fosstulate 5 months ago • 7%
Are you trolling? No enterprise would ever compete with free. They will scream for an onerous legislative solution, which will make all our lives more difficult.
fosstulate 5 months ago • 4%
I wish pirate streaming operations a speedy death.
fosstulate 5 months ago • 100%
No one wants to scale enough to compete.
I don't consider scale important from the perspective of making and watching good videos. People get hung up on it when citing barriers to competition with Youtube, and while it's certainly there, it only matters to Google itself (so it can continue to plausibly lie to its customers about ad impression numbers). In fact YT's offering was at its creative peak when scale was lacking.
It makes no difference to me whether a knowledgeable hobbyist has 20,000 subs or 250,000. I don't care about their "content" suitability for advertisers (that creepy term can get nuked). I certainly couldn't care less whether the algorithm promotes their work, deserving as it may be. This sort of creator operates on the assumption their viewers are intelligent, and is typically savvy enough to route around YT with alternate donation/support mechanisms. These people will continue on any platform. For them, quality is an end in itself rather than a feed-in to a metric. I would rather watch a badly filmed insightful critical appraisal of a new piece of hardware than Canadian/Black Technology Man's 8K press release rehash full of slick cuts and pointless b-roll.
Scale is the concern of middlemen.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 50%
The big news/current affairs instances are characterized by autistic screeching that has only a passing relevance to the article posted. See https://iusearchlinux.fyi/post/5429432
You can take the commenter out of R*ddit...
fosstulate 6 months ago • 25%
Calling wokeness a buzzword is like calling pornography a buzzword. People may struggle to define it, and definitions vary a lot, but everyone knows it when they see it.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 85%
I felt the Geidi Prime stadium scene was an infra-red footage showoff first and foremost. I wondered why so much runtime went toward setting up ::: spoiler spoiler the na-Baron, only for him to die in the last 10 minutes. ::: Granted, I haven't read the books. Perhaps it's key to the story later, or illustrates something about the Harkonnens...
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Pixel Pirate II Hollywood Trailer https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cdK0RoO5hpY
fosstulate 6 months ago • 33%
The videos aren't super complex from an editing standpoint. It would be cool to prompt a generator with favourite scenes...
fosstulate 6 months ago • 75%
This is an interesting response. It makes me wonder whether the real risk of piracy to game publishers isn't so-called 'lost' sales, but having their control of the initial impressions window undermined by genuine critical reception*. Marketing efforts are seriously compromised unless they operate in an information void. Denuvo provides that void.
[*] Video game reporting outlets not included for reasons that should be obvious in the year 2024
fosstulate 6 months ago • 16%
I'd like to think AI is now capable of filling the void.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 66%
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
<Slams door open> IT'S REMINDER TIME :DDDD
Muslim isn't a race. Practice of Islam is not an immutable feature.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 94%
You explain it to normies by saying it's a link aggregator and discussion site and microblogger, like R/T. What they are really asking for, however, isn't a rundown of federation mechanisms but a rationale for the fed itself. 'How does it work?' really means 'What are the crucial differences and why do they matter?' So a good answer to that must talk about ownership, the profit motive, user friendliness, the perils of consolidation, etc.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 83%
I need conclusive Lemmy anecdata on a key question: is Quebecois French considered antiquated by continental (both European and African) French speakers? Are the differences subtle or not?
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Cricket Australia has withdrawn.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
In addition to reducing the volume of waste being created
That will amount to a cynical coercion of the public in some way. I'm being forced to work for free in the form of sorting waste at point of disposal, and worrying about fines, all so that industry's line can continue going up. So that plastics production growth can largely continue on trend. Paper and plastic recycling are like cycling up the hill of environmental conservation in top gear. Loads of pedal revolutions that (ultimately) only slow the rate of decline back down the hill.
If the product has a high energy cost involved in new production, that's when industry actually does the right thing. Aluminum is a great example. Generous deposit schemes are found all over the world. They're voluntary and well managed. But paper and plastic are cheap to manufacture by comparison, and the costs can be passed through to the consumer, so industry and government conspire to do just that (the mechanisms of which are then greenwashed).
fosstulate 6 months ago • 25%
Masculinity no longer has any acceptable outlets.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Fuck scale.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
You need more training in corporate risk management, grasshopper! AP/AtProto isn't a revenue opportunity, it's a potential front for which they'll need to have a battle-ready product and brand. Ever heard the saying 'engagement is containment'?
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
I question whether a lot of people even need sync.
Passwords in general don't change for long periods of time. Really the only rationale for doing so is confirmed or suspected compromise (two-factor processes make this rarer still). It doesn't strike me that an almost permanently static input merits regular synchronization.
The alternative is doing a one-off manual sync (copy and paste) between two local DBs, then locally moving one of them to the target device. Zero online connectivity has to dramatically reduce attack surface. Is five minutes' maintenance per year an unacceptable convenience penalty to pay?
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Sound advice, but if this article is any indication, corporate web2 now anticipates garbage. The junk presumably gets backfilled with their best attempt at quality data where it can be found. It true, it invites potential contributors to think carefully about their opsec.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
The OS isn’t the reason anyone uses a computer, it’s the applications it can run.
