SnoringEarthworm
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- Comment on X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn't trust it yet | TechCrunch 3 days ago:
This secret stays between you, me, and Elon.
- Comment on Software by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that, when linked up with the correct hardware, becomes a Stingray for detecting Stingrays. 6 days ago:
I went to EFF to find out wtf stingrays are (besides a type of fish).
Cell-site simulators, also known as “Stingrays” or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.
Cell-site simulators operate by conducting a general search of all cell phones within the device’s radius, in violation of basic constitutional protections. Law enforcement use cell-site simulators to pinpoint the location of phones with greater accuracy than phone companies. Cell-site simulators can also log IMSI numbers (unique identifying numbers) of all of the mobile devices within a given area.
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The fact that government agencies are using these devices without the utmost consideration for the privacy and rights of individuals around them is alarming but not surprising. The federal government, and in particular agencies like HSI and ICE, have a dubious and troubling relationship with overbroad collection of private data on individuals.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
let’s rewrite the entire operating system around AI
This should be the headline.
Then everyone can make up their minds about whether or not to stay with Microsoft or finally move on.
- Submitted 1 week ago to technology@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World 1 week ago:
They’ll wait until the bubble bursts (or OpenAI shows signs of weakness) and then they’ll eat it alive.
It’s not profitable to go after them when the government is tweeting out Pokémon ICE commercials and the president is making deepfakes of himself.
- Comment on Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop 1 week ago:
The difference is your comment managed to say the same thing without being a dick.
- Comment on Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop 1 week ago:
Blocked for being a dick.
- Comment on Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop 1 week ago:
In fact, according to The Register, the GPU computing performance of the GB10 chip is roughly equivalent to an RTX 5070. However, the 5070 is limited to 12GB of video memory, which limits the size of AI models that can be run on such a system. With 128GB of unified memory, the DGX Spark can run far larger models, albeit at a slower speed than, say, an RTX 5090 (which typically ships with 24 GB of RAM). For example, to run the 120 billion-parameter larger version of OpenAI’s recent gpt-oss language model, you’d need about 80GB of memory, which is far more than you can get in a consumer GPU.
Or you could’ve just made GPUs, and then we’d all be gaming and calling each other shitheads in Valorant instead of - checks notes - literally stealing the water from poor communities.
- Comment on OPM S3 is going to be great ok? 1 week ago:
It would be hilarious if they still manage to outclass season 2.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’d run my microwave for an hour if I would make him go away.
- Comment on Australian Government gets a taste of what everyday people have to deal with in terms of data breaches as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's mobile phone number released online 1 week ago:
New punishments for hacking politicians’ phones.
Zero changes for anyone else.
- Comment on "Enshittification": Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It 1 week ago:
Is that the new reduce, reuse, recycle ?
- Comment on Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions 2 weeks ago:
You can create different accounts under different email addresses.
Once you’re logged in, you can switch between accounts from the dropdown menu.
I’ve done this in the past to separate French YouTube recs from English ones.
- Comment on This hidden electricity drain can have a massive impact 2 weeks ago:
It’s recycling all over again.
Corporations are responsible for a vast majority of the waste, but they try to shift the blame to individuals.
- Comment on AI may soon make Nobel-level discovery, scientists predict 2 weeks ago:
This is the first of three waves of AI in science, says Sam Rodriques, chief executive of FutureHouse — a research lab in San Francisco, California, that debuted an LLM designed to do chemistry tasks earlier this year.
The “one scientist” seems to have switched tracks from doing science to doing capitalism.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to manga@ani.social | 2 comments
- Comment on when alone 2 weeks ago:
when alone
Quite a suspicious mop of brown hair on the left, there.
- Comment on AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study 2 weeks ago:
The Yale researchers’ nothingburger result has precedent. In 2023, a study by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded that generative AI would probably not replace most workers.
A study of Danish workers published in April determined that generative AI had no material impact on wages or jobs. Another such study published in February found “overall employment effects are modest, as reduced demand in exposed occupations is offset by productivity-driven increases in labor demand at AI-adopting firms.”
There is some contradictory data.
No shit.
- Comment on Arizona ‘VPN’ searches surge amid Pornhub ban in state 2 weeks ago:
If you voted this in, you should be banned from VPNs.
