US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops
Ads for testosterone boosters will still pass through -- troops gotta meet those new standards Hegseth has arbitrarily imposed (even though they're temporarily rescinded). Also exempt are ads for boner pills, condoms, "enlargement" devices, alcohol and hair gel - no explanation was offered by the Pentagon.
But one happens in the next 2.5 years, it will be Joe Biden's fault.
"Do your own research" has become code for "With a bit of Internet doodling you can find infinite 'evidence' for any darn fool thing you want to believe."
It's similarly code for, "I haven't actually done any research and neither should you; just believe me 'cause I'm saying what you want to hear."
Do they have enough AI tokens to make Mitch McConnell seem more lively - or alive?
Ooooh, I am so outraged. They surveilled No Kings, just like they surveil everything else.
Fair is fair, people surveilled the Yes Kings rally on Jan 6th, 2021.
More unsettling here is that Flock and, apparently, the Police are being so blatantly partisan - not surprising though. It makes one wonder how unbiased Flock coverage and reporting is going forward.
They are just derivative, poorly rendered copies of the earth.
That's why I keep the real thing in my backyard for safe keeping. If you need to reference it, just try not to wrinkle it up too much if you fold it.
You and Steven Wright are birds of a feather
I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, "Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile." I spent last summer folding it.
I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6."
-- Steven Wright
How is map accuracy suddenly political?
Anything this U.S. Administration doesn't understand or like and/or doesn't somehow benefit its aging, increasingly confused leader is deemed bad, at least by those who can be easily punished by not going along with things.
The United States cast the sole vote against, dismissing the initiative as part of a "radical ideological project."
Wait, older people are already here. They aren't causing the growth. Well, maybe you could say that because they aren't dying as young, they stick around longer, leading to population increases.
Most older people, even poorer ones, got all the recommended vaccines before this administration started scaring people off them so they aren't dying off fast enough. While that was initially a boon at the voting booth for the administration, it's going to be a relatively short-term problem for those who dislike funding Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, etc... As far as the youngsters, they're on their own.
So... the U.S. Congress *is* a representative government?
I run Audacity 1.2.6, and refuse to use anything newer.
I find the realtime effects in Audacity 3 pretty handy, though they're a rather limited selection. For example, I use a separate Nyquist plugin for nicer compression, which means it's not realtime. I try not to rely too much on a single piece of software, as they seem to come and go, and maintaining old versions on up-to-date distributions is not fun.
Whatever idiots took over the project and built 2.0 should have stuck to their anime and left FOSS development to people who knew how to use a PC.
Real Men (TM) use Ecasound for multitrack processing on the command line, like I did back in the 00s.
You imply this is a Republican issue? O rly? Personally I think it's both parties, but I expect I'm going to get modded troll for suggesting it's not just Republicans.
Clear recent examples with significant Democratic sponsorship, majorities, or leadership: (I only asked for a half dozen obvious examples)
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021)
Inflation Reduction Act (2022)
CHIPS and Science Act (2022)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009 stimulus)
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (2021)
All-American Flag Act (2024)
It is ENTIRELY true that China's manufacturing is rooted in "unfair trade, subsidies, intellectual property theft and surveillance".
It is ALSO entirely true that the US auto industry is likewise rooted in ""unfair trade, subsidies, intellectual property theft and surveillance" AS WELL AS anticompetitive trade practices, monopolistic behavior, market manipulation, mendacity, and grossly deliberately unsafe choices.
The Chinese are awful, but at least they deliver shitty cars that are cheap. The US companies are likewise awful, but they deliver shitty cars that are overpriced as well.
I'm not sure I see any winners here.
Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers getting 15, 10, and 5 hours respectively before they have to buy additional playtime.
Microsoft said this impacts 4% of Game Pass subscribers
Microsoft said it was making the changes because the cost of providing cloud gaming has grown as more people use it and play for longer.
They're doing this because 4% of their users play longer than those limits? The extra charges from that 4% is going to cover their increased costs? Sounds more like they picked some initial numbers to gauge the pushback with the future goal of lowering those limits and/or raising prices further going forward.
Well, since it says "local", I assume you'll pay your own power bill for your own inference and agents.
From the PAIR link in TFS:
Private Local Inference Keep It Close to Home
Run AI workflows at home with data that stays on your network. NVIDIA PAIR is built for private local inference, helping you use prompts, files, and agent context without sending them to the cloud.
I'm still dubious, however, of the pinky-swear promises from these companies that they won't somehow get your data.
People complain a lot about the indicator stalks, but as someone who drives a BMW I can't say I've ever used mine. So what is the big deal?
I thought it was the other way around and guys drove BMWs *because* their "indicator stalk" didn't work.
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