Generative AI will be forced on you, regardless of whether you want it in your life. The entire world is moving in that direction very rapidly. We are not just talking micro scale like which web browser you use - every institution you rely on in your daily life will have AI implementation at some level.
I came across CalyxVPN while browsing through F-droid, it seems to be offered by the same people who make CalyxOS. I couldn’t find much discourse about it online, is it reputable enough to use?...
Yes, I would say so. It’s similar to RiseupVPN, which is also free as a matter of principle rather than as a business model. A common misconception is that free apps and services are inherently less private than paid apps and services, but really it depends on the business model (if there is one) and whether you trust the provider to honour any claims they make. CalyxVPN and RiseupVPN are not any less trustworthy than commercial, paid VPNs simply because they are free.
I have had a Nintendo one for the last few years, mostly for the online multiplayer. Split between myself and 7 friends, it has been affordable for us. I cancelled it earlier this year as the Switch is past its hype period and we’re all playing less these days.
Newb question: what does it really mean when I click “Reject Nonessential Cookies”? Am I really being any more private by rejecting these? Just feels greasy like it’s a workaround for websites to get my information anyway? Should I navigate away from any sites that suggest this cookie configuration?
Good luck to him, I guess. With the speed at which life is changing now, even if he is successfully brought back and de-aged, it will likely be extremely difficult to adapt.
I’d like to live an extended life (age slower), though that would also be dependent on how many of my friends and family could live alongside me. I don’t know about forever, that’s a pretty difficult concept for me to grasp. I am scared of death but that’s more a fear of ceasing to exist before I’m ready, more than ceasing to exist at all. Regardless, humanity will face so many challenges within this century that there’s a possibility none of this matters anyway. We could all be wiped out, or the world could be so different (in a dangerous or just alienating way) that I might just be ready to go earlier than I can imagine at this stage of my life.
It was a historically accurate assessment of Australia. The ABC can attempt to censor these types of comments as much as it wants to avoid hurting the feelings of the poor little uneducated Australian populace, but it won’t stop them from being true.
You can’t make life better for marginalised groups if you don’t accept they are being marginalised in the first place. Before anything, Australians need to confront the actual reality of their country, including its real history. Yes, that will offend the uneducated initially but it is the only true way forward.
If you ever wanted to know too much about where the majority of our search results come from and the many niche alternatives trying something different…
Same. I switched to it earlier this week and it’s better than I remember. It’s either improved or I was being too picky last time, though the image search is unusable IMO.
it seems happy to use Brave’s commercial API (allowing blatant homophobia in the comments)
The “blatant homophobia” claim is an overreaction. The closest thing to this is one post by a single user who said “there’s nothing wrong with being against gay marriage…it’s political opinion and everybody has the right to theirs”. That user was basically the only one arguing in support of Eich in the thread and that was the most controversial thing they said. I think to try and frame this as Kagi implicitly supporting homophobia through a lack of moderation is very disingenuous. If you read through thread you can see many attempts to moderate the discussion, including several locks and warnings.
Affiliation with Brave and, therefore, Eich is relevant and deserves to be mentioned in the interest of potential users. I just think the way the author extrapolates their own opinion of that comment into an implication that “Kagi allows blatant homophobia on their forums because of company bias/their affiliation with Brave” to be really misleading and underhanded.
He is right to an extent, The Greens would have pushed ahead with the vote knowing full well that it would suffer a near unanimous defeat. For them it would have been partially strategical in the sense that they can point to this result in the future as a clear point of moral difference. It was also clearly a sincere motion though, so Watts and Leeser trying to frame it as anything else is pretty stupid. Particularly when neither them nor their respective parties are doing anything to help the situation here or in Gaza.
Pirate websites only manage to release it faster because they get access to the unfinished product and then have people work on them with no regards to any work laws in order to finish and release it as soon as possible without any schedule or time constraint.
This is the context that was missing from the original comment. I agree, this does not sound like a service problem.
Plus their android app uses their own camera implementation, which because of differences in camera architecture, always results in much worse photos.
I think that’s just a problem with Android in general. Very few applications are able to access the native camera. Historically support has been so limited that when Samsung released its most recent range of smartphones, it actually advertised native camera support for Instagram and Snapchat as a major selling point. The recent CameraX API is supposed to help with this but there is a huge range of Android phones and not all of them support it, which makes it challenging for developers to implement.
Are they actually accessing the camera module and using that to take the photo? Or are they taking a screenshot of the viewfinder? Historically, the latter has happened on basically every third party Android app.
Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)
Live Updates: Trump guilty on all counts in hush-money case (www.nytimes.com)
Is CalyxVPN reputable?
I came across CalyxVPN while browsing through F-droid, it seems to be offered by the same people who make CalyxOS. I couldn’t find much discourse about it online, is it reputable enough to use?...
Who is subscribing to Game Pass, PS Plus and Nintendo Switch Online, and why? (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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Southern Hemisphere's first cryogenically frozen client at rest in regional New South Wales facility (www.abc.net.au)
In short: A cryonics company has frozen its first client in Australia in the hope of bringing him back to life in the future....
ABC says Laura Tingle's Sydney Writers' Festival comments did not meet editorial standards (www.abc.net.au)
Nothing Phone (2a) Special Edition unveiled with red, yellow and blue accents (m.gsmarena.com)
Looks interesting if nothing more.
A look at search engines with their own indexes (seirdy.one)
If you ever wanted to know too much about where the majority of our search results come from and the many niche alternatives trying something different…
Parliament blocks Greens attempt to recognise Palestinian statehood (www.sbs.com.au)
Japan seeks international coordination to thwart online manga, anime piracy (english.kyodonews.net)
We gave 60,000 food products a ‘planetary health’ star rating – see how your favourites stack up (theconversation.com)