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- Comment on On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observer without replacement 8 months ago:
👍 Precisely.
- Comment on On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observer without replacement 8 months ago:
Don’t encourage the behaviour. As the saying goes… Give a man a fish and you’ve fed him for a day… Teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for life.
- Comment on On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observer without replacement 8 months ago:
This a huge step back for transparency with Meta (shocker). Access to this data is important for a variety of reasons, and using the recent EU laws as an excuse is deplorable (again, shocker from Meta).
It’s clear the data companies were left alone for too long to rule the schoolyard. It’s going to take some time to treat them and others what decorum looks like without throwing an absolute hissy fit.
Here’s hoping the EU, which seems to be the only teacher on the playground willing to discipline anyone, will set them straight.
- Comment on Search algorithm reveals nearly 200 new kinds of CRISPR systems 1 year ago:
Someone give this writer a raise for not using AI to describe a new algorithm.
- Comment on Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by ... 1 year ago:
I’d imagine it’s scant on details because it’s still a theory. The next phase of the competition is funds to build a proof of concept.
- Comment on Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by ... 1 year ago:
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Wireless switches — consisting of a transmitter on the switch and a receiver near a light fixture or other appliance — have been around for many years, and have been proven that they can reduce the material and labour cost for wiring houses, says Kambiz Moez, director of electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, but they require batteries to operate.
So the product already exists, what is novel here is a concept to harvest RF energy I stead of batteries.
- Comment on Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files 1 year ago:
Yes, it talks about ownership, because the original poster talked about ownership.
Google hosts files, and thus needs to have some semblance of control over what actually is hosted on it, or they become liable for the same content.
Pirated material? Child pornography? etc. It all needs to be scanned and determined if it violates rights/laws and be dealt with.
Google has always done this automatically, because the sheer scale of content they host is overwhelming.
I totally understand the ‘own everything’ mentality that some hold. That’s fair – then host it yourself, encrypt it, and you can hold the key to your little kingdom. For most people, that isn’t a factor.
To get back to the original claim – they don’t claim rights over what you post. It is yours. You just can’t host other people’s stuff. The definition of that is incredibly broad and largely commercial. 99% of people will never, ever run into the issue. 99% of the remaining 1% will discover it innocently (such as another poster trying to back up office). The remaining will already be versed enough to encrypt their data locally before uploading.
- Comment on Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files 1 year ago:
Citation needed?
Google explicitly stated the exact opposite of what you’ve said here: Google Drive Terms of Service
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- Comment on An 'upcoming Nintendo Direct' could see the return of a classic Nintendo series 1 year ago:
F-Zero. Saved you a click.
This is all speculation and dependant on a “reliable leaker” do take it with a huge grain of salt until it’s been announced. It’s been 19 years since the last F-Zero entry.
- Comment on How to watch Wheel of Time season 2 online: Release date and time 1 year ago:
In as much as Lord of the Rings we’re to be adapted about a Hobbit (who looks like a minotaur and hates grass) wearing a magical necklace (which grants him extra speed) on the way to a mythical hot springs guarded by unicorns would be a faithful adaptation.
You’re assuming that readers of the books are expecting to see their internal movie played out before them. I think most are expecting an adaptation. What they’re getting is an “Inspired by a true story” level of faithfulness to the original work.
I can only speak for myself, which is to say I’m fine with the changes in timeline, consolidation of enemies, etc. Yet there are fundamental changes to characters, motivations, etc. That drastically change who these people are. That’s where my disappointment lies.
I see why Brandon Sanderson wants creative control over his adaptations if/when they ever go to screen.
- Comment on How to watch Wheel of Time season 2 online: Release date and time 1 year ago:
Yes?
I hardly see how my enjoying the entire arch sets unrealistic expectations. As I said, I can accept changes for the medium’s and natural limitations sake. This show has gone beyond that, both in the first and this far in this season.
It’s a different story with the same names. That’s more my beef, than that things needed to be cut or merged.
Even the explanation of the One Power in the S2E1, drawing things out of what is already there is a pretty major shift from the books themselves.
- Comment on How to watch Wheel of Time season 2 online: Release date and time 1 year ago:
I’m really struggling to take this show as it is. I’ve read the books multiple times and can accept that things need to change for the screen, but some of the decisions the writers are making here are making are baffling.
Fundamental changes to the core systems of the world. Major character motivations and events.
I find myself asking, “What?” More then being sucked into the world. People are having things happen to them at such a breakneck place it’s a little hard to comprehend.
We’ll see if they can pull it together.