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Kissaki

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Kissaki ,

Google should have to clearly communicate to users what they did. Only few will even read and know about this. Rarely anybody will care.

Misbehavior on such a scale should at least be communicated so users can make an informed decision on their continued trust.

Kissaki ,

I wouldn't use it.

Seems to me like free plan is what browsers natively support anyway. (Scam site blacklist. I highly suspect they use the same. They can't compete with the one Google hosts and all major browsers integrate.)

And instead of paying 15 usd per month, Windows defender is a well funded, well established, well trusted solution.

There's no practical gain in blockage before download. Windows defender scans upon and after download, before execution.

Kissaki ,

Opting out may be the safe way. But I have to wonder if that clause would be binding. ToS can't overrule law.

Kissaki ,

Given that their mediation is binding to discord too, depending on the mediator, it can be a good thing for customers too.

Firefox failing several privacy tests out-of-the-box, according to Brave article (lemmy.world)

I understand firefox is free software and greatly customisable. I think forks like LibreWolf are fantastic. But I believe the FOSS community needs to be more critical of mozilla. They haven't been the sharpest tool in the drawer for a while......

Kissaki ,

Firefox having an empty check box on Blocks cross-site trackers is a lie.

Docs Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop

Ignoring isolation is misleading - in this marketing context a plain lie.

They could have made a differentiation between all-blocked vs some-blocked, but empty indicates none are blocked, which is a lie.

Kissaki ,

Banelings are created from zerglings following a brief chrysalis phase. In the new form, the zergling's claws shrivel and become withered, and a swollen sac filled with volatile chemicals grows out of its back. The zergling's skin is repurposed, stretching over newly formed growths while its bone plates soften to hold bulbous, pulsating acid sacs in place. Though the remains of the carapace offer no real protection, they allow for unhindered delivery of the baneling's payload. The digestive and reproductory tracts are assimilated as nutrients to accelerate the process, and make room for the fleshy, mutated adrenal glands. These are re-purposed to produce and store large quantities of highly corrosive acid. Few materials can withstand this acid burst.

When a baneling gets close enough to an enemy, it triggers a reaction within its volatile chemical payload, causing the creature to explode with a shower of searing acid. The explosion destroys the baneling but also inflicts terrible damage to its enemies, highly effective against both structures and ground forces.

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Kissaki ,

I think we saw how that goes in a Rick and Morty episode - Lawnmower Dog.

Kissaki ,

I just set up an HP Laptop for someone and Windows setup is horrendous. Fuck you Microsoft.

There's no way around using a Microsoft account, but when you enter an invalid login, you can proceed setting up a local account anyway. Then all the shit is set up to my disliking. And of course, Microsoft installs its own services adware and additional third-party adware you can't uninstall, and then, HP does the same, installing more scamware. Disgusting.

Kissaki ,

That looks like cake

Kissaki ,

Maybe add a Solopilot key too so I can use a local Windows account, and not have to uninstall adware or disable online-search when I search my PC.

Kissaki ,

This laptop has no way to disable wifi. I at least did not find anything - no such function key. And the Windows setup required you to connect to a wiki, with no way to proceed otherwise. Like, wtf?

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a worked - apparently doesn't even need to be a valid/web email address

Before using any potentially valid domain name I try to use example.com, which is guaranteed to not be in use or claimable.

Kissaki ,

You can't continue the setup process without connecting to a wifi network. There is no alternative in the UI.

Kissaki ,

I say fault lies not with only one, but both.

Kissaki ,

Why do I not win with a row on the outer field?

It counts won fields instead?

Kissaki ,

I actually implemented super tic tac toe in Blazor a while ago. It's interesting to play.

Kissaki ,

It is.

Blazor is a big framework. It gives you a lot, but as a framework, also introduces stack complexity.

Being able to code on one C# codebase for a web application client and server is great. It's very fast. You can use modern C# syntax. You have component (CSS) isolation. You can switch and mix between runtime targets (server dom rendering and sending diff-updates or client-side app execution).

