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The data it collects is used by AI companies, though.

Another selfish reason: at some point we'll all have diminished eyesight; make things accessible for future you.


Surely as the traffic Google sends to websites falls and falls, there'll come a tipping point where the websites themselves will feel there's no benefit to allowing Google to index them.

If this happens, Google's generative AI slop will have less and less scaped and regurgitated content to surface to Google users.


> Which suggests that content wins and form just needs to be good enough for the intended audience.

I agree to an extent, but why not put the extra effort into making that content easier to read, especially for those whose vision is degraded (which is ultimately all of us given enough time).


> So a solution should probably be done in software

In Chrome you can simulate a slow connection on a slow device via the dev tools. Firefox has a similar feature.

It's not entirely what you're suggesting (which is sort of like Chaos Monkey but for web apps I guess?)


Some way to simulate a slow CPU


Chrome DevTools have that too.


Elon's not brilliant, he's just lucky.


You don't get lucky building both Tesla and SpaceX. Bezos spent the same amount of time and money on a rocket company and they haven't got far. Elon does have something going, it's just unlikely the competence carries over to national and international politics.


PayPal, OpenAI, Neuralink too

The guy is clearly very skilled at identifying opportunities and putting together the best team to execute on them. Probably better than any other human alive today.

People may not like the guy for whatever reason, but saying he isn’t talented is absurd.


> Elon's not brilliant, he's just lucky

Est-il habile où est-il heureux [1]?

[1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Mazarin not Napoleon


The main reason I've done this is to make myself less profitable to Meta. A drop in the bucket, I know, but the more people who do this, the less money Meta makes, which can only be a good thing for the world.

1) I don't particularly care beyond possibly being less targeted for manipulation

5) I wouldn't have thought it was a campaign or effort by Warner Bros, likely just the show itself which seems to have pretty wide editorial freedom (and obviously EFF does have a known position on these matters)

6) Good luck getting timely and well thought-through regulations through the EU / any regulation through the US


7 million is about 10% of the UK population, not 25%.


It is a nazi platform, in that it's owned and controlled by a nazi.


Please control yourself and stop being hysterical


I note that you didn't refute what I said.


You've always needed to go through passport control on Eurostar.


Yes of course but without the passport scan + fingerprint + travel authorization.


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