The Switch 2 pricing was announced well after Trump was elected, and undoubtedly included *some* additional markup for tariff increases from the get go, since he had been talking about tariffs the whole campaign, even if it has been a continual game of roulette trying to predict the *exact* tariffs. So it makes sense that the Switch 1 prices would be more sensitive to the tariffs than the Switch 2.
OF "Models" are up a creek, when the basement dwellers can create a whole character to sell that will do whatever pays the most.
Which will drive down revenue for everyone except those skimming $ off the top, namely the OF owners.
This just signifies the end of the era of "fashion model" as a lucrative career choice?
I'm not a fan of AI getting used in marketing/advertising at all. But that's mostly because I find most of it can still be picked out from reality. When they try to create new animated characters or mascots, for example? The AI attempts I've seen, so far, just have this set of features that clue you in that they aren't original drawings by a person. With people, they may be getting pretty good at starting with an AI generated person and letting a real artist Photoshop it to fix it/clean it up so it passes as real. But mostly, we're still used to seeing the people with odd numbers of fingers or toes and other AI mishaps.
When they get this honed to perfection? Yeah, it's not going to make a lot of sense to pay real humans to model clothing for your average sale flyers or online ads. The value will still be there for a popular celebrity figure to wear something in an ad, because then you're buying that association with their fame. But I think most models should come to grips with the idea the gravy train is reaching the end of the line.
This article seems anti-China. Slashdot better be careful. You don't want your funding to be canceled.
Slashdot is funded by cryptocuckery, which has just been outlawed in China.
Microsoft's espionage narrative makes no sense given their current engineering goals.
No, it makes half sense. Well, maybe a quarter. Explanation to follow some more quoting.
Windows Recall is a national security threat. It extends a users threat surface into the 4th dimension and offers almost no meaningful functionality to users.
Right, all true.
Microsoft is the threat facing American users,
No, Microsoft is a threat etc.
not China.
You've shown that Microsoft is a threat, which is reasonable. I agree.
You have done nothing whatsoever to show that China is not also a threat. Not one single word of your comment supports that assertion.
China isn't the problem here. Microsoft is the problem.
You've only shown one of those things, how did you come to that conclusion without any supporting logic?
That certainly was a big fucking stupid comment. Congratulations?
The news media is almost completely controlled by the Republican party these days.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
The news media is, and has always been, completely controlled by their advertisers, who kowtow to whoever is in office at the moment. That is why you got whiplash from watching how fast most of the outlets reversed direction when Trump took office and Republicans got control of both houses of Congress. It'll be the same when the Democrats take it back.
By and large, the "news" media doesn't care what the politics are, they're just desperate for enough money to stay in business.
Technically, the one who would "have standing" to file criminal charges would be the prosecutor who is assigned the case after a careful investigation.
Not holding my breath, though.
I'm aware of how they handle the recall. My 2 year anniversary with my Ioniq 6 was last Friday. (No more free EA DCFC for me.)
My point was the total number of cars that were repaired after an ICCU failure is very small. Lots of manufacturers have recalls, including for parts that can cause a vehicle to stop running. Ford is the worst. Every vehicle lineup has their issues, so just putting it in perspective.
2 years for me, no ICCU issues. No charging issues. They did replace my interior door panels under warranty for peeling clear coat.
Pointers aren't required for most purposes.
Keep in mind the context here is the computer architecture class, which should be a core required class. Assembly language and pointers should be taught here, regardless of whether either will be used in future projects. The student needs to understand what is happening at a low level. It helps to write better high level code.
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." -- Bernard Berenson
