TechnoBabble

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[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t remember details but essentially it was decided (in some court, somewhere, i guess) that linking to illegally copied material was also illegal.

This proposed change has been discussed in congress, but big tech is fighting it hard, as it would make moderation of social media very expensive and/or restrictive. Basically, certain parties want to hold platforms legally responsible for the content they host, even if that content was posted by users.

It would make it nearly impossible to legally operate a FOSS platform like Lemmy. Fortunately for us, it's one of the few areas where the interests align for both big tech and the common man.

IRC the new loophole became encoding the link to what ever you wanted to copy, for example as base64.

Base64 encoding is not a legal loophole, it's a method to avoid automated content filters on platforms like Reddit and Discord. Encoding a link in base64 offers no legal protections.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A union would probably solve a ton of their issues with crunch, churn, and PR.

It would cost LMG more, but it might be the cheapest way to save the company.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

What happened to roosterteeth?

The red v blue guys?

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plex shares (I actually use an Emby share) are what streaming should have been after cable.

It's the perfect service, everything all in one spot for a reasonable fee.

I'd pay up to $100 a month for that legally, but instead the studios want to bleed me dry.

So they get nothing.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Way differently.

Soldered RAM is much much closer to the CPU, and so the time it takes for signals to propagate back and forth is significantly reduced..

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You're getting heavily downvoted by people who obviously don't understand how RAM works. Or how computers work?

Guys, Apple is shitty, we all know this, but onboard RAM is the least of their anti-consumer practices.

The problem with socketed RAM is the length of the traces going back to the CPU. That 100% reduces performance (and battery life) by a significant amount. Especially when using that socketed RAM as iGPU VRAM.

Dell's CAMM standard reduces the latency compared to SODIMM, for socketed RAM, but what we really need is for someone like Apple to invest R&D into really tiny RAM sockets that are super close to the CPU, instead of researching ways to lock users out.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Woah, those go from expensive to absurd.

I could see charging like 1000 rupees to deter frivolous complaints, but up to $500,000 is absurd.

Seems like the system is only meant for B2B complaints. B2B antitrust complaints where the offended party still has enough money to drop half a million USD on an antitrust complaint.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Sure it does.

It makes teachers wonder why, yet again, they're being forced to bear the brunt of the culture war, and they're going to eventually quit.

Then the schools won't be able to find good teachers, the education system will be further deteriorated, and private schools will become the only schools worth attending, further eroding the future prospects of working-class Floridian children and America as a whole.

I don't think that's the grand strategy at play, I just think the people in charge don't care if it happens, as long as they get enough praise from their voters.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

That's generally how it works.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just pick a mid-sized instance and there's a 99% chance it's more stable than Lemmy.world right now.

Look at users who don't sound insane and see where they're posting from.

[–] TechnoBabble@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I think it's good for USB standards to move slow.

Finally just about every device I buy has USB-C now. If they release a new connector that'll just mean using 2 different cables for everything again.

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