they’ll fix it.
Depends on the details of the splintering, for me. The Fediverse seems like a good way to splinter - everything’s free and open, but there are shared protocols that allow for interoperability and discoverability.
You don’t get to be that rich by paying bills.