At work, we're using it for a webportal/webapp and I have not fundamentally regretted us using it. It's definitely not worse than anything else. For a productive development and product there's a little bit of framework knowledge you have to learn, but that's not different than any other framework. And docs are very good.

I love how fast it feels to use the end product too.

Kissaki ,

Krita doesn't have an Android app version though, does it?

Kissaki ,

You quoted the wrong/other comment

Kissaki ,

A public forever storage of all transactions is not good but bad for privacy.

Send money to someone and they can see your wallet and all transactions.

Identifying wallet owners may require different levels of effort. But that's kinda besides the point.

Kissaki ,

My LG asked me whether I want to enable the smart voice, listening, and AI stuff and I declined.

Kissaki ,

The article doesn't say much. So I checked the source for more information. It doesn't say much more, but IMO in a much better way, in two concise paragraphs. In the sourced financial report, it is in the intro, two paragraphs:

An example R&D initiative, sponsored by the Innovation team was Project Ava, where a team, initially from Electric
Square Malta, attempted to create a 2D game solely using Gen AI. Over the six-month process, the team shared
their findings across the Group, highlighting where Gen AI has the potential to augment the game development
process, and where it lags behind. Whilst the project team started small, it identified over 400 tools, evaluating and
utilising those with the best potential. Despite this, we ultimately utilised bench resource from seven different game
development studios as part of the project, as the tooling was unable to replace talent.

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and
quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative
process. As a research project, the game will not be released to the public, but has been an excellent initiative to
rapidly spread tangible learnings across the Group, provide insights to clients and it demonstrates the power and
level of cross-studio collaboration that currently exists. Alongside Project Ava, the team is undertaking a range of
Gen AI R&D projects, including around 3D assets, to ensure that we are able to provide current insights in an ever-
evolving part of the market

The central quote and conclusion being:

One of the key learnings was that whilst Gen AI may simplify or accelerate certain processes, the best results and
quality needed can only be achieved by experts in their field utilising Gen AI as a new, powerful tool in their creative
process.

Which is obvious and expected for anyone familiar with the technology. Of course, experiments and confirming expectations has value too. And I'm certain actually using tools and finding out which ones they can use where is very useful to them specifically.

Kissaki ,

I am astonished by an established, commercial website having good structure.

It looks like a documentation website. Sidebar with clear categories and navigation. I really like it.

Kissaki ,

Yes, exactly. That's what I was referring to in my last sentence.

Kissaki ,

Firefox, uBlock Origin, adguard DNS, sponsorblock (crowdsourced video sections with auto skip), DeArrow (crowdsourced clickbait replacement), nyancat seek/progress bar, playback speed control, Dark Reader.

Same setup on Windows desktop and my Android devices.

I've noticed videos stopping and buffering after the first few seconds, but not always, and seemingly less so again. It was acceptable to me.

Kissaki ,

Ads get shown because they're paid. Regular posts compete with all other posts, and user filters and subscriptions.

After default password disclosed online, 1200 inmates have prison issued laptops seized by guards, threatening their ability to make class deadlines (www.opencampusmedia.org)

Zhang, an electrical engineer in Boston, decided to post about trying to unlock his Justice Tech Solutions Securebook 5 on the social platform X. The thread went viral — also catching the attention of Washington corrections officials, who have used the device for college programming since 2020....

Kissaki ,

The community could make rules on what is acceptable to post or not though. And disallow websites that regularly mislead.

Kissaki ,

will cause the visitor's browser to quietly upload a file using the WordPress site's XMLRPC interface

It's absurd that XMLRPC is still not disabled by default.

It's been an unnecessary weak point in the attack surface for many years.

Kissaki ,

Their comment started with mentioning laws. That's more than betting on only kindness.

Kissaki ,

The link offers a download instead of serving an HTML? I'm on mobile Firefox (I doubt it matters).

Kissaki ,

"where required by local law" - on a global platform? How is that supposed to work? When the addresses or being addressed is in such a locality? After complaints only? After prosecution or court orders?

