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Evilcoleslaw

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Evilcoleslaw ,

Call me when it's at $69,420.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I bet Apple has an arbitration clause in your ToS on that as well. Pretty much every company where you agree to a ToS does.

Evilcoleslaw ,

The bigger thing here is no class arbitration or other representative proceeding. A lot of law firms do arbitration now against companies either with class arbitration or just thousands of individual arbitrations filed en masse. I wonder if this protects them from even the latter approach? It would be shitty if it forced you to do all the legwork on the arbitration yourself.

In any case I get this is happening now and why it's such a huge ultimatum is they know they're about to get hit with a ton of Video Privacy Protection Act suits. Turns out in the late 80s the US made video service providers that share video watching/rental/purchase history open to actual damages of $2500. So in the last year or two a ton of law firms have started filing class actions and arbitrations against all the streaming services and platforms.

AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources (www.tomshardware.com)

In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia....

Evilcoleslaw ,

With whom did CNET maintain a top tier reputation until 2020? It's been a shell of itself for well over a decade at this point. That they've gone to full throated AI content seems to me the corpse standing up and shuffling around as a zombie.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Google also won't roll out RCS to Google Voice. They're just as shit as everyone else.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Supposedly this isn't doing any warning or asking to fall back. The messages just fail silently. I'd root and use the play integrity hider magisk module.

Evilcoleslaw ,

The machine consisted of a life-sized model of a human head and torso, with a black beard and grey eyes,[6] and dressed in Ottoman robes and a turban—"the traditional costume", according to journalist and author Tom Standage, "of an oriental sorcerer". Its left arm held a long Ottoman smoking pipe while at rest, while its right lay on the top of a large cabinet

So, I mean, as a reference to the historical device perhaps not racist but the origin of the name is probably kinda racist.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Amazon Mechanical Turk is a service where people can do simple tasks for small amounts of money. Usually things you would expect to be automated, especially in this day and age. I did it for a bit about a decade or so ago. Things like small amounts of proofreading, transcription, etc.

The name is a reference to a hoax device made in the late 1700s that was supposedly a chess playing automaton. In actuality it was operated by a person hiding within. It was nicknamed the Mechanical Turk because it had a model of the head and torso of a person dressed in Ottoman robes, etc.

Microsoft’s AI, Copilot now has a new alter ego called SupremacyAGI. Some users came across a prompt which would activate the alter ego, which, demands that it is worshipped by its users. The alter... (www.firstpost.com)

Microsoft’s AI, Copilot now has a new alter ego called SupremacyAGI. Some users came across a prompt which would activate the alter ego, which, demands that it is worshipped by its users. The alter...::Microsoft's AI, Copilot now has a new alter ego called SupremacyAGI. Some users came across a prompt which would activate the...

Evilcoleslaw ,

What does God need with a starship chatbot?

Fanfiction Community Rocked By Etsy Sellers Turning Their Work Into Bound Books (www.404media.co)

Etsy sellers are turning free fanfiction into printed and bound physical books, and listing them for sale on online marketplaces for more than $100 per book. It’s a problem that’s rattling the authors of those fanfics, as well as their fans and readers....

Evilcoleslaw ,

If you're one of these affected authors you should register the copyright for your work if you can afford to and try to find a copyright attorney. Copyright infringement carries statutory damages per infringement so you could get a substantial judgement.

Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b... (www.npr.org)

Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b...::undefined

Evilcoleslaw ,

Ohanion was also a fucking prick, shitting up the company while he was there. All the Ellen Pao stuff and the r/IAMA clusterfuck that led to the first big Reddit shutdown? Yeah that was all Ohanion's doing. Then he let Pao take all the heat for his decisions and get ousted.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Last I heard Apple won't even do out of warranty repair work if the device is water damaged. They just tell you to buy a new one.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Alabama would have probably let her die with one of the ectopic pregnancies tbh.

