One of the many reasons I don’t want to own a pet is saying goodbye. I hope you both get to enjoy each other’s company for a long time yet.

Hey fellow Canadian. I pay about the same. Looking at these other responses, I think we’re getting screwed.

Storage and indexing is cheap. From a usability perspective indexing makes sense: call centre staff can tell someone why their unemployment application has been denied/delayed etc.

From a security perspective, Google, Proton, and friends want to track failed login IPs so they can assign (internal) reputation scores to incoming requests.

It looks like an offline tool that reviews existing medical records to find indicators of addiction:

Overall, the AI screener was as effective as provider-only assessments in leading to addiction specialist consultations. However, those who received AI screening were 47% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after initial discharge.

The team calculated that each readmission avoided saved about $6,800 in health care costs during the study period. The findings suggest that investment in AI could help to increase access to addiction treatment, improve efficiencies, and save costs.

It autorenews and it’s relatively expensive.

I wouldn’t do that DNA test, because it’s really sensitive data.

WikiTree is a free alternative to the genealogical database. The genealogy nerd in my life says that its data is a bit better. Ymmv.

In the 90s it was seen as a backwater with growing power. There was a sense that China’s economic growth would push it towards democracy. Tiananmen Square seemed like proof of that.

Precrime will be here!

Give it a shot!

Rust can be a real pain in the ass: it’s like having to solve mini logic puzzles as you’re writing your code. At best, it’s fun, at worst, it’s a distraction and source of frustration.

You can always stop the rewrite if you discover you don’t like Rust.

I’m using it as a skin on my Android device now. It’s a great UI. But it was built for an unwanted platform.

most of the people here will actually argue in favor of it

On Lemmy? This is the place that’s jazzed for GrapheneOS releases so they can degoogle their phone. We go on and on about private messenger apps, Proton, running non-corporate OSes, and privacy. Most of us are here because we don’t like the shitty direction Reddit is taking.

I think you can make the argument that generally people are ambivalent about privacy, but Lemmy is a definite exception to that rule.

there’s always next time

I’m a reformed Sync user. Nothing. I guess you can cross post from other clients. But that’s not really a loss.

except that one guy

I don’t really get what selling Chrome and Android would accomplish.

There was a leak of Google’s old page ranking algorithm (not PageRank, but how they change the order of results on search) - it looked like they used a bunch of signals from Chrome about the amount of time users spend on a page, how quickly they go back, etc. Chrome gives the search side of the business an advantage.

Conversely, Android feeds a bunch of extra data to the ad business about what people do in real life.

Both products give the rest of Alphabet a significant advantage over their competitors, and make it harder for new entrants to get a foothold.

Me: does nothing

Evolution: fuck you

Good, night dick!

But what I started to see here, is that people like to share the most greedy ad and trackers filled news sources.

Can you provide examples?

Ask it about the nets!

Tron 2. Daft Punk without lyrics is perfect for me.