I guess it's more a disclosure of what can happen than it is a terms of use or moderation guideline.

Kissaki ,

sued Orange in 2010

14 years. Insane.

Kissaki ,

Of the resulting 122 URLs, 63 have a top comment with a self-promotional affiliate link. Often written months after the original thread was created.

Injecting (posting and manipulating) affiliate links is lucrative for affiliates - Reddit could resolve it by disallowing or automatically clearing affiliate links of links (URL shorteners would be a secondary concern that could be automatically handled too)

Without affiliate spam, it would or could still be lucrative for sellers and product sellers. Which is harder to resolve.

Kissaki ,

I find their repeated "I'm not outing anyone", "I'm not here to out anyone" irritating, especially for evading sourcing examples. I guess it's a very evasive, non-confrontational approach. But to me, that's not necessarily a good thing. Either way sourcing isn't likely to resolve the overall systematic (Reddit- and Google-sided) issue anyway.

EU Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers (ec.europa.eu)

The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users (‘iOS users') through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from...

Kissaki ,

Under the App Store’s reader rule, Spotify can also include a link in their app to a webpage where users can create or manage an account.

Instead, Spotify wants to bend the rules in their favor by embedding subscription prices in their app without using the App Store’s In-App Purchase system.

I'm confused now. What is a "reader app"?

Spotify wants to make subscriptions an app functionality and Apple restricts that to it's own payment system - and the alternative they provide is external websites?

Why the heck is it called a "reader rule" and "reader app"?

Kissaki ,

Even though the Commission has fined the company concerned, damages may be awarded by national courts without being reduced on account of the Commission fine.

So if/after Apple's appeal is declined, Spotify - the driving force of this EU investigation - can sue Apple for damages with additional cost to Apple.

Kissaki ,

Yes. I singled out Spotify because they were the driving force on the EU investigation, and are big enough to invest into it. But like you say, it's open to anyone.

Kissaki ,

I didn’t know reddit gave out the personal details of their users, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

You make it sound like they have a choice, or do so freely and willingly.

The article is clear on that they don't freely share without assessment though:

Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full. The company objected, arguing that handing over the requested information would violate its users’ right to anonymous speech.

Recent legal activity shows that Reddit doesn’t intend to automatically comply with all user information requests.

Kissaki ,

I feel like cross-posts should share comment threads…

Now comment threads are split across 6 communities.

Kissaki ,

I don't think it should be a client feature. It should be federated, like the posts are.

Kissaki ,

Act now

I was expecting some suggestions to act or unite in opposition. The linked post has none of that though, despite its title. It's a rant/criticism, not a call to action.

Kissaki ,

I love when teaser text is an ad. /s

Kissaki ,

I assume this is about the hosted platform WordPress.com, not the software you and others can host and offer.

Kissaki ,

The app-based AI chatbot already handles two-thirds of all customer service chats, the company said Tuesday—some 2.3 million conversations so far—with the virtual assistant earning customer satisfaction ratings at the same level as human agents.

How were those satisfaction ratings?

I have only awful experiences with "support chat" bots. If it's incompetent humans of course it wouldn't be better. But that's beside the point.

Is it actually useful or good support?

Kissaki ,

[…] use roughly as much electricity as all of the nation’s home computers combined

Bitcoin mining also risks stressing out the power grid in Texas, a crypto hub in the US where the state’s grid operator has paid Riot more than $31 million in energy credits to curb its electricity use during heatwave-induced demand spikes. Bitcoin mining has also brought sputtering fossil fuel power plants back to life and raised electricity costs for some residents in New York.

It's clear why the survey is necessary.

Why did they make it an emergency survey in the first place? Is there no "normal" survey alternative?

Kissaki ,

Depending on product type and region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_shopping_website#Major_websites

Kissaki ,

You can use RSS feeds to know about new videos, and any feed reader/manager like Feedbro to manage them.

Kissaki ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman#Other_endeavors

Another CEO resigned, and he took over (for eight days).

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