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phillaholic , 4 months ago

You’re describing AI. We are in the get rich quick period of AI usage.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

DRM is mandatory in any spec you expect content owners to support. We don’t have to like it, but it’s absolutely not going away.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

That’s 99% of the reason we use HDMI…

phillaholic , 4 months ago

LastPass hack happened due to a developer logging I. On their home PV which had an outdated and vulnerable version of Plex installed. Swap outdated for “maliciously forked” and now attackers have legit code that can run for months before they use what they’ve injected to take over.

phillaholic , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

The President does not have the authority to outlaw selling of personal data in general. This is why it’s being limited to a select few countries of concern and not all. There are national security concerns with these countries in particular.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

The US restricts export of certain hardware for matters of national security too, and doing it through shell corporations would get them in trouble too.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

NIST are the experts guiding the White House.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

And they meant men too, not women.

But really they meant White Male Landowners with money.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Minorities in general. Some of the first HOAs excluded Blacks, Jews, Asians, etc in literal writing. It took a SCOTUS case to overturn.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Find an HOA with conservative leadership and you’ll find all sorts of bs. Worse when they weren’t like that when you bought, but have turned into a MAGA idiot and reject anything green on principle.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Most of Apple’s AI will run on device and not online, so that’s something.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I don’t think two day shipping is an advertised feature anymore. Depending on where you live, I’ve seen ordering directly from manufacturers is the same or quicker than Amazon most of the time.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I’ve had that happen recently too. Last one was clearly lost. It kept cycling in and out of their same warehouse. Happens with IPS and FedEx from time to time too.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

They are not even close to the same thing. Russia invaded a sovereign nation. Israel is retaliating against a political and military terrorist group who are the de facto leaders of a disputed territory within Israel’s own borders.

You can talk about tactics, but Hamas attacked Israel in a 9/11esk event prior to Israel retaliating. Hamas, as well as their neighboring financiers have a long history of antisemitism and desire to wipe Israel off the map. Israel didn’t just invade their territory randomly.

I don't think their actions are fully justified, but I acknowledge the situation is different, and the most complex situation in history. It’s important to remember that doing nothing isn’t equal to peace. Hamas attacked them:

Operation Al-Aqsa Flood". The attack began when a barrage of several thousand rockets were fired into Israel, while around 3,000 militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacked neighboring Israeli communities and military bases. During this attack, 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, including 766 civilians and 373 security forces personnel, while 253 Israelis and foreigners were taken captive to the Gaza Strip with the stated goal to force Israel to release Palestinian prisoners.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Israel is occupying and oppressing what WOULD have otherwise been a sovereign nation.

But it's not, and if your claim is Gaza just wants to mind it's own business, I'll remind you this war started with Hamas invading Israel and killing over a thousand people. If you'd treat them as a sovereign nation, they committed and act of war.

it’s clear to anyone with even an ounce of objectivity that it’s actually attacking the Palestinian people as a whole.

Hamas is the governing body of Gaza, and is integrated throughout. It's impossible to attack Hamas and not everyone. It's war, not one of the US's Quasi-Conflict drone strike situations. These attacks back and forth have been going on for more than 30 years. Hamas' attack last fall was by far the biggest escalation.

By their OWN assessment they’re killing TWICE as many innocent civilians as Hamas and since they refuse to show any proof, the ratio is likely much worse.

I agree with you about the refusing to show any proof point. I think there should be a UN presence and that's something I hope the US is pushing behind the scenes. However it's difficult to hold Israel to a high standard when Hamas consistently targets civilians. It's like bringing a knife to a gun fight when both sides aren't following the rules. I wonder how many conflicts actually follow the Geneva convention?

They are an illegitimate government and civilians who never voted for them shouldn’t suffer for their atrocities.

This is partially what makes it so complex. The only real way to fix that is to destroy Hamas. Do you have a better idea on how to do that? I don't.

That doesn’t mean that AT LEAST two civilians needs to die for every Hamas terrorist killed

I'm not defending Irsael's specific actions. I have no idea if they could be more careful. I know that their overreach is why Stuxnet became public, so I could see them overdoing it. However, just like the US has gotten criticized for Drone strikes killing civilians, it's incredibly difficult to sort out terrorists who blend into the civilian population and don't follow any of the internal rules of war.

Because of the aforementioned illegal occupation

It's way more complicated then an "illegal occupation." The entire region has been a problem dating back thousands of years, and decisions made by the west at the end of World War II are a key part of it. Israel existing at all is a problem for some groups, and we can see how that went last time.

So civilians should die for the desires of their governments?

That's War. It's Terrible. Military service is compulsory in Israel too. And remember Hamas started this particular conflict by killing Israeli citizens.

It’s at least as important to remember that the only alternative to “nothing” isn’t “a laundry list of horrific crimes against humanity”. Stow the false dichotomies, please.

I've already touched this point talking about their tactics. Those can absolutely be debated. You can criticize them for not allowing third party reporting, the UN, etc. Those are all valid points. I'm talking about in the broad sense that this is a retaliation, not an attack; And Doing nothing is a kin to welcoming more and larger attacks, because Hamas has nothing to lose.

Which the fascists are using as an excuse to indiscriminately murder civilians including by denying them basic life necessities such as food, water, electricity, fuel, medical treatment and medicine.

File this under tactics too. Completely reasonable to question these specifics.

