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What apps do you use to listen music at work/on phone?

Jellyfin as a server where my music is hosted.

Jellyfin's web client to stream on my personal laptop.

Symphonium to stream on my Android phone, and sometimes Deezer (when I want to check out new songs).

Deemix to extract songs I like from Deezer to my server.

Tailscale for external access.

On my work laptop I only listen to online radios, or I just use my phone. I guess I could connect to my server on it, but the laptop belongs to my company, so I avoid any access to my personal stuff.

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AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid

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I get these kinds of things all the time at work. I'm a writer, and someone once sent me a document to brief me on an article I had to write. One of the topics in the briefing mentioned a concept I'd never heard of (and the article was about a subject I actually know). I Googled the term, checked official sources ... nothing, it just didn't make sense. So I asked the person who wrote the briefing what it meant, and the response was: "I don't know, I asked ChatGPT to write it for me LOL".

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Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining

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In my company they legitimately try to convince us that our users love ads.

I conducted user research on one of our websites, which showed complaints about the amount of ad placements we have been throwing at them. The execs responded by telling me "but we are actually HELPING them, we're showing them products that will improve their productivity and processes". Then, they came up with ideas for new ways we can place MORE ads on top of the ones already there. I'm sure our users are loving it!

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Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce

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It kinda sounds like you're shaming people simply for spending their money on entertainment, food or better living conditions. That kind of take can come off like saying, "you’re poor, so you don’t deserve to enjoy anything."

I get that there are alternatives like pirating, but that doesn't really solve the bigger issue: we shouldn't have to resort to that in the first place.

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"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

From OpenAI's statement:

We have three main red lines that guide our work with the DoW, which are generally shared by several other frontier labs:

• No use of OpenAI technology for mass domestic surveillance.

• No use of OpenAI technology to direct autonomous weapons systems.

• No use of OpenAI technology for high-stakes automated decisions (e.g. systems such as “social credit”).

It specifically states their AI can't/won't be used for surveillance and autonomous weapons. Of course I'm not saying I trust them, but isn't this the same thing Anthropic says they're against? What's the difference here or what did I miss?

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Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines.

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I don't know about OP and other countries, but where I live it's got to a point where companies are basically sharing everything on Instagram only. A lot of them don't even have official websites, and those that do have websites don't update them and leave them to rot and die.

Wanna know which concerts are coming up to your favorite venue? Instagram. Wanna see the full menu and prices for your favorite restaurant? Instagram. Wanna chat with a human and get a real reply? Sorry, they'll only answer your DMs on Instagram.

It's infuriating, so I keep an Instagram account just to follow those brands and know what's up. I also follow some close friends, but I don't interact with anyone and I don't have any posts, they all think I'm weird in that sense, but I don't care.