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bobsoap commented on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla manualdousuario.net/en/mo... · Posted by u/rpgbr

netsharc · 4 months ago

Every time I update Google Photos on Android, it asks me "Photos backup is turned off! Turn it on? [so you use up your 15 GB included storage and buy more for a subscription fee?]".

bobsoap · 4 months ago

Every time I open Google Photos, it does this. Every single time. It's insanely hostile.

bobsoap commented on Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com firefox.com... · Posted by u/pentagrama

everfree · 7 months ago

Chrome = Google.com

Edge = Microsoft.com

Safari = Apple.com

Seems like Firefox is now the outlier, not the other way around.

Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name.

(Note: I’m not saying that I think it’s a bad thing.)

bobsoap · 7 months ago

That may be, but mozilla.org isn't exactly a brand like google.com. Most people have never heard of it.

If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.

bobsoap commented on Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com firefox.com... · Posted by u/pentagrama

bobsoap · 7 months ago

Finally! No more "You know, you should really get Firefox, it's super easy. First you need to go to this other website though. Yes, I know, I know. Just trust me, okay?"

bobsoap commented on Redis is open source again antirez.com/news/151... · Posted by u/antirez

c0l0 · a year ago

I contributed a minor (but imho still neat :p) improvement to Redis under its original license, and personally moved to using redict when the unexpected license change to SSPL was announced - and I was feeling betrayed as a contributor to a properly-FOSS-codebase. (Had they switched to AGPL right away, I'd have been perfectly fine with that change from a moral perspective, ftr.)

I have a great deal of respect for antirez and recgnize him as a kind and benevolent member of the FOSS community, but no matter what Redis, Inc. announced or does, they have lost my trust for good, and I will continue to use Redis forks for as long as they exist.

bobsoap · a year ago

I agree. That ship has sailed, at least for the foreseeable future. We switched to Valkey and it's our choice for a couple upcoming projects as well. To switch back now after this whole ordeal would make no sense at all.

bobsoap commented on 2025 Recession Indicators Hit Fashion and Wall Street at Once marieclaire.com/fashion/r... · Posted by u/herbertl

tmpz22 · a year ago

> every economic headwind imaginable.

Freaking what? Are they food insecure? Facing a military onslaught. Come on.

bobsoap · a year ago

Not OP, but a) "to them", and b) I would add that they are being nudged - ever so slightly - to believe in an exaggeration of the facts.

bobsoap commented on U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat theatlantic.com/politics/... · Posted by u/_tk_

matt3210 · a year ago

Who really believes this isn't an intentional "leak".

bobsoap · a year ago

To what end? To gain a casus belli for a terminal crackdown on the "woke" press?

I mean, if something is imaginable, there's a chance it is indeed so, but still - this would be on a whole other level.

bobsoap commented on Scheming reasoning evaluations – o1 results apolloresearch.ai/researc... · Posted by u/amrrs

bobsoap · a year ago

In other words, the AI does exactly as instructed, including resorting to deception, to self-preserve, so it can carry out its assigned task. It quite literally does what it was told to do. Lacking a foundational ethical core, lying is acceptable.

bobsoap commented on "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" – Irwin Shaw (1939) classicshorts.com/stories... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

acchow · 2 years ago

HN Sundays is a bit of a subculture within a subculture.

bobsoap · 2 years ago

Especially on a Monday.

bobsoap commented on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO twitter.com/openai/status... · Posted by u/staranjeet

bobsoap · 2 years ago

Someone was very quick to update Bret Taylor's Wikipedia page:

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

> On November, 21st, 2023, Bret Taylor replaced Greg Brockman as the chairman of OpenAI.

...with three footmark "sources" that all point to completely unrelated articles about Bret from 2021-2022.

bobsoap commented on Google Calendar down – 500 error calendar.google.com/... · Posted by u/antoineaugusti

bobsoap · 2 years ago

Fun: the title tag says "Error 500 (Server Error)!!1"

Haven't seen that meme in a while.

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