Stopthatgirl7
Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
This is my lemmy account because I got sick of how unstable kbin dot social was.
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Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The GuardianEnglish13·10 months agoI’ve got to admit, I’ve wanted to do one of those tests just because my family is such a mix of “lol we don’t know.” Like, no really, what IS my maternal grandma? She does not look like the rest of her family and had a different family name from her siblings. And ok really, where DID my paternal great-grandmother who lied about her race so she could marry my great-grandfather back when “miscegenation” was illegal, come from? And WAS that great-grandpa biracial himself?
There’s a reason I call myself an ethnic Rorschach test, and I’d love to know why it is I am. But the rest of my family is against the idea of finding out because “it doesn’t matter” plus who knows how just data might be used one day.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now ObsoleteEnglish34·1 year agoRespectfully requesting that in the future, you read articles before replying.
And:
According to Straight, the issue was caused by a piece of wiring that had come loose from the battery that powered a wristwatch used to control the exoskeleton. This would cost peanuts for Lifeward to fix up, but it refused to service anything more than five years old, Straight said.
“I find it very hard to believe after paying nearly $100,000 for the machine and training that a $20 battery for the watch is the reason I can’t walk anymore?” he wrote on Facebook.
This is all over a battery in a watch.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunchEnglish2·1 year agoRight now, it’s all being funded by one person, Zhang Jingna (a photographer that recently sued and won her case when someone plagiarized her work) but it’s grown so quickly she got hit with a $96K bill for one month.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screensEnglish66·1 year agoI am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunchEnglish112·1 year agoIf they do, it’s going to be a bad time for them, since Cara has Glaze integration and encourages everyone to use it. https://blog.cara.app/blog/cara-glaze-about
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangibleEnglish19·1 year agoY’all gotta stop listening to Elon Musk without the world’s largest block of salt.
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI WorksEnglish25·1 year agoYes. When people were in full conspiracy mode on Twitter over Kate Middleton, someone took that grainy pic of her in a car and used AI to “enhance it,” to declare it wasn’t her because her mole was gone. It got so much traction people thought the ai fixed up pic WAS her.
That’s the other big reason I’m hesitant - different tests can give totally different results, so who knows what’s “right”?