Thursday, July 16
Daily News Stuff 16 July 2026
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It's not Frieren without a closing theme by Milet.
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Top Story
- The latest scandal of a fatal failure of Tesla's FSD (full self-driving) system turns out to have been another case of PTTMCDISEH-STTW. (Tech Crunch)
Pedal-to-the-metal controlled driving into someone else's house - straight through the wall.
Funny how often things turn out that way.
Tech News
- Contrary to what I was saying yesterday, Asus reports that DDR5 memory from China's CXMT is slower and less reliable than that from, for example, South Korea's SK Hynix. (Tom's Hardware)
Underlining precisely what I said, this only matters at all if you are trying to overclock your memory, which I don't recommend in the current market.
- Just what the PC gaming ecosystem needs: Cartridges. (Tom's Hardware)
The "cartridges" are actually repurposed old 2.5" hard drives, and it specifically works for Steam games on Linux, but it works.
- There's likely to be a shortage of the new MacBook Neo. (WCCFTech)
Because - as predicted the moment it was announced - Apple has run out of its limited supply of defective A18 Pro iPhone CPUs, and is now running short of functional A18 Pro chips.
- Google's legal settlement with the Epic Games Store has been withdrawn. Here's why that's a good thing. (Ars Technica)
Third-party app stores are now coming to Android, making the existing settlement moot.
- There is still no release date for Ananta.
Danmaching
So I got through the training arc in Season 2, and it wasn't too much of a slog - from set up to denouement it was only four episodes.
I had started watching fansubs on YouTube because seasons 2 and 4 just left Hidive in Australia - or that's what they claimed - but now I've tracked it down.
Season 1 isn't there, but if you click on season 4 it available via a season menu masquerading as season 4, and if you select season 5 it is available as season 1.
Season 2 is also hiding under season 4, but it's actually selected by default.
Season 3 is also hiding under season 4, but you can't watch it unless you have a Crunchyroll subscription via Amazon Prime. But where previously they only had the season 3 OVA, they now have the full season 3 TV as well.
Season 4 is actually under season 4, but if you click on season 4 it takes you to season 2, so you have to use the dropdown to get to season 4.
Season 5 is actually season 5, and also season 1.
I had started watching fansubs on YouTube because seasons 2 and 4 just left Hidive in Australia - or that's what they claimed - but now I've tracked it down.
Season 1 isn't there, but if you click on season 4 it available via a season menu masquerading as season 4, and if you select season 5 it is available as season 1.
Season 2 is also hiding under season 4, but it's actually selected by default.
Season 3 is also hiding under season 4, but you can't watch it unless you have a Crunchyroll subscription via Amazon Prime. But where previously they only had the season 3 OVA, they now have the full season 3 TV as well.
Season 4 is actually under season 4, but if you click on season 4 it takes you to season 2, so you have to use the dropdown to get to season 4.
Season 5 is actually season 5, and also season 1.
And Sword Oratorio is what it is.
Hope you've been taking notes because there'll be a short quiz next period.
Hope you've been taking notes because there'll be a short quiz next period.
Musical Interlude
It's not Frieren without a closing theme by Milet.
Disclaimer: I lied.
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I am utterly puzzled by how they managed to screw that up this badly. Man, if that's what hoops you have to jump through to watch a show "legitimately", it's no wonder sites like Nyaa are flourishing.
I am reminded of Louis Rossmann's video rant from... a few months ago? A year or two? Something like that. He was ranting about Netflix, and how they just would not serve him a 1080p stream on his Linux box (and forget about 4K); it was limited to 720p at most. His theme, as I recall, was that when the companies delivering the "legitimate" product deliberately downgrade the product, piracy becomes morally justified. And even if it weren't morally justified, it's practical. Many people who would be willing to pay for a quality product are turning to the pirate sources because it's the only way for them to get the quality product they would like to pay for. Or... the product that they already paid for, but that somebody (whose name might, perhaps, rhyme with pony) has taken away from them.
I am reminded of Louis Rossmann's video rant from... a few months ago? A year or two? Something like that. He was ranting about Netflix, and how they just would not serve him a 1080p stream on his Linux box (and forget about 4K); it was limited to 720p at most. His theme, as I recall, was that when the companies delivering the "legitimate" product deliberately downgrade the product, piracy becomes morally justified. And even if it weren't morally justified, it's practical. Many people who would be willing to pay for a quality product are turning to the pirate sources because it's the only way for them to get the quality product they would like to pay for. Or... the product that they already paid for, but that somebody (whose name might, perhaps, rhyme with pony) has taken away from them.
Posted by: Robin Munn at Friday, July 17 2026 12:37 AM (HcJvv)
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I should add that starting where I said "And even if it weren't morally justified, it's practical", I was expressing my own opinions. Until that sentence, I was quoting Rossmann's video. But Rossmann didn't talk about the practical aspects of torrenting (that the pirate sources are delivering a higher-quality product than the legitimate ones); that was me saying that.
Posted by: Robin Munn at Friday, July 17 2026 12:46 AM (HcJvv)
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On the one hand, I'm in favour of "piracy" because once it's out there, it's out there, and screw you for trying to prosecute people for watching movies.
On the other hand, it's just mindless consumption of drivel that drives most of it, and getting all worked up about being legally or technologically restricted from getting the maximum bang from your cat-shit dollar is a bit silly to me.
On the gripping hand: copying rights, intellectual property, and such business are absurd legal fictions created to extract as much value from inherently worthless items as possible, and the practitioners should be reviled by all sane people.
Posted by: normal at Friday, July 17 2026 03:15 AM (LADmw)
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