It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.

I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.

I wasn’t accusing you of any of this.

Just reflecting on how Lemmy is not participating in the AI hype.

Yeah, I’m mostly talking about how r/singularity changed. And “let’s break society” accelerationist people.

It is interesting how Reddit has a sub (multiple subs?) with people frothing at the mouth about AI advancements, but Lemmy does not seem to.

I remember there being claims from him or his team about lidar being a dead end that would not scale as well as computer vision.

Many people think so. But no, he’s not.

What’s the typical fixable issue you are finding?

Oh, wow. I wouldn’t have guessed that.

What’s a glowie? 🤔

PC Master Race

Wow, I was confused who it was at first.

This makes me ponder the assertions that these are exotic compression algorithms.

I’m down with compression being the mechanism asserted for legal reasons.

I appreciate that someone could tell I didn’t mean to be super broad.

Jargon definitely falls under the umbrella I was pointing at. Communication among co-workers. Managers. Etc.

The whole style feels cold to me. And impersonal. And I hate it. Jargon can definitely play a role. But I’m also ok with certain types that actually do make communication flow smoother. But yeah, the vapid jargon that masks a lack of understanding, curiosity or humility is a bummer.

I said more in another comment, but I mean stuff like email. The thing companies like Apple are showing ads on TV for.

Sorry, I was focused in on professional communication. All those emails sent by bosses that feign interest or care. All necessary niceties that can grate on someone once they know many are just masks.

I wasn’t being precise, and I assumed others wouldn’t think about it in such broad terms. I agree that my statement would be silly if it applied to all writing that people get paid for.

Professional writing was always fake. And this just proves it more.

I hate how increasingly we will be forced to take patronizing AI slop at face value.

The lack of forward thinking with rubber in and on electronics is a big ongoing bummer.

Well, Um. There are 3% of us!

My point is I assume they didn’t lose money on them. They feel the scale of profit needs to be higher, else it’s not worth their time. And I think it’s a bummer that they run things this way.

That 3% would be a lot of customers to other reasonably sized companies. Right?

Did I overlook the sales numbers? Do they exist?