When given two doors to choose from, desktop computing and mobile computing, most people aren't going to explore desktop alternatives to Windows. They're largely going to stick to mobile, with all the learned helplessness that entails.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
He's right.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
May I suggest contacting your state's legal aid service. They could certainly point you to the right resource if they don't already have the answers.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Stop-and-searches are part of a deliberate strategy of "proactive policing" used by NSW Police. ... The idea is to reduce crime by increasing police interaction with the community.
That's fishing.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
I read that the machines are engineered to 'break' easily as a pretext to force cleaning. Supposedly McD's worry in a scenario with non-self-sabotaging units is that the worst franchisees would rarely clean, leading to customers getting sick, leading to brand risk worn solely by McD. You'd be better placed to determine the truth of that.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Advertisers can pay more to stay in the room than you will realistically pay to have them expelled.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
It doesn't surprise me in the least that franchisees would stop selling ice cream, and claim the machine is out of order. It's by far the most rational response from their perspective. It also has the benefit of conditioning your customers not to expect ice cream. But that then begs the question: who owns the McDonald's experience, the experience deliverer or the brand owner?
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
AI filtering of Reddit isn't the way. The way is leaving the platform. This is beginning to remind me of the 'decrapify Windows' YT videos that offer 20-step multi-application guides for getting a tolerable experience, instead of explaining how to install Mac/Linux. Time spent on a rotten foundation is wasted.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 100%
Reddit will program new mod bots to deal with organic responses the advertiser doesn't consider constructive. That opens another revenue stream: charging advertisers for sub-specific bot tweaks.
The interesting question to me is, when does normie realize his sub has been co-opted to function as a focus group, and decide to look for a new forum.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 30%
We don't want defed because it's a sledgehammer 'solution' that immediately denies us agency and reeks of Reddit-tier pre-emptive sub banning.
The Nazi Bar idea is for the most part a boogeyman.
fosstulate 6 months ago • 50%
People should consider using a double-blind scheme with cloud-connected managers.
The service you're setting a password for gets the actual credential, being two components <randomcomplexity><specialrule>, whereas the manager gets only <randomcomplexity>
Consider the example of U})wJAL0}RhIr')Rgs{,&^>I3/
versus U})wJAL0}RhIr')Rgs{,&^>I3/based
It protects against password database compromise at least. Keyloggers, MITM, etc. are another matter.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 100%
I suspect a lot of users with silly warnings in their profile like OP described haven't bothered configuring their Upload/Download preferences. The tools for managing slot numbers and queue scheme (round robin v. FIFO) are all there.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 80%
'Socially responsible' is newspeak for corporate-controlled.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 100%
Has it occurred to you that commerce might see advantage in weaponizing the Streisand effect?
fosstulate 7 months ago • 50%
Thanks for posting, OP.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 100%
I hear you, but with traction comes the corporate interest.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 100%
So you're telling me the model cannot consistently run at a profit, even through it relies on a massive unpaid labour force.
fosstulate 7 months ago • 100%
Telemetry, advertising, etc. are ultimately web page elements that I can download or block. The paid offering might have a TOS that requires acceptance of such, but those terms do not bind me as a free, public visitor. I think Youtube is doing its best to have people buy its nonsense argument, as part of a wider campaign to shift the public's understanding of web site versus web service. For what it's worth, I don't see them ever putting their money where their mouth is by pay-walling the whole site.
I installed ~300 updates via Discover a couple of nights ago. I sensed something had gone amiss when Firefox both crashed and wouldn't resume after I opened a brand new session (ie. no tab reloads). I got the crash report box, then a subsequent crash. Full reboot. Up comes the login screen. The password field cursor is unresponsive to keyboard input, and isn't blinking. The virtual keyboard button isn't responsive either, despite my having mouse movement. I then reboot, this time via recovery mode, which loads the crappy fallback graphics driver with only 1024*768 resolution available. This persists after package repair attempts and sudo apt autoremove to clear disk space. My AMDGPU drivers don't seem to be functional at all. var/log/apt/term.log (below) reveals the latest driver versions are 24.x. Presumably these were upgraded during the update, prior to which I was on an earlier working version? That's all I can think of. **What other logs should I consult for troubleshooting? Would driver reversions work? How do I get back to a normal display? Your input is appreciated!** ``` Preparing to unpack .../libglapi-mesa_24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libglapi-mesa:amd64 (24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4) over (23.3.3+git2401121944.151cd31e051~j~mesarc4) ... Setting up libglapi-mesa:amd64 (24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4) ... Preparing to unpack .../libgbm-dev_24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgbm-dev:amd64 (24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4) over (23.3.3+git2401121944.151cd31e051~j~mesarc4) ... Preparing to unpack .../libgbm1_24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgbm1:amd64 (24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4) over (23.3.3+git2401121944.151cd31e051~j~mesarc4) ... Setting up libgbm1:amd64 (24.0.0~rc3+git2401302259.6dadb9b032c~j~mesarc4) ... 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Any buying tips? Does it need to be any more complicated than lying on a few at the showroom? Of course I know mattresses aren't lifetime purchases; my main concern is avoiding paying good money for something I'll hate in a few years. I'm prepared to spend up to US$1500. I want a spring coil mattress. I don't want memory foam. Please lend me your shopping experiences!
Or did the spider swallow and the dog panic?