I quit at 50, living on savings and stock market…

I dont know, its just something awful about working every day. I got sick of it.

Now im not doing anything special but im free to just live.

Its just hype. Current models cant lead to AGI, but its a stepping stone. I for one is happy as long as we dont have it, because it will lead to dystopia very quick.

If you are logged in to anything, what you do is tied to your account. Welcome to the internet. Instance admin on your instance can figure out your ip. Nobody else. You can run your own instance to avoid this if you want. Or just use a vpn.

Google track you constantly even when you are not logged in by the way, with scripts on almost every web page. So they have your real name, your entire search history, and what exact programs you use on your phone if you have android.

Yes but capitalism = profits is all that matters.

Also since big tech has more money than almost anything, they become illegal unofficial kings in a world where money is all that matters. They influence entire elections and what information is able to be shared.

The thing is, its not going to fall apart forever (unfortunately). Billions are invested by all big tech companies into enormous server farms just for AI and their entire future stock value is now based on them coming up with a way to make a profit from this.

Replacing humans can lead to a lot of profit since salaries are one of the most expensive things in a company.

So I dont know. I think the future will suck. But what else is new.

Yeah people here are *slightly" biased sometimes :)

Im good at building simple tech architectures by saying no to tech we dont need.

Unfortunately nobody listens, management keeps forcing the fastest shitty duck tape solution, and thinking its a great idea to copy paste entire tech environments because its the fastest.

Lols.

Stop using that shit, your life will be better for it.

Good that we are several. :)

Signed up for subscription service, realized you are getting exploited…

Well… Yes.

My instance federates with everyone and is very stable. The owner has posted many times that its not the job of the instance owner to control opinions, which I heavily agree with.

Obvious trolls gets kicked out but generally people are encouraged to have opinions and discussions. I think its a great instance.

There is a signup but that was only added because spammers made it necessary, not because the owner wanted it.

I work in IT so appearently i can just type override to get into any computer system. Cool…

Amazing guy. I always love those people who are honest when there is nothing to gain but self respect.

Most people dont say anything because they are afraid, and they know its not smart for their careers. But thats exactly why I like those people who are honest so much. They get a lot of shit for it and they do it anyway. Thats really cool i think. Thats being actual cool.

Yes heretic was pretty good, recommended.

He thinks he is a king, so…

I was using the official YouTube app since I wanted to use chromecast to get a video up on my tv.

I havent used revanced, seems interesting also. But Newpipe just does what I need so im happy.

Already have network wide adblocking but doesnt stop YouTube ads in their official app.

Yeah I have a few colleagues that did that too. But I dont want to support big tech by being paying user.

I tried YouTube today for the first time in years. Its unwatchable. The frog must have been slowly boiling for years to have so many people accept what Youtube is now. Just wow.

I managed to watch about 10 minutes but had about 5 ads during that time, taking up several minutes of my time. It broke my focus and I forgot what the video was about.

Back to Newpipe.

Very often on Lemmy, and maybe social media in general, discussions are pointless. People are not there to see the other side, they are there to fight for what they already think.

All these keyboard warriors think they are fighting a battle, weather its about defending trans rights or fighting antivax opinions, or whatever.

Vance took off his human mask and showed the pope what a demon looks like.