Prethoryn Overmind

I use both Mastodon and BlueSky and I don’t really care for platforms like Twitter. Both Mastodon and BlueSky are good in their own ways but I think BlueSky is user friendly. Easy to setup looks super similar to Twitter, easier to navigate.

Plus, I have heard about it pretty much everywhere. It is commonly compared to Threads. I only know and heard about Mastodon on Lemmy.

I am always a little surprised that everyone is surprised as if people are intentionally avoiding Mastodon.

I like Mastodon but it is empty by comparison to BlueSky people want a social media app where there are people to talk to on quantities. BlueSky is also user friendly by comparison, IMO. Easier to setup.

“Well Mastodon would be busier if people would stop going anywhere else.”

No one is avoiding Mastodon I think it is odd it has never occurred to anyone that BlueSky is talked about way more. I had never heard Mastodon before Lemmy but I saw talks of BlueSky everywhere.

“Google pays its employees in two ways: monthly or bi-weekly installments, and bonuses. Google’s compensation structure is based on three components: salary, bonus, and equity. Salary is determined by several factors, including: Role, Level, Location, Cost of labor in the region, and Pay targets.” Literally the first Google (unironically).

I am all for pointing bad things out that companies do but contractors can still be fired or let go if those contractors aren’t meeting performance. Tek Systems is a contractor that does just this.

“Performance is assess on the output.” - my dude you literally just said, “Google can fire them” what is it with the Lemmy brain? It’s a circle jerk in here of people talking about how they are better because they are on a defederated platform using open source tools and software but doing the exact same thing other platforms do. Boxing yourselves in justifying your opinions just to be a part of a group then claiming to have the better opinion that the “shit” you see on Reddit

Lemmy users and the platform are literally no different than others. You aren’t better because you are not a “normie” and don’t have to deal with the consequences of Windows or other OS’s. That doesn’t go without saying there isn’t knowledge and information to share learn from others and Lemmy has knowledge worth listening to but God damn if some people on here aren’t just as likely to just justify their own opinions the same as another platform and for God’s sake I get that it’s the Internet but if you can say that then you are self aware that your opinion is not completely reasonable without discussing it.

I don’t need to find another reason Google isn’t the problem because their are many reasons Google is a problem but this case is being taken out of context. If they were employees disrupting the work place and protesting on company time then Google was within their rights to fire them. If the are contractors then from a quick assessment they clearly were not performing as paid and hired to do so. Google had a right to fire these people no matter what side of the fence you stand on. Does it suck? Sure. I don’t care if you are a down with Google person if you can’t understand this then you are just flat out unreasonable and the same as any other user on any other platform.

This is sort of a shit opinion, IMO. Why should a company have to change the rules to pay me when I am not working on their time?

Keeping people productive on companies time is not a “status quo” it’s working on working time. If these employees had just protested after their shifts Google could have probably still and would have more than likely fired them either way but the point is that it wouldn’t have been on their time giving them less grounds to do so.

I am seeing a lot of comments on here but the context not being mentioned is that they were protesting while clocked in or working on the clock.

Google is technically in authority to do that. The article is worded a bit out of context to make the act of protesting an a big company we all find to be evil more evil for letting employees go that were wasting company time.

I get it before you even type it I understand Google isn’t short on money and the time portion won’t effect them but has the employees protested while clocked out this would have been a less likely outcome and I also get it, “yeah they would have fired them anyway.” Sure believe what you want but it doesn’t take away that Google had the authority to fire while the employees were in their time no matter what they were protesting. If I did this at my job and was getting paid they would fire me as well.

EDIT: Lemmy is Reddit but it’s full of users in denial.

I think there is something to respect about both types of games these days.

The problem isn’t is price. “People just don’t want to pay for a bad their software is bloated with useless shit and endlessly annoying experience. What Apple Music and Spotify have in common is that user-hostile design. Plus Steve Jobs himself said it back in 2007: “people want to Own their music (reuters.com).” Having it, organizing it, curating it is half the fun.”

Fixed the post for you. I am not trying to be an ass and stated this in a previous post but people’s push to piracy is almost always to obtain what is believed to be what is becoming or is unobtainable. Price is and availability is almost always the driving force of piracy because price plays a part in availability.

I was all on board with the post until I saw, “people just don’t want to pay for a bad software that is bloated with useless shit and endlessly annoying experience. What Apple Music and Spotify have in common is the user-hostile design.” This to me is so far from the truth that I like to call statements like this the Lemmy or FOSS mentality that I see on here and it isn’t meant to be insulting. I have defined it that way because I think Lemmy users get just as wrapped up in their own opinions and personal belief system that they forget they are also in a bubble and their opinions steer far off course to justify some personal idea or hope about what is actually pushing “mainstream” people to make choices that just aren’t why average consumers are making choices.

People will 100% buy and use bad products user experience does only go so far though. I would say Spotify is as popular as it is because of its design as well as Apple Music. The features and design layout are what make their music services easier to use for most consumers that and they are popular services by word of mouth and are commonly used on the most popular devices because they are pre installed. Why have 5 music apps on an iPhone when Apple makes a music app that is already there. Point being design isn’t the issue. The issue is competition, choice, and price. There really aren’t a whole lot of options, popularity wise, outside of Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube music. These users aren’t flocking to open source apps they are going straight to Piracy by ripping the content from YouTube directly and it is absolutely almost in direct relation with the increase in price increase. The “mainstream” user which I call the average consumer isn’t worried about Spotify’s design they want it to just function and play their music and be available and popular by design.

Man? A lot of these comments are so damn negative.