Your search history should be public record.
- Comment on VTuber Graduation 2 weeks ago:
Dooby, Saba, Mint, Doki, and Nimi.
All my oshis must be Jason Bourne, because they survived the kill squads and returned from the dead.
- Comment on The new Season is great but ... 2 weeks ago:
I Tried to Create the Ultimate Combat Robot and All I Got Was An Adorable Daughter
A body that combines the appearance of an adorable young girl with overwhelming combat efficiency. An AI with intelligence and decision-making skills that surpass human capabilities—the perfect autonomous robot, “Alma” was created by the overlooked young genius scientists Enji and Suzume whose brilliance should’ve been recognized by the world! Alma calls Enji and Suzume “Father” and “Mother” which leaves them completely flustered. Regardless, the three begin a life together as a family in order to nurture Alma’s powerful AI and help her evolve into the ultimate robot. Alma’s curiosity has no limits as everything she sees and touches is new to her. Alma keeps Enji and Suzume on their toes with her unmatched learning capabilities and unstoppable energy as she explores the bigger world. A brand-new kind of family comedy (?!) begins!!
- Comment on The new Season is great but ... 2 weeks ago:
I would love to check it out, but you didn’t gimme the sauce.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Well, I see your problem here.
You’re on Discord.
- Comment on Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way" 2 weeks ago:
A remake should always try to stay as close as possible to the original for its initial presentation. The intention of a remake is to become the current market replacement of an old product, for various reasons.
Reading your comment, it seems like you’re locked onto the idea that all remasters are lazy, low quality cash grabs and that remakes should actually just be high quality remasters.
Remasters don't change the content of the game. Remakes do. And there's a spectrum of quality for both.
Life is Strange had a bad remaster. They updated the graphics, but there’s original aesthetic looked better than the uncanny “upgrade”. Skyrim - Special Edition had a better visual upgrade and fixed bugs.
Twin Snakes was a bad remake of Metal Gear Solid. They added unnecessary cutscenes and tried to bork in mechanics from MGS2 just because it was newer. RE4 was a good one.It sounds like you wanted a high quality remaster of Silent Hill 2, and instead they gave you a remake and never released a digital version of the original. So now everyone’s playing the remake and calling it Silent Hill 2, instead of properly differentiating it as Silent Hill 2 Remake/Silent Hill 2 (2025).
And I agree that the situation is ass for navigating online conversations.
But a remake should not “stay as close as possible to the original”. That’s what remasters are for.
The only thing they should do is be good.
(And also release the originals DRM-free on GOG.)
- Comment on Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way" 2 weeks ago:
The only games I 100% are the ones where llooking for weird secrets is still fun.
If it’s just “collect all 2 million Pokémon because… you get an achievement”, I’m out.
- Comment on Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way" 2 weeks ago:
Remasters and remakes are two different things.
A remaster is what you describe - technical improvements such as graphics and framerate.
Remakes are (supposed to be) additive - improving the story, changing un-fun mechanics, implementing new stuff that still fits the themes of the game (or that they originally wanted to include, but couldn’t due to budget or time or publishing constraints).
If you’re looking through nostalgia lens, yea, a remaster is all you need. But, when it’s not a studio just looking for a cash grab, devs can have plenty of reasons for wanting a second crack at their game.
FF7 Remake is a great example. Sure, there’s been a lot of controversy around the changes. But I’ve really enjoyed a lot of them because it’s different from the original. It didn’t ruin the discussion - it added to the conversation.
- Comment on Close the loop. Hack into God. – Anonymous;Code Review 2 weeks ago:
I still haven’t gotten into this series, because it feels like there’s so much homework you have to do before you can play specific titles.
- Comment on Hollow Knight Silksong (mod recommendations) 2 weeks ago:
My second run through, I knew what I needed to buy vs what I could come back for later.
Didn’t need to farm rosaries until the end of Act 2, when it was easy because of the tall bugs outside the gay robot boss room.
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 3 weeks ago:
Signal CEO Whittaker said that in the worst case scenario, they would work with partners and the community to see if they could find ways to circumvent these rules. Signal also did this when the app was blocked in Russia or Iran. “But ultimately, we would leave the market before we had to comply with dangerous laws like these.”
This is why we need the ability to sideload apps.