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Google CEO Says We're All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 39 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

They don't have the capabillity to "admit" to anything.

You are falling into the same trap as the guy who had his development project deleted by an AI despite having had it "promise" not to do that.

The AI we use today don't have the understanding of "admitting" or "promising", to them, these are just words, with no underlying concept.

Please stop treating AI's as if they are human, they are absolutely not.

My Camera Collection! in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I never considered the styling of the cameras at the time, but I did when I picked my S5, I really like the styling of it!

Just a reminder, I think dpreview has a big backlog of gorgeous product photos going back a long, long way, if you are luck they might have some good photos of the Mavicas

‘Do the Right Thing’ – Florida Ukrainians Rally as Trump Hosts Zelensky for High-Stakes Ukraine Talks in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The helicopters?

My Camera Collection! in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

I don't know exactly, it may have been the FD-81 or FD-75

What emulators do you use to run different games, for example, on Windows/Linux/macOS and Android? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

What makes the devs of RetroArch bad people?

My Camera Collection! in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

I remember using a floppy Mavica about 25 years ago, borrowed from my school...

My first digital camera was a Fujifilm iX-1, didn't take a lot of photos with it, but it was interesting...

Later I bought myself a Canon EOS 400D, that was my first proper digital camera, I still have plenty of photos taken with it in my collection.

Ten years later, I got the camera that probably influenced me the most, a Panasonic Lumix GX80, a brilliant little camera with TERRIBLE ergonomics. I carried that with me every single day, I learned a LOT about photography with it, one of the control dials broke a few years after buying it, but I kept it going by swapping apature/shutter speed between the dials depending on what I needed.

In 2023, I got a bonus from work, and I had a very fun and interesting lunch at Scandinavian Photo in Stockholm, I had a list and got myself a Panasonic S5 with a 20-60mm kit lens, a 50mm prime lens, a proper backpack, a peakdesign camera strap, two SD cards and probably something more that I have forgotten. It was a super fun experience getting to treat a camera store kinda like a supermarket with a personal shopper.

In the next months, I bought a Sigma contemporary 100-400mm lens, a used, but amazing, Lumix 24-105mm f/4 lens (I need to service this lens, the AF seems to me broken), some lights and an external flash.

The S5 is a fantastic camera, with one big flaw, the AF is slow.

I enjoy planespotting and have started saving up for a Sony A7 III or IV and a 600mm lens ahead of the Swedish Air Force centennial celebration in August....

I am an IT guy with a photo hobby...

My Camera Collection! in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

That is a lot of Mavicas!

Do they all still work?

Welcome to the FPS vibe shift: At the end of 2025, it's clear that casual shooters are back in a big way. in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

I recently discovered Turbo Overkill, it has some brilliant arcade shooter feel, a great 80s style, and some unique quirks.

I highly enjoyed it.

My favorite FPS is however Unreal Tournament 2004, which I heard will be handed off from Epic Games to a fan community, so the fan community maintains it. I don't know if that means it will be open source, but it sounds good.

‘Do the Right Thing’ – Florida Ukrainians Rally as Trump Hosts Zelensky for High-Stakes Ukraine Talks in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I read that Trump ~~was coached by~~ er... had a "productive phone call" with Putin just before the meeting.

I don't have a lot of faith in these negotiations...

Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ever since the start of internet connected vehicles this has been on the table, before it wasn't really possible to manage subscriptions like this, now it is as easy as changing $SUBSCR_INF_ACP from a 0 to a 1 on your account to enable CarPlay, once you have paid.

Though, to be fair, I would like better integration with the onboard systems, something like Carplay lite.

It would basically present the content on the phone, music, podcasts, audiobooks, maps, etc. to the onboard infotainment system.

Apps with audio media would appear as audio sources, inside the audio sources, any menu would be presented in a standard UI.

Basically, the phone would simply send something like an XML file of how the menu should be displayed, and the infotainment has a rendering engine to render the UI in a style that is integrated with the car's UI.

That would solve one of the biggest issues with CarPlay/AA, the forced touchscreen.

In my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback, I have a fantastic steeringwheel, it has plenty of excellent controls, regarding media, I have a volume wheel by my left thumb, I can also press it to pause the media, on the right side of the steering wheel I have buttons for skip/previous.

If I could interact with the menus in CarPlay using the thumbwheel and a separate back button, that would be amazing.

The wheel clicks when moving it, so if you could simply have it move the selection on the menu with every click it would be brilliant.

Though I would need another thumbwheel to set the volume....

My point is that if deeper integration of phone media in the infotainment system could enable a UI less dependent on a a touchscreen, I would love to try it.

Anon tries to understand credit scores in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) 
Paying back quickly reduces the amount they can earn, lowering your credit score.

Straight-up lie.

No, it doesn't fit the definition of a lie, I didn't know any better, so it was ignorance, not a lie, it would be nice if you could edit and correct this line.

The way I understand it, to raise your credit score you need to slowly pay back your loans, so you pay back maximum interest.

You don’t understand it.

I wholeheartedly agree with you there.

Overall you do seem to know the subject better than me, so I will mostly defere to your judgement (apart from the thing about me lying).

EDIT: Thanks for the edit! (:

Anon tries to understand credit scores in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago

I get what you mean, and agree to some extent, but the reality is that handling cash is expensive and dangerous.

Back in the early 2000s, there was a large wave of high profile armours car robberies in Sweden.

