FMecha

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by FMecha 7mo ago
Didn't the Pippin prototype case ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGqjKACKQg ) went that way?
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by FMecha 7mo ago
How long until they add a 21+ category to this bill, though? Insofar the use of it would be for gambling and CA doesn't even have mobile sports betting.
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by FMecha 7mo ago
I read a FUD somewhere about Cinavia (the sound-muting DRM) being implemented on OS level by implementing it on SGX enclave level. That obviously didn't happen, but imagine if TPM was used for that too (or similar DRM).
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by FMecha 7mo ago
Continue here I guess: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47192973
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US Customs destroy a rare floppy disk containing demo version of Tsukihime(timeextension.com)
37 points by FMecha 7mo ago|5 comments
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by FMecha 7mo ago
I feel traditional "rust" hard disks would be inefficient for AI use. Unless they include SSDs (which I feel these data centers are more likely to be using) in the definition as well...
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by FMecha 7mo ago
They are doing this pre-emptively since it will be the global law trend sooner or later.
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by FMecha 7mo ago
>not due to legislative pressures It's a pre-emptive move against any (potential) legislative pressures.
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by FMecha 7mo ago
>users can always move to other platforms (problem #1) Until the cycle restarts again with new platforms. Also, I am convinced self-hosting or getting a new platform (including return to traditional forums) to run might as well be bureau
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by FMecha 7mo ago
Some platforms also now suspend you if they find out you were registering before turning 13 (or minimum age).
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by FMecha 7mo ago
>because they sniff the nearby WIFI networks and then ask Google where they are Even with airplane mode on (that disables GPS, iirc)?
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by FMecha 11mo ago
"Comply with our laws, or cease to exist".
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by FMecha 11mo ago
I realized this when I tried to capture the test pattern used by a PowerDVD diagnostics application.
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by FMecha 11mo ago
4chan has a rule banning use of proxies/VPNs and enforces this with IP range bans.
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by FMecha 1y ago
This situation here is what I sort of implied when lfgss shut down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42444354
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by FMecha 1y ago
The ironic thing is that in the UK/imgur case: >The ICO also confirmed that companies could not avoid accountability by withdrawing their services in the UK. Wonder if it could also apply to American news sites (and Japan's 5ch
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by FMecha 1y ago
What I meant is that generative AI makes for the case to strengthen intellectual properties laws. Hence I said "against".
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by FMecha 1y ago
Outside of Europe, this is also a thing in Japan.
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by FMecha 1y ago
I felt generative AI has weakened the argument against intellectual property.
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by FMecha 1y ago
The original form of clackers had a popularity in Indonesia and Philippines where it's named latto-latto. There was also a safer revival of clackers in North America in the 90s, where the balls are attached to a handle.
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by FMecha 1y ago
I've keep thinking about it that people who advocate for AI tend to lean - or at least feel like leaning - right. Though that may be because opposition to AI tend to be from progressive/labor-adjacent left-leaning ones, a dichotom
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by FMecha 1y ago
You forgot the fanatical parasocial relationships that are formed with East Asian mobile games in general. They are comparable to idol culture.
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by FMecha 1y ago
This sounds more like a government thing.
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by FMecha 1y ago
Even back in pre-iPhone days, actually getting a mobile game required one to subscribe to a text message subscription service that may or may not be hard to unsubscribe.
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by FMecha 1y ago
Might as well mention generative AI as well.
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by FMecha 1y ago
>No wonder the virginity rates are skyrocketing. This makes me wonder if society being taught importance of soberity in (sexual) consent is also a factor as well. Knowing that, they might as well avoid alcohol as well. (Dicslosure: I gre
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by FMecha 1y ago
>It's because GenZ is addicted to nicotine Which IMO speaks into failure of tobacco control and why "tobacco harm reduction" is a lie (dogwhistle, even) designed to sell and even invent more neo-nicotine products (vape and
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by FMecha 1y ago
idk if you meant this, but I thought of F-Droid and other major open source projects being publicly funded by EU.
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by FMecha 1y ago
I didn't have Disney Vault thing in mind when I came up with that. LRG's (and similar companies) schtick was that they're semi-upfront about pandering to collectors, especially with the extra goodies (sometimes of varying qua
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by FMecha 1y ago
Odds of Limited Run Games-style "exploitation" of this trend? That was already concerning for games.

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