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Jellyfin 12.0(jellyfin.org)
623 points by 0xC0ncord 26d ago|355 comments
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LG monitors installing adware on Windows PCs(techradar.com)
46 points by 0xC0ncord 3mo ago|18 comments
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by 0xC0ncord 3mo ago
Full title: 'Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt, due to seemingly installing adware on PCs — and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features
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by 0xC0ncord 6mo ago
I have a hard time believing this to be true when for a while now it's always been some automated system that goes completely unchecked and unmonitored. It's not until someone who is wrongfully affected complains on Xitter does an
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by 0xC0ncord 7mo ago
Part of the reason why Android phones specifically are not supported for very long is because the baseband and modem firmwares from Qualcomm only receive official support and updates for about 2 years.
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by 0xC0ncord 8mo ago
>Scott Hennessey, the owner of the New South Wales-based Australian Tours and Cruises, which operates Tasmania Tours, told the Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC) earlier this month that “our AI has messed up completely.” To me this is
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
Okay, what I really meant to ask was whether Verizon in particular is still incredibly dishonest about the process of bringing your own device as I had personally experienced. Obviously, the real solution is just to take your business elsew
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
Is this an option that's available all the time? Back when the Nexus 5 was still new, I tried doing exactly this and took one I just bought to my local Verizon outlet to have it activated on their network. The tech there told me that w
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
I don't know much about it other than it's apparently just ADHD that doesn't manifest until adulthood.
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
I'm also curious what others' takes are too. Lately I have found myself completely unable to remember things without writing them down or completely losing focus on a task and instead going off on "side quests." A close
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
When I first installed Windows 11 about 2 years ago, I had a similar experience. One of the things I noticed quickly was that much of the preinstalled crap that comes with Windows 10 can be easily uninstalled from the Settings menu or Contr
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by 0xC0ncord 9mo ago
About one of my favorite racing games of all time: "The game could have been removed for a number of reasons, including the closure of developer Bizarre Creations in early 2011, but the most likely cause was expired licensing of the re
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
For what it's worth, I recently bought a spool of CAT7 cable and a bunch of RJ45 connectors and made my own cables that perform well and reliably. I don't know if this was wise in the end but I was able to get what I needed out of
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
This is true if you opt not to install Google Play Services.
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386667
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
One explanation that was brought up before about this was licensing. A lot of the source code has been touched by other entities like Digital Extremes who may feel differently about releasing the source. That's even more true for UT2k4
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
This is being done by OldUnreal with written permission from Epic. They've been doing the same thing for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament '99 under NDA and all.
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
Having done modding for some older shooter games built on the server-authoritative model, it's still possible to create a "pingless" experience, but it requires more calculations and compromises on client/server trust to
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by 0xC0ncord 10mo ago
And forced arbitration exists to remedy class action. Consumers rarely win anymore.
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by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago
It's about time. There's so much valuable information exposed in Sysinternals' tools that's integral to performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and complementing security solutions. Windows has always fallen short in pr
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by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago
I appreciate the gesture but how long is any of this going to stay disabled until the next Windows Update turns it back on again? Or permanently?
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by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago
There are plenty of fridges that don't incorporate "smart" features. There's nothing really complicated about a giant box that you put food in to keep cold and maybe an integrated water dispenser. I've been shopping
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by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago
To own the libs, apparently.
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Nintendo's Creature Capture Patent Dealt Blow Amid Palworld Lawsuit(gamerant.com)
4 points by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago|0 comments
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by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago
According to ProtonDB[1], about 7-10% of the top 100 and top 1000 games are "borked", but the actual reason why can be nuanced. However, these days it is almost always anti-cheat. [1] https://www.protondb.com/dashb
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Anthill Art(anthillart.com)
1 points by 0xC0ncord 11mo ago|0 comments
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by 0xC0ncord 1y ago
"Community-maintained" is quite a stretch considering the repository has had no activity since the fork and name change.
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by 0xC0ncord 1y ago
If this scales to more titles I'm curious how it's intended to work. The article writes that the current internal test has preroll ads before the game streaming begins. So, if I start playing a game and the system decides it'
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by 0xC0ncord 1y ago
> The burden of "Identify theft" should at this point is no longer on the victim but the defrauded institution. This is how it's always been, but the lack of any real privacy protection laws in the US allows institutions t
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We're Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit [video](youtube.com)
3 points by 0xC0ncord 1y ago|0 comments

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