@sebmegag hi. Welcome aboard! I’ve tried this on both iPhone and Android and it works fine. Did you double check the config you have?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68727857
Seriously Google? For a company that makes billions to charge a premium fee to access it’s AI services is taking the p***. This in my view amounts to nothing more than corporate greed.
The company, owned by Alphabet Inc, is said to be revamping its business model and looking at putting some of its core product behind a paywall.
It would be the first time Google had charged for any of its content.
Google said it did not have anything to announce “right now”.
But you know for sure they will announce “something” soon. In 2023, Google turned a profit of approximately $305.6bn (£241bn), so it’s not like they need the money. As I said, nothing more than greed 😠
Reddit users have been reacting with deep gloom to the firm saying it plans to sell shares to the public.
The “beginning of the end”, “good while it lasted”, and “they ruined it”, are just some of the comments made by Redditors, as they are known, since the announcement on Thursday.
The company has said its plans are “exciting” and will offer the business opportunities for growth.
However many users worry the move will fundamentally change the website.
Reddit, which was founded almost twenty years ago, is an online forum where users can post questions and comment on topics that interest them.
Source - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68372755
Whilst I have my own views surrounding this (it’s something I’ve seen before elsewhere where an IPO and rounds of fundraising were attempted) and this fell flat on its face - to the point where the community and ultimately, the brand folded as a result., I think this is certainly worthy of discussion. Think what you may of Reddit, but it’s one of the oldest and largest forums on the planet.
There is also the distinct possibility that the IPO is a step in the direction of attempting to make the platform more appealing to investors - in the form of potentially a sell off.
It appears that we are entering a new age… I guess soon we will be wearing glasses that can listen us and analyze statements/commands and make reservations, create alarms, send messages etc.
With the GPT-4 Turbo (more powerful, faster, and most importantly cheaper), assistants (plug-ins), and a GPT store (specialized gpt versions created by users)…
I wonder if there’s a potential to leverage NodeBB forum data to train GPT-4 Turbo in a way to create a chatbot, and when users write a question, this bot will give a concise information/answer to users and guiding them directly to relevant topic(s) in the forum by sharing the topic links?
I received an email from Amazon this morning concerning my prime subscription and intended price increases for their “same day” delivery (I’m using quotes here as I cannot honestly recall the last time I had a same day delivery). Before we start, let’s just have a look at their annual profits offer the last 3-5 years
Amazon gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2023 was $65.010B, a 18.61% increase year-over-year.
Amazon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2023 was $244.974B, a 18.22% increase year-over-year.
Amazon annual gross profit for 2022 was $225.152B, a 14.01% increase from 2021.
Amazon annual gross profit for 2021 was $197.478B, a 29.28% increase from 2020.
Amazon annual gross profit for 2020 was $152.757B, a 32.85% increase from 2019.
Source
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/gross-profit
Now, let’s look at the email I received
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The most prominent part is here
Eligible Prime orders under £20 will continue to be shipped with free One-Day delivery. Where available, Same-Day delivery can be selected at checkout, but there will be a fee of £1.99 per delivery for orders under £20. The fee for customers who are not Prime members will remain £5.99.
Considering the annual prime membership always increases in price and never goes down, plus the fact that Amazon issues a supply and demand algorithm to set prices (always increases) for items you order often, this same day delivery charge for items under £20 is a bridge too far in my view.
If that charge was being passed down to the delivery drivers (whom Amazon have a bad reputation for treating poorly) then I would actually support that, but this is really only in the name of profit. A billion dollar turnover entity can easily absorb this cost with almost zero impact to the profit margin.
To me, this is nothing more than corporate greed, and completely unnecessary. Sure, Amazon is convenient, and has pretty much killed the high street, but it’s not as cheap a people think. To make it worse, Amazon have set the checkout default to be a regular order rather than one time. For those who don’t necessarily check, you are then signing yourself up for something you probably didn’t want.
