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Comment Damn (Score 1) 40

My latest vaccine shots had the 6G upgrade, to take advantage of the higher-speed web access when the networks upgrade, but if they're selling those frequencies to high-power carriers, then I won't be able to walk into any area that handles AT&T or Verizon. :P

Seriously, this will totally wreck the 6G/WiFi6 specification, utterly ruin the planned 7G/WiFi7 update, and cause no end of problems to those already using WiFi6 equipment - basically, people with working gear may well find their hardware simply no longer operates, which is really NOT what no vendor or customer wants to hear. Vendors with existing gear will need to do a recall, which won't be popular, and the replacement products simply aren't going to do even a fraction as well as the customers were promised - which, again, won't go down well. And it won't be the politicians who get the blame, despite it being the politicians who are at fault.

Comment Re:When was the last time Windows was updated (Score 2) 53

When did Windows get virtual desktop support? Back when I migrated to Linux, about 20 years ago, I learned to use and love them. I showed friends using Windows what they were, using my laptop, but none of them were the slightest bit interested in them except as eye candy. I was once told, in fact, that Windows users "couldn't see the point" in having them. If it's taken this long for them to start to catch on, it's a clear indication of why Windows is concentrating on meaningless, useless changes: their target audience is mostly made up of people who can't adapt to change and wouldn't want to if they could.

Comment Re:Sums up the housing crisis (Score -1) 102

This is such cry-baby nonsense.

NONSENSE.

Since 2008, I have personally mentored dozens of young dudes (at no cost whatsoever, just because that's what successful people do).

I have helped poor dudes in bad neighborhoods buck up, get some side hustles, stack cash, and buy property.

You fucked yourself because you refuse to actually do someone to buy property. I don't know ANYONE, starting with even zero money, who couldn't find a nice home in just 2-3 years of saving money properly -- except the lepers in California, and fuck them anyway.

Submission + - University of Phoenix reveals surprising truth about the future of IT careers (nerds.xyz)

BrianFagioli writes: A new white paper from the University of Phoenix dives deep into what the future of IT might actually look like, and it is based on real insights from the people working in the field. Titled The Future of IT: What IT Practitioners Predict Will Drive Career Opportunities and written by Dr. J.L. Graff, the report pulls from a 2025 survey of technology professionals. What it uncovers is a mix of optimism and pressure, where opportunity is high but the pace of change is leaving many workers struggling to keep up.

The good news is that most IT professionals still believe in the value of their field. According to the survey, 86 percent are optimistic about the future of information technology. More than half say they are very optimistic. But that confidence drops when it comes to keeping up with fast-moving trends. Nearly two out of three say they are not fully confident they will be able to keep up over the next five years.

Comment Re:Duplicate (Score 1) 19

Not always. Type I can be triggered by a serious childhood illness. As an example, I had a good friend who contracted rheumatic fever when he was three, and spent the best part of a year in bed. His parents ended up moving from the north east to southern California because he was too frail for the winter climate. It wasn't long before he was diagnosed with diabetes.

And, there's also LADA, which is just like Type I except it manifests in adults. That's what I have, and the root cause for it was exposure to Agent Orange, back in '72.

Submission + - US judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training (nbcnews.com)

SonicSpike writes: A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in a major copyright ruling, declaring that artificial intelligence developers can train models using published books without authors’ consent.

The decision, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sets a precedent that training AI systems on copyrighted works constitutes fair use. Though it doesn’t guarantee other courts will follow, Judge William Alsup’s ruling makes the case the first of dozens of ongoing copyright lawsuits to give an answer about fair use in the context of generative AI.

It’s a question that has been raised by creatives across various industries for years since generative AI tools exploded into the mainstream, allowing users to easily produce art from models trained on copyrighted work — often without the human creators’ knowledge or permission.

AI companies have been hit with a slew of copyright lawsuits from media companies, music labels and authors since 2023. Artists have signed multiple open letters urging government officials and AI developers to constrain the unauthorized use of copyrighted works. In recent years, companies have also increasingly reached licensing deals with AI developers to dictate terms of use for their artists’ works.

Submission + - This crewless ship is defending Denmark's and NATO's waters. This is how it work (euronews.com)

alternative_right writes: Drones are mounted on these 10-meter-long vessels and artificial intelligence (AI) helps analyse data of the surrounding environment under and above the surface of the ocean using advanced sensors.

"So, the vehicles [work] like a truck. The truck carries the sensors and we use on-board sophisticated machine learning and AI to fuse that data to give us a full picture of what's above and below the surface," said Richard Jenkins, the founder and CEO of Saildrone, the company that makes the ships.

Submission + - Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one (technical.ly)

FlipperPA writes: Microsoft's latest lie is primed to created the largest single E-waste event in human history, argues Timothy Allen, Principal Engineer at the Wharton School, in an article for Technical.ly:

Before the turn of the millennium, computer hardware was advancing so quickly that upgrading your machine every few years made sense, because you got so much more power than just a few years prior. That rapid evolution has ended; the average home user (excepting hardcore gamers and crypto miners) should only need a new machine every decade, if not less frequently. Any computer bought new in 2015 should be perfectly capable of running an operating system, a web browser, email, video meetings and an office suite without feeling slow. Microsoft suggesting people have to toss their devices is not only discriminatory — not everyone can afford to do this — it’s also horrible for the environment. E-waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing waste streams, and while some of it is being repurposed, the trash piles are rising a reported 5x times recycling efforts.

The article gives practical suggestions, and argues the migration from Windows 10 to Linux Mint is easier than Windows 10 to Windows 11:

Linux Mint is a desktop version of Linux that is meant to appeal to people familiar with Windows. It comes with everything the average home user needs, and just works. I would argue, in fact, that switching from Windows 10 to Linux Mint is less jarring than switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11. The user interface is actually more similar.

The article also gives advice to those who need to run Windows 11 for some reason: use Windows 11 Debloat, and O&O ShutUp to minimize the amount of crapware and privacy-invasion.

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