I hope AIPAC or another Israeli government agency is paying you well for your efforts, otherwise it’s just sad for you to be spending so much time and effort regurgitating all the long debunked genocide apologia of an apartheid regime…

I never said I approved of the tactics they are using. I only suggested that the overall idea that there should be Peace or Israel should stop completely is not possible. It's way more complex than people here understand. I'm not denying it's an apartheid regime, I just don't see any good outcome, just bad ones. Most of the time it takes all out war to resolve, and I'd file that firmly under bad.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

You neglected to include what should be done with the terrorist group that started the conflict by invading and killing a thousand Israeli citizens. It’s like you’ve read one side of the conflicts view point and ignored the rest. So you know how many times two state solutions have been negotiated and why they fell through? It’s really difficult to compromise when some people don’t think Israel should even exist. I don’t expect you to solve it, it’s impossible. There’s hopefully some good news coming out today https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-abbas-israel-hamas-war-resignation-1c13eb3c2ded20cc14397e71b5b1dea5

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Clearly that’s the ideal, but getting that done is next to impossible and many of the surrounding countries that are bank rolling Hamas don’t want to see peace. It’s very difficult to fight a war against terrorism. Afghanistan/later Iraq proved that.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Simple solution. Ask the student to talk about their paper. If they know the subject matter, the point of the assignment is meant.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I had to do a lot of presenting in college, which is more or less the same thing. There were peers who struggled with that, but they always talked with the Professors and I never came across a hard ass that would penalize them for it. Might not even be legal if it’s a medical condition.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

That’s the legal standard on FMLA. Important to note the pay has to be the same.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

It should be identical leave for both parents regardless. This is one reason women are paid less, they miss more time than men which delays their career progression.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

That’s what systemic bias is.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Counting the number of women vs number of men affected by a change is not cherry picking data. It suggests that there is systemic bias in the way the change was decided upon. Systemic bias may not be intentional.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Any policy that impacts a disproportionate amount of one gender over the other in any group small or large has the highly likely chance of systemic bias. You seem quick to call me an idiot, but you don’t seem to understand the meaning behind the term, or how it doesn’t mean the people in charge are sexist assholes who hate women. It can be completely unconscious.

If the outcome of your decision has consequences like this, the suggestion is you should reevaluate your decision to figure out if you’ve missed something.

It’s been claimed that Dell lacks representation of women in higher levels, so it’s possible those making decisions lack the experience that lead them into this outcome. Again, this in no way means they are an intentionally trying to get rid of women.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Pretty sure that’s expensive as hell

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I was under the impression the yearly fee was much higher, but maybe I was co flaring it with the cycle cost of IVF which can reach 30k.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Read the article. It’s not crying. It’s acknowledgment of a new legitimate competitor like Japan and South Korea became. It’s a call to arms for US manufacturers to get better. This is pro consumer.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

“Labor unions” are the workers, so it’s everyone.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Japan did it. Korea did it. China is doing it.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

The country you live in.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

If the US government wants to spy on you, they have boots on the ground. Russia has been involved with ransomeware campaigns.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Is it that important? All technology gets better to the point of it just working, and when it rarely doesn’t, you contact someone who does. My grandfather could build cars from parts alone. My father could do most maintenance repairs and knew enough to understand what the mechanic was telling him. I know what video games and entertainment have told me about cars, but have no clue about it in real life. It hasn’t mattered. Cars are so reliable, I can just have AAA if I get in a bind.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Maybe a hot take, but this goes for everyone. I see older people that can’t stay off their phones, and have little to no ability to multitask while doing it.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I don’t really agree with that conclusion. Linux is as old as windows and it had ample time to gain market share. Most people don’t want to tinker. I’ve posted recently about trying Linux for the first time in over a decade and how much worse the Ubuntu experience was than a decade ago. Meanwhile windows has gotten far easier to install and get going.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I had to take a typing class in college. They can teach basics. It doesn’t take long to go over file systems.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

I just installed windows 11 in 15 mins on a 5 year old laptop for donation. The one with Linux had an unusable trackpad with no sensitivity setting, and some sort of flat pack installer system that I gave up on mostly because of the trackpad not allowing me to scroll more than a page and a half at a time. U until was easier 15 years ago.

phillaholic , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

I don’t know, but Microsoft’s free copilot stuff is so not useful that it doesn’t make me feel the need to pay them for the business product

phillaholic , 4 months ago

That’s my bad. I was trying to say it was so not useful. Poor wording on my part.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

From time to time Teams doesn’t show me a teams meeting that I have on my outlook calendar, so I’d believe it.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

New strategy: convince them this data collection includes information about their guns, and these third parties are collecting it in order to take them away.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

You had to sign up for a free account to post this comment don’t you?

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Did I? You signed up for an account where data collection is wide open to everyone.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

You can make all those up, no one’s checking. (Yet, but that’s a different topic)

phillaholic , 4 months ago

The data collection is wide open here, which is my point.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Overall I’m just tired of hearing how _____ is going to ruin the web, or how evangelical people get about not doing something on principle. Sites that “login-wall” their content aren’t going to succeed, but people refusing to create an account acting all doom and gloom are getting to be insufferable.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

You may be right about the last point. My feed is full of posts from three days ago, talk of cutting off parts of the fediverse that seems to be the antithesis of federation, and other evangelical stances that are abandoned the second consequences come up. It was amusing at first, but it’s starting to seem like a waste of time. Idk.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Oh, thanks for reminding me; Also people who misrepresent your position and write it off in one sentence. You have no idea what I'm talking about.

phillaholic , 4 months ago

Write your congress person to enact a GDPR-like Bill. Short of that, as you've said, idk how sites are going to make money. The current situation is majorly self-inflicted. We don't want to pay, so they have ads. We don't want to see ads, so they collect and sell data. Now that VC money has dried up, it's going to get worse and there's no other answer.