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Comment Re: Duh (Score 1) 116

Microsoft certainly counts on incompetence being a benefit for secure boot keeping out Linux but it wasn't the purpose. Linux can benefit just as much from securely signing boot code. What's needed is getting OEMs on board with a simpler process for adding new keys. It's basically all a manual process for non-Microsoft keys. I don't think there's anyone to blame but Linux distros if there isn't even an organized push at this point.

Comment Re:Except they're not "very large online platforms (Score 1) 36

XVideos admitted to having 160 million monthly active users in the EU. It seems a little suspect for such a huge disparity between major platforms. When you have anonymous users who are potentially sharing an IP address (whether in a household or carrier grade NAT), you can find a lot of ways to manipulate the raw logs to say what you need it to say.

Comment Re:You're just using the word "populism" (Score 1) 259

The only way to make any system work is to always be aware and vigilant of its limitations. Democracy deserves scrutiny. Populism inherently disadvantages people who aren't in the majority. It's an uphill but necessary battle to convince people to vote for something that improves the country as a whole instead of for themselves specifically. That doesn't mean Democracy isn't the best thing we have right now.

Comment Is it finally time? (Score 2) 85

Are they finally going to attempt quality control?

Samsung refrigerators are going on a decade of having the same failures due to a design defect. There's an entire Facebook group dedicated to helping people get full refunds on their failed refrigerators.

My Google Pixel 6 Pro constantly loses cellular and requires a reboot or Airplane Mode because they went with Samsung's 5G chip over Qualcomm's.

Their TVs look nice but have their own string of failures - not just with the backlights failing prematurely.

The one product that seems to be consistently very good is their solid state drives. And they overproduced those so much that they didn't make any money off of those.

Comment Mercury poisoning (Score 1) 25

There are plenty of known issues with synthetic or AI-created data, foremost of which is that it can exacerbate existing issues with AI, because it's liable to spit out a more concentrated version of any garbage it is ingesting.

This just reminds me so much of bottom-feeders getting eaten by bigger and bigger fish.

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