Explorer? I still call it File Manager. I never did get on board with that whole "explorer" narrative. They're my files, and I will manage them, not let them run wild so I have to "explore."

I have a Honda with an obsolete "infotainment" system, but at least it has an Aux In next to a USB port that provides power, so I can plug in an $11 UGreen dongle and listen to whatever I feel like. If I cared there are some nice 7" 1080p screens for cheap in the Raspberry Pi space that could be shoehorned in and run at 12V. But I'd rather have no screen at all.

Funny thing is that UGreen pairs faster than any other bluetooth device I have and never doesn't work. For eleven bucks.

With the fickleness of Google and Apple there's no chance they'll even support the current CarPlay and Android Auto in 20 years. I like to keep my vehicles 15-30 years, depending on how well they handle rust.

Maybe Crutchfield will make bypass harnesses for these systems in ten years when absolutely nothing works but the screen and speakers are still useful.

We really should be looking for standards at that level, so the compute modules could be upgraded after the manufacturer abandons their platforms.

As Louis says, you shouldn't be a felon for disabling ads on your refrigerator that you never agreed to.

You have to dig a little deeper. There are write-ups specific to each of the incidents mentioned in this article.

In each case, the system was told that it could do certain things. It was also told to accomplish a task. Then it was given a shutdown instruction. The news was that it figured out that it could not accomplish the task if it shut down, and that it could avoid shutting down by doing the other things it was told were allowed... and thus accomplish it's assigned task.

It was cool that it worked thru the logic that getting from A to Z required doing X to avoid Y. The follow-up stories are bullshit hype anthropomorphizing the AI.

There is no "emergent behavior" of a "survival drive" in AI systems. In all of the examples, the system was instructed that it was allowed to do these exact things... and then it did them!

I did this kind of schedule when I was fresh out of college. I worked long days, and came in on the weekends. After hours and days off I worked on volunteer projects doing basically the same as what I did for pay. It was fun. I did it because I was enthusiastic about what I was doing.

Then I grew up and discovered a life beyond work. Now I still work too much, but I have other priorities besides work.

TLDR: It can be fun to work long hours and accomplish something, but get paid in real money -and quit when it stops being fun.

Heliboard is its modern replacement that gets updates.

Install Obtanium.
Install Heliboard.
Install Futo voice typing.

Jettison the Google input stealers.

I don't know if that's accurate. The Land Before Time--the quintessential dinosaur reference guide for first graders--depicts dinosaurs struggling to survive in a world in decline, so it seems to be a common belief that they were dying out before the asteroid hit. This news should be of interest even for first graders.

Thanks a lot, now you got me looking at a wikipedia page with a picture of hitler at work.

Bingo, that's what "modernization" means... ensuring that you pay through the nose and thank them for the opportunity.

It's not kids who are trading $12,000 knife skins, it's Russian money launderers

Unless you pronounce "beta" as "beeta" then I assume it's "m-eye-koh" as in the first two syllables of microsoft minus the "r"

... be a shame if something were to happen to it.

Spam generation?

I'm sure Donny has good intentions with his plan to bring the 1950's back, including Fonzie, but Xi is just 20x brighter.