Some even completely blew up the armoured car.

This lead to a debate and a deliberate effort to reduce the ammount of cash used in Sweden.

I remember reading something about 97% of all transactions inside Sweden are now done electronically.

This has lead to banks having offices that don't handle cash, and that banks are looking at cash deposits with suspicion, since you can't trace cash.

This, as usual, only really affects normal poeple, and criminals have ways around it.

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Haverikommissionens alla publicerade slutrapporter under 2025 (lemmy.zip)
 

Förra året postade jag en likadan tråd, den verkade uppskattas så här kommer årets slutrapporter:

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I just got randomly subscribed to another YT channel without my knowledge, this has happened several times in the past, I know that more people have seen this, but does anyone know the reason? (lemmy.zip)
 

I am seriously starting to question if YT have started selling packages where you can buy subscribers to your channel...

A few weeks ago I noted that I had been subscribed to three smaller channels of generic corporate slop videos, I unsubscribed naturally.

Today I was watching a video on my phone I suddenly noticed that as I was closing the video a pop up saying that I had subscribed to the channel, I was very confused as I was already subscribed to the channel I was watching, Hidden In Sweden (btw, the last video was very interesting), and I checked my subscriptions...

I had been subscribed to a random holiday home rental company in Spain's channel....

Are there ads that immediately subscribe you to a channel? What is going on?

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I washed my car (lemmy.zip)
 

Today I washed my car, last time I did it was probably july, and in the last few weeks as you put on winter tires (studded tires, especially) and the roads are gritted my car was getting quite dirty and seemed to make people flinch when they saw that they were too close...

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My Nixie clock my dad fixed and built a case for (metapixl.com)
 

I have posted more info in the Pixelfed post

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I put my winter tires on my car (lemmy.zip)
 

This was a bit sudden, I was planning on doing it next weekend, but I saw snow forcast and didn't want to risk having to use my thrashed summer tires on snow.

This was the last season that I could use those summer tires, the tread was almost used up and there was some dry cracking of the rubber, so I am ordering new Pirelli's for the next season.

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Back in 1993 Amtrak ran trial runs with European high-speed trains, Sweden's X2000 and Germany's ICE, here is a well made documentary about the event. (youtu.be)
 

The X2000 power car is still in daily use here in Sweden, it has a commemorative plaque above the driver's door.

Here is also a compilation of contemporary news footage about the event:

https://youtu.be/nHEtxi5bQk0

I find it really interesting how positive everyone was, the general hope for the future shown in the news footage is awesome.

Also I can't be the only one missing the upbeat synth music in the reports showing off modern/future technology in the 90s.

Anyway, in these annoying times when politicians constantly explain how it is impossible to do better, these videos shows a time when it was exciting to try and do better.

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Good morning Mr. President! You wake up after a snap election in the US to find out that you are the new POTUS, what are the five first things that you focus on to reverse the current course of the US (lemmy.zip)
 

You have a super majority in all branches of government, you don't need to consider other parties.

Where do you start, and what is your overall stratergy?

Will you get a second term?

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Jumping on the bandwagon, this is my updated collection of drinks for when the world is freed from bad people (lemmy.zip)
 

This is a Planteray tasting giftbox, six bottles of different rum, five of which are dedicated to a specific bad person, for when I no longer share the planet with them, I printed ribbons on my label maker with the name of the person the bottle is dedicated to.

Interestingly, out of the five bottles I have dedicated, four of them are dedicated to a person with a "u" as the first or only vowel in their surname.

The current dedication goes out to:

Mr. Trump
Mr. Putin
Mr. Musk
Mr. Murdoch
Mr. Orbán

The fifth is as of yet undedicated, but if you have any suggestions, feel free to post them.

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I am currently riding a old diesel train from the 50's on a herritage railroad through the dark Swedish landscape of an early autumn evening - AMA! (lemmy.zip)
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Good audiobooks (lemmy.zip)
 

I have recently got into audiobooks, with a focus on classic sci-fi, I just finnished Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clark (narrated by Peter Gamin), which is absolutely brilliant, highly recommended, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (narrated by Kelsey Grammer, free on Apple Books), also brilliant, very different from the 1960s film.

Anyway do you have any tips on classic sci-fi (1870s-1990s) that I should listen to?

I use Apple Books to buy the books, I am not really interested in audiobook streaming, I want to own my books, not rent access to them.

At the moment I have several books that I need to listen to, but I want to buy more now so I have them in my library.

I have the following books in my library:

  • Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clark - Narrated by Peter Gamin
  • The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells - Narrated by Alexandra Coles
  • The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - Narrated by Kelsey Grammer
  • The World Set Free - H. G. Wells - Narrated by Sebastian Blackwood
  • I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - Narrated by Scott Brick
  • Ignition, An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants - John Drury Clark - Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross

I am planning on getting 2001: A Space Oddesy and some even more Arthur C. Clark...

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The facists are right! (lemmy.zip)
 

You hear them bang on and on about this cycle:

Bad times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
Weak men create bad times.

This is absolutely true, 100%

So the facists are right!

Too bad they confuse who the strong and weak men are...

Sorry for the rage bait title, I just wanted to joke a bit.

This is a photo of four bottles of champagne each dedicated to Trump, Putin, Musk and Orban respectively for when the world no longer has to deal with their miserable existance.

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[OC] Aircraft landing at Arlanda airport (metapixl.com)
 

Taken yesterday evening.

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