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Comment Re:IAINWASE (Score 1) 93

My bank has a phone app and you can also access the account via a browser.
But to get to the bank in the browser you first have to log in (to the bank) on the phone that in turn needs to reads a QR code on the computer screen.
Only then the bank will allow access on the PC.
In my case on this Linux PC the Firefox browser uses all the security DuckDuckGo offers

Comment Re:Mr orange pedophile refusing to shut up (Score 1) 571

The Democrats won't be able to pass much legislation of course but that's not the point they can at least stop the bleeding. Also if one of those corrupt pieces of shit on the supreme Court drop dead you can bet your ass the Democrats are not going to seat a trump appointee.

One of the biggest complaints was government being gridlocked - the President wants one thing, Congress blocks it. Nothing much happens.

We suddenly had 2 years where the government wasn't gridlocked and lots of crap happens.

Suddenly a gridlocked government doesn't seem so bad anymore. If anything, not having anything happen the next 2 years would be a welcome respite for what's happened the past couple of years.

Trump wants to get something, Congress won't allow it. Congress wants something, Trump will veto it. Honestly, this would be a great change of pace. If nothing else happens, nothing worse can happen

Comment Re:Trump a "lame duck" president? (Score 1) 571

Those who believe a Democrat Congress (or the courts) will be able to significantly derail Trump agenda are naive.

Even more if you think they'll roll back the power grabs and demolishing of democratic institutions. Both parties like having unregulated power, just not in the hands of the other.

Comment or not (Score 1) 54

so they really and truly get a transformative benefit from these projects

Except that they don't. Data centers create a tiny number of jobs and not for the people who usually are looking for a job in rural communities, they don't draw in visitor, tourists or other kinds of customers for local business, they don't create any product that the community would benefit from - what benefit is he talking about, much less "transformative" ?

Comment fuck them (Score 1) 129

they "understand that Ms. Crump did not ask to become part of this investigation," and that they recognize the "frustration of having a vehicle towed and subsequently damaged."

So many words for "lol, yeah that's a them problem, we don't give a shit".

That this is even a matter for insurance is pathetic. The police caused this to happen, it needs to pay the bill, in full, including any costs the innocent person had for the time they kept the vehicle illegally.

Once cases like this drain the police budgets, they'll have an incentive to actually do a good job instead of fucking around and offloading the cost of their stupidity on ordinary people.

Comment Re:Laundry folding? (Score 1) 56

No, this is *exactly* the kind of thing I want AI to do. Clean my house. Straighten my house. Put things away. Fold clothes. Free up those hours so I can do something more fun, more interesting, or more productive.

Yes. But folding clothes is not high on that list. Of the entire wash cycle, that's literally the easiest part. Now if it could put together all the socks into matching pair and store them away, we might be talking.

People are going to want to buy this and keep using it for literal decades, because they'll see it as an appliance, not an electronic toy.

Other companies have moved us away from that model. It used to be that you buy a washing machine and you're done for most of your life. Ok, maybe you'll need a second one one day but that's about it. Not anymore. I'm on my third fridge since moving into this house a decade ago. They barely offer repairs anymore and it's often cheaper to buy new. It's ridiculous, really.

Comment Re:So uhh (Score 1) 98

Pretty easy to understand why they are internet connected.
We're talking here about a lot of freezers in many shops, all supplied and controlled by Danfoss.
Remotely controlling this without internet access is hardly possible.

I heard of a smaller outfit that set it's own alarm when the regular -22 degC temperature would go up above -18, although the alarm came after midnight they rushed to the store and saved their produce. Larger shops usually don't have their own control, they depend on the manufacturer and they were overwhelmed by the number of problems.

It sounds like it all boils down to shops using older equipment with non-maintained software.

Comment How about? (Score 2) 66

First of, I am not familiar with Itch.
But from the article I get an idea what it is about.
Why don't they insist a new game needs to be totally free for, say, the first month, once it has proven itself as bona fide the publisher can charge money of include advertising.

Comment Re:What's with the delusional AI bros? (Score 3, Interesting) 45

It also depends what AI is used for.

AI can be used for so many aspects but not all of it would warrant disclosure. Maybe it was used to generate an outline for a story, which was then fleshed out by a human writer to produce the story and plot.

Or maybe it was used to create a game prototype to see if some concept was "fun". Maybe some new game mechanic or something to see if it integrates well in the world. If they prove successful then the code was re-written by programmers to integrate into the final game.

Or used to develop test textures used to create initial maps to test them out, then artists designed the final textures.

For those, AI was used, but it was just used to test concepts and storylines and other things to see if it would work, and likely those are AI uses most people wouldn't mind.

But if AI was used in place of artists, writers, creatives or programmers in producing the final product you purchase, then that kind of disclosure would be warranted.

It's like people using AI on the Linux kernel. Most people wouldn't have an issue with AI being used for the code reviews of patches. It gets a lot muddier when it's used to create those patches though.

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