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GasBandit

GasBandit

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blotsfan said:
@GasBandit thought of you.

blog.chromium.org

An experiment in helping users and web publishers create deeper connections on Chrome

Today, people have many ways to keep up with their favorite websites, including subscribing to mailing lists, notifications and RSS. It’s a ...
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That sounds neat. Too bad it:
  1. Is on chrome
  2. Is mobile only
  3. Is done by Google, so I expect them to abandon it in 2 years when a suit up the chain realizes it isn't directly monetizable.


... Yes I'm still bitter about google reader.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

The FOSS community still uses IRC, and there is drama in FOSS IRC-land today. Groups are abandoning Freenode after a private takeover.

Libera Chat

A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!
libera.chat libera.chat
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

DarkAudit said:
The FOSS community still uses IRC, and there is drama in FOSS IRC-land today. Groups are abandoning Freenode after a private takeover.

Libera Chat

A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!
libera.chat libera.chat
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I was reading about this and wondered if you'd heard (since our IRC thread is long expired).
Guess I shouldn't have worried. Looks like the drama a few years ago was just a rehersal.

--Patrick
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

PatrThom said:
I was reading about this and wondered if you'd heard (since our IRC thread is long expired).
Guess I shouldn't have worried. Looks like the drama a few years ago was just a rehersal.

--Patrick
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It's all over the various linux-related subreddits. Some have moved to Libera, some to other platforms, and some are still debating what to do next.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

I guess this will also be bad news for the Coke/Pepsi, Vegemite/Marmite, Kraft/Sargento, Unilever/P&G, Nestlé/Hershey, Intel/AMD, Campbell's/Progresso, Heinz/Hunt's, French's/Plochman, etc. duopolies as well.
C'mon, C&MA. You know market forces will tend to end up elevating two dominant players, this should not come as any surprise. Just admit you're angry about Brexit and want to take it out on somebody and move on.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

DarkAudit said:
Um... that's not good.
arstechnica.com

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted

Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP.
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"Analysis of WD’s firmware suggests code meant to prevent the issue had been commented out, preventing it from running, by WD itself, and an authentication type was not added to component_config.php which results in the drives not asking for authentication before performing the factory reset."
There is also another newly discovered exploit where hackers can get unrestricted root access to the drives.
So yeah, probably a good idea to unplug them from the Internet. Forever.

Also even though this line of drives was discontinued in 2015(?), there's still plenty out there being sold new, so make sure all your parents/friends know to just avoid them entirely.

--Patrick
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

thankfully, I haven't updated audacity in years. Once I get a version of something I like that doesn't have any issues and does everything I want, I pretty much stop updating it.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Tinwhistler said:
thankfully, I haven't updated audacity in years. Once I get a version of something I like that doesn't have any issues and does everything I want, I pretty much stop updating it.
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Same here. Which is why I have both an old copy of Audacity, and Audition 3.0 :D

And windows 7, no matter how much grief I get for that. It works fine.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

Tuttut. You're not allowed to do that. Please surrender full control of your appliances and applications to the Corporate Overlords. They know much better than you what is good for you.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Bubble181 said:
Tuttut. You're not allowed to do that. Please surrender full control of your appliances and applications to the Corporate Overlords. They know much better than you what is good for you.
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Which reminds me, I have a lot less sympathy for the people complaining about the new $40/month subscription fee to Peloton when I remember they bought a $4000 treadmill.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I would really like to see their rationalization for why they are even doing it in the first place. Did the RIAA put them up to this? The KGB? What could they possibly be looking for that would use a DAW as a vector?

—Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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PatrThom said:
I would really like to see their rationalization for why they are even doing it in the first place. Did the RIAA put them up to this? The KGB? What could they possibly be looking for that would use a DAW as a vector?

—Patrick
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Nothing.

They just want your personal info. The reason is whatever fiction will get you to let them do it.
 
Eriol

Eriol

First, on the Audacity stuff: At least the first fork. Long term, I agree that it will likely turn into a mirror of the OpenOffice/LibreOffice situation. At least I hope so.

Second, I think that this is one of the better articles about Machine Learning and "helping" coders that I've seen: A Brillant Copilot (that's not my typo, and it's about GitHub's "Copilot"... thing (product?)). The quote that really sells it though is this:
It's ironic that the biggest obstacle to automating programmers out of a job is that we are terrible at our jobs.
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I think @Tinwhistler at a minimum will agree with that sentiment. Not sure whom else here codes for a living, but I'm sure you've all seen it too. Hopefully not too often while in front of a mirror. ;)
 
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