In case you're unaware, copy/paste, even on Linux, is context aware and does smart things. No LLM integration I'm aware of, but it's not just plain text. You can try it. In a (possibly Linux) web browser, copy a big chunk of some webpage, then paste that into a new gmail message (or somewhere that accepts context-type: text/html). Bullet points, tables, font sizes, etc.. will be retained. Those aren't plain text.

Even more simple of an example: you can copy/paste images.

Given that there's already some hooks in there to do things with the clipboard data based on context, it's not *too* big of a stretch to see them try to hook in other stuff... not that I want it. I frequently find myself pasting to a temporary vim text file just to ensure I'm removing all the unseen markup before pasting a message (email, comments, IMs, etc..). I should probably setup a shortcut to paste as plain text someday.

Agreed. My first thought was that likely meant they'd do local transcription, then use that for other things. That's how most audio stuff gets processed anyway, and that would skip the bandwidth heavy step of transferring the full audio (when needed, they can just transfer the transcription text). If that sounds like I'm gung ho about it, I'm not. But it is still an improvement in user control; Maybe we could probably swap the local transcription engine with a no op?

WTH are you trying to say? OP said, "They will likely still listen to and record everything." That doesn't state anything about ex-filtrating that data. So if the processing now has an option to be done locally, that means it's doing it one way or the other, does it not?

We're already aware of troves of data that does get sent to them, and I suspect you've heard of MS Recall? If they can justify regularly saving full screenshots, then could easily justify saving a transcript of all the audio they record.

SO MANY posts excusing this behavior because of the licensing fee BS! Wow! Anyway...

Let's go with that and say that's a fine reason to disable HEVC. Should they not offer the ability to re-enable it for said fee!?!?!?

IMHO, it should be required to do one or the other:
A) Ship it enabled. Eat the cost or include it in the purchase price if needed, but ship with the features the hardware has.
B) Ship disabled, but include options to re-enable it, possibly for a fee. Ensure users can actually make use of the hardware they purchased.

If "B" is too complicated for them, they do "A"; Don't just shit the bed.

Right? At least link to the site for the game: https://kingdomsofthedump.com/

It means fewer cats died.

hard to dispute

works for spammers & scammers

Even a broken horse shits correctly twice a month. (Or something like that.)

I don't think a better Constitutional can protect a democracy against conflicts like the culture wars. Cultish demagogues will always exist.

No, because a surgeon can tell you WHY he washes his hands and point to the historical evidence for the practice. He won't say "God tells us to wash our hands".

In my day we only had a 2D Ruxpin, we called him Clippy...

> the companies that make and sell these toys are putting their stockholders at risk of a future privacy lawsuit.

Own 20 risky but profitable companies. 9 may go south and declare bankruptcy, but between the time the 9 were bringing in revenue and the other 11 that haven't puked (yet), you are still net profitable.

Privatize profits, socialize loss, the Plutocrat Way.

Lifetime immunity to measles, and possibly *nothing else*.

"Immune Amnesia" is a real condition caused by the measles virus. After having the measles, you may lose any immunity to everything else - your immune system has been reset, and now the *only* thing you are immune to is measles.

You've wiped out every vaccine you've had, every 'natural' immunity you gained from prior infections. Have fun getting chickenpox again! COVID and SARS are back on the menu, boys!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Eating random roadkill? I'll trust experienced medical experts over a conspiracy fan.