Lumelore (She/her)

I am a trans woman and a computer nerd :3

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I live in Minnesota and use GrapheneOS with IronFox and uBlock, NoScript, and Privacy Badger. My desktop is Debian with librewolf and the same extensions.

    I decided to check Spam prices at various Targets on both my phone and desktop. I don’t typically shop at Target, though I do have an account with them but I haven’t logged in in years. I was also not logged in for the testing.

    I tried at my local Target and a few around the cities and got the same prices regardless of being on mobile or desktop. Only difference was between stores with prices ranging between $4.69 and $5.59.

    I did not physically go anywhere different during this test, nor did I use a VPN, so that may have been why I was getting the same prices on both devices. I also really don’t know how much Target actually knows about me other than my IP and that I block stuff.



  • My viewpoint is that genAI will always cause cognitive decline no matter what however I haven’t come across any studies yet about analytical AI also brain rotting people. If it’s trained on data with consent from it’s owners’ and they find a solution to the environmental problems, I’d be fine with it as long as it’s used for good purposes.

    This post about AI detecting cancer makes me believe it might be genuinely useful, although of course it can be used for despicable, evil purposes as well.

    Also, humans really like making/designing things. I don’t see the point in automating activities that many people love doing. Every time I come across an ad advertising image gen or whatever it just feels so out of touch with humanity.









  • They seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that internet infrastructure in the US* is horrible and a lot of people outside of major urban areas have shitternet that makes streaming games laggy and unreliable. Unless they spend serious money upgrading infrastructure, it’s just going to be Stadia 2.0. Except even then people still really do not like gaming as a service so it’ll probably fail again anyway.

    *I don’t know how good other countries’ internet is but I would include them if I did.