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  • Jun 01, 2026 @ 09:14am

    Sixty-seven to ONE?!?

    Genuinely, how the hell do you deal with this level of rot and corruption? Nobody is happy with their IP, but it seems like every tool to hold them accountable is either compromised or nullified and competition either gets strangled or absorbed. I know the game is rigged, but this is almost comical.

  • Apr 27, 2026 @ 09:50am

    SDS?

    Looks like someone has a bad case of Spanberger Derangement Syndrome. Seek help.

  • Apr 24, 2026 @ 07:24am

    Thanks, Mike.

    It seems like a lot of courts are either malicious or plain illiterate on the tech. This seems like a case of the former, and I'm honestly not sure what the remedy would be. But don't worry, France -- I'm sure it'll work out better next time! Or the time after that! Or the time after that... More articles like this and less about cheerleading "AI," please.

  • Apr 24, 2026 @ 07:11am

    No rhetoric, no argument, no real position. This article points out the real harms that these deportation pushes will cause, and all you can say in response is "they gotta go?" You're literally sawing at the branch you're sitting on and laughing at the people warning you that you're going to fall. So when you do fall, you'll deserve it all the more. If anyone should go, it's you.

  • Apr 23, 2026 @ 09:07am

    It's the same argument every time...

    "I know a lot of people distrust AI, but it can be useful! It only replaces your brain if you use it wrong!" My personal issues with "AI" have never been how "useful" they can be. It's the ecological, economical, developmental, and moral issues they present. All arguments that are invariably swept aside for articles like this to present one of countless use cases that are being tested and pushed into every aspect of our lives, whether we like them or not. Nevermind that the term "AI" has been expanded to encompass not just DL models but any decently-complex algorithm. It's all a massive mess that only works because the most powerful tech corporations are trying to blitzscale and normalize it before the major issues its cheerleaders keep ignoring and sweeping aside finally bite us all in the ass. So no: I'm not interested in examining how "AI" can help you ignore the glaring flaws in Bluesky. And its implemention frankly makes me less interested in Bluesky as a platform.

  • Apr 15, 2026 @ 08:26am

    This whole thing is obviously a scam, but the camera modules look pretty different between the mock-up and the U24 Pro. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a hodgepodge of different phones, including the HTC.

  • Apr 13, 2026 @ 10:27am

    Yawn.

    I thought it wasn't a war? You guys really can't keep you story straight.

  • Apr 13, 2026 @ 10:04am

    I Don't Share Your Optimism

    The current Congress is merely an afterthought in service to Federalist Society theories of unitary executive power — something that surely won’t come back to haunt them when America decides it’s time to hand the reins to the opposition party.
    As long as that opposition party is made up of establishment Democrats, I doubt there will be much haunting to be had. They have a nasty habit of fumbling the bag, even when handed directly to them.