Does Amazon really need to increase delivery prices? Given how much I pay currently per year for Amazon Prime, I don’t think so
Something I’ve had on my mind for a while is making a one file html/javascript forum, with only the database in the cloud.
I’ve made a small demo, I think there are huge advantages.
It would be a lot of work to make it comparable to a full forum, and I suspect others may think my minimalist thinking is not a good idea.
But here are my thoughts
i.e. can be hosted easily anywhere, for example free github page.
I want to develop my demo further, and then perhaps the advantages will be seen.
All it needs is a cloud database with some kind of JWT auth system for users to access it.
I did preliminary tests with firebase, but would people think Atlas MongoDB would be better choice?
One advantage of MongoDB is the frontend only code could potentially use the same DB format as NodeBB
Here’s a great discussion topic, and one that is certainly close to my heart (some of you many know that whilst I’m not completely adverse to AI, I am concerned about the alarming pace it is being developed at).
The article below goes into great depth in terms of impact, and is well with the read
https://news.sky.com/story/artificial-intelligence-to-hit-workplace-like-a-freight-train-energy-boss-warns-12883712
The message here is clear, but I’m interested to understand how it resonates with others. Is AI a risk to jobs once employers realize it’s full potential and ability to replace personnel? Robots do not get ill, need holidays, and do not need pensions and other benefits.
Piqued your interest?
I don’t know about you, but reading all of this makes my teeth itch - literally. I have a Facebook account to keep in touch with family which is never really used, and a Twitter account which I previously used for cyber security research - but haven’t used it in ages.
In fact, I’m active here solely - even rarely on LinkedIn (mostly because that’s full of garbage these days too - much more so since it was acquired by MS)
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-reveals-why-hes-rebranding-twitter-to-x-as-police-disrupt-companys-sign-removal-12926991
If it 'aint broke, don’t fix it
Clearly, Musk didn’t get the memo on this one. Twitter users are departing in their droves with the hashtag riptwitter trending like a hot potato. I get he wants to reinvigorate the brand, turning it towards X Corp - that makes sense, but to completely erase Twitter’s very existence (“bid adieu to the bird”…) isn’t something I’d agree with.
As they say - “new broom, clean sweep”.
Seriously Google, have you lost your mind? Who in their right mind is going to pay the asking price for this?
https://news.sky.com/story/google-pixel-fold-announced-with-eye-watering-price-tag-as-new-budget-phone-and-tablet-also-unveiled-12877274
However, on the flip side, it’s rare to find a technology company who manufactures a “lesser” budget friendly device, yet uses the same CPU and amount of RAM as their premium models.
Not before time, WhatsApp is going to allow the ability to edit a message for up to 15 minutes after it’s been sent. Interestingly, there’s no way for the original recipient to be able to tell what the original message was, but they will be notified via a simple “edited” tag
https://news.sky.com/story/whatsapp-to-allow-users-to-edit-messages-but-only-for-a-short-window-12887356
Seems the latest “move” by twitter to prevent bot data scraping hasn’t gone down well at all with those who have unverified accounts. They are now being restricted to being able to read either 300 or 600 posts per day.
With charging for a verified account, Twitter is going to see it’s user based significantly deteriorating unless it stops trying to monetize literally every aspect of it’s platform.
Already, the hashtag #RIPTwitter is trending. Not a wise move. I have an account, but hardly use it and it’s only maintained for SSO purposes here.
https://news.sky.com/story/twitter-applies-temporary-reading-limits-for-all-users-elon-musk-announces-12913108
See below for the inevitable user response
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https://twitter.com/search?q=RIPTwitter&t=wqCtC0uO9uZQ7P31a9syJw&s=09
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has impressed users with its incredible ability to write essays, speeches, do homework, crack computer code and pen poems - but it’s also prone to providing information that is incorrect.
https://news.sky.com/story/lawyers-fined-after-citing-bogus-cases-from-chatgpt-research-12908318
Announced in the news today is the intention for two of the UK’s largest mobile operators (Vodafone and Three) to merge, forming a £15Bn entity
https://news.sky.com/story/vodafone-and-three-agree-uk-merger-to-create-biggest-mobile-player-worth-15bn-12899033
It will be interesting to see how this plays out - and if it will be approved by the anti-competition regulator. Thje new entity promises an £11Bn investment in 5g networks, which if approved, would create one of the most superior 5g networks in the world.
