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[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 87 points 2 months ago

Google a recent medical symptom - your smart watch already knows the gritty details

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago

It's always cancer.
Sore throat - cancer.
Back ache - cancer.
Tiredness, cough, loss of taste and/or smell - maybe COVID. But also, cancer.

[-] archonet@lemy.lol 13 points 2 months ago

In its defense, the symptom I googled most recently like a year and a half ago, did, in fact, turn out to be cancer.

Yes, I'm fine now. But sometimes it's right.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 months ago

Doesn't take away the fact you should've asked a doctor instead of a search engine, though.

[-] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, that's... what I did after? It sure didn't go away on its own lmao

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"It's probably nothing to worry about. Or cancer."

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago

...But my smart watch is local sync only through FOSS alternative app. Maybe it's a normally intelligent watch instead of a smart watch.

[-] EldenLord@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago

No wait, you're telling me that mega-corporations don't care about me getting good products and having sole ownership of my personal data?

B-but [sponsored tech-geek blog], [generic gaming-news outlet] and [irrelevant apple shill] only ever told me so! Are you implying they lie to me?

Realtalk I only use cracked win11 pro workstation and iPhone because of work, every telemetry possible disabled (god bless the EU).

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

I have a trash internet connection so I just play whack-a-mole with internet privileges. Windows update? No. NVIDIA? Not a chance. Google? How is that even on my computer? But also nah.

Turns out most things use fuck all resources without internet

[-] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

FAKE! Obviously no self-respecting Apple iPhone user would own a Windows PC. Gotta keep it all in that walled garden, baby!

[-] Object@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 months ago

On that matter, why is Norton antivirus so popular? I don't remember being prompted to install one when installing Windows, yet I've seen a lot of people with it.

[-] radix@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

Back in the day, Norton actually made some useful tools. They've been coasting on that 90s reputation for decades, though. It's all unnecessary bloatware now.

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

Dos was so much easier to use with Norton Commander.

[-] Tash@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

You gave me flashbacks of the Peter Norton and John McAfee days!

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

There's still contracts that force anti-virus on servers and desktops so that may be their other source of revenue

[-] skooma_king@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

Back in the day, you were pushed hard to either put McAfee or Norton on your computer when you bought one from Dell, Compaq, etc. A lot of older people still think you need to do that so it’s still pretty popular.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I always used kaspersky which I stupidly downloaded from a torrent lol. Guess it worked? I'll never know tho.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

It protected our computer perfectly :)

[-] odium@programming.dev 31 points 2 months ago

It comes preinstalled in a bunch of laptops.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

strange, most IT professionals will tell you the only thing you need is Windows Defender and an ability to think before clicking strange download buttons

[-] odium@programming.dev 20 points 2 months ago

Not strange, most executives will sign a deal where another company gives them money for every laptop they sell with that company's product preinstalled.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

ah of course, money

[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

It just comes on cheap prebuilts or laptops. It sucks.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago

prepares a morning shower

??

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago

HAL begs anon "please take a shower"

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

"I am afraid I can't do that, Dave, not until you have taken a shower"

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 15 points 1 month ago

this was written by someone pretending they know how showers work

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

Notice he never actually enters the shower in this story.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Written by AI, you bet?

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Wall mounted mechanical dildo obviously

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Max had already turned on the shower for me, setting the water temperature right where I liked it. As I jumped into the steam-filled stall. Max switched the music over to my shower tunes playlist. I recognized the opening riffs of “Change,” by John Waite. From the Vision Quest soundtrack. Geffen Records, 1985.

Ready Player One had an AI that prepared his shower for him

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

setting the water temperature right where I liked it.

I have that too, it is called "having separate knobs for temperature and turning the water on and off" though I wouldn't exactly consider it AI.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 26 points 2 months ago

For real, though, I'm building a Hal9000 system for my home built on top of Home Assistant and Esphome.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago

What kind of hardware are you using for voice controls/voice output? Been looking to build an Ai waifu to control the lights.

I'll have to dig through my receipts to see. The Hal project has taken a back seat to the microchip controlled pet feeding stall project.

[-] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

troll. no one uses Norton anymore, its all about avast.

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago

Is my McAfee not cool anymore?

[-] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

No, he's not shooting holding RPGs in his hand with blow all over the table anymore.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

no no no, kaspersky is where it's at

[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

beep boop "You're wrist circumference is too wide and the tracker noticed no physical activities."

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I used to wonder why someone didn't just make a Linux distro that could natively run Windows programs until the whole copyright shit was explained to me; can't incorporate DirectX and other crap without permission yadda yadda...

Now I just wonder why someone hasn't done it anyway just because fuck Microsoft and because if they don't even distribute it, how would they have actually broken a law? Make the world's most perfect OS; and then keep it to yourself. Be a sick flex.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Or just do what other people breaking the law do and release it entirely anonymously via torrent, once it's out there it's out there.

Don't even have a website or explain anything, just dump it on pirate Bay and let word of mouth do the rest.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It's just really hard. Valve has been throwing money at the problem for like 10 years now and still hasn't gotten it right.

[-] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

I bet there is such a distro being kept hidden from us. I wouldn't be surprised. Even if it isn't public, someone probably tried doing it for his own personal sake.

this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2024
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