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Comment on Sarah Silverman hits stumbling block in AI copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta in ~tech
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OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear
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Comment on Introducing Steam Deck OLED - November 16 in ~games
zptc Link ParentValve's position is the screen is not swappable, though I'm sure people will try. Sounds like the mounting process is different since you don't need to open the back to replace the new screen....Valve's position is the screen is not swappable, though I'm sure people will try. Sounds like the mounting process is different since you don't need to open the back to replace the new screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfulSFtsH0c
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Comment on NASA to launch NASA+, a free streaming service in ~space
zptc LinkBumping this as the service has gone live, available on app stores or https://plus.nasa.gov/.Bumping this as the service has gone live, available on app stores or https://plus.nasa.gov/.
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Comment on India’s early electronic music from the ’70s is finally being released in ~music
zptc LinkBandcampWhen the musician and artist Paul Purgas was invited in 2017 by the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India, to play some of the music he’d found in its archives that year, he was initially very keen. These were tapes that had been hidden from the public for decades; they proved the existence of a fertile avenue for electronic music in 1960s and ’70s India, and he was determined for people to hear them.
What the recordings demonstrate, Purgas said, is “electronic sound and music existing free from any baggage,” away from “any vestiges of what could be conceived as a kind of Western continuum.”
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India’s early electronic music from the ’70s is finally being released
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Getty Images CEO Craig Peters has a plan to defend photography from AI | Discussion of Getty's AI image generator and related topics
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Comment on What is your experience with foldable phones? in ~tech
zptc Link ParentIn what situations do you find the extra space indispensable?In what situations do you find the extra space indispensable?
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Comment on $600million and a decade later, where is Star Citizen? in ~games
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Comment on Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles in ~design
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Comment on The gruesome story of how Neuralink’s monkeys actually died in ~tech
zptc LinkMusk first acknowledged the deaths of the macaques on September 10 in a reply to a user on his social networking app X (formerly Twitter). He denied that any of the deaths were “a result of a Neuralink implant,” and said Neuralink’s researchers had taken care to select subjects who were already “close to death.” Relatedly, in a presentation last fall, Musk claimed that Neuralink’s animal testing was never “exploratory,” but conducted instead to confirm fully formed scientific hypotheses. “We are extremely careful,” he said.
Public records reviewed by WIRED, and interviews conducted with a former Neuralink employee and a current researcher at the University of California, Davis primate center, paint a wholly different picture of Neuralink’s animal research. The documents include veterinary records, first made public last year, which contain gruesome portrayals of suffering reportedly endured by as many as a dozen of Neuralink’s primate subjects, all of whom needed to be euthanized.
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The gruesome story of how Neuralink’s monkeys actually died
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Comment on Today I learned this weird Windows keyboard shortcut opens LinkedIn in ~tech
zptc Link ParentNobody, which is why Microsoft co-opted that combo and assigned to the Office key on official MS keyboards. Pressing the Office key sends the same signal to the computer as pressing the four mod keys.I don't know who's using 4 modifiers
Nobody, which is why Microsoft co-opted that combo and assigned to the Office key on official MS keyboards. Pressing the Office key sends the same signal to the computer as pressing the four mod keys.
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Comment on What game mechanic or boss could you just not overcome? in ~games
zptc LinkDK64 is one of my favorite games of all time. It requires you to beat four levels of original-style Donkey Kong to reach the final boss. I have never fought the final boss.DK64 is one of my favorite games of all time. It requires you to beat four levels of original-style Donkey Kong to reach the final boss. I have never fought the final boss.
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Comment on Fairphone 5 - Android updates for five years and at least eight years of security updates; possibly upto ten years, keeping the phone active until 2033 in ~tech
zptc LinkI didn't see this specifically mentioned on the website: The phone is meant to be repairable, but not necessarily upgradable, is that correct?I didn't see this specifically mentioned on the website: The phone is meant to be repairable, but not necessarily upgradable, is that correct?
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann settle dispute over cheating claims that rocked chess – US player had filed lawsuit against former world champion in ~games.tabletop
zptc Link ParentOne method is having a phone with a chess program hidden in the bathroom. Another is having a wireless buzzer in one's shoe or attached to one's leg which has a signal relayed to it by an...One method is having a phone with a chess program hidden in the bathroom. Another is having a wireless buzzer in one's shoe or attached to one's leg which has a signal relayed to it by an accomplice. iirc both of those were actually used irl.
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Comment on Skipping a step: Corridor Digital and AI anime in ~tech
zptc (edited )Link ParentHololive is not anime. It is at most anime-adjacent, so I fail to see how it could possibly play a part in ruining actual anime. Hololive has 80 streaming talents; interactions between two of them...Hololive is not anime. It is at most anime-adjacent, so I fail to see how it could possibly play a part in ruining actual anime. Hololive has
7580 streaming talents; interactions between two of them do not define the company. Calli has never outright stated her orientation to my knowledge. The gag between Calli and Kiara was definitely something they played up at first but has not been a thing for about 2 years now, possibly more. Kiara has specifically addressed this. (I'm only familiar with "squick" meaning "gross" as in causing feelings of revulsion, like body horror might, so I'm not sure what you mean by that.) People definitely develop unhealthy attachments to online personalities and communities, but this is hardly unique to vtubers. I'm sorry for what happened to your son's friend and I can see why you might blame the content he consumes.As you say, we both are entitled to our preferences, so I think it best we agree to disagree here. Have a pleasant day.
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Comment on Skipping a step: Corridor Digital and AI anime in ~tech
zptc Link Parent(disclaimer: I am a Hololive fan) I'm pretty sure Kizuna AI was only ever 3D, and I'm not aware of L2D being used to make any actual anime shows, nor does the wiki article list any such shows. How...(disclaimer: I am a Hololive fan)
I'm pretty sure Kizuna AI was only ever 3D, and I'm not aware of L2D being used to make any actual anime shows, nor does the wiki article list any such shows. How did L2D make anime worse?
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Comment on Skipping a step: Corridor Digital and AI anime in ~tech
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Comment on Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole in ~tech
zptc LinkI think the relevant stuff was already addressed in the GN follow-up but for the sake of completeness: Billet Labs' statementI think the relevant stuff was already addressed in the GN follow-up but for the sake of completeness: Billet Labs' statement
https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/discover/firefly-vs-dalle.html