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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block chain to stop AI scams.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
The point is that any unsigned image is assumed to be AI generated. You can absolutely strip the metadata or convert it to some other format (there’s always the analog hole and it has to become a bitmap to be displayed) but then you’ve lost the proof you took it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block chain to stop AI scams.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Theoretically you could include the original signed unprocessed image (or make it available NFT-style) and let the viewer decide whether the difference to post-processed image is reasonable or unreasonable.

It would however make it impossible to partially censor images without giving away the non-AI proof, unless you had a trusted third party ™ verify the original and re-sign the censored version.

A ‘view cryptographically signed original’ button next to every instagram post would be complete LOL, though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block chain to stop AI scams.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Are you talking about the AI generator registering on the blockchain? Because there is essentially no incentive for them to do so and every incentive for them not to.

If you mean genuine camera images being registered on the blockchain, that would give away at minimum the time the image was taken, and probably what kind of device it was taken with and all other images taken by the same user. That’s a lot of data.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block chain to stop AI scams.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Images, text etc can be generated entirely offline and independently. There is nothing to force the image to be attached to the block chain either directly or as a fingerprint.

You would have to do the opposite: when you take a picture or video (or write some text?), as it is recorded, the camera chipset signs the image/video using TPM-esque hardware, proving (ish) that it was captured by a real camera sensor.

The issue is that it’s pretty close to mandatory doxxing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I meant to write FPU. It got auto-mangled and I thought I corrected it; clearly not…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I thought Intel already managed that with the GPU issues.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They made his car "cease & desist"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
ToS is effectively a contract.

This interpretation of the ToS could be deemed unconscionable, but that seems like the kind of argument that takes a judge and 5-6 figures in legal fees to settle.

An arbitrator is just going to read it, say ‘yup, you broke the rule’, and side with the company.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They made his car "cease & desist"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I would hope so. CFRA seems to be the only explicit protection.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They made his car "cease & desist"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
If it was just plain old trademark/copyright law, you’d be right.

It sounds like Tesla are basically saying that you signed an NDA/non-disparagement clause when you bought the vehicle, and therefore it’s a contract dispute.

Doh.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Even “App App” would be better.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forgot puzzle game name⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Do you remember where you played it?

It sounds/looks a little like some of the stuff from bontegames.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨never skip⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There’s a good chunk of the world where you don’t ever have to water lawn, except when initially seeding it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Conker Championships men's winner cleared of cheating | UK News⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

"We are gentlemen at the World Conker Championships and we don’t cheat. I’ve been playing and practising for decades. That’s how I won.

“I admit I had the steel conker in my pocket, but I didn’t play with it. I show it to people as a joke, but I won’t be bringing it again.”

Mr Jakins won the men’s competition but lost in the overall final to women’s champion Kelci Banschbach, originally from the United States, who only took up the game last year when she moved to Suffolk.

Hmm.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did my bus driver want me to not pay the fare and instead just "TAKE A SEAT!!!"⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
If we knew what city/route/service and day, we might be able to get a better idea.
- Sometimes operators declare a ‘fare holiday’ when everyone rides free, usually as compensation for some major fuckup previously, or for some other PR stunt. Metlink in Wellington doesn’t charge on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year’s Eve.
- Operators sometimes half-strike and refuse to collect fares.
- The specific route, service, or time of day might be free.
- It’s an express service that you can’t pay cash on (only fare cards) and it’s easier/nicer to tell you to ride for free than to tell you to get the next bus because they don’t take cash.
- You might be part of some group (youth, students, elderly) that doesn’t have to pay.
- Something is broken and they can’t collect fares.
- They don’t want to deal with the big banknote you had.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mona’s ‘Ladies Lounge’ wins court battle to exclude men from art-filled space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Isn’t that fundamentally the idea behind ‘separate but equal’, which has been pretty thoroughly smacked down in the US? It very quickly turned into (always was) separate and not equal.

Doing it in an ironic, performative way for art is one thing, but I’m not sure it’s a great blueprint generally.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mrrp mrrp meow :3⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Tumbleweed, at least per marketing spiel, is rapidly updated like a rolling release distro,(e.g. Arch) but has good testing and stability like a conventional fixed release distro.

It’s not quite lived up to that fully for me, but I’m pretty sure the times it’s broken have mostly been my fault.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
You don’t normally need to specify that the sides are parallel if you specify four right angles.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Natural Inspiration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Well, that’s certainly the answer.

I wouldn’t have thought you’d want to put a building quite that close to the waterfront even in a Fjord, but apparently they did.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Natural Inspiration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think the US/Canada usually does that style of power pole, with three phases on a crossarm and no neutral below.

Barriers on what looks like a pretty low-traffic low-risk road too.

I would think somewhere Scandinavia or central Europe. NZ wouldn’t put barriers like that up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new m.2 ssd⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
B key vs M key. Laptop likely needs a SATA M.2 using B or B+M keying, you have a PCIe x4 drive with M keying.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
The problem is telling the difference between a good bike (noting that even Samsung screwed that up with the Note 7…) and these: cyclingweekly.com/…/fire-brigade-calls-for-e-bike…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Aircraft typically have a limit of 100 or 160 watt-hours and require that the battery be separate or the whole device be small (think laptop sized) so that you can dump it in a fireproof bag.

An e-bike has a ~1kWh battery that is probably strapped or zip-tied in place and there’s probably no serious firefighting equipment.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Cabin crew on aircraft have fireproof bags and rather effective fire extinguishers. Dealing with a battery in the cargo hold isn’t possible.

If you want to carry a battery on an aircraft it generally has to be less than 100 (sometimes 160) watt-hours, whereas e-bike and other batteries are often 10x that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not just that; it’s that a regulator signed off on the bus, the city has liability insurance on the bus, and the bus manufacturer will themselves be accredited and insured.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Electric buses have a battery from a probably reputable supplier, with a decent BMS.

Escooters often come from AliExpress.

There is a difference.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ochem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
More generally, -ate itself means ‘with oxygen’.

Carbonate = carbon + oxygen

Nitrate = nitrogen + oxygen

Phosphate = phosphorus + oxygen

There is apparently some nuance but it is a good rule to remember: …stackexchange.com/…/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
You’re better off putting the panel somewhere where it always gets sun, and isn’t extra weight you have to haul around.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Leafs have battery packs with no active heating or cooling, which significantly impacts their performance in bad weather and when fast charging. Coupled with very small packs in the early models, and you have a recipe for a bad experience.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Bear in mind also that the extra weight and possibly aerodynamic compromises actually reduce range. In some cases, particularly at night, in poor weather, and at high speed, the panels would be a net negative.

They would only be useful if your car sat around in the sun for long periods without access to a charger.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable or adapter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
HDMI and DP do not carry their signals in the same way. HDMI/DVI use a pixel clock and one wire pair per colour, whereas DP is packet-based.

“DisplayPort++” is the branding for a DP port that can pretend to an HDMI or DVI port, so an adapter or cable can convert between the two just by rearranging the pins.

To go from pure DisplayPort to HDMI, or to go from an HDMI source to a DP monitor, you need an ‘active’ adapter, which decodes and re-encodes the signal. These are bigger and sometimes require external power.