Or if you are a sensitive enough target to bother keeping your data long enough to use quantum computers on it.

It's not, actually. The article breathlessly talks about how much location tracking it is doing, but then it adds at the end a note to the effect that "it's not actually able to do any of this tracking without asking for user permission, which it doesn't try to get." It looks like they used some SDK for notifications that includes the tracking capability but didn't actually request the needed permissions.

The problem is that they also restrict you from using their trademarks. It seems you are both supposed to use their branding and prohibited from doing so.

They seem to somewhat waffle on that. Their FAQ calls it a legal notice, but in some of their communications, they refer to it as attribution. It's worth noting that they do have conflicting terms. They claim that by paragraph 7(b) they can insist that you maintain their logo, but they also use 7(e) to deny use of their trademarks. They state several places they are open source, not FOSS, but they are trying to have it both ways by claiming a FOSS license.

OnlyOffice is specifically using the AGPL as written by FSF, so FSF's interpretation of the license, while perhaps not legally binding, is germane. It's worth noting, however, that it is not possible to modify and redistribute OnlyOffice and comply with their interpretations. They claim that it is a requirement to maintain their logo to comply with legal notice and attribution requirements, but also disallow use of their trademarks, which includes their logo.

OnlyOffice explicitly uses AGPL. https://www.onlyoffice.com/lic.... They are trying to make the argument that they are allowed to do this by claiming their logo is a legal notice, and it's ok to require the retention of legal notices. FSF says the branding doesn't meet the definition of legal notice, so the requirement is null.

Yeah, if you are someone who is going to be bothered by accidentally making small talk with the AI as if it were human, you aren't the right person to be reviewing how good the experience is. Same for the person with the "how many fingers" questions. Those parts of the story comes across as "person hostile to the idea of AI companions finds them creepy." Most of the rest is either poor planning on the restaurant (you know you're going to have 30 concurrent video calls, run Ethernet cables), typical teledating issues (my wife and I were long distance for much of our dating relationship and engagement, and had plenty of times we couldn't hear each other because of noise, and video conferencing frequently has noticable lag even with good network conditions). Yes, what the AI does with the bad connection is odd, and personally I find the idea creepy, but this is really just a place trying to get clickbait articles written about it.

Not saying it's not hyperbole, because it definitely is, but why on earth would the CCP use inflammatory militaristic language to describe their own actions?

I'm a fan of the post office, but having lived in several states, the delivery services' relative reliability is more variable than your comment suggests. I've lived in places where seeing USPS as the delivery service meant you didn't bother expecting it for an extra week but FedEx and UPS never had issues. At our last place, we had multiple packages almost get sent back because the mail carrier didn't bother leaving any notices except the last one 3 weeks later, and when we requested a vacation hold they decided to return all our mail to sender with the notation we had moved without leaving a forwarding address.

I looked at the rule. If I'm reading it right, compensated reviews are acceptable as long as it's an actual review by the person in question, and excerpts used are representative of the full review. Payment, including in the form of product, must not be conditioned on the content of the review. Though if I read it right, the reviewer doesn't have to have experience with the product as long as it is clear to the reader that the review is not based on experience with the actual product. (I assume this is allowed to allow the use of reviews of other products by the manufacturer to establish trust in the company itself.)

How is it different from the master level fader on a mixer? Every mixer I've personally used had the ability to adjust the levels of the input, and separately control the over-all level of the various output groups.

My understanding is that they started using screwheads that were designed to be able to use slotted, Phillips, or Robinson drive, but since none of them work that well, tool companies started making screwdrivers that have a head designed to fit the combination.

I'm sure they do throw noise-ads. After Target had the issue with outing a teen's pregnancy because the ads were too well targeted, I imagine everyone tries to de-target the ads enough to keep it from seeming as creepy.

Even in 2014, I'm pretty sure that only applied to people who were still on legacy plans that didn't want to give up some perk on a 10- or 15-year-old plan. I got Verizon in around 2004 or so, and even back then they only advertised unlimited text plans. You might have been able to get a limited plan, but only if you specifically asked for it.

I've never been able to figure out what business model Redbox Instant was supposed to be serving. It was more expensive than a DVD rental, and required you to use yet another streaming app that had no better prices and no real exclusives.