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crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you opt out of the facial scan at the airport?7·3 days agoYes, every time. Fuck that
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you had to live the rest of your life in single or triple digit temperatures which would you choose?3·4 days ago…right, and therefore triple digits. AlwaysNudeClub rise up
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify CopsEnglish65·9 days agoLmao let’s see how long it takes them to shut this down
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Dems Demand Answers from Palantir About Plans to Build IRS “Mega-Database” of American CitizensEnglish10·16 days agoIf they’re talking about it openly, I bet it already exists
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are the USA heading towards civil war?1·19 days agoEventually, yes. I do think so. Not directly from the current wave of immigration, tariffs, and other batshit crazy Trump stuff though.
The underlying wealth inequality, surveillance state, media exploitation, and corrupt politics does eventually lead to conflict though, IMO. I don’t really say a way around that, unless the fundamental access to services and “represent the people” actually becomes representing the people.
Tired exploited people with few/no recourse will take action eventually.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?English35·20 days agoLeave it at home lol
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•109 children rescued, 244 arrested in Operation Soteria Shield, exposing widespread child exploitation in North TexasEnglish4·20 days agoFunny Tim Ballard and OAR is nowhere to be seen
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all. They just memorize patterns really well.English96·25 days agoI mean… Is that not reasoning, I guess? It’s what my brain does-- recognizes patterns and makes split second decisions.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If there was any TV show that was cancelled or cut short that you could see the planned continuation/ending of, which would you choose?1·1 month agoBloodline. It was cut short, I think. They had to rewrite and compress the ending. Damn that shit was good
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Those of you that back your vehicle into parking spots, why do you do it?8·1 month agoI back into my driveway. Way I see it, I either back in or back out. So what’s the difference
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 MillionEnglish5·1 month agoSeen this like 10 years ago lol
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the USEnglish1331·1 month agoIt sounds like he thinks the word “tariff” just means “payment”. Then he follows that with “[whoever he thinks should make the payment]”. Tariff by Apple, Tariff by China, etc. Honestly. I don’t know how else you can make it make sense.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How can children be introduced to digital technology and the internet in a playful way? At what age is this appropriate? And how can this be done without exposing children to all the negative aspects?3·1 month ago“This needs a majority of other kids to also no have smartphone.”
100% agree, that’s the whole point of the organization and other orgs like it. They founded it to raise awareness and to get families to support each other. A group mindset against phones in childhood and early adolescence, which I agree is much more difficult if you’re the only one without one.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How can children be introduced to digital technology and the internet in a playful way? At what age is this appropriate? And how can this be done without exposing children to all the negative aspects?122·1 month agoDoesn’t directly answer your question but relevant:
"The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade. Let’s protect the elementary and middle school years from the distractions and the dangers of a smartphone. Banding together helps decrease the pressure to have a phone at an early age. Ten years old is the average age children get their first smartphone. You can change this!
Smartphones are distracting and potentially dangerous for children yet are widespread in elementary and middle school because of unrealistic social pressure and expectations to have one.
These devices are quickly changing childhood for children. Playing outdoors, spending time with friends, reading books and hanging out with family is happening a lot less to make room for hours of snap chatting, instagramming, and catching up on YouTube.
Parents feel powerless in this uphill battle and need community support to help delay the ever-evolving presence of the smartphone in the classroom, social arena and family dinner table. Link arms with other parents to wait until at least the end of eighth grade for a smartphone!"
crystalmerchant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.English9·1 month agoDepends on the prompt, the model, the parameters, which DCs, time of day, location in the world, and other factors. They answer the question but there’s so many variables that can affect footprint (and big hyperscalers do not release this data so you have to under a lot)
Lmao there’s whole books about this. One is Life After Google, published 10 (?) years ago and it said blockchain would rule the world :) The subtitle is literally “The Fall Of Big Data And The Rise Of The Blockchain Economy”