An interesting topic indeed, and one I will watch closely. Ultimately, it looks as though CK Hutchinson will disappear (Three’s parent company) and will leave the branding solely as Vodafone.
As is typical of M & A, there will be fallout from the staffing perspective. However, Vodafone has been stagnant in terms of development, and lacklustre in terms of performance, so this has been on the cards for some time.
Over the last months I tried writing some small apps using Nextjs on Vercel.
I’m not a technical expert, but I have never found anything so complicated, that seems to break at every step!
I joined a Nextjs Discord chat and it is enlightening to see how many people have issues with so many things. In particular some functions that would work on Nodejs, or conventional hosting.
I never really got into React, (because for what I do vanilla JS is enough) and I’m not onboard yet with ‘thin backends’ and the obsession to have everything in the cloud.
I wonder where it will go in the future? Will Nextjs and frameworks like it be the future, or will it fade into oblivion?
It is a learning curve which I am stepping off for now, but I’m curious on others opinions.
Apple’s iOS 17 will evidently contain a new feature that can replicate your voice in 15 minutes by reading a random paragraph, and then allowing the phone software to effectively sample your voice, and use AI to replicate it.
https://news.sky.com/story/new-iphone-feature-can-create-a-voice-that-sounds-like-you-in-just-15-minutes-12882547
Whilst I applaud the overall idea in the sense that it could assist those who suffer from ALS in the future by allowing them to convert typing into their own voice, I also see a note sinister side where this technology could easily be abused.
As a starting point, think “my voice is my password”… Then there’s always the possibility of being leveraged for deep fake purposes without consent. And what security controls are in place to protect that data, which easily falls into the personally identified category?
Liife enriching and life changing, yes, but the changes attract a new array of nefarious possibilities. Clearly, it’s possible to protect the voice synthesis with a biometric footprint, but how simple and cost effective works this be to implement?
Would love to hear opinions on this topic.
@phenomlab I created Reasons why we switched to WordPress and quit flarum bing index issues and backlinked to one of @Hari posts in Sudonix. Looking hot 😍
By the way i tried to resolve many issues, including ttfb now its 🚀
In the news today
https://news.sky.com/story/briton-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-stars-twitter-accounts-to-steal-bitcoin-12877404
If proof was ever needed that social engineering attacks are incredibly effective, yet usually very simplistic in nature, then here it is. And the mount of money extorted for a low effort ratio is truly astonishing.
Just another reason not to use TikTok. Zero privacy, Zero respect for privacy, and Zero controls in place.
https://news.sky.com/story/tiktok-fined-12-7m-for-data-protection-breaches-12849702
The quote from this article says it all
TikTok should have known better. TikTok should have done better
They should have, but didn’t. Clearly the same distinct lack of core values as Facebook. Profit first, privacy… well, maybe.
I saw this article earlier, and wanted to share it here in order to start a discussion around AI in general.
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-and-others-sign-open-letter-calling-for-pause-on-ai-development-12845039
As you might already know, I’m not a huge fan of AI and a while ago now, I wrote the below article
https://sudonix.com/topic/138/ai-a-new-dawn-or-the-demise-of-humanity?_=1680120970459
Obviously, my views around this specific subject are mine, but I’m keen to understand what others think.
Let’s discuss 👍
Looks like META (AKA Facebook) could well be in financial trouble
“The company said on Tuesday it will reduce the size of its recruiting team and make further cuts in its tech groups in late April, and then its business groups in late May.”
https://news.sky.com/story/facebook-and-instagram-owner-meta-to-lay-off-another-10-000-staff-12833642