SanctimoniousApe

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[–] SanctimoniousApe 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Level-headed people don't want to rule the world, or force others to do things their way. Only assholes do, which is why they destroy everything good set up by those just trying to help their fellow humans.

People who believe that stupid crap are people who have been trained by bullies since childhood to do & believe what they're told, and it's so ingrained from such a young age that their obedience is instinctive even when it's self-destructive.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Because it's about shit that can't be proven wrong to an audience that has been raised to believe in a big Sky Daddy of some variety or another. IMHO, raising children to believe in whatever religion predisposes them to believe all sorts of groundless bullshit told to them by their leaders, which is why those prone to controlling others like to push religion so hard.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 6 points 13 hours ago

Not only that, but some countries are fully governed by dinosaurs. Ask me how I know...

[–] SanctimoniousApe 1 points 14 hours ago

Yet nothing will happen because there's a big "D" next to her name.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 15 points 14 hours ago

TBF, Microsoft has been screwing it themselves.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 3 points 14 hours ago

They'll just claim you blocked the memory because it was so "horrifying."

🙄

[–] SanctimoniousApe 4 points 14 hours ago

Don't be. They are the party for whom denial of the truth is a required modus operandi. That includes self-denial.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 9 points 17 hours ago

I dunno about "likeable," but definitely insidiously believable.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 14 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Why do they need combs for a Ferengi? Is it the ear hair?

/s

[–] SanctimoniousApe 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

"Sure!"

Sends pics of the front of the card, while all the useful info is on the back.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 7 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Pretty sad statement when those days seem better than today.

[–] SanctimoniousApe 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why stop at just one? Someday soon I'm sure they'll gleefully tell you that Windows couldn't format your USB thumb drive, so they reset your browser.

 
 

Sorry these guys have to put off their retirement, but thank goodness they're willing to.

 

IMHO, the only "hypocrisy" is with the conservative-owned press holding Biden to standards LONG since tossed aside for Trump. The people have made it clear they only respect a government who fights dirty, and WAY effing past time they get what they asked for. In the scheme of things, this is positively mundane - but they'll try to attack anything that Dems do that they'd gleefully make excuses for Trump doing since that pisses off Dems. I congratulate Biden for finally saying "fuck it," and doing the same thing they would do.

 

It blows my mind that there are no legal blocks in place to prevent this (yeah, I know it's because this shit was so unthinkable that nobody prepared for it). This yahoo is on a mission to destroy EVERYTHING America was supposed to stand for. SOMETHING has to be done to stop this shit!

 

Republicans: the party of freedom, my farking ass.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by SanctimoniousApe to c/politics@lemmy.world
 

Frankly, I hope Elon wins this one. His handling of Twitter demonstrates his incompetence, and his inability to keep his mouth shut will be helpful in preparing to fight whatever BS they're up to next. The other guy might be too smart and sneaky considering his involvement in the fake elector scheme.

 

Google's "Voice Access" is decent for controlling the device through verbal commands, but you have to be looking at the screen to get results - it won't read anything back to you.

Google's "TalkBack" will read things on screen to you, but you have to interact with the screen physically (never mind the significant change in how interactions work - which I understand the need for - but it's still a serious mental PITA to switch between the two interaction methodologies frequently).

Is there no way to just interact with it entirely verbally? A (very) simple example of what I'm looking for:

  1. "What are the current Google News headlines?"
  2. Starts reading each one aloud, along with the names of the sources.
  3. "Read the article about Trump caught making out with Elon from AP News."
  4. Proceeds to load the article & read it aloud.

(Yeah, I know there are podcasts for this - it's meant to illustrate the basic idea of completely verbal interaction with the device, not be an actual problem I'm looking for someone to provide a solution to.)

It just seems to me that we should be able to do this by now - especially with all the AI blow-up over the past couple of years. Can anybody point me to a usable solution to accomplish this?

TIA.

EDIT: I thought of a better example (I think), because it occurred to me that the above one could (sort of) be done with a Google Home speaker. I'm looking to be able to interact with Android apps verbally wherever possible, so my better example is "What are the latest posts made to the 'No Stupid Questions' community on Lemmy?" So far as I know, Google Home is not able to do such a thing. I'd like to tell Android to open my Lemmy client and start reading post headlines until it hit one I wanted to have it open & read to me.

I'm basically looking to use apps verbally to fill in gaps that Google Home/Assistant don't cover.

EDIT 2: Here's an even better, more universally applicable description of what I'm after - copied from a response I gave to another comment:

Imagine someone doing some relatively mindless menial job such as working an assembly line, janitorial work, chauffer - something where your mind is relatively unoccupied, but you're not free to look at and/or touch your device (whether it be due to practicality, or job rules). While doing that job, I want to be able to have the device read and interact with something of interest to me at that moment (ADHD is a fickle mistress), rather than just relying on podcasts with predefined content. Kind of like having someone next to me doing all the interfacing between me and the device.

EDIT 3: I added a comment with some news on options that may come close enough to doing the job which I've come across since posting.

 

I've often assumed Harris didn't want to insult her boss by going against him, because I got the impression she was planning to give Netanyahu what for once she took over - especially with him escalating things further and further. Did anyone else get that vibe, or was it just wishful thinking on my part?

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