tomkarho

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by tomkarho 1y ago
There was a class action suit against Sony over preventing PS3 users from installing Linux on their consoles. I think it ended in Sony losing and having to pay reparations. Whether it was a "huge amount" is subject to debate.
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by tomkarho 1y ago
Got a 4 core machine that way dirt cheap. Bought (a phenom II BE I think) 2 core cpu which unlocked into a quad core.
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by tomkarho 1y ago
Suppose it comes down to psychology. I recall reading long time ago that rounded corners signal safety since they can't cut you so easily so we gravitate towards those shapes.
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by tomkarho 1y ago
Politicians already use VPN and even expense it. They've got their ducks in a row.
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by tomkarho 1y ago
AI replacing human hiring managers brings to mind this quote: “A computer can never be held accountable, Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” - an IBM training manual 1979. Wonder if there is grounds for rejected can
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by tomkarho 1y ago
Curious timing with everyone starting to drop X11 couple of weeks after a fork of X11 was announced. Almost like the announcement put a fire under some behinds to quickly get rid off X11 before the fork starts eating Wayland's lunch.
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by tomkarho 1y ago
Let's hope development continues until 2051. https://xkcd.com/1782 .
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by tomkarho 2y ago
The answer is not that complicated but people seem to make it so out of desire to either cover all the corner cases and/or tackle a more tangential issue related to free software (such as compensation). While valid areas of exploration
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by tomkarho 2y ago
Emphasis in "yet"
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by tomkarho 2y ago
Maybe an entire organization will spring from that to combat proprietary software :)
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by tomkarho 2y ago
If that ever happens I would be fascinated to see what the folks who made Mental Omega makes out of it.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
Cool! Thank you.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
The moment they acquired an ad company (Anonym) the writing was on the wall where they were headed. Someone needs to pay for all the... interesting side projects they've got going as well. By the way, it would be wonderful if you or so
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by tomkarho 2y ago
"Person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals" - Agent K, Men In Black
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by tomkarho 2y ago
The most pessimistic theory is that Autodesk has been using the forum posts to train an AI that they intend to put into their products as a paid add-on. No incentive to pay for it if there is free of cost forum available.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
If only it was that simple. IANAL and other disclaimers but let's take Mickey Mouse as a comparison point. Steamboat willie is in public domain so that particular cartoon and aesthetic it introduces is fair game but modern day Mickey i
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by tomkarho 2y ago
That'll be YouTube+
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by tomkarho 2y ago
Maybe Elon Musk could launch a couple of his Starlink satellites into deep space and reduce that latency. That or apply xkcd #303: https://xkcd.com/303 .
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by tomkarho 2y ago
Why would they do that? They've got access. In fact, Microsoft might want to ask them if they have backups they could borrow.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
I would suggest that if LinkedIn is training their AI models on user data and content, users should get a copy of the said model free of charge. That or LinkedIn should at least be compelled to ask explicit permission for model training. No
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by tomkarho 2y ago
I find his lack of life disturbing.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
> It's fully-cross platform To a point. Making cross platform native desktop apps is still in the hands of 3rd party vendors such as Avalonia and Uno. MAUI was supposed to fix that oversight to a less than stellar results.
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by tomkarho 2y ago
You wouldn't recall a car
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by tomkarho 2y ago
https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/23/claim-that-report... You mean this? "Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson declined to press charges, saying that if any crime was committed it was both uninten
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by tomkarho 2y ago
> but it’s also expensive and usually requires windows Can you please clarify what exactly is expensive and requires windows as far as .net is concerned? Compared to 2016 the development and hosting experience for at least Linux (can&#x2
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by tomkarho 3y ago
Another example that comes to mind is the Nemesis system from Mordor games
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by tomkarho 3y ago
> Nobody's a criminal, until they are. With ever increasing trend of "hate speech" laws popping up, that timetable of "until" is coming up faster and faster for anyone and everyone.
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by tomkarho 3y ago
This article reminds of Daniel Stenberg (the developer of curl) and the emails I recall seeing him display on occasion that think he is responsible for them being hacked etc. because someone (everyoneish) bakes curl into their tools. I wond
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by tomkarho 3y ago
How much are you paying?
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by tomkarho 3y ago
Of all the languages to choose it was the serpent. I find that highly amusing.

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