retrolaptopfan
Re:Facebook hands over private chats to US police, even sans warrant (...
on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:36PM (#29867077)
I wonder if glancing at the wrong thing in the Metaverse will send you to jail.
Re:Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Will Break from J. R. R. Tolkien'...
on Friday January 07, 2022 @12:28AM (#29835338)
I think everybody already figured this out. Tolkien's a bit old fashioned, even Jackson thought his work needed a few extra jokes, zingers, and love triangles which would have horrified the now deceased author, a relic of another time. It's good to keep things fresh, it's why we rewrite the Bible and the Koran every few years to keep the cultural references and in-jokes fresh.
Re:Ask HN: Is CD/DVD Dead?
on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:42PM (#29832337)
Nope. My MAM Gold and M-DISCs are going to live for a while yet. And people still buy CDs and DVDs. Sometimes it’s nice to own things instead of renting your life.
Re:New York Times Co. To Buy the Athletic for $550M in Cash
on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:41PM (#29832319)
We need the government to break up big media once and for all.
Re:What’s the Matter with PGP?
on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:28PM (#29832156)
>this sucks, that sucks, it doesn’t work how I like it to
That’s too bad, really. But it’s the nature of Free software, you don’t have to use it, you can fix it, script it, make whizzy graphical front ends… I really hate to say it but this comes off the same way as somebody ranting about how Gimp isn’t Photoshop. PGP works, it’s Free, and there’s nothing else widely available with anywhere near the utility.
Re:Chatbots: Still dumb after all these years
on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:23PM (#29832092)
IBM Debater can debate the heck out of you on Reddit or Twitter, other sites too now…