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mystcb commented on Amazon Nova   aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/... · Posted by u/scbenet
andrewstuart · 9 months ago
It's not clear what the use cases are for this, who is it aimed at.
mystcb · 9 months ago
I'd say, people that need it. Which could be the same for all the other models out there.

To create one model that is great at everything is probably a pipedream. Much like creating a multi-tool that can do everything- but can it? I wouldn't trust a multi-tool to take a wheel nut off a wheel, but I would find it useful if I suddenly needed a cross-head screw taken out of something.

But then I also have a specific crosshead screwdriver that is good at just taking out cross-head screws.

Use the right tool for the right reason. In this case, there maybe a legal reason why someone might need to use it. It might be that this version of a model can create something better that another model can't. It might be that for cost reasons you are within AWS, that it makes sense to use a model at the cheaper cost than say something else.

So yeah, I am sure it will be great for some people, and terrible for others... just the way things go!

mystcb commented on macOS Sequoia is available today   apple.com/newsroom/2024/0... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
gorkish · a year ago
Do you still have to quit and restart the entire application after you give the permission? Holy shit mac users are gonna become a meme in meetings.

MacOS is turning into quite the poo log lately. I respect that Apple has every right to completely destroy the legacy of the Macintosh, but they are slow playing it so that it's just a little bit better than the alternatives. The end result is my life gets just a little bit more difficult with every release.

I feel like the freaking frog on the stove while the water slowly heats up. When is it time to jump out?

mystcb · a year ago
> Do you still have to quit and restart the entire application after you give the permission?

The funny thing about this, even on Sonoma - I could click the button to allow it, when it said "restart app" I closed the box (or clicked cancel), and it worked anyway. Specifically, I noticed it more on things like Teams/Zoom where I was doing a screen share, it just "worked" - no need to restart the entire application.

mystcb commented on Spotify won't open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process   arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/nickthegreek
eurleif · a year ago
Stadia controllers got to be reflashed as standard Bluetooth controllers. I still use mine.
mystcb · a year ago
Refreshed before typing this because I realised someone might have beaten me to it! - But that's a big difference here - even though the service is gone, you got the refund and still a usable device as a controller out of it...

Spotify has taken something that could be used generically too, and just decided to brick it.

Insert something about product and consumers and how its all just some big money game or something somewhere :D

mystcb commented on Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores   gizmodo.com/amazon-report... · Posted by u/walterbell
liampulles · a year ago
I don't live in a country with anything like this sort of retail experience, but I feel like there is a middle-ground approach which is a fast self-checkout with async payment. Maybe even just dumping your cart on a conveyer and letting the products be scanned in a more controlled environment, or even just QR code stickers.
mystcb · a year ago
Uniqlo has something similar to this - they use RFID's on their stock so you can dump it into a bucket at the self-checkout, and it scans everything immediately [1]. You still have someone pop over to check if you are OK, but it is a lot quicker than self-scan or usually waiting for someone.

[1] https://www.rfidcard.com/uniqlo-has-rolled-out-rfid-technolo...

mystcb commented on Dropbox: How to opt out of 3rd party AI partner access to your Dropbox   twitter.com/Werner/status... · Posted by u/tosh
toyg · 2 years ago
I'm in UK and I also don't have it.

I suspect there is a Great Deal of Precautionary Rationale (eh) protecting the Eurosphere from the worst privacy abuses.

mystcb · 2 years ago
Oddly enough, I am in the UK - and I do have it, but it was already turned off when I went there. I wonder if things have changed, or there are some canary releases of the box... or am I just completely unaware my account isn't considered a UK-based account?

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