It drives me bonkers.

And, unfortunately, when I mention this issue I’m am frequently assured that I am mistaken and that there can be no issue. (paraphrasing).

It’s a real problem - I live Firefox (with its standards compliance) but people didn’t adhere. And here we are.

As per Apple’s wishes, I imagine.

Given how unenforceable this is (a sin of omission or source from another jurisdiction is all that’s needed to skirt), will we be seeing a formalized ‘certificate of authenticity’ demanded by people to highlight things that are not AI?

(Maybe NFT will find find its utility? I don’t know…)

It is.

I expect you can seal this off with pfblockerng.

The big issue is that they might start putting a checkpoint in place wherein the application (roku device) will not proceed unless it gets an expected response token from a call to an ad service. At that point we’re at their mercy.

They could even run under their own VPN and hook up the ads on their side… Ugh…

So much for my fibre connection…

Well the missing socks have to get sent somewhere… /s

What could possibly go wrong…?

(FWIW - I am referring to the potential for misuse at scale)

This is the only suitable comment.

Most of the Deloitte consultants I’ve dealt with are already bots, whether or not they are wearing a power suit.

Thoughts and prayers were a bit much too ask for, clearly…

I really hope it’s the “Any” key. I have upwards of 40 ys of modal forms from which there is no escape because they demand I press any key to continue…

For sure! I think we’re going to have to move away from a one-size fits all car design. For general city use, I use a Chevy Bolt, but for longer (infrequent) runs, I’m still stuck with ICE (I’d use a hybrid if I had one). In Canada, the range really does go down in the winter. (and Canada has not taken charging infrastructure very seriously - mandatory for adoption)

Anyway you look at it, these are very, very positive developments.

The key is that with the right use case, it frees up lithium to be used where only it is suitable.

(for my needs I’d be fine with sodium…)

Tax slips don’t lie…

Not sure I follow (especially wrt poor kids?) - maybe I’m just missing the reference. I applaud using Linux on old stuff to breath life into it. But I suspect mass adoption would be harder than one might think. Easy to convince tech savvy folk to dive in and wrangle with it (for its numerous advantages and disadvantages), but the majority of folks won’t (they’d sooner move to Apple - with even more waste, proprietary bs, and cost).

Not saying this should be the case, merely that it is the case. (The more adoption, the better chance of better support from developers/HW manus, etc. There’s just a leap that seems very hard to make. Wish I knew how to bridge it, but the obstacles seem less of a technical thing than a social/psychological thing)

FWIW, I used it as a daily driver for many years. And that was back in the days when things weren’t as easy.

Unfortunately, to run the stuff I need to run, I’m pretty much stuck with Windows and WSL. (But with Linux on my old laptop.)

I’m probably not the audience that needs convincing, though.

Linux can breathe life into older laptops (if the HW is supported). It’s not for everyone (and downright infuriating in some ways) but it it does work very well for many things.

Buy-in from HW manufacturers, specifically related to audio production. Yes, can often hack your way into making a lot of the SW work (unsupported, of course), but HW support isn’t there. My NI Maschine is a non-starter - I might be able to hack together someway to get it to send receive basic midi, but that’s just a small part of why I own it. My audio interface might be cajoled into working, but it’s not supported and therefore not something I can really afford to invest into depending on beyond the fun of experimenting.

I also wish there was a alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Yes, I know about Darktable (it’s great), but the Adobe secret sauce is the bi-directional integration with mobile for lossless edits and catalogue management. This sort of thing is very, very hard to pull off in FOSS-land. (I’d even be happy if Adobe supported Linux.)

I have no issue with paying for functionality/services I need (I don’t want a free ride), but I wish the option was there.

So, I’m basically stuck with Windows and WSL.

The mars thing is really a small part of what they do, although it gets the press. They are pretty much the only real game in town for satellite launches, and, I think ISS transport (especially since Soyez is Russian and there’s not a lot of good will going on there…). Even Amazon uses them for launches. It’s approaching monopoly status for critical infrastructure (we’re very dependant on satellites as a society now).

Mars is a labour of love for future ambition, but it’s not the main show.

Whether the root cause is historically poor NASA funding or not (I think there’s a strong argument for competition and private sector IF it’s properly governed, but it never is…), the fact is that we’ve created a situation where vast amounts of geopolitical control rest with a single person.