"...India is a free and democratic country and authorities can’t just force decisions..."
HAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, you're serious! Let me laugh harder: BWAHAHAHAHAHA......
I predict the next logical step to be smart TVs coming out-of-the-box with an array of exploits they can target whatever WiFi router they see around them on first plug-in to "invite themselves" onto one, whether or not YOU allow them to connect to yours. One step too far...? Oh, just wait and see...
Linguistic AI, specifically, may be amazingly versatile but is capable of NO creativity whatsoever. Arranging words related to a theme in a sequence that they have never quite been in before (in a way that makes sense to read) is NOT the same thing as creating something genuinely novel that actually deserved to come into existence.
AI will only spit out a lukewarm blended-up median of everything that was written before on that theme. THAT'S IT. That's ALL it can do. That it can even construct something with some internal consistency and structure is admirable - but the new "thing" is an ultra-bland worthless piece of s###.
Electroboom from Youtube recently demonstrated the results of trying to get AI to write a new episode script for him, and while the result was technically delivered, it was a horribly UN-creative "generic mad scientist seen it 1000 times" drivel that didn't even consider specifics of the character involved - ie. HAVING NO HAIR while being expected to demonstrate electric charge using said hair...
There are two things I consider to be self-evident concerning this "new" idea:
1) nobody should willingly aim to be an asshole in a conversation, however
2) an opportunity to speech first and foremost conditioned by arbitrary people never taking offense in what you say is a waste of your time and an insult not worth bothering with.
We can discuss the dangers such a game puts its players in, these days in particular, but as for it being a new thing - FFS, this was already being played in 1980!!! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_(game)
Aaah, yes, eggheads unable to gaze at pretty lights in the sky quite as unhindered as before, or people getting access to internet/broadband in places it couldn't reach before - WHAT DO?!? Decisions, decisions...
In theory, this should sound great except that a) AI is definitely not an established thing you can just "learn about" (yeah you're welcome to learn about the EXTREMELY controversial stuff that's being done in the field, except it has EXACTLY the same relevance as fusion power generation to the current power grid) and b) at that venerable age, with all due respect, whatever you don't already know is not going to concern you for long enough to learn it (or especially make decisions about it).
As usual, the relevant background information is missing - why bother when you can just mock the GDPR instead... https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertising
NO government ever has considered citizens something to serve, rather than something to be kept under control. Yes, that includes "the land of the free". The only difference is how openly they go about it, and how heavy a hammer are they willing to swing.
I would be far more impressed with Signal's "hardline privacy stance" if it didn't require you to give it your phone number; but it does, so I have no use for it.
So how is that supposed to work with end-to-end encrypted messengers...? Especially the quasi-serverless ones, that don't even have a "presence" in the country...?
Ah yes, but see, the part they neglected to mention is that this is the less known but incredibly dangerous homeopathic variant of Fentanyl - the more of it you have around the safer you are. You can eat it by the spoonful with no ill effects at all, but a mere few stray molecules of it in the air can kill you dead where you stand...!
And I put it to you that no new contender in any area gets to become established before it also becomes at least as bad as the old one. Whether it's pricing (which streaming has been steadily upping lately), clutter (streaming is just carpet bombing everything with new shows at random, most of which are rather more miss than hit), constraining things (you better stop sharing that password with your in-laws, you hear...) or fragmentation (where either multi-subscribing or subscription-hopping becomes a -necessity- when each service has exactly one or two shows you care about, and nothing more - oh, and calling that "whining" only serves to highlight the author's complete lack of professionalism btw.) - the new thing slowly comes to mirror all shortcomings of the old thing. Rather hilariously if inadvertently (?) acknowledged by the article itself, apparently being filed under "meet the new boss..." category, and we all know what follows there...
Not that I'm siding with this guy, by any means, but who the hell is trying to carry sensitive information these days without encrypting it first...? Encrypted zips are hardly rocket science (7z preferred), and if the guy is just a carrier don't even tell him the passcode so he can't reveal it even if he decided to do so...
This is absolutely atrocious and hate-blinded... something. Journalism it sure ain't. Like the GDPR or not as you will, but NOBODY paying ANY attention to NOYB's efforts trying to get the Irish DPA to deliver any practical judgement at all for YEARS on end now absolutely would be aware there can be no argument for any sane person about whether the Irish DPA is in the right or not. For shame. For shame!
BWAHAHAHA... Dieselgate all over again, except it isn't about emissions... Repeat after me, folks: when EVERYBODY is doing it, it's not a crime, it's a systemic fault.
It all sounds a bit weird, really - pirated games don't just grow on trees: they get released by a warez group who did the cracking of whatever protection the game was supposed to come with. In this instance, that INCLUDES any and all of these annoyances, which are not supposed to still be in a proper bootleg release. So dunno, who exactly are we talking about here? Lazy/incompetent bootleggers...? People who try to "pirate" games by copy-pasting the game folder...? Are we just gloating at an exceedingly poor straw man...?
Oh, my sweet summer child...
"...India is a free and democratic country and authorities can’t just force decisions..." HAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, you're serious! Let me laugh harder: BWAHAHAHAHAHA......
