Groups like this do it because they can, and usually not for any other reason. If they cared about anything they would make statements about how easy it would be for foreign governments to do the same thing they did, or work on taking down alt-right cesspool websites or whatever.
Proprietary is a way to keep market share longer than the competition, that’s it. If you figured something complex out earlier, then you’re set for a while until your competition figures it out too.
This is a silly hot take. If I figured something out before the rest of the world, I’m entitled to my knowledge and don’t owe sharing it with the world if I don’t want to.
Valeo claims Moniruzzaman realized the expertise he had gained working on its projects made him “exceedingly valuable to Nvidia.” In 2021, according to the lawsuit, shortly before he left Valeo, Moniruzzaman spirited tens of thousands of files and six gigabytes of the company’s source code to his personal email account. He allegedly tried to hide his misconduct by subsequently deleting his personal account’s authorized access to the Valeo network.
Almost as dumb as the person who tried to steal Coca Cola’s inner can coating trade secrets
It was pretty recent, so you won’t find it in GPT. A chemist was going to be laid off, and in a last ditch effort she copied a bunch of formulas and applied for grants to develop them in China iirc. Here’s an article: news.bloomberglaw.com/…/coca-cola-chemist-gets-14…
Trade secrets aren’t patented because when you patent something, it’ll immediately become public knowledge (not secret anymore) in exchange for exclusive right (no one can use it without your permission) until the patent expires. Coca cola recipe and KFC’s secret spices are examples of trade secrets. If they’re patented, people would’ve been able to create exact copies by now.
The “secret spices” are salt, pepper, paprika, powdered garlic, powdered onion, and some other stuff. Cayenne in the spicy ones. It’s not a secret. People didn’t discover fried chicken yesterday.
Well you gotta stay ahead of the competition somehow. And nVidia is nVidia. They do this kind of thing all the time, until it can be proven. Sadly this will have very little repercussions. They will settle outside of court for some lofty sum of money they can easily afford and job done keep doing it. I assume this is another reason why they will never open source their drivers.
NVIDIA is pouring billions into scientific research. They’re not trying to stay ahead of the competition by stealing secrets, they are the ones doing the groundbreaking research
Sure, every company invests at least to a degree into R&D, that’s how you stay ahead but this is not the first time nVidia has been caught doing shady stuff. For them it’s biggest income for least amount of effort users be damned. This video albeit old and outdated does a good job at illustrating how nVidia loves abusing their position and just how malicious they are given the opportunity.
Wasn’t exactly NVIDIA, but an employee from another company who was hired by NVIDIA. Whether NVIDIA asked the employee to steal for them will probably determine how deep in hot water they are.
In addition to this, I saw some nieces ~8 and ~4 years old on Thanksgiving, and their parents have given them tablets (because that’s a fucking great idea). Watching them play games on them with ads after every single level, and watching their reaction to the ads, hammered in that they are the target audience for the inane mobile ad mess.
Obviously the ad tactics work on some adults, but they are pure crack for the young kids. “I don’t know why they keep showing us these people who don’t know how to play the game! Mama, can I play (blah)?”
There’s a fella on YouTube who talks about game development and stuff. He has a well-respected game out somewhere, and he dropped a bombshell that you probably need to hear.
They took their game, on a PC and consoles, out to some sort of convention to show it off and get some feedback from potential customers, namely, young children, Alphas, 6-12 ish.
He said that every single one of them ignored keyboards and game controllers, shoving them out of the way, not even understanding what they were for, and immediately started swiping their fingers on the screens, assuming they were touchscreens. So yeah.
I take issue with that “we’re old” conclusion, not because I’m not old (I am), but because it implies touch screens are a replacement for keyboard/mouse or controllers in gaming. They aren’t.
They limit input to various touch actions on the screen, lack precision (in a way that varies depending on your finger size), don’t give tactile feedback (which is an important part of natural touch and helps with the precision thing), and obscure whatever is on the display when you put your finger there to touch it.
Exposing kids to good games might reduce their susceptibility to ads for shitty games. Also teaching them that just because you see “someone” failing in an obvious way doesn’t mean you need to go and prove you can succeed. It’s just bait.
It implies no such thing. Aside from being tongue in cheek it meant only that it is more common for them to encounter touch screen interfaces than other traditional HID’s. Which is covered by a lot of data. It may well be that keyboard and mouse are better devices.
All I’m saying is if some kid was shown a rotary phone and said they didn’t know what it is, it would be a bit silly to be surprised by that.
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