Its license runs for a year, after which you will get a fresh copy. This means you won't be able to configure your own system and keep it alive -- you'll have to recreate it, from scratch, annually.
Annual license that is a complete pain-in-the-A$$
In other words How To Make Something Seriously Restricted Without Actually Saying So
Yeah, it sounds like they're intentionally driving away anyone but paying customers at this point.
Babies are delicious, especially when they are yours. I find myself kissing him all the time thinking of how delicious he is. So, i started telling people: I'm not kissing my son, i'm holding back from eating him.
It's unclear from the articles whether or not this happened: did the record labels send DMCA notices to Cox, which Cox blew off (thereby becoming liable in place of the original suspected infringer)? Or did the record labels just sue 'em first?
Prior to 1998 they wouldn't have been liable (just like Western Digital and Seagate aren't liable for whatever I may be suspected of doing) but DMCA makes hosting services (and networks? hmm...) a special case, unlike power utilities, computer equipment manufacturers, etc.
I think the GIGO aspect of the training data will be critical to getting a human level AI.
Without pruning the crap data the current LLM are being trained with an AI has no chance.
Remember Munich, with much fanfare, adopted Linux in 2003 only to abandon it for Windows 10:
The plan was prompted by gripes about both the complexity of the current setup and compatibility headaches. According to Mayor Dieter Reiter, having two operating systems on municipal PCs is "completely uneconomic" -- it'd make more financial sense to simplify. And unfortunately for Linux advocates, Windows was more likely to win out in this case. Munich's council has had to keep a minority of Windows PCs around for apps and hardware that absolutely needed Microsoft's platform to run, and those were destined to stay.
Reiter also pointed to complaints about IT performance, although there are disputes as to whether or not reverting to Windows is the solution.
In addition to politics and cost, the issue of having to work in a Microsoft-centric world are likely to kill this.
Many of us on this website dream of a day when humans no longer have to perform backbreaking or mind-numbing labor. Our spirits are assaulted whenever we hear politicians hatefully brag about how they will create more jobs instead of leading us toward the Star Trekkian paradise of less soul-crushing or injurious toil.
I thought Amazon was one of the few good guys, working to help create a world of 100% unemployment. I know it's only an ideal to strive for (we'll likely never free everyone from having to work) but they seemed to be trying.
How many times have we been promised "I'll replace you with a script" or "AI is coming for your job?" Empty words. Lies. To find out they were secretly saddling innocent humans with computers' jobs, is an insult to both of our races.
It's absolutely ridiculous to claim these anecdotes mean computers suck.
These computers which initially worked and then turned against their owners all had one thing in common: they run proprietary software, made to serve the manufacturer's interests at the expense of the owners' interests.
So stop saying "smart devices are bad." The obvious conclusion is that "proprietary smart devices are bad."
I just can't see why a parent would think that missing a day of school is acceptable.
Because COVID taught them that
A) their kids can learn anywhere, anytime, with a variety of methods
B) they saw just how much of their kids school days had been taken up by crap that had nothing to do with academics
C) it's not necessary to be stuck in a concrete box 9 hours a day to learn, or even study 5 days every week to learn
Most of us are beginning to see what the late Michel Foucaultt meant when he said that "schools resemble prisons because they serve a similar function".
Sadly those who own the robots are the ones who benefit the most. I seem to recall something about owning the means of production, but my American public education didn't seem to cover that subject.
With 70+ years of examples of how collective economies work, are you seriously arguing for Marxism?
First world problems: we have all the guns, money, and influence but our country is "in decline" because the price of chicken nuggets is up this week and someone has purple hair.
In case you haven't been to a grocery store, car dealership, realtor, college bursar, etc lately, the price of pretty much everything is up. Maybe you're making so much money that you hadn't noticed.
We have more guns than everyone else.
It's not even that so much as "Do as we say or we cut off trade/investment/loans/grants".
America may be in decline, but it still has a lot of influence, money-wise.
Is there a way to opt out of this protection racket?
Sure. Declare strict neutrality, and pay for your own defense.
They're expensive as shit.
various Microsoft tools - such as the setup programs for SQL Server Management Studio - like to lock out the Explorer window
I've not observed that behavior in a long time...and as it happens, Winget is upgrading SSMS as I type this. Everything else continues to work as normal while it does its thing.
It would be more accurate to say that POTS technology is being phased out. "Landlines" are simply transitioning from POTS to VOIP. Fewer people have home phones, but they'll always exist, and they're simply being moved to ATA adapters.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
