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Comment · 4 years ago
That's a very good thing.
Comment · 4 years ago
I really hope one of these approaches gets bundled with the official (or gcc) toolchain one day. C++ is widespread enough that it should be supported directly like C and not require downloading yet another deptree from crates.io.
Comment · 4 years ago
Domain seizures will always be a problem for networks that rely on centralized name resolution. I'm glad networks like Tor and IPFS exist.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
And I'm going to reply with this (from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417786):

> Terrorists cause far more physical harm than all of crypto will ever do. Do we ban Signal and Telegram repos so that we can "protect the people"?

This is a stupid summary with glaring false statements. It should be rightly ridiculed and rejected.

Comment · 4 years ago
All the better. Either way, the end result will be the iOSification of macos.
Comment · 4 years ago
Slowly degrade, cripple, and eventually remove untaxed options like they have been doing with app authentication/gatekeeper. Problem solved.
Comment · 4 years ago
If I recall correctly, there were special DELL machines where intel allowed owners to disable ME in the bios. You had to contact sales to buy them.

The issue here is that ME can be disabled but intel doesn't want you, the "normal consumer", to disable it. Why?

Comment · 4 years ago
A lot of claims and no supporting research. My position is clear: You need to give clear evidence that X causes harmful Y before we can discuss banning X. We don't ban X because you and I find it deplorable.

>> Conduct research and draw conclusions. Don't speculate.

Comment · 4 years ago
I think a more accurate analogy would be that Linus is not preventing OEMs from selling computers with other operating systems cougooglegh, or coercing or forcing them into preventing users from switching to other operating systems ahmicrosoftm, or abusing their dominance in other markets to gain an absurd and unfair advantage in unrelated markets cougooglegh.

Heavens me, my cough is acting up. I wonder why. I'm glad other countries stepped up and are starting to regulate these companies since the US is obviously refusing to do so.

In all ser

Comment · 4 years ago
My network connection is horrible for large http downloads but torrents work fine. Can you provide guidance on where I can find these torrents? It doesn't have to be direct links, just a hint that can help me find them.
Comment · 4 years ago
Then ban porn especially skits that depict actions that society deems deplorable like suffocation and rape, or are the pleasure centers for those also different.

> I would not assume that the reactions to simulated sexuality is the same as simulated violence.

A would not assume anything. Conduct research and draw conclusions. Don't speculate.

Comment · 4 years ago
> The modern thinking is that it supports and encourages a behavior that can lead to actual violence.

Hasn't this nonsense been thoroughly debunked by multiple studies at this point? I would assume evidence and "modern thinking" supports the exact opposite of what you claim, unless by modern thinking you mean the same thinking that tries to hide research they don't like.

Video games do not cause violence. End of story.

Comment · 4 years ago
>> We want to crush any chance of CP. If folks use it for that entire generative AI space will go radioactive and yes there are some things that can be done to make it much much harder for folks to abuse and we are working with THORN and others right now to make it a reality.

I'm absolutely certain Linux has been used to kill children. Detergent, pesticide, and even pillows too!

Tools shouldn't be limited based on what the worst way they can be used. Stable diffusion is an absolute positive for society. Even when it's used to generate CP, every image that model creates is not one that involves a real kid.

The cat is out of the bag when OpenAI announced DALLE. Stable Diffusion only accelerated it a bit. Even if Sablity or lawmakers manage to prevent or outlaw open models, criminals will continue to build their own and ignore laws.

The only thing their reluctance does is harm Stability and give their competition a chance to catch up. Perhaps that's a good thing. Maybe it's time for another organization to take the lead.

Comment · 4 years ago
I chose to use Firefox because I wanted to regain control over my browsing experience. I did not choose it because I wanted this crap.

- Arbitrary Add-ons on Firefox for Android when?

- Dev tools on Android when?

Note that I switched to using a Chromium-based browser on Android because it actually cared enough to supports both these things.

Mozilla, listen to your existing users (what few remain of them). You will never get the userbase you're gunning for by mimicking your competitors.

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