Steamdeck played Tears of the Kingdom better than the switch 2 days after official launch. I bet the playerbase dropped like a rock when the Linus tech tips trolled Nintendo with a blatant "This way to piracy" lawyerbait youtube video.

When your business is information technology and gaming, and your consumers range from toddlers all the way to state-of-the-art pushing hardware security engineers, trotting out an army of lawyers to shutdown good natured fan culture and suing people into the poorhouse is not soon forgotten.

Nintendo can't not do something about the ease and quality of which their hardware is emulated, but I don't think even Mario and friends can sell very much Denuvo-ratfucked shovelware and N already released the big exclusives.

Their paper output and patent output has been amazing, looks like it is all not so useful.

Mint Mobile has got to be eating their lunch. I just paid 180 for a year of service because my bill kept going up with the other guys.

I love how copyright is used to close of access to our own culture for multiple lifetimes as soon as somebody finds a way to monetize it. It's one of my favorite things about intellectual property. - I just can't wait for an opportunity to fight some bottomless pocketed titanic corporation for the rights to my own likeness... which I assume will lead to things like...

"Oh, we own your likeness, and your life story. It's in the EULA you signed. Would you like to license a new hairstyle? Oh! btw, it looks like your subscription to the color "Black" has lapsed. Renew?

Once this can of worms is opened and the $$ starts to flow, there will be no stopping it.

As a former RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) I have bailed on Red Hat Linux. The death of CentOS forced me into Ubuntu land and I an not happy about it.

Sure, CentOS may have been taking some sales from RHEL but it really made people in the community unhappy.

Nothing ever works in CentOS stream, it is bleeding edge and you can barely use it as a hobbyist.
Trying getting Stabile Diffusion going in CentOS, not happening.

The public money that's buying this data has an opportunity cost. There is a lot of "Well how are we gonna pay for it?" always getting thrown around in these committees. If the NSA and friends have the spare funds to waste on this kind of thing instead of doing things they way they're supposed to be done, then it looks to me like the budget is a little bit too high, and we've found a little extra scratch to put towards something with real tangible value to the common citizen.

If we punish these agencies with budget cutbacks when they step over the line there would be a lot fewer over reaches. Too bad the "tough on crime" enforcement budget increase is such an easy virtue to signal.

At the local level it's 5 cops to pull over grandma while 3 more are snoozing in the Walmart parking lot or making youtube videos on the clock, and then floating a budget increase on the ballot. I'm my area I see police cruisers from 3 towns over commuting officers home while gas is 5$+/gallon.

Fraud, waste, and abuse is rampant, why would we expect different at the federal level?

I absolutely love the design of the Harvard CS50 course and it works well for high school:

https://www.edx.org/course/int...

I am not overly thrilled with the principles of AP Computer Science course which is similar to taking a principles of AP Cooking but never cooking food.

I asked AI this question: "If you had a choice of recommending Harvard's CS50 Intro to Computer Science and AP Principles of Computer science, which would you recommend, why, and which would be most useful to students in their future education and careers?"

It Answered:
Both Harvard's CS50 Intro to Computer Science and AP Principles of Computer science are great courses, but they have different strengths and weaknesses.

CS50 Intro to Computer Science is a more rigorous course that covers a wider range of topics, including algorithms, data structures, programming languages, and software engineering. It is also a more challenging course, and students will need to be prepared to put in a lot of work. However, the course is also very rewarding, and students who complete it will have a strong foundation in computer science.

AP Principles of Computer science is a less rigorous course that focuses on the broader aspects of computing. It covers topics such as the history of computing, the ethical implications of computing, and the impact of computing on society. The course is also less challenging than CS50 Intro to Computer Science, but it is still a valuable introduction to computer science.

In terms of which course would be most useful to students in their future education and careers, it depends on the student's individual interests and goals. If a student is interested in a career in software engineering or computer science, then CS50 Intro to Computer Science would be a better choice. However, if a student is interested in a career in a related field, such as business or education, then AP Principles of Computer science would be a better choice.

Ultimately, the best way to decide which course to take is to consider your own interests and goals. If you are not sure which course is right for you, I recommend talking to a guidance counselor or computer science teacher.

Here is a table that summarizes the key differences between CS50 Intro to Computer Science and AP Principles of Computer science:

Feature CS50 Intro to Computer Science AP Principles of Computer science
Rigor More rigorous Less rigorous
Topics covered Algorithms, data structures, programming languages, software engineering History of computing, ethical implications of computing, impact of computing on society
Challenge More challenging Less challenging
Value for future education and careers More valuable for students interested in a career in software engineering or computer science More valuable for students interested in a career in a related field, such as business or education

This is the classic signal to noise ratio. When AI starts generating noise and feeding itself back as the signal you end up with more noise.

So then there's no problem with the public doing the same to the police, judges, and politicians at home and at work as well, right? Right?

FBI, CIA, NSA all have a system in place already, and that system is designed to track and connect simple unique usernames like every other service uses. It's largely automated at this point, and the db guy who built it shot himself 6 months ago.

Aaaaanyway, now that the cool-guy shit is leaking out of discord it's time to get with the program. Simple unique easily trackable usernames or else.

Why don't you go ahead and update your accounts phone number while your at it- you know, for "security" purposes.

I'll just back it all up on my geocities page.

It all started when they pissed off the community with the ending of CentOS in December 2021.
CentOS used to be my home distro and I would run RHEL at work.
I tried using the replacement of CentOS and it was beyond bleeding edge, buggy, and generally incompatible.
So, I switched everything to Ubuntu LTS, it was a sad day when this happened, but at least everything works again.
They shot themselves in the foot.

Does an AI generated invention become prior art and unpatentable?

They don't call it scamazon for nothing.
On the backside it is criminal how Amazon treats their sellers. Taking tie up their money and have zero customer service. If you want to complain arbitration is your only hope or hiring an Amazon seller consultant. They accuse sellers of selling fake products, strong arming them into storing their merchandise in Scamazon warehouses (scamazon fulfillment), and constantly raising fees.
Amazon is like the Borg and wants to assimilate everything.

At the end of day for the final mile delivery there are Scamazon drivers whizzing in trucks because they aren't allowed to take a bathroom break.

As an ecommerce small business I absolutely refuse to sell on Scamazon.

https://feedvisor.com/resource...
https://knoza.com/revenuerecov...
https://sellerinvestigators.co...
https://socialnomics.net/2022/...

There are two types of people.
1. Those that study computer science and fight over multiple inheritance and namespaces.
2. People that just want to make stuff work, like robots.

Arduino C is super simple and works just like described above.
I would never inflict Java on anyone who just wants to get work done.

Additionally, with the rise of co-pilot and AI tools like Bard, Chat-GPT simple, even moderately complex programs are getting much, much easier to write if you have the skills to describe what you want.