Yeah, pretty sad to try and package it around morals. There were 2 dozen cataclysmic events on X since Elon walked in with the kitchen sink but THIS is the final straw. "Not my views!"
How is it a poor take? Yes that's exactly what I said to do. It's the same as Reddit, I don't read whatever garbage is on r/all, I follow specific subreddits. Honestly people should curate no matter what social media they're on and find ways to stop seeing suggested content; my Instagram shows me only people I follow too, via a third party app/mod.
This would be true if the algorithm changes were limited to for-you feeds. But the larger problem is that the set of people willing to pay for X are boosted in replies. So if that set of people, which tends towards a certain political bias, is hostile towards a poster, that poster will be driven away from posting on X.
The net result is that X shows breaking news, in the same way that the (infamous) meme of bullet holes marked on the WWII plane only shows part of the story - the people who have departed the platform aren't posting, and thus X is only breaking news from a subset of people.
This might be fine for certain types of topics. For understanding the zeitgeist on culture and politics, though, you can't filter your way towards hearing from voices that are no longer posting at all.
I don't care about culture and politics on X, in fact it is something I actively block. By discussion I mean tech news and trends, ie how is someone using the latest AI model or what new project was created, that sort of stuff. The people I follow provide me that, not politics. If you're there for politics then I agree with your point, look elsewhere.
I’d argue that learning about the effectiveness of AI models and techniques, benefits from voices with different contexts, as well as voices that may be differently aligned with bull vs. bear cases of macro AI strategy.
And those voices may be unequally represented in X for similar reasons - perhaps (somewhat) uncorrelated from politics, but simply due to the UX consequences of prioritizing commenters willing to pay the platform.
On this Instagram is far worse than X. Yeah, their suggested content rarely is the sort of thing that offends delicate sensibilities, but it is generally irrelevant slop and Meta always seems to be conspiring to trap you in it, giving you few options to remove it from your feed.
The Pi isnt a loss leader for user acquisition nor do they get to enjoy Apples economy of scale. Apple can take a small loss on this and it will still be worth it if they retain the users in their ecosystem.
Is there any evidence that’s the case? They always had massively bigger margins than all other PC manufacturers so it’s unlikely they are selling it at a loss even if’s significantly reduced
I remember reading a review of Neuromancer once, where people were making light of the thing with Linda Lee stealing Case's black-market RAM, on the basis that RAM is now a dirt-cheap commodity and not something that would hold great value.
So, youre on Microsoft then, judging by ScottPlot you write .NET desktop apps. If you use Dapper, you probably use Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, which is... distributed over NuGet and vulnerable to supply chain attack. You may not need many deps as a desktop dev. Modern day line of business apps require a lot more deps. CSVHelper, ClosedXML, AutoMapper, WebOptimizer,
NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders.
Yes less deps people need the better but it doesn't fix trhe core problem. Sharing and distrib uting code is a key tenant of being able to write modern code.
Do you need to disable biometrics if you simply reboot? my Pixel 10 Pro XL wont let me in without pin after reboot. Biometrics wont work until that first unlock.
The guidelines also say that if the border agents of China or Russia ask you point blank, to give them access. It is not worth risking your personal safety for your device. That includes your PIN and password, and in China and Russia's case, whether or not that's actually allowed by law.
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