For the record I am one of the few Pixel phone users that has had every Pixel but the 5 and I wouldn’t switch and don’t plan on switching.

I have just about everyone Google products in my home from Nest Hubs to Nest homes, Pixel buds, Pixelbook, etc.

Nah, I like my Pixel.

I actually don’t think anyone used it. The issue is Google didn’t allow you to go back and add it within a certain time of your purchase. It also wouldn’t let you purchase it at checkout with a new Pixel if you were already paying for one of the subscriptions it was composed of.

I think the other issue is most people aren’t upgrading back to Pixel and most of their users are new and unsure if they will continue with Pixel. Personally, meh. Google kills something that isn’t profitable and it’s clear it wasn’t being used as intended or gaining as much traction as they thought it would. On top of that it was just kind of a mess. If I buy a Pixel from Google why don’t I have a week after my purchase to at least add Pixel pass.

I love my Pixel and I have had every Pixel except the 5. I will continue to buy them with or without this pass.

Am I the only fucking rational person here that doesn’t give a shit? Things change either pay for the new storage limits or don’t. Can we move on now? Can we talk about something that isn’t about a big business making a big business move that you disagree with because you hate said big business and only want to use Linux? We get it. Windows bad.

Let’s move the hell on then.

EDIT: Lemmy users really do need to find something else to do with their fucking lives besides complain about subscriptions.

Or there is actually a limit to storage.

Finally, a person with an actual voice. I feel like the, “Switch to Linux,” don’t realize they sound like, “Just get an iPhone people.” To me it all sounds like, “well if you don’t like being in this country then just leave.”

Linux is not the answer for all people the same as switching to an iPhone should never just be the answer.

Legally, it is not, but I get your sentiment.

I would like to say piracy against the big guy also hurts the little guy making the content you like.

I am all for pirating that scientific journal and that college book but there is a reason writers, artists, and the people making a shit amount of money for the work they put into the things we love.

I won’t support something that hurts a regular person giving me the things I like to watch, but I get your sentiment.

Didn’t Netflix gain more subs after the change before they lost them? Also, 200,000 is a small number, IMO.

I think AMD is a great competitor and we need more competition to lay it to NVIDIA and AMD as well, BUT HOLY FUCK. I can’t stand AMD’s software/control panel vs NVIDIA’s.

For me the issue isn’t the tool. It’s people. The tool is used just as it is. A tool.

I always like to compare these things to other physical tools. If you take a philips screw driver to a flathead screw you don’t blame the tool you blame yourself for bringing the improper tool because as a human you can make mistakes. As a human you should have figured out prior, “do I need a flathead or philips?” There are tools capable of doing the job and doing it properly.

Same if you are an operator on a piece of machinery. If you take a forklift to destroy a house you probably aren’t going to get very far.

All of these tools were designed to make life easier and provide a positive to life when doing something but it is how you use the tool that matters.

The same with a gun. I am not a gun ownership kind of guy because of all the shit human beings that just can’t use one properly or claim to use it properly. Guns get more complicated and so do their use cases but the truth is a gun was designed to kill or defend from being killed (this is not a topic about gun rights just using it as an example.) However, in the hands of the wrong person a gun can kill unintentionally. That isn’t the guns fault after all its design was to kill.

ChatGPT wasn’t designed to kill, inherently. It wasn’t designed to do anything other than take databases of information and provide what it thinks is correct. If you as a person don’t know how to use it or what to do with it probably and you aren’t seeking actual medical attention or advice from a professional then I think that is the person’s fault.

ChatGPT can’t make a disclaimer for every little thing. A car on the other hand having a recall issue can. If you want to compare to a faulty part in a car then sure. Modify ChatGPT to just not provide medical advice.

See tools can be changed midway through. The tool isn’t the problem how the person uses the tool is the issue. Access to that tool and what that tool has access to can be an issue but the great thing about tools is laws can change and tools can change.

It isn’t the A.I.s fault if your legislature doesn’t care to enforce that change or law. The same legislature that half of Lemmy is opposed to literally all the time. Tools are only good in ways they can be used as well.

So let’s say for arguments sake the tool is dangerous and in your defense it absolutely can be used dangerously. Do you call upon the government to shut it down just like you would call upon the government to regulate or change gun laws?

Do you also ignore the positive impacts ChatGPT can have because it is doing something else terribly? Imagine a system that medical professionals do create and they modify a version that does provide good medical advice, accurate, and professional? What then? Is ChatGPT still bad? It’s not out of the realm of possibility. A.I isn’t the enemy because someone’s leadership decided to fire you. Leadership is the enemy. Tools are only as bad as the people using them.

Or for the sake of a recalled care that can kill they are as bad as the user manufacturing them. I don’t deny you can get a bad car, a bad screwdriver. My point is if you let the bad outweigh the good then you are missing the point. The bad should be handled by people who understand it better and can design laws and tools to enforce better usage to make something less bad. So again don’t blame the tool blame the people that aren’t protecting you with said tool.

Look, I am all for seeing pros and cons. A.I. has a massive benefit to humanity and it has its issues but this article is just silly.

Why in the fuck are you using ChatGPT to set a cancer plan? When did ChatGPT claim to be a medical doctor.

Just go see a damn doctor.

Wasn’t Linus an actual asshole back in the day. The same as Steve Jobs and even Bill Gates. Seems to be a running trend with OS makers from the early 90’s.

https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/

Not that it is relevant. It’s cool we have Linux. Glad we can celebrate a system that just isn’t quite there yet.

EDIT: Lemmy is a cesspool. You guys need help.

Bro, nothing is cheap for you if you do that.

For the average consumer cloud storage is still pretty damn cheap.