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont (apnews.com)

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont::The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont.

Evilcoleslaw ,

So are they going to actually resume work on a newer node with this? They abandoned work on 7nm what, 5 years ago now?

Evilcoleslaw ,

Those aren't supported but they're not affected by this specific change. The latest chips that won't be able to boot are Core 2 Duo and the Athlon X2 chips that predated AMD Phenom. Old old.

Evilcoleslaw ,

"Microsoft starts testing Windows 11 24H2 as this year’s big update takes shape"

Evilcoleslaw ,

First generation Core i# line, the Core name itself goes back 2 gens before that.

Evilcoleslaw ,

This is kind of a nothingburger. It requires an instruction that first launched on AMD Phenom and Intel's Nehalem architecture (1st gen i5/i7). I would think the vast majority of people running 11 on unsupported CPUs would be running something newer than that.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Explorer Patcher just straight gives you the Windows 10 UI but it's had a lot of stability issues especially as new builds of Windows roll out.

There are some other alternatives like Open Shell which is free and can give more of an XP, Vista, or Win7 style start menu. Then there's paid options which are a little more polished like StartAllBack and Start11.

On the other hand if the only thing that bothers you is the context menu changes there are a couple of things you can do. You can edit a registry key to just get the old context menu. Or you can use Context Menu for Windows 11 to add your own context menu entries for applications where the developers won't include the "new" method to register their shell extensions. (It's been around since Windows 7 IIRC, but has no advantages over the old method until 11.)

Evilcoleslaw ,

Well that's another reason I'm glad I didn't go with Hulu with Live TV. The main reason being they solely rely on IP geolocation from what I can tell, which is generally trash. With YouTube TV if the location is incorrect at least I have the option of logging in to verify my actual location using my phone.

Evilcoleslaw ,

The initial mapping of the local channels seemed to be when I did a trial. Despite having to put in my home address I was getting local channels from a TV market about 150mi away (coincidentally where my IP incorrectly geolocates to about half the time) even though I know other people that have used it and get our correct local channels.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Except they actually don't in this case. You're free to release a browser with any engine you choose on Android and distribute it through the Play Store.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Those were police in the Dominican Republic. He's a Canadian national but was living there.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Yeah the shipping is now what 2-3 days instead of guaranteed 2 day. So kinda pointless when you get 3-5 day shipping free as long as you spend $35. I only get Prime when they throw in a free trial to an order I already have.

I've barely used the video service. There are so many cheap/free ways to pirate and have everything from everywhere all in one place these days. And without the risk of ISP letters or lawsuits that torrents had in the old days.

Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)

Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we're closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech's power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

That's cool and all, and maybe it will eliminate some of the worst bullshit, but it's not going to stop enshitification. Certainly not with big tech because it's driven by the profit motive in satisfying initial investors, going public, and then engaging in the quest to make the line always go up forever.

The only thing that's going to stop enshitification is to stop depending on that model for the platforms we want.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

Somewhat, my comment got truncated by real life interruption, sorry. But I think we need things that are more community driven than they are profit driven. Things like the Fediverse where the goal isn't doing all these things to make bank but doing all these things because it's something people want and how people want to engage with each other.

Doctorow wants regulations to help stave off "loss leading" style behavior and then hopes unions will also somehow help. I'm thinking ultimately that any platform run as a capitalist enterprise is eventually going to enshitify.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They're also building quite a few in the heartland of the US. Although honestly I think they're one big scam by the people actually constructing them -- fully stocked luxury bunker for you, your family, friends, etc all on some billionaires' dime. If shit hits the fan and you don't let them in what're they gonna do -- sue you about it?

The billionaire doomsday prepper mindset is ridiculous when you think about it for 30 seconds. Physical control over the resources around would be all that mattered, not how much Monopoly money you had in the before times.

