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Re:Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who specializes in deepfaking big-budget m...
on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:19AM (#27973494)
It's probably safer if people stick to primary sources with good reputations anyway, right?
Re:Valve Steam Deck
on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:13PM (#27848833)
You don't think that Valve was waiting until the supply chain was ready before making this announcement?
Re:Update: SaveVideo is Back
on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:39AM (#27832859)
Or: publicity stunt
Re:Alcohol-free beer is fizzing
on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:02PM (#27786574)
My observation of this substance was that it was similar to a low grade opiate and seemed to be quite habit forming among several people I knew that tried it.
Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kaseya CEO says
on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:48PM (#27753368)
Couldn't someone DDoS the major mining pools?
Re:Nintendo announces Switch OLED Model
on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:37AM (#27749965)
I'm not sure that Nintendo cares too much about AAA shooter games.
I pretty much only play Nintendo titles or small indie games and I have never experienced any framerate issues.
Re:Star Citizen Progress Tracker v1.0
on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:35AM (#27631289)
Squadron 42 was supposed to be a stand alone game that was part of it, still not ready https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/28/22203055/star-citizen-squ...
Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living at home
on Friday June 11, 2021 @04:47PM (#27478267)
It's constantly funded with taxes... why would you want a bunch of money sitting around losing value to inflation?
Re:Benzene detected in many sunscreen products
on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:51PM (#27295239)
Why do you feel qualified to offer medical advice like this? Are you a medical doctor?
Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware
on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:33PM (#26973834)
Why would you rely on a company that is banned? https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/09/us-finalizes-r...
Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware
on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:31PM (#26973809)
About the development of, distribution of, and continued stability of access to natural resources... which benefits everyone.
Re:Gandi.net Major Outage
on Monday April 19, 2021 @10:49AM (#26863334)
As long as you never have a problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22001822
Re:TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022
on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:31AM (#26835102)
Lots of people still need to learn that the primary objective is for the colony to be successful and even if you personally get a high score you lose the game if the colony fails. Also, Wumpus hunting is underrated.
Re:Turkey bans use of cryptocurrencies for payments
on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:22AM (#26834968)
"We're supposed to be free to spend our money without the indignity of having to explain things to some bank or government."
Why do you think that?
Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency
on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:08AM (#26725171)
Discord is basically modern IRC. Twitch.tv chat is IRC based.
Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes
on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:02AM (#26725112)
Retirement funds and endowments? ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN are all part of publicly owned companies are they not?
Re:Clubhouse clones are coming
on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:05PM (#26664740)
I think that it's closed so that you are forced to receive an invitation to join, and to send an invitation you have to give the app access to your phone's contacts (at least on iOS when I looked at it, quickly uninstalled). There were a number of dark patterns utilized to try and get elevated permissions and access to contacts.
Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:35PM (#25575341)
That's a straw man. They're saying that hundreds of millions of Chinese people (and others around the world) have risen out of poverty because of globalism. You're only giving credit for the negative impacts of globalism, and in kind of a duplicitous manner.
Re:Ten year study: No link between violent video games and aggressive ...
on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:52AM (#25570913)
Who funded the study?
Re:EU to unveil landmark law curbing power of tech giants
on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:29AM (#25431782)
Based on the frequency with which Windows 10 decides to reset my default browser to Edge "because reasons" I disagree.
Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators don’t want...
on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:38AM (#25151220)
The real problem with that model, I think, is that the people who can afford to pay to opt out are the same people that are most valuable as ad recipients.
Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators don’t want...
on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:35AM (#25151169)
I feel the same way about Twitch. They recently added unblockable, unskippable ads unless you subscribe to the specific channel that you're watching and I just don't watch Twitch any more for the most part. It's especially annoying when it's the same few ads in rotation over and over for products that I will never be interested in.
Re:The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:59PM (#24874106)
Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:53PM (#24874040)
They got bought by Zoom. Hard pass.
Re:Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications
on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:28AM (#24869852)
Maybe because whatever entity created bitcoin controls what, like 9% of all bitcoin? And nobody knows who or what they are? Why would anyone want to be involved in a financial system that functions that way?
Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify drivers a...
on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:59AM (#24869544)
That's a shockingly cynical view. Not everyone exists purely to make money.
Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify drivers a...
on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:58AM (#24869533)
"Up to 70% of drivers are like me and do a good job, like the freedom to work when and where they want, and would like you to vote yes on Prop 22 if you are in California."
Do you work for a PR company?
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias...
on Friday October 16, 2020 @09:17AM (#24800503)
Are you basing those positions on an article by a tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch that was released 3 weeks before an election?
Re:Beware the Casual Polymath
on Friday October 16, 2020 @09:03AM (#24800397)
Do you have a reputable source for that claim?
Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking inflation i...
on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:35PM (#24768580)
They said bluechip tech stocks. Companies that have been around for decades and aren't going anywhere. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Intel, etc.