tmarsden

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by tmarsden 11mo ago
It definitely feels like they needed something, anything, to use as a marketing tool following the Apple Intelligence false advertising debacle.
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by tmarsden 11mo ago
I have a sneaking suspicion that the Liquid Glass redesign was something they had to push out the door to distract from the absolute trainwreck that is Apple Intelligence.
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by tmarsden 1y ago
per the FAQ: Faded text means that a comment has been downvoted. You can read the comment in normal text by clicking on its timestamp to go to its page.
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by tmarsden 1y ago
I'm not an expert here so please take what I say with a grain of salt. It's my understanding that what's included in open source Android (AOSP) is FAR from a complete product and there is quite a bit of Google closed source&#
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by tmarsden 1y ago
Well that "unhinged lunatic" has also publicly characterized himself as a "free speech absolutist" so until someone or something better comes along you take what you can get.
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by tmarsden 1y ago
I share that dream and, yes, it's getting closer with modern Android. IMO Google has seemingly embraced this path (e.g. with ChromeOS "merging" with Android) I could see a future where docked desktop mode in Android is basica
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by tmarsden 1y ago
Sounds like your son already has strong computer science skills. I would advise he focus on something OUTSIDE of that in college like business or finance. That way he can have another tool in his toolbox. That’s what I would do in hindsight
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Researchers find an undocumented "backdoor" in Chinese made ESP32 microchip(bleepingcomputer.com)
11 points by tmarsden 2y ago|2 comments
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by tmarsden 2y ago
I’m not sure why you are getting downvoted. Niantic has ties with the CIA.
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by tmarsden 2y ago
They’re not my definitions, that’s straight from the source material. The idea of “surrogate activity” as I understood it was any goal "not directly satisfying your physical needs.” The aspect of it being made up is because it’s chosen
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by tmarsden 2y ago
You're probably right, it was a made up number to make a point. The point being that if you are not growing your own food (or hunting it) you're probably engaged in "surrogate activity" for a living and not directly sati
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by tmarsden 2y ago
Completely agree, his ideas could stand on their own there was no need to push them with violence.
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by tmarsden 2y ago
Attracting a mate and reproduction easily falls under "satisfying your physical needs" and I would argue is a deeply wired survival instinct. In his words "the pursuit of sex and love (for example) is not a surrogate activity
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by tmarsden 2y ago
I think this all boils down to what Ted Kaczynski talked about in "Industrial Society and Its Future." Specifically "The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race" because "i
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by tmarsden 2y ago
Anyone know if Omegastar can support ISO timestamps yet?
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by tmarsden 2y ago
I totally agree with you, it is a luxury to be able to live minimally knowing you can afford to just buy/rent/hire for a need when it comes up. On the other hand having less money means you might need to keep more tools or spare p
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by tmarsden 2y ago
This is what the WEF meant when they said “You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.” It’s not all bad really. As someone in the US living the middle class “American Dream” honestly it’s too much stuff. I don’t want so many things a
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by tmarsden 3y ago
I hope you’re right! They sort of did the same thing already with Edge given it’s just Chromium under the hood. Reminds me of a specific thought experiment with a boat.
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by tmarsden 3y ago
Ironically sticking with a Windows on the Dell XPS would have proved even more reliable and stable than Arch.
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by tmarsden 3y ago
Injecting humor into a dark or sad situation is very common. It's a way to lighten the mood a bit when the topic is difficult. People joke about death for example and that's a much more serious topic than a startup cap table.
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by tmarsden 3y ago
You’re never going to get children interested in free software. They barely know what software is let alone the distinction between free and proprietary software. On the other hand you will be able to get adults interested, there are likely
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by tmarsden 5y ago
It goes without saying a virology lab of this level isn’t the same as most organizations. Given the nature of their activities they have safety systems in place to prevent a virus from spreading at the work place.
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by tmarsden 5y ago
Apple obviously wants you to use MacOS. With that said the M1 fully supports booting unsigned/custom kernels, so running Linux doesn’t require any security exploits. Asahi Linux aims to bring you a polished Linux experience on Apple Si
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by tmarsden 5y ago
It’s a shame we are reliant on (2) app stores. It would be nice if there was a way to safely implement browser plug-ins that would bring some of the functionality offered by native apps. Not sure if WASM/WASI might save the day here ev
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by tmarsden 6y ago
Or they could, you know, just do the obvious thing and give it a touch screen like their other devices.
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by tmarsden 6y ago
Absolutely, check out WASI (Webassembly system interface) https://wasi.dev/ “...provides access to several operating-system-like features, including files and filesystems, Berkeley sockets, clocks, and random numbers, that
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by tmarsden 6y ago
How does enabling software to run on Linux decrease Linux marketplace penetration? If anything it would have the opposite effect as anyone running Hyper-V could now choose to host on Linux.
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by tmarsden 7y ago
So the soy boy meme is now backed by a scientific study. EDIT: I didn’t realize the study was from 2005. In that case the research predates the meme.
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by tmarsden 7y ago
Doom was called 2.5D because it was not 3D in the sense that you couldn’t stack rooms on top of each other. A given room could have a tall ceiling but there was never a room above or below you.
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by tmarsden 7y ago
Not exactly great performance. The multi core score puts it on par with an Intel Core i5-8400.

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