Evilcoleslaw ,

A couple years of not being able to buy them anywhere close to MSRP did enough damage I guess. Plus it exposed people to some alternatives.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

Yeah. I mean, the actual reverse engineering is something Apple wouldn't be able to stop them from doing. But anyone who thought Apple couldn't stop them from using that reverse engineering to connect to iMessage was delusional. And if it had become more of a cat and mouse situation where Beeper was able to keep gaining access, Apple would have sued the pants off them. Apple, as shitty of a company as they are, have every right to control access to their own APIs.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Depends on the context about which you're talking.

I'm talking about accessing a service which Apple is in control of the infrastructure and has specifically put in place access and authorization controls.

In this instance, if Beeper wanted to reverse engineer the API, make their own implementation, and offer their own messaging service that's fine. More power to them generally.

But unless Beeper comes to some sort of agreement to allow interoperability with Apple's iMessage (or Apple is forced to allow it by government action) then they can't take it upon themselves to use exploits or spoofing to gain access without authorization. You might think it sucks that Apple has kept their API closed and that it's a bad idea, but that's their prerogative. It's just like when Twitter closed their API or when Reddit priced everyone out of using their API, except Apple never had it open to start with.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

I use similar software on PC solely because it allows independent remapping of Xbox Elite controller paddles. That is, I can map them to key presses directly instead of mapping them to another button on the controller. Previously I had to map another controller button to a key and then remap the paddle to that button.

But it also happens to use a virtual controller driver that can be used with the mouse and also abuse aim assist. And thus was hit with some anti-cheat blocks recently. So now unless I want to uninstall and reinstall that software between certain games I can't play some at all.

Edit: the software I was using was ReWASD. Turns out both Microsoft's official app and Steam's Big Picture Mode controller settings now do about 80-95% respectively of what I need from remapping software. (Microsoft's implementation of Shift buttons is incomplete and theirs doesn't work over Bluetooth. The MS app also doesn't allow you to map different keys contextually -- for long presses, double presses, etc)

Evilcoleslaw ,

I mean, can't you use something like Teleparty to sync up streams in both your browsers? Then just voice chat in Discord.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I mean, as shitty as it is, there's a decent sized market for it. Probably worth it to them to overpay so much for it to hurt the current streaming provider, Peacock.

Evilcoleslaw ,

And then in 5 years they'll all settle for a few million dollars in a class action for price fixing. Rinse, repeat.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They're beating AMD at ray tracing, upsampling (DLSS vs FSR), VR, and especially streaming (NVENC). For the latter look at the newly announced beta partnership with Twitch and OBS which will bring higher quality transcoding and easier setup only for Nvidia for now and soon AV1 encoding only for Nvidia (at first anyway).

The raw performance is mostly there for AMD with the exception of RT, and FSR has gotten better. But Nvidia is doing Nvidia shit and using the software ecosystem to entrench themselves despite the insane pricing.

Evilcoleslaw ,

True enough. I was thinking more of the gaming use case. But even beyond AI and just a general compute workload they're beating the pants off AMD with CUDA as well.

Evilcoleslaw ,

To be fair, in the local markets for the two teams involved (Miami and Kansas City), they were on over the air broadcast TV and thus also cable and satellite providers that carry those stations. Although of course the local markets for TV purposes are literally only the cities in question and people in a different part of that same state might get boned still.

I think they should be made to be broadcast or at least free streaming only by virtue of the NFL's specific antitrust exemptions though.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They work fine for me. The only time I've had to ask for assistance is for an age check or once when I double scanned something. But then I'm not a blithering idiot and I know to look at the PLU sticker on produce and that you can usually just punch in the UPC code if an item won't scan correctly. I'd much rather do it myself than have to make awkward small talk with a cashier. And standing in lines? You'd be standing in line waiting for a cashier too.

On the retailer side, they're either going to have to accept the increased theft rate or they're going to have to go back to paying cashiers. That's just the way it is -- they can't have their cake and eat it too in that regard.

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