stankmut

joined 1 year ago
[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I have a weird issue where my USB headset doesn't show up in my list of devices whenever I turn my computer on (including waking from sleep) and I have to unplug and replug it. It's a small thing, but it's a little maddening when you think about how you wouldn't have to deal with it if you had just booted into Windows.

I need to try changing ports. I was considering trying it, but I was being stubborn. That fixing your problem gives me hope.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is a Mac app called Rewind that came out a couple of years ago that does the same thing. There was also an open source thing for Windows. Everyone is desperate to show that they are hip and can do AI. It looks like someone at Microsoft saw a demo of one of those apps and thought that putting it into Windows would let them brag about how much AI Windows can do. They clearly tried to rush it out in time for their Copilot PC marketing push.

The idea is that you can use local LLM models and image scanning to talk to your computer. You could ask it to summarize your day, ask what you were working on last week, or find those articles you vaguely remember reading last year and can't find anymore. I can almost see the merit, but the security risk is so high.

I wonder if people will eventually stop caring about the security risk of features like this. Those AI girlfriends some people dream about will have access to so much private information. Give this thing a voice and you can market it as a companion who learns the things you like and can talk with you about the things you are reading. Hackers might be able to see literally everything you've done on the computer for the last few years, but you'll get to feel like Iron Man with your own personal Jarvis.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It can still be turned on or off, they are just saying it wasn't supposed to be on that particular screen.

My guess is that it was there as a temporary way to turn it on and off during development before they had a page in settings.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 43 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

By the comments I've seen, it seems like no one read their previous announcement where they said they were delaying the feature while they continued work on it. We already knew they were still going to ship it.

Just having it disabled by default is a massive improvement. It's crazy that they initially considered releasing it with no encryption and it on by default.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The judge's argument is that Tesla, which he owns stock in, isn't a party in the suit against Media Matters, just X. It's a pretty stupid argument, but he wouldn't be able to hurt Media Matters if he recused himself.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It would be interesting to see the Supreme Court try to enforce that on the person who has the ability to suspend habeas corpus and have them all arrested.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the judge who ruled that Google has a monopoly and abused it. If Google is paying them, they didn't pay enough.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree with you, but using Final Fantasy XIV is a weak example. Steam is one of the smallest platforms it's on, with most PC players using the non-steam launcher.

As an MMO, it also has the benefit of players being able to see a ton of other people when they log in and the fan base talks about it enough that you never get that "whatever happened to that game" feeling.

Honestly, I think it's that last thing that drives most of the dead game talk. Some games come out with tons of hype and then you stop hearing about it as much. Instead of looking up what's going on, people just assume it flopped and no one plays anymore. Or it's a game they wish had failed and by saying dead game they are trying to will that belief into existence, depends on the context.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just nearly $600. Practically free.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

DJI and an independent source both told us

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if where you have your account affects how you notice where the trolls are from? Like I don't notice trolls coming from .world much because I just see a username, where a troll from .ml is username@lemmy.ml.

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