maybe that too, but mainly it was the move from desktops to smartphones and tablets, which Flash was (at minimum) not very suited for if it was supported at all

This may be the only good thing caused by the existence of iOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_on_Flash

Everyone who liked free and open source software and open standards and such things, which Flash was very much the antithesis of.

They’re different but compatible pieces of software.

A major difference is that Lemmy doesn’t allow following individual (microblogging) accounts, only communities. The other three allow following both AFAIK.

Is the source code already available?

Meanwhile in the city I live in, it’s a violation of transport conditions to consume alcohol on most public transport, including the metro. 😁

I would have copy-pasted it verbatim no matter what the output would have been, didn’t know what it would be before. :D

I didn’t even tell ChatGPT what the contents should be, I just told it to write a public speech about your initial showerthought, didn’t give it any instructions what it should or shouldn’t say.

In fact I agree with you that it ended up as an ironic illustration of what AI writing is like at its worst.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Today I want to talk about something many people are excited about: artificial intelligence. AI can help us write emails, summarize reports, generate ideas, and yes—draft speeches. It’s a powerful tool. But like any powerful tool, it reveals something important about us: technology can assist judgment, but it cannot replace it.

That brings me to a very public example: Pete Hegseth.

If you’ve been paying attention to recent public discourse, you may have seen speeches and statements associated with him that sparked debate—not just about the content itself, but about how they may have been written. Many people suspect that AI tools were involved. And when those speeches fall flat, contradict themselves, or sound oddly mechanical, critics jump to one conclusion: “AI wrote this.”

But here’s the truth we should understand: bad speeches are not a failure of AI. They’re a failure of the human using it.

AI can generate structure, language, and ideas, but it cannot replace authenticity, judgment, or responsibility. A strong speech comes from clarity of thought, understanding of the audience, and a genuine message. If someone simply copies and pastes machine-generated words without reflection, editing, or ownership, the result will sound hollow—no matter how advanced the technology is.

So when people say that certain speeches are a “terrible advertisement for AI,” they’re actually pointing to something deeper. AI doesn’t stand at a podium. AI doesn’t decide what values to defend or what message to send. Humans do.

The lesson isn’t that AI makes communication worse. The lesson is that AI magnifies the communicator.

A thoughtful speaker can use AI to research faster, refine language, and test ideas. A careless speaker will use it as a shortcut—and the audience will hear that shortcut immediately.

Public speech has always required responsibility. The tools change—typewriters, teleprompters, word processors, and now AI—but the core requirement remains the same: the speaker must mean what they say.

So instead of blaming the technology when a speech fails, we should remember a simple principle:

AI can help you write words. But it cannot help you believe them.

And the audience always knows the difference.

Thank you.

(sorry, I can’t resist replying to posts like that with AI-generated examples of what they’re complaining about; in this case, the above was generated by ChatGPT)

AFAIK this has to do with US tax law and how it applies to income earned by US citizens abroad.

I have never answered yes to this, but would be surprised if it were impossible or even considerably harder for US persons to open bank accounts. I always thought this just triggered slightly different rules for the bank?

What do you expect when everything you post is instantly copied (“federated”) to something between dozens and thousands of other servers? They might not all properly process any deletions. :/

That link doesn’t work for me, and I’m pretty sure that’s generally how Lemmy works, you yourself can still see things you deleted on your profile, but other people can’t. Try opening your profile logged out (e.g. private browsing mode), I think you won’t see deleted posts or comments there anymore.

If you don’t trust deletion to federate to other instances, why would you trust edits to do so?

Technically correct, but I think you know what the above user meant.

Könnte theoretisch natürlich sein, allerdings war es tatsächlich deren Mastodon-Account. Die meisten Links, die ich hier teile, finde ich über Mastodon.

heise hat ja auch einen Mastodon-Account, was glaubst du, wie ich den Artikel gefunden hab? ;)

2006: user generated content is a revolution! We are now exchanging information and ideas directly with each other without needing information gatekeepers like traditional media or paid advertisers or anything like that! The future is gonna be a utopia where the powerful will be challenged at every turn!

2026: a significant percentage of “user generated content” is generated either by AI or people who are being paid to do so for commercial or political reasons… I suppose those are “users” too…

why, humanity, why??? ;____;

ja eh, es ist eh Ganzjahresmüdigkeit ;)

I very recently opened an account with a cryptocurrency broker and was surprised at the hoops I had to jump through. They made me show my driver’s license, show my face, read out numbers… all because I wanted to invest a few thousand euros in a cryptocurrency. I realize that this is because of the kinds of legal requirements described in the article, but it makes me worry, if they do that for banks today, are they going to do it for online platforms tomorrow…?

Yes. And why, dear journalists, are you reporting on this only now instead of last year before it passed the legislature?

How does this compare to salaries for comparable positions at comparable for-profit companies?

It’s kinda the point of donations that they can afford to hire people whose labor costs that much.