abucci
anthony.buc.ci
 (2w ago)
↳ In-reply-to » This year is a perfect square: 2025 = 45². Most of us reading this at time of posting won't be alive next time that happens since 46² = 2116, 91 years from now. This has been bouncing around the internet but for some reason I felt compelled to record it here!

@bender@twtxt.net I’m hoping my little one makes it that long; it’s possible! Unless some medical miracle occurs I’ll be long ago converted to dust by then.

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abucci
anthony.buc.ci
 (2w ago)

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads.

From Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/

I’m not sure I’m convinced Apple is really that much better than the other big tech companies when it comes to this kind of thing. Their reputation is better and they do seem to be better about things like on-device encryption, but then stories like this come out.

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abucci
anthony.buc.ci
 (2w ago)

This year is a perfect square: 2025 = 45². Most of us reading this at time of posting won’t be alive next time that happens since 46² = 2116, 91 years from now. This has been bouncing around the internet but for some reason I felt compelled to record it here!

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