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Two horizontally stitched screenshots comparing a search for “Reavers GIF” on DuckDuckGo and Google in Safari iOS (private tabs). DDG presented zero Firefly/Serenity relevant results while Google found them exclusively.

Hopefully a privacy-focused yet fast instance for US West Coast cheapskates who probably should pony up for Kagi, buttttttttttt

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Schrödinger's Microphone: Google Meet Says Muted, iOS Says Otherwise (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/google@lemmy.world

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Horizontally stitched screenshots showing a Google Meet call on the iPhone where the microphone mute icon is highlighted in active mute status while the lock screen displays a mute icon which is not selected and inactive.

Always been this way for months. ~~IIRC, the lock screen mute button is nonfunctional.~~ Mute functionality detailed here.

Latest Versions: iOS 17.6.1, Google Meet 260.0

I should report this bug to Google and not Apple, right?

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xkcd #2962: President Venn Diagram (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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xkcd.com/2962

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The image is a Venn diagram that compares the overlapping qualities between "Eligible to be President", "Would be a good President", and "Unusually vocal about love of Venn diagrams". The central overlapping area contains the text "Kamala Harris", while the eligibility and vocality areas contain the text “Me”.

Title text:

Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.'

Explain xkcd

Context (2023):

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Man who escaped Oregon prison 30 years ago was found in Georgia with a stolen identity, authorities say (www.cnn.com)

submitted 3 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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The discovery of the stolen identity came after new investigative technology employed by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service developed new leads in the case this year, the Marshals Service said without elaborating about the technology.

Facial recognition?

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Dirty diaper resold on Amazon ruined a family business, report says (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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Summary:

Amazon's returns process is a complete dumpster fire - they'll slap a "new" sticker on your used crap and put it right back up for sale. Case in point: a small biz got screwed when Amazon resold their poopy swim diaper as brand new, tanking their company. Thankfully, Amazon took immediate action (JK). At least sellers now at least have the option to opt-out of returns being sold as new.

One comment from the article:

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Your new neighbor, a genie, opens 'Temptation Mart' next door. Food, alcohol, substances, carnal pleasures, gambling - all complimentary, 24/7. How does this affect your daily life? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though... for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection tools? Total bunk.

Will AI be the new calculator... or the death of us all (obviously the only alternative).

Note: the software was NOT as good on the advanced exams, even though it handled the easier stuff.

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How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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So awkward, but come on it says right there on the package to wash those mushrooms or whatever it is… You’re not their mom but you don’t wanna eat feces or whatever ended up on the produce. A quick rinse is never going to be perfect but it’s better than nothing.

In the absence of legitimate suggestions, commiseration is welcome too 😉

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Does Info Flow sound like Audit the Audit? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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Info Flow:

https://youtube.com/@INFOFLOW211

Audit the Audit:

https://youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit

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Give yourselves a round of applause 🖖 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

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Social Media Post:
Star Trek fans have held the national stereotype of being way too rabid about things for decades but they’re probably the nicest fan base in all of science fiction and the one least likely to have a large faction of them absolutely lose it over a torpedo being fired by a woman or dumb shit like that

Source (login walled)

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xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation

https://xkcd.com/2940

Explain xkcd #2940

Title Text:

My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.

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A chart that categorizes various modes of transportation based on their practicality and danger level:

Zone of Practicality: