Thursday, May 23
Daily News Stuff 23 May 2024
Revenge Of The Bleen Edition
Revenge Of The Bleen Edition
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- You can now install the next big update of Windows 11 early so you can find all the bugs and lose all your data. (The Verge)
I remember a time when I would download beta releases and try them out.
...
No, actually, I don't.
- Microsoft Edge will begin blocking screenshots at work. (PC World)
So you can't take screenshots when you want to, but Windows will take screenshots when you don't want it to. Got it.
Tech News
- Boeing's Starliner's test launch is now on hold indefinitely. (Ars Technica)
Better than having the door fall off at 30,000 miles altitude, I guess.
- Governments may be bypassing WhatsApp's encryption and using the data to... Stop terrorists. (The Intercept)
Rather telling that it's the latter point that seems to be The Intercept's primary concern.
- Meta's new AI council is comprised entirely of white men. (Tech Crunch)
Also, all but one of them suffers from scoliosis.
- Whiny idiots with stupid names want the world to change for their benefit. (The Guardian)
Bah. (Waves paw.)
- US lawmakers are working on a bill that will make it easier to pass regulations to make it illegal to export AI models which will achieve absolutely nothing. (Reuters)
Yay.
- Sustainable jet fuel is a pipe dream. (The Guardian)
Surprise!
- Amazon is planning to give Alexa an AI overhaul and a monthly subscription fee, then scrap it entirely and take up day drinking. (CNBC)
The company hasn't announce the final steps in this plan yet.
Disclaimer: There are doors.
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In order for Amazon to convince me to rent Alexa, they'll have to show me she can do more than set timers and play the wrong song.
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Posted by: J Greely at Thursday, May 23 2024 09:21 PM (oJgNG)
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In a nutshell, everythin is worse, right?
Posted by: furball321 at Thursday, May 23 2024 11:00 PM (As8gg)
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2006: everything will be free because we'll monetise all the information we're stealing
2024: you have to pay a monthly fee to have your information stolen and monetised
Posted by: normal at Friday, May 24 2024 12:44 AM (zx18t)
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Edge will block screenshots? Wow, it's a good thing nobody in the world is carrying cameras with them everywhere they go!
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, May 24 2024 02:12 AM (BMUHC)
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"Rather telling that it's the latter point that seems to be The Intercept's primary concern."
I can't stand Glenn Greenwald but remember: he left The Intercept and founded Substack precisely because The Intercept refused to publish a story he wrote unless he removed criticism of POTATUS.
I can't stand Glenn Greenwald but remember: he left The Intercept and founded Substack precisely because The Intercept refused to publish a story he wrote unless he removed criticism of POTATUS.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, May 24 2024 02:16 AM (BMUHC)
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Also, The Intercept won't let me read the linked story or their hyperventilating "nuh-uh, Glenn's a loon" "response" to his leaving. So thanks for doing me the favor of keeping me from reading your drivel, guys brave and stunning beings of various non-specific vanity genders!
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, May 24 2024 02:18 AM (BMUHC)
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Jet fuel: Whiners at Arse Technica (which hasn't written about Ivermectin, social distancing, or any of the stuff we now know to have been lies by the governmetn and media, lately. For some reason. Oh, except for an article a week or so ago about how the poor maskers are being discriminated against by the reintroduction of "no mask" laws intended to prevent crime, which will make it hard for them to keep their pity party cosplay going) hardest hit.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, May 24 2024 02:22 AM (BMUHC)
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