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I'm the administrator of kbin.life, a general purpose/tech orientated kbin instance.

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So ExOpenAI?

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Hahahahahaha. I never had a twitter account when it was free and not run by that sociopathic representation of the dunning kruger effect. I can't imagine I'll suddenly decide to pay money to get one.

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    I'm not even worried about hacking. I'd be more concerned about the "legitimate" mandatory advertising direct to your brain!

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    You can do that? I mean, actually yeah I do feel like a large big mac meal right now.

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    Nah, it's a full on J turn and then floor it!

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    It's all well and good until you wake up, and you're in Epping!

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    I did it on the circle line once. Woke up at Hammersmith. Luckily though I was going to Paddington, so it wasn't the worst trip back. Epping, on the other hand...

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    Well, I was thinking about Trump's plan to make homelessness illegal and offer "offenders" the option of moving to a rehabilitation "tent city". It seems like an eerily similar plan.

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    I spent over an hour yesterday trying to fix onedrive sync issues caused by teams yesterday. I hate that software with a vengeance!

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    So, currently when you visit a https secured website the initial request to the server is not encrypted. I suspect the reason for this is that say you run a web server on 1.2.3.4. But there's 4 different websites hosted on that server each with their own SSL/TLS keys.

    The server doesn't have a way to know which keys/certificates to use until it knows what site you want to access. So, the initial request is encrypted with a server key, and that server key is fetched via DNS over HTTPS.

    Now, here's the question. Why MUST it be DoH? For email, DKIM, SPF and DMARC settings (including public keys) are configured using standard DNS (with DNSSEC). Why do they not allow DNSSEC AND/OR DoH?

    Other than that weird limitation, I think it's a good thing.

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    Actually, that's a pretty decent explanation of why they only want to use DoH. Makes sense to me now, cheers.

    Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.businessinsider.com)

    Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don’t agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram::Meta is considering offering ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for $14 a month – but only in Europe.

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    OK, but do I get a blue tick?

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    I am not convinced this gets them off the hook. But I'll assume he has better lawyers than me. What it does show, is the value of forcing people to provide data to provide personalized ads.

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    I think it is $14 not to get ads at all. I think the EU directive is likely worded as such that it states if adverts are forced on users they must be able to opt out of targeted advertising. So his (lawyers') thinking is to provide an overpriced ad-free tier to be able to say that there's an option so he can force users to get personalized ads.

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    And that there's already federated Facebookesque software out there. I've not looked into it, mind you. I don't think there's a market much for Facebook replacements. Most people able to know about a federated equivalent probably don't want to be on Facebook, and if they're on it at all are just there to interact with the few holdouts that insist on remaining there and are secretly hoping it self-destructs.

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    Definitely looks like swiftkey. And for me the UK flag is there.

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    I updated my PC just a week or so ago. Finally moved away from a case with external drive bays. That case was just not able to keep a 3080 cool.

    Honestly, I had a Bluray drive in there that was not used in so long, that on my previous upgrade four years ago, in that case I forgot to reconnect it and only found out last week when I was taking it apart for the re-used parts.

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    Don't go at the height of summer, and it's far less likely to smell. May is usually pretty good.

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    That was also the case on reddit though. It's just the demographic making up the norm were somewhat different. So, different subjects will get that response.

    My solution is posting from my own kbin instance. I only see the upvotes here :P

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    Prepare to fast forward!

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    Tell you a weird thing. I activated with a £5 Windows 7 ultimate OEM key on my old system. I upgraded from Intel 9th gen to AMD ryzen 7 (AM5), new mobo, ram, CPU.

    Still enabled and active. I fully expected to need to activate again.

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    You have to do the Gowron eyes too though!

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    I can hear those eyes.

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    It would destroy all their terrible plots though.

    Picard: "Shut down the holodeck!"
    Data: "Holodeck controls are not responding"
    Picard: "Pull the holodeck MCB!"
    Data: "Holodeck systems shut down"

    Credits.

    Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot (www.businessinsider.com)

    Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It’s putting those people in an awkward spot::Big Tech wants to bring back some of the workers it laid off. The decision might come down to how a company handled the layoffs.

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    I think this is the answer. Time for the companies to experience the bad side of fire and rehire.

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    Nah. I don't plan to ever have ads. Hardly any users so my nice little single server will be fine for years to come and I can afford it no problem. If somehow I got a lot of users, I'd likely just close registration rather than ads. I hate ads!

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    I have a bit of a weird opinion on this. I was very anti brexit. I make multiple trips to Europe every year, probably 4-5 at least. I benefit nothing from leaving the union. My passport is filling with stamps at an alarming rate.

    But, to rejoin now after it is done. To rejoin with the basic requirements of a new state rejoining? I don't think it's as great an idea of remaining when we had the perks of an early joining larger state. Certainly you'll find a lot more resistance to replacing the pound with the Euro (I actually could care less, but I'm in the minority here) than there was to leaving on the original terms.

    Also, I don't think Europe should have to put up with us (as a whole, the country I mean) whiners. Our bed has been made by the stupidly defined referendum, and the subsequent disastrous implementation and now, we should just suck it up and lie in it.

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    When it was clear the referendum was going to be actioned, I never understood why the UK government didn't just try to implement a move to the EEA or similar satellite level. It would satisfy the terms of the referendum entirely. The referendum was to leave the European union. The wording was very succinct.

    The UK probably would never have joined schengen (that's really of hugest benefit to mainland Europe), we never took the European parliament seriously (you can argue that we should have, but we sent fucking Farage, so. No, we never took it seriously).

