til Today I Learned TIL Disney's Star Wars Hotel was a massive waste of time
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    7 days ago 100%

    That was my first thought as well. I thought I’d try the first 10 minutes to get a sense of it.

    Anyway, four hours later…

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  • news News A worker won $600,000 after Twitter said his goodbye messages showed he had resigned. The case holds valuable lessons for staff and employers.
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    1 week ago 88%

    There are two main types of data retention policy:

    • Retain everything to protect the company when the staff do something dodgy.
    • Delete everything to protect management when management do something dodgy.

    It’s a little more nuanced than that, of course, but in broad strokes that’s how I’ve seen it play out. Does the company want to pin the blame on somebody or shrug and say “we have no idea how that can have happened, guess we need to forget about it.”

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  • memes solarpunk memes If only there was a way to get all of those people there and back home without a car.
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    programmer_humor Programmer Humor Just browsing my photos from 10 years ago. I was amused when I browsed the university library computer science artificial intelligence shelf. ...I sometimes wish AI had stayed at this level.
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    lemmyshitpost Lemmy Shitpost Deep Discounts
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    2 weeks ago 50%

    If it’s your car, then you are responsible for the safety of your passengers. You should ensure that any adults are aware of how to use the safety features, e.g. seatbelts, and you have a plan for evacuation of any children in the event of an emergency. Just like if you’re driving a car with child safety locks on the rear doors that prevent those doors from being opened from the inside.

    Hate on Tesla or Musk all you want, but let’s not spread easily-disprovable FUD. It weakens whatever argument you’re trying to make.

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  • forteana Forteana Documentary claims 'paranormal library in Palace' as Charles seeks 'UFO truth'
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    noncredibledefense NonCredibleDefense Ukrainian Biolab Catgirls have infiltrated Sudzha, Russia
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    1 month ago 95%

    Of course it’s not cosplay. She’s a real catgirl. Didn’t you read the title of the post..?

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  • technology Technology A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force
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    techtakes TechTakes The Paul Graham vs Nigerian Twitter Saga; Lexical racism and language bias masked as ChatGPT hysteria
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    politics politics In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court's immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    1 month ago 100%

    This is a rather slow response from me, but I’m glad that you clicked blindly on my Spotify link and were rewarded 😊 I’d recommend the live concert DVD as well - with a guest appearance by a certain behatted author who came out to see his favourite band play an album based on his books. And frankly from there I’d recommend everything Steeleye Span have ever recorded.

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  • techtakes TechTakes the Humane AI Pin is fucked
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    1 month ago 100%

    I sometimes dream of having a display shelf of doomed, terrible tech products. A Nexus Q, a Google Glass, an R1, an AI Pin, a CueCat… you get the idea.

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  • 196 196 Definitely not a dictator(ule)
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    amarequests AMA requests MargotRobbie
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    2 months ago 100%

    “If you could eliminate three foods from existence, what would you pick?”

    “What’s your earliest memory?”

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  • unitedkingdom United Kingdom Babe, wake up. Polls are open. Go and vote.
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    3 months ago 100%

    I do love how Rishi “Green Card” Sunak scheduled the election for American Independence Day. What are the odds that he uses his new* independence to move to California before the month’s out?

    *🤞

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  • dads Dads [META] Consolidating dad discussions at fatherverse@midwest.social
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    3 months ago 100%

    Same. I’m sick of US-centrism and don’t miss it.

    Where ma UK Dads at?? (They’re right here)

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  • noncredibledefense NonCredibleDefense It's been 16 days since Ukraine began striking targets in Russia with Western weapons and nuclear war still hasn't broken out yet
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    3 months ago 100%

    Relevant documentary (although sadly not about nuclear war): https://youtu.be/jUbny1sBsCk?si=YXvslxiUJgg0pyLj

    Live your dreams, buddy. Have that orgy. Paint yourself blue. Tell your boss to go fuck they/themseves. We can trust Putin to deliver on his promises and nuke us (Slough first, please). Don’t let your memes be dreams.

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  • apple_enthusiast Apple How do you think Apple's AI rewrite (Writing Tools) performed in their example from WWDC?
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    3 months ago 100%

    Same. The right email doesn’t really say anything, so I would absolutely be at risk of ignoring it.

    Better to be direct and human if it’s important.

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  • dads Dads New Dad, Current Problems.
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    Silic0n_Alph4
    4 months ago 100%

    9 months here. It gets better. IT GETS BETTER.

    The first couple of months are hell. Make sure you and your girlfriend both get breaks when you can, and prioritise sleep. Celebrate the little things, because the only big things this month will be bags under eyes and bags of nappies. Call on family for support if you can. Invite friends over to meet the baby.

    When she starts sleeping for longer periods your life will start to come back. You’re daddy forever now, though!

    Hang in there buddy. You’re going through the worst part of it all, but this too will pass. You have the strength to power through. You got this.

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  • andfinally And Finally... Zoo defends ‘panda’ exhibit after criticism for using dogs dyed black and white
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    HomeKit Silic0n_Alph4 10 months ago 100%
    Local-only no-cloud HomeKit brands

    Hiya, I’m wondering if anybody knows of any other brands like [Eve](https://www.evehome.com) that sell local-network-only no-cloud HomeKit products. To make that word salad a bit clearer, I’m looking for devices that: - work with HomeKit, either directly or over Thread or Matter. - don’t have any mandatory cloud services from the vendor. - don’t have any optional cloud services from the vendor. - don’t phone home to their vendor. - is supported as running in a VLAN with no WAN access, or can be trusted in a secure VLAN with WAN access as it won’t abuse that trust. I’d be very interested to hear your experiences and recommendations around the above. I recognise that some devices can be run in a secured VLAN in a non-vendor recommended manner and am interested to hear about them, but the main focus of this thread is to determine if there are and brands besides Eve that explicitly manufacture “local-only” HomeKit devices.

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