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I think they said you can't transfer the license between accounts, but they never said anything about turning over the account

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Sssssshhhhhh steam doesn't need to know

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Only if they catch me ;)

Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising (www.techradar.com)

Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the...

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Excellent rant, I hate that doomer mindset. Old people used DOS, kids figure out vpns to get on gambling sites. People aren't stupid they just haven't had a reason to learn, or didn't have someone to make them care.

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I think they were following the guide based on what they said was frustrating them. I think Mint could simplify the instructions for non tech people and remove the asides like checking file hashes.

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They really ought to include this info about mirrors on their website. They have an aside about checking file hashes which can give paranoia to people who don't know what's going on.

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I guarantee some smarmy PM said it in Teams when a developer asked this question.

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I have yet to see that happen. If anything they'll just raise their prices because they no longer have any competitors.

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This is honestly ridiculous. The security concerns are unwarranted. Any surveillance that these drones could accomplish if hacked can just be bought off of any GIS website.

"But military bases" go fly a drone by one and see what happens. This already isn't a surveillance concern.

This is going to set the hobbyist and professional drone market back a decade.

AlexWIWA ,

Good point. Unfortunate that US consumers keep getting screwed by these bans

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I can assure you that we won't. There has not been a time in the history of this country that lower competition has resulted in improved products or prices.

There is zero US based competition in the hobbyist and consumer spaces unless you DIY. US companies mostly do products for emergency services, large commerical operations like spraying pesticides, or military. There are a handful of brands making smaller drones, but they're all a decade behind DJI in features and quality control, or they cost $20,000.

I'd be fine with a ban if there was a legitimate security concern, but there isn't, this is just part of the trade war and it only stands to harm US consumers and small businesses. The entire aerial photography industry is going to collapse and one's only option will be large companies with hex rotor drones and Red cameras.

AlexWIWA ,

Oh if you're thinking diy then yeah this won't affect DIY at all. DIYs are all Frankensteins anyway

AlexWIWA ,

I have pulled mine apart too. I have an old one from before the tracking law and I didn't find anything nefarious. The one I have from after the tracking law went into effect is transmitting its location and ID but I didn't find much else even on a network intercept.

Maybe there is some way to open a stream to China buried deep in the firmware, but I don't see what use China would have for that. They have other methods of surveillance

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Using other peoples' money technically satisfies his goal

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Every person I've talked to IRL about Windows misses Windows 7. We didn't realize how good we had it. Oh well, I'll just switch to Linux

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My company basically said they're only going to update if they absolutely have to. IT and management are aligned for the first time in my entire career. There's been talks of switching entirely to Linux and Mac. Microsoft really fucked up.

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I still like it but I never really got into workspaces or anything like that. The only thing I miss when I'm on my 7 machine is dark mode.

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Meanwhile every update makes the app worse

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I'll sadly be on Mac for work until there's a Linux build that can compete with the M1 performance, thermals, and battery life. I can't believe I lived so long with laptops that couldn't be used on my lap.

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I've tried it and it's not ready for my daily workload. I'll probably be able to switch in a year thankfully. I am sick of Mac os

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Okay, brain organoid

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Agreed. Always better to unload the gun rather than try to stop it with armor

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Cars with electric motors can be any shape. I am appalled that there is not a pattywagon for sale

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True. It's just harder because you have to move the power around with mechanical linkages rather than just having a big ass cable

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Yeah from SpongeBob

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I need it

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https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Patty_Wagon

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Alright

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The modern tech industry needs the old Linus to pay it a visit. Too many grifts

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Old Linus with Woz and Schwartz is a dream.

I understand why Linus wanted to clean up his act with people he works with. That is a good and admirable thing to do. I wish he would have kept his smoke for companies though.

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LLMs have been training on Reddit posts since at least 2012. Nothing really new here.

AlexWIWA ,

Lemmy is even easier to scrape. Just set up your own instance, then read the database after activity pub pushes everything to you.

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Not even a year ago. Reddit has been used for training data for well over a decade. We used it in 2012 in an AI class.

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My apologies. I missed it

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Assuming there's no weird catch, this is amazing. I love winamp

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Falling for a grift, sadly.

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Yes

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Mfw rifled barrel with cartridge

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Imagine having arms too weak to use a long bow. Can't relate

Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets (arstechnica.com)

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

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It's like they completely forgot that car dealerships make most of their money on maintenance and repair of vehicles that were sold.

Long term service is where the real money is.

AlexWIWA ,

Oregon W

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I've also felt the "impossible to say no" lingo is awful. "remind me later" fuck off

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I like short form content too, but not on my longer form content website. And I wouldn't want ten minute videos on my movie service.

AlexWIWA ,

I know a lot of RC brands did this too. They didn't want people blowing up their Li-On batteries with old chargers, or getting complaints because it takes three days to charge.

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    AlexWIWA ,

    I spend so much time making the perfect audio system and never listen to music

    AlexWIWA ,

    This is me lol. I cope by saying distortion is fine as long as it's not coming from my system. I want to hear what the artist heard. It's mega cope though.

    AlexWIWA ,

    I think audio quality is something I never hear when I upgrade, but I really hear it when I downgrade.

    AlexWIWA ,

    True. I've been enjoying Windows 10 now that I've really tuned it to my liking. It took too much work to get it there though so I don't really fanboy for it.

    I wish there was a legitimate way to get the LTSC version because it's very close to my tuned one

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