[-] SanctimoniousApe 3 points 4 hours ago

Should be ~~an interesting~~ a depressing AF conf~~o~~irmation hearing. Chaired by Mitch McConnell, BTW.

FTFY

[-] SanctimoniousApe 2 points 5 hours ago

Plus no ads, and MUCH more efficiently written code to boot - win-win!

Just don't hook it up to the Internet...

[-] SanctimoniousApe 6 points 5 hours ago

All I see is the poster on Fox Mulder's wall that said "I want to believe."

[-] SanctimoniousApe 1 points 13 hours ago

Can confirm. I opened this post outside, and was immediately swarmed. The last thing I saw before my eyes were pecked out was someone bearing a strong resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock..

[-] SanctimoniousApe -5 points 18 hours ago

The topic has been debated to death. There's no logic, nor original thought here. Just more obstinate baiting for BS roundabout arguments that keep going in circles, and never engaged in good faith.

I wish you people would grow TF up, but we all know you never will.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 27 points 18 hours ago

Nice victim complex ya got going there. Deny the facts all you want, doesn't change what is well-documented.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 24 points 19 hours ago

We will call it a planet if we plan it.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Dunno what TVA you're thinking of, but the person you responded to was much more likely referring to the fictional TVA from Marvel.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

”We should be calling the cops on supermarket chains for hoarding and not sharing their exes of wealth with citizens who actually need it."

I think the word you were looking for was "excess." What you wrote seems like an oddly specific kink for divorcees.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 4 points 2 days ago

Further confusing me was the fact the very next post in my feed was this one.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Funny you say that, because I'm definitely not a radical leftist - except maybe somewhat for social justice. While I mostly agree with progressive ideals, I'm also pragmatic enough to accept that such drastic change can't realistically happen overnight - or, in many cases, even vaguely quickly. At least not without some rather significant, yet unnecessary upheavals in much of the general population's lives.

While I wouldn't stop supporting unions, I would most certainly be less sympathetic to those who expect sympathy, but aren't willing to give it. That's just being selfish, IMO, and I really don't care to deal with overly/unjustifiably selfish people. The Golden Rule is my primary guide to life, whereas it seems to me that most people preach it without truly following it themselves. It frustrates the fuck outta me.

[-] SanctimoniousApe 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"The group’s founder, Michael Meyer..."

I think I found your problem - might wanna check him for a hockey mask.

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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.

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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.

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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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People are calling for violence against FEMA on TikTok and X, new reports say.

I seriously don't understand why these people aren't immediately tracked down and arrested for terroristic threats. This BS is way beyond any reasonable "free speech" limit.

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