“web” would have sounded nice and clear, we also didn’t name FTP the World Wide File Transfer Protocol (WWFTP).
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It annoys me how www. is pronounced in english. Really, double-u double-u double-u dot example dot com?
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Apple's USB-C transition is a confusing mess (and that might be on purpose)7·2 months agoThank you. It appears that even the USB-2.0 models support video output.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Apple's USB-C transition is a confusing mess (and that might be on purpose)4·2 months agoWired screen mirroring would be a nice use case. E.g. just plug the iphone in a USB dock and watch a movie or join a meeting.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?English22·2 months agoUsage requires less computer knowledge than answered
Oh no!!
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Did ChatGPT come up with Trump’s tariff rate formula? AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok all return the same formula for reciprocal tariff calculations, several X users claim.English5·3 months agoThe current tariff approach by the republican administration does not include the tariffs on US exports. They are not included in the formula.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employeesEnglish37·4 months agoTeams randomly selects the wrong microphone, so either people can’t hear me or they can hear everyone around me too (laptop mic).
How hard can it be to store my microphone preference?
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing Leak: More Affordable Than RTX 5070?English17·6 months agoAlso sourced from Chiphell, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is expected to command a price tag between $479 for AMD’s reference card and roughly $549 for an AIB unit, varying based on which exact product one opts for.
This sounds reasonable IMO. After all, there is still room for a cheaper 9060 / 9050 series.
I couldn’t find anything specific to the 1980s, but this graph shows that coal production was rising betwen 1940 and 2008. Apparrently, they needed less and less workers for even more output.
Edit: source
Yes, he promised this in 2016. The numbers speak for themselves:
Edit: Changed the graphic, link to source
A career in the coal mining industry doesn’t seem very promising in 2024.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•OpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any furtherEnglish185·8 months agoI don’t think your brain can be reasonably compared with an LLM, just like it can’t be compared with a calculator.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•OpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any furtherEnglish1076·8 months agoIt’s absurd that some of the larger LLMs now use hundreds of billions of parameters (e.g. llama3.1 with 405B).
This doesn’t really seem like a smart usage of ressources if you need several of the largest GPUs available to even run one conversation.
cron@feddit.orgto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•5 days with new phone number - 84 spam callsEnglish32·8 months agoThis kind of spam is luckily pretty rare in europe, I get maybe one or two spam calls a year.
cron@feddit.orgto World News@lemmy.world•‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ beginsEnglish2·8 months agoTrue. I really wonder why they’re not tackling the issue more. It seems that there are several different areas to adress, from farming to industry to vehicles.
cron@feddit.orgto World News@lemmy.world•‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ beginsEnglish51·8 months agoThe “more toxic than ever” part seems to be based on subjective opinions, not on data.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferencesEnglish29·9 months agoMaybe because many streaming services have locked their 4k content behind some specific apps and platforms and offer lower resolutions on general desktop PCs.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferencesEnglish25·9 months agoGenerally, we (sadly) see smart monitors come up like smart TVs did ten years ago.
Some noteable features include streaming apps (netflix…) and wireless screen mirroring from phones.
cron@feddit.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Using inside info, iPhone thieves arrive at your house right after FedExEnglish5·9 months agoReally? At least 90% of packets I get are deposited without signature.
“With the latest update, you are now unable to read any encrypted PMs before may 2025. Sorry for the inconvenience.”