Kyle Barr's saved articles

The SamsungDex is really a game changer for me. I have a desktop but no laptop and had a hard time finding an additional use. I recently got a standalone dock called a NexDock which basically lets my phone be the power of the whole laptop. And I gotta say it is quite convenient. Still some kinks to work out but really… Read more

So streamers are creeping ever so slowly to the cable packages that they destroyed. Just more expensive.
I can’t wait ‘til our ISPs offer “Basic streaming packages” that include Netflix, Prime and your choice of AppleTV+ or Disney+. It’ll be like 90s fashion coming back. Is all techbro stuff just rehashed “things from… Read more

Um, Tidal was the one who STARTED this whole thing. That was their entire schtik from the very beginning, highest possible quality streaming music. Read more

So many reasons I am not using Spotify, Where do I even begin? 
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Good lord, I was able as a teenager taking a high school speech class to learn how to eliminate the uhs and umms out of public speaking. You do not need AI to to be able to communicate effectively as a leader. I feel like I'm finally commencing on my journey of being old man who yells at digital clouds... Read more

probably as good as it does at protecting any user at all from harrassment Read more

It won’t be too soon that CGI will be so realistic that you will not need actual actors either. Read more

Ugh. I don’t want a hosted website. I just want a domain and support for DDNS for cheap. Read more

After years of migrating away from the predatory website builders to Google Domains, Google just handed us back... for $180m. Total bullshit. Read more

Twitter actively not just platforms but promotes anti LGBTQ views.  Read more

And... ?
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Years back, on Facebook, I used to follow a Pennsylvania legislator who is gay. His wall was full of people calling him insults and slurs, and he would report those users and also post screenshots of Facebook company’s findings. In those emails, the company would say that phrases like “gay men are degenerates” do not… Read more

Voices include Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Mater, Chewbacca, and R2-D2, though we’d need to have our own demo of that last one to understand how people can best translate the droid’s beeps and boops. Read more

What a joke, they have all of the information they need for costs when it comes time for someone to sign up for a service, there’s very little extra work they would need to do to simply make that information more visible before people actually sign up.
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If it’s too goddamn inconvenient to itemize (and justify) every single fee you gouge your customers with, then don’t take our fucking money at all. Simple as that. Read more

If you are able to to identify the amount that is to be added to a bill, it is a near-zero added cost to add that line to the itemized bill. Read more

...or, you know, just roll all the random fees into the advertised price, so the price they advertise is the one you actually pay.  Then no need for reports... Read more

Ok so I wrote this mess, and it’s more stream of thought than coherent, but I don’t want to waste it....
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Art to different people means different things. Ai is trainned the same way that artists are, they are born with no understanding of anything and taught to see our world through its lens and taught to use the tools of the trade to create. Nobody without inputs can have outputs including Ai. with out input nothing can… Read more

The only jobs that are on the line are those belonging to people who refuse to learn or use AI tools. Just find ways to integrate AI tools into your daily workflow and you’ll be fine. Read more