There isnt much discourse to be had when everyone on here already agrees, and I don’t mean I miss right wing voices. Just that I dont need to talk about politics with people who think virtually exactly the same as me about these things.

Yes. There’s little or no novelty here. I’m not surprised by something new or interesting. I get a lot of nostalgia hits because we’ve all experienced similar things.

if I get banned from one instance then I can make a new account in some instance too?

Yes. You can always create a new account on a different instance.

Thanks for posting! I enjoy reading your stuff.

It looks like an offline tool that reviews existing medical records to find indicators of addiction:

Overall, the AI screener was as effective as provider-only assessments in leading to addiction specialist consultations. However, those who received AI screening were 47% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after initial discharge.

The team calculated that each readmission avoided saved about $6,800 in health care costs during the study period. The findings suggest that investment in AI could help to increase access to addiction treatment, improve efficiencies, and save costs.

It autorenews and it’s relatively expensive.

I wouldn’t do that DNA test, because it’s really sensitive data.

WikiTree is a free alternative to the genealogical database. The genealogy nerd in my life says that its data is a bit better. Ymmv.

In the 90s it was seen as a backwater with growing power. There was a sense that China’s economic growth would push it towards democracy. Tiananmen Square seemed like proof of that.

Precrime will be here!

Give it a shot!

Rust can be a real pain in the ass: it’s like having to solve mini logic puzzles as you’re writing your code. At best, it’s fun, at worst, it’s a distraction and source of frustration.

You can always stop the rewrite if you discover you don’t like Rust.

What’s the other one?

I didn’t use any of the original Metro UIs, but Square Home looks and behaves the way I expect.

The config interface is definitely clunky, but I’ve been able to get what I want.

Square Home. I think I had to pay $3 for lifetime access to some features. It’s worth it, IMO. Has widget support and a few other nice features.

I’m using it as a skin on my Android device now. It’s a great UI. But it was built for an unwanted platform.

most of the people here will actually argue in favor of it

On Lemmy? This is the place that’s jazzed for GrapheneOS releases so they can degoogle their phone. We go on and on about private messenger apps, Proton, running non-corporate OSes, and privacy. Most of us are here because we don’t like the shitty direction Reddit is taking.

I think you can make the argument that generally people are ambivalent about privacy, but Lemmy is a definite exception to that rule.

C’mon Scott. I’m waiting.

I’m a reformed Sync user. Nothing. I guess you can cross post from other clients. But that’s not really a loss.

I don’t really get what selling Chrome and Android would accomplish.

There was a leak of Google’s old page ranking algorithm (not PageRank, but how they change the order of results on search) - it looked like they used a bunch of signals from Chrome about the amount of time users spend on a page, how quickly they go back, etc. Chrome gives the search side of the business an advantage.

Conversely, Android feeds a bunch of extra data to the ad business about what people do in real life.

Both products give the rest of Alphabet a significant advantage over their competitors, and make it harder for new entrants to get a foothold.

That was pretty great.

All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.

That’s missing from Lemmy. 😞

But what I started to see here, is that people like to share the most greedy ad and trackers filled news sources.

Can you provide examples?