Alphane Moon
That there is no perfect defense. There is no protection. Being alive means being exposed; it’s the nature of life to be hazardous—it’s the stuff of living.
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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion RoundEnglish31·2 days agoWhy not a $400 billion round?
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The most Microsoft support document of all time – OSnewsEnglish4·2 days agoGoogle and messaging app is whole story on its own.
Although MS isn’t that great with messaging either. There was MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, various Skype services and finally MS Teams.
And feels like all of them were bloated and badly made.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The most Microsoft support document of all time – OSnewsEnglish12·3 days ago“Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office)” (at Office.com?)
This is hilarious! Microsoft branding has always been borderline random. “Games for Windows Live” What kind of a brand name is that?
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | ProtonEnglish91·3 days agoWhy does Proton come off as a vapid American technology company that leverages privacy themed keywords in their PR copytext?
I say this as someone who has been using their email services for many years (I am a subscriber too).
I also don’t necessarily oppose a privacy focused cloud LLM from Proton. It’s more the tone of the blogpost, the misleading service comparison table under “Compare Lumo with other leading AI assistants” and where their priorities lie.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance DystopiaEnglish71·7 days agoSo this is what all this “kiss cam at Coldplay concert” is about. Pretty dull stuff.
One thing to note with facial recognition and security cameras is that you can’t put the genie back in the bottle.
Another thing is that there are legitimate uses for extensive surveillance (catching spies, assasins and collaborators when your country is being invaded). While this is a somewhat extreme example, there are legitimate use cases outside of war time too.
It’s up to us as voters to elect governments that do not abuse surveillance technology.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our PhonesEnglish5·8 days agoI agree. It also means that you can spend $300-$400 on a smartphone and it does everything without lag and at a high quality level. What’s more, you can use it for 3-4 years.
There are some niche use cases like specialist smartphone photography and high demand gaming where you might need a flagship, but IMO a relatively small part of the market.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our PhonesEnglish13·8 days agoiOS has a design change, but otherwise there is nothing interesting. Smartphones have been around for a quarter of a century, both smartphone hardware and software are extremely mature.
Depends on the news site, in-demand US based articles get a full copy pretty quick. Somewhat more niche content can take time or it even never gets an archived copy.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers SayEnglish8·8 days agoI believe this sort of paranoia and delusional thinking are extremely common with schizophrenia.
The motifs in his word salad likely reflect his life experience.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers SayEnglish18·8 days agoI have no professional skills in this area, but I would speculate that the fellow was already predisposed to schizophrenia and the LLM just triggered it (can happen with other things too like psychedelic drugs).
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers SayEnglish10·8 days agoIt reads like “word salad”, which from my understanding is common for people with developed schizophrenia.
His text is more coherent (on a relative basis), but it still has that world salad feel to it.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticketEnglish1·10 days agoI am assuming this is US only? I used to fly Delta a lot when travelling between Europe and North America.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Exclusive: Google Helped Israel Spread War Propaganda to 45 Million EuropeansEnglish41·12 days agoThat likely is true, but you don’t want to use a source that is definitely compromised.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Exclusive: Google Helped Israel Spread War Propaganda to 45 Million EuropeansEnglish84·12 days agoKeep in mind this is an extremely shit source, they are basically a lite version of tankies.
Try searching for “Russia” on their site and you’ll find a 1:1 copy of standard russian propaganda copytext (justification for the invasion of Ukraine, claiming Ukraine organized a genocide in Donbas, white washing russian crimes).
If they can’t be consistent, it is likely their concern Gaza about is a ruse, as is extremely common among western “leftists”.
And the roaches that manage this site likely don’t speak Ukrainian or russian and have never lived in Ukraine or russia.
The whole post in general is a good non-polemic piece on why we should not be using ICT services from commercial American organizations (the we includes sane Americans).
We are dealing with people who are not capable of honesty.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The real winners of the AI Race: Microsoft, Amazon, Google and NvidiaEnglish16·19 days agoPretty good article; a nice overview of recent developments.
I also agree with their conclusion; avoid American commercial entities whenever possible. The culture of corruption and criminality is simply too deeply rooted among the executive class and it is highly unlikely that there will be any true anti-corruption reform in the next ~20 years (I hope I am wrong).
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•An open letter signed by 602 tech founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia Capital act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”English73·19 days agoNo idea who the Maguire fellow is, but since he works for a large American VC firm, the piece about “coming from a culture of lying” is clearly projection.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Should Humanity Continue? Glenn Reacts to Thiel Interview [20:56 | JUL 05 2025 | Glenn Greenwald]English1·20 days agoI see where you’re coming from and I generally agree.
That being said, there is a time and place for everything and this is not a serious thread.
Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Should Humanity Continue? Glenn Reacts to Thiel Interview [20:56 | JUL 05 2025 | Glenn Greenwald]English3·21 days agoIt’s the truth though.
Even non-American CSPs with assets in the US would required to cooperate with US regime and affiliated oligarch gangs.