I predict the next logical step to be smart TVs coming out-of-the-box with an array of exploits they can target whatever WiFi router they see around them on first plug-in to "invite themselves" onto one, whether or not YOU allow them to connect to yours. One step too far...? Oh, just wait and see...
Not creative
Linguistic AI, specifically, may be amazingly versatile but is capable of NO creativity whatsoever. Arranging words related to a theme in a sequence that they have never quite been in before (in a way that makes sense to read) is NOT the same thing as creating something genuinely novel that actually deserved to come into existence. AI will only spit out a lukewarm blended-up median of everything that was written before on that theme. THAT'S IT. That's ALL it can do. That it can even construct something with some internal consistency and structure is admirable - but the new "thing" is an ultra-bland worthless piece of s###. Electroboom from Youtube recently demonstrated the results of trying to get AI to write a new episode script for him, and while the result was technically delivered, it was a horribly UN-creative "generic mad scientist seen it 1000 times" drivel that didn't even consider specifics of the character involved - ie. HAVING NO HAIR while being expected to demonstrate electric charge using said hair...
No.
There are two things I consider to be self-evident concerning this "new" idea: 1) nobody should willingly aim to be an asshole in a conversation, however 2) an opportunity to speech first and foremost conditioned by arbitrary people never taking offense in what you say is a waste of your time and an insult not worth bothering with.
This is older than the internet...
We can discuss the dangers such a game puts its players in, these days in particular, but as for it being a new thing - FFS, this was already being played in 1980!!! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_(game)
Wow
Aaah, yes, eggheads unable to gaze at pretty lights in the sky quite as unhindered as before, or people getting access to internet/broadband in places it couldn't reach before - WHAT DO?!? Decisions, decisions...
Well yes except...
In theory, this should sound great except that a) AI is definitely not an established thing you can just "learn about" (yeah you're welcome to learn about the EXTREMELY controversial stuff that's being done in the field, except it has EXACTLY the same relevance as fusion power generation to the current power grid) and b) at that venerable age, with all due respect, whatever you don't already know is not going to concern you for long enough to learn it (or especially make decisions about it).
As usual, the relevant background information is missing - why bother when you can just mock the GDPR instead... https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertising
Been working in "smart home"/"IoT" for two decades. Number of "smart" devices (willing to) owned: zero point zero.
NO government ever has considered citizens something to serve, rather than something to be kept under control. Yes, that includes "the land of the free". The only difference is how openly they go about it, and how heavy a hammer are they willing to swing.
That's called "an education". One rightfully SHOULD be "terrified of police". They do "serve and protect" but not YOU.
Yeah, about that...
I would be far more impressed with Signal's "hardline privacy stance" if it didn't require you to give it your phone number; but it does, so I have no use for it.
Hmmm...
So how is that supposed to work with end-to-end encrypted messengers...? Especially the quasi-serverless ones, that don't even have a "presence" in the country...?
Easy one...
Ah yes, but see, the part they neglected to mention is that this is the less known but incredibly dangerous homeopathic variant of Fentanyl - the more of it you have around the safer you are. You can eat it by the spoonful with no ill effects at all, but a mere few stray molecules of it in the air can kill you dead where you stand...!
And I put it to you that no new contender in any area gets to become established before it also becomes at least as bad as the old one. Whether it's pricing (which streaming has been steadily upping lately), clutter (streaming is just carpet bombing everything with new shows at random, most of which are rather more miss than hit), constraining things (you better stop sharing that password with your in-laws, you hear...) or fragmentation (where either multi-subscribing or subscription-hopping becomes a -necessity- when each service has exactly one or two shows you care about, and nothing more - oh, and calling that "whining" only serves to highlight the author's complete lack of professionalism btw.) - the new thing slowly comes to mirror all shortcomings of the old thing. Rather hilariously if inadvertently (?) acknowledged by the article itself, apparently being filed under "meet the new boss..." category, and we all know what follows there...
Huh...
Not that I'm siding with this guy, by any means, but who the hell is trying to carry sensitive information these days without encrypting it first...? Encrypted zips are hardly rocket science (7z preferred), and if the guy is just a carrier don't even tell him the passcode so he can't reveal it even if he decided to do so...
Nope.
This is absolutely atrocious and hate-blinded... something. Journalism it sure ain't. Like the GDPR or not as you will, but NOBODY paying ANY attention to NOYB's efforts trying to get the Irish DPA to deliver any practical judgement at all for YEARS on end now absolutely would be aware there can be no argument for any sane person about whether the Irish DPA is in the right or not. For shame. For shame!
BWAHAHAHA... Dieselgate all over again, except it isn't about emissions... Repeat after me, folks: when EVERYBODY is doing it, it's not a crime, it's a systemic fault.
Huh?
It all sounds a bit weird, really - pirated games don't just grow on trees: they get released by a warez group who did the cracking of whatever protection the game was supposed to come with. In this instance, that INCLUDES any and all of these annoyances, which are not supposed to still be in a proper bootleg release. So dunno, who exactly are we talking about here? Lazy/incompetent bootleggers...? People who try to "pirate" games by copy-pasting the game folder...? Are we just gloating at an exceedingly poor straw man...?
Same. And it's non-negotiable. I have three pages of games library on GOG. I haven't bought anything on Steam for... I can't remember how long now.