    But the common trading area and freedom of movement did benefit us (and the BS use of it to get votes from the right was filled with lies of course). Which (as I understand it) is the main features of being part of the EEA. It still of course means we'd need to adopt trade related laws of course (Oh my gaawwwd our sovereignty!!!!). But we already were and it didn't hurt us one bit!

    But no, it had to be full brexit or nothing (for some inexplicable reason).

    Yes, before people say anything. We'd need to be admitted into the EEA. I know that. But it wasn't even tried! That's the annoying thing. It was rejected straight off the bat.

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    All of the benefits (so far as I can tell) were always theoretical. We can make our own trade deals. Except, previously trade deals were made on our behalf as part of a trading bloc that included us, Germany, France, Italy, The nordics (mostly via the EEA) and the rest of Europe. How was there ever a serious expectation we'd get a better deal as a fraction of that bargaining power? So, a theoretical benefit that's extremely unlikely to pan out to our advantage.

    Taking control of our borders? How has that worked out for us? Not too well so far it seems.

    Yeah, it's crap. But I feel like some more of those brexit supporting business owners need to eat some more humble pie before we ever try to go back.

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    I wasn't lied to. Actually, the way this stuff was spread on social media was the whole cambridge analytica thing. I never saw ANY of the ads/sponsored posts etc. I was not the demographic, I guess. What I did see was weird opinions and people that never had a problem with the EU suddenly talking about sovereignty etc starting around a month before and getting much louder a week or so before. They targeted the advertising so tightly that those that weren't close to the middle or on the side of leaving already never ever saw an advert/sponsored post or any other advertising. It was spookily well executed.

    I remember initially I was certain it would be a landslide remain. Around a week before I was very concerned it wouldn't be any more, just based on the shift of public sentiment.

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    You might very well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment.

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    Temperature sensors purchased from wish.com for $1.99.

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    OK, but there's need to be some automatic beeping over my <expletive deleted> comments.

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    Yes, but you lose your save game every reboot.

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    Unity: Hold my beer.

    Amazon demands 30% share of ad revenue from TV networks’ apps (www.broadbandtvnews.com)

    Amazon demands 30% share of ad revenue from TV networks’ apps::Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters are up in arms after Amazon demanded a 30% slice of any advertising revenue that passes through its FireTV devices. Financial Review said networks Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS had accused the parcels to showbiz company of a...

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    Pretty much. I currently use fire sticks with Kodi side loaded for TV because it's a pretty cheap decent android TV device. If it became restricted in this way such that apps I do want to use go away, I'd just buy a generic Android TV device (or side load them).

    This is just another of the long line of bad ideas big business seem to be having to try to get every last cent out of a product or service they can. It's too far and we can easily avoid it.

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    Yeah, I still have my plasma TV from 2011 (hey, the thing refuses to die, OK!). When I bought it, it was a "smart tv". Now, there's no apps for the thing. But I use a fire TV stick with side-loaded extra apps and it's like having a modern smart TV.

    I don't think I'd buy a TV for its smart features ever. Far better to get a TV for the picture quality and what actually matters in a TV and use devices to fill in the rest. Sure if they're there and working I'd use them perhaps. But, I know they will become obsolete too soon.

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    Indeed. They had the whole chart showing exactly what would be paid by who. Their original post was designed not to be confusing and it wasn't.

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    I'm generally a bit weary of the sunk cost fallacy being absolute.

    I think, in most cases it will be though. Furthermore, I think a developer needs to do a cost analysis to know for sure. They should include the consideration that if Unity get away with this AND it makes them more money, they will gouge for more.

    For any new developer, this has to be a huge red flag.

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    Papers that would be released 5 years after the engineer got doom to run on it.

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    Well you need the screwdriver (with the smorx 5omble bit) to open the maintenance panel and access the button you hold while booting to get the unlocked bootloader, so you can install Linux and then subsequently doom.

    Elementary.

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    God damn big academia at it again!

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    I think specifically, they have amazing precision. But the boundaries just don't fall perfectly on round numbers we humans would expect. That's what gets people confused.

    Rounding can resolve these problems, or don't use float if you don't need to.

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    Yeah. Maybe c# game developers will drop. But they're actually a drop in the ocean.

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    I think the apple connector was a good one. Nothing wrong with it except that it was apple licensed. Whereas USB-C is a standard. Also, because of Power Delivery over USB-C I think that should make USB a standard connector on way more devices. It's a one-stop shop for data and power needs.

    I can also see PD becoming the power system used for all small devices, especially once there's (if not already) some very low cost single chip (or very simple reference circuit) solutions for handling the negotiation. Also it will need more of the available PD chargers/supplies to support more voltages.

    My work laptop already uses PD, and that was useful when I forgot to take the supply once. Just used my 45W PD charger that I DID pack, and it worked fine (it should have 65W, but it seemed not to discharge).

    Who knows, maybe houses in the future will be built with some PD wiring too alongside the standard mains power.

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    Yeah, I'm thinking more a whole wiring solution for power delivery. Although you'd probably still need a chip per outlet to do the negotiation. So still pretty expensive I'd bet.

    Perl still relevant in 2023/24?

    hi, i was interested if perl is still relevant in this day and age. Perl has been on the decline for a very long time now. Perl 6 (now named 'raku) not being backwards compatible with perl 5 code made the already small perl community even smaller by splitting it in half. A good example is lisp with it’s thousands of different...

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    Back in the days when we actually used usenet for discussion, there was a newsgroup called alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe. Ah the olde internet.

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    I use perl for automation stuff that needs more than bash, but doesn't require the speed of a faster/compiled language. In my opinion it's great for that kind of thing.

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