Friday, September 01
Daily News Stuff 1 September 2023
Don't Drive So Close To Me Edition
Don't Drive So Close To Me Edition
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- HP has announced two new Pavilion Plus models: An update Pavilion Plus 14 with AMD's Ryzen 7840H CPU, and some 16" piece of junk. (Liliputing)
The 14" model has a beautiful 2880x1800 120Hz display, the Four Essential Keys, the aforementioned 7840H CPU, and up to 32GB of LPDDR5-6400 RAM.
Yes, the RAM is soldered in place, but at least there's 32GB of it.
Apart from that there's a 5MP camera with a physical privacy shutter, two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, HDMI, and a headphone jack.
This is what I've been looking for for the past year.
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- A judge has issued a temporary injunction against the Texas age verification law. (Tech Crunch)
The judge has a reasonable take on this:"The Court agrees that the state has a legitimate goal in protecting children from sexually explicit material online," wrote judge David Alan Ezra in the junction. "But that goal, however crucial, does not negate this Court’s burden to ensure that the laws passed in its pursuit comport with established First Amendment doctrine."
The EFF has a reasonable take on this:"Once information is shared to verify age, there’s no way for a website visitor to be certain that the data they’re handing over is not going to be retained and used by the website, or further shared or even sold," explains the Electronic Frontiers Foundation, a nonprofit advocating for civil liberties online.
The Free Speech Coalition is a bunch of frauds:"We're pleased that the Court agreed with our view that HB1181’s true purpose is not to protect young people, but to prevent Texans from enjoying First Amendment protected expression," said Free Speech Coalition Executive Director Alison Boden in a statement.
Two out of three ain't bad.
- The US Copyright Office wants public comments on the questions surrounding AI and copyright. (The Verge)
They won't once they start seeing the comments, because people are crazy.
- The ACLU has joined with whores - by which I mean sex workers, not other leftist non-profits - to file a complaint with the FTC over Mastercard making it harder to pay that $20, same as in town. (404 Media)
All the other shit payment processors have pulled over the years, not a peep.
Donate to the wrong charity, you'll be lucky if you only go to jail.
But God forbid that you can't put a blowjob on your Mastercard.
- The Church of Scientology is seeking to block the availability of circuit diagrams and spare parts for E-Meters. (404 Media)
Right-to-repair laws would seemingly require the availability of both diagrams and spare parts, but the "Church" - or rather, Author Services, Inc, a wholly grifting subsidiary, is claiming that the E-Meter is not an electronic device based on scientific principles, but a religious artifact and therefore exempt... And also an electronic device based on scientific principles.
Possibly Not Entirely Awful Live Action Anime Adaptation Trailer Video of the Day
What this reminds me of more than anything else is Detective Pikachu, which was enjoyable enough overall, and visually amazing.
I'll give it a look even though I'm not a One Piece fan, having watched about 0.2% of the show.
Disclaimer: Slightly less, because I've watched two episodes out of 1073 and counting.
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I watched and enjoyed the 4kids dub, but Netflix is a problem for me.
(Okay, maybe my viewing habits have changed a bit since, what, fifteen, twenty years ago?)
Front image of the trailer makes it obvious that they haven't changed Nami's hair color, which kills an obvious line of joking/teasing/complaining.
I haven't really kept up with the manga.
I think the first five members of the crew are probably a reasonably good fit for live action.
Obviously, the guy with the long nose does not have a long enough nose, and the guy we find out had mad science genetic experimentation done on him has not really had mad science genetic experiments performed on him. Barring possibly the vax.
I think some of the later powers and fights would be significantly harder to do in live action. Obviously if they cover the first band of fishmen pirates, either a purist would have grounds to complain, or the CG might be expensive.
I don't think they cast a real rubber man, but I've just found out recently that Luffy is not actually a real rubber man, but something a little stranger than that.
(Okay, maybe my viewing habits have changed a bit since, what, fifteen, twenty years ago?)
Front image of the trailer makes it obvious that they haven't changed Nami's hair color, which kills an obvious line of joking/teasing/complaining.
I haven't really kept up with the manga.
I think the first five members of the crew are probably a reasonably good fit for live action.
Obviously, the guy with the long nose does not have a long enough nose, and the guy we find out had mad science genetic experimentation done on him has not really had mad science genetic experiments performed on him. Barring possibly the vax.
I think some of the later powers and fights would be significantly harder to do in live action. Obviously if they cover the first band of fishmen pirates, either a purist would have grounds to complain, or the CG might be expensive.
I don't think they cast a real rubber man, but I've just found out recently that Luffy is not actually a real rubber man, but something a little stranger than that.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, September 01 2023 10:40 PM (r9O5h)
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Netflix seems pretty confident that this will appeal to existing fans, since they're promoting it side-by-side with the anime series and movies. Last time I logged in, at least half of the recommendations were for some arc of One Piece. Personally, my knowledge of it is limited to the first chapter, which we translated out loud in one of my Japanese classes.
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Posted by: J Greely at Saturday, September 02 2023 10:51 AM (oJgNG)
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"I think the first five members of the crew are probably a reasonably good fit for live action. "
My son says Oda has said he's happy with the casting of the crew. He's a One Piece fan and he cautiously approved of the trailer.
My son says Oda has said he's happy with the casting of the crew. He's a One Piece fan and he cautiously approved of the trailer.
Posted by: Rick C at Sunday, September 03 2023 05:24 AM (BMUHC)
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