Comment Re:Seat 11A (Score -1) 149
I almost wonder if that's actually a dude who was on the flight or someone taking advantage of an opportunity to get in the news.
Seems so unlikely.
Comment Re: Would anyone have noticed? (Score 0) 61
I own a tiny indie studio in Chicagoland and my peers own the some of the huge studios in Chicagoland.
Cinespace is dead right now. It has ONE show active. The other studios are so dead that they're secretly hosting bar mitzvahs and pickleball tournaments for $1500 a day just to pay property taxes.
My studio is surprisingly busy but I'm cheap and cater to non-union folks with otherwise full time jobs.
Submission + - Signal declares war on Microsoft Recall with screenshot blocking on Windows 11 (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: Signal has officially had enough, folks. You see, the privacy-first messaging app is going on the offensive, declaring war on Microsoft’s invasive Recall feature by enabling a new “Screen security” setting by default on Windows 11. This move is designed to block Microsoft’s AI-powered screenshot tool from capturing your private chats.
If you aren’t aware, Recall was first unveiled a year ago as part of Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC push. The feature quietly took screenshots of everything happening on your computer, every few seconds, storing them in a searchable timeline. Microsoft claimed it would help users “remember” what they’ve done. Critics called it creepy. Security experts called it dangerous. The backlash was so fierce that Microsoft pulled the feature before launch.
But now, in a move nobody asked for, Recall is sadly back. And thankfully, Signal isn’t waiting around this time. The team has activated a Windows 11-specific DRM flag that completely blacks out Signal’s chat window when a screenshot is attempted. If you’ve ever tried to screen grab a streaming movie, you’ll know the result: nothing but black.
If you aren’t aware, Recall was first unveiled a year ago as part of Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC push. The feature quietly took screenshots of everything happening on your computer, every few seconds, storing them in a searchable timeline. Microsoft claimed it would help users “remember” what they’ve done. Critics called it creepy. Security experts called it dangerous. The backlash was so fierce that Microsoft pulled the feature before launch.
But now, in a move nobody asked for, Recall is sadly back. And thankfully, Signal isn’t waiting around this time. The team has activated a Windows 11-specific DRM flag that completely blacks out Signal’s chat window when a screenshot is attempted. If you’ve ever tried to screen grab a streaming movie, you’ll know the result: nothing but black.
Comment Re:What's their logic here? (Score 1) 102
> the CG actors will be indistinguishable from human actors.
Given that this video is already 5 years old, The Deeper Metrics of Christmas, Deep Fake Poem by Impressionist Jim Meskimen, I'd say we are already past the uncanny valley.
Comment Re:This is a good time to remind everyone (Score -1) 238
This is a good time to remind everyone that when government fucks with markets 40 years ago, they make it hell on everyone for the next 200 years.
Comment I could see a day that SteamOS runs natively ... (Score 1) 53
I could see a day that SteamOS runs natively on PCs. Linux under the hood, Proton on top to run Windows games.
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Path of Exile 2 is a boring, tedious, Ruthless Souls-lite grindfest.
Comment Re:The only way that I can solve a Rubik's cube .. (Score 2) 26
It isn't that hard to solve a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube. It just takes some practice and some algorithms.
Technically you only need to learn a single algorithm: R U R' U'.
But it is best to learn at least T-Perm and Ja-Perm.
Alternatively, there is also the Old Pochman Method for solving a cube blindfolded:
For corners
* Altered Y Permutation: (R U' R' U') R U R' F' (R U R' U') R' F R
For Edges
* J Permutation: (R U R' F') (R U R' U') R' F R2 (U' R' U')
* T Permutation: (R U R' U') R' F R2 (U' R' U' R) U R' F'
Comment Re:The one good product from Microsoft: (Score 1) 88
> Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
> I don't understand why more people don't use ergonomic keyboards.
Is that the one with the shitty diamond cursor keys? Yeah, that one was utter garbage.
Most ergonomic keyboards SUCK for multiple reasons:
* Touch quality is EXTREMELY subjective.
* The separation of left and right isn't far enough apart.
* They don't have enough of an "up" slope. This should be near vertical.
* Because the middle row T, Y, G, H, B, N, keys aren't doubled up.
* They suck for gaming -- I don't want TWO keyboards -- I just one one that is GOOD in both work and play.
* Good ones tend to be expensive as hell.
* They tend to fuck up the glyph font to be damn near unreadable.
* They tend to be this wireless shit.
* They tend to have limited switch options. Can I get it Brown MX? Cherry MX?
* If I am going to pay a fortune for it, can I get custom key caps?
My Das Keyboard 4 Professional while not ergonomic has beautiful Chery MX switches.
Comment Full of redditards, echo chambers, and ... (Score 3, Informative) 103
... and the occasional decent post.
Sadly the site has been shit for decades.
* ZERO CONTEXT for why something is up-voted or down-voted
* Full of redditards -- people who downvote you just for asking a question
* God forbid you have a _different_ opinion
* Full of echo chambers
* The larger the sub the large the ego of mods with a stick up their ass
* With Google dropping usenet it sadly is the most popular place to go for certain topics
* Under-paid, over-worked mods.
The smaller the sub, usually the better the S:N ratio is.
Comment Re:"the end of the universe is about 1078 years aw (Score 4, Insightful) 124
The editors have been next to fucking useless for decades.
Oblg. You had ONE job!
Submission + - VPN Firm Says It Didn't Know Customers Had Lifetime Subscriptions, Cancels Them (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. The owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor the purchases. In March, complaints started appearing online about lifetime subscriptions to VPNSecure no longer working. The first public response Ars Technica found came on April 28, when lifetime subscription holders reported receiving an email from the VPN provider saying: To continue providing a secure and high-quality experience for all users, Lifetime Deal accounts have now been deactivated as of April 28th, 2025.
A copy of the email from “The VPN Secure Team” and posted on Reddit notes that VPNSecure had previously deactivated accounts with lifetime subscriptions that it said hadn’t been used in “over 6 months.” The message noted that VPNSecure was acquired in 2023, “including the technology, domain, and customer database—but not the liabilities.” The email continues: "Unfortunately, the previous owner did not disclose that thousands of Lifetime Deals (LTDs) had been sold through platforms like StackSocial. We discovered this only months later—when a large portion of our resources were strained by these LTD accounts and high support volume from users, who through part of the database, provided no sustaining income to help us improve and maintain the service."
A copy of the email from “The VPN Secure Team” and posted on Reddit notes that VPNSecure had previously deactivated accounts with lifetime subscriptions that it said hadn’t been used in “over 6 months.” The message noted that VPNSecure was acquired in 2023, “including the technology, domain, and customer database—but not the liabilities.” The email continues: "Unfortunately, the previous owner did not disclose that thousands of Lifetime Deals (LTDs) had been sold through platforms like StackSocial. We discovered this only months later—when a large portion of our resources were strained by these LTD accounts and high support volume from users, who through part of the database, provided no sustaining income to help us improve and maintain the service."
Comment Re:Wizardry series in Rust? (Score 1) 50
Any plans to reverse engineer the Apple Pascal toolchain?
(i.e. So that it can be ported to ProDOS instead of using the brain-dead Pascal File System.)
Comment Re:Escalation in ToS (Score 1) 139
Comment Re: What is the purpose of Government? (Score 0, Troll) 249
Revealing you think the program is about stickers but still willing to continue said program that costs American taxpayers millions.
The fact is appliances became more energy efficient regardless of government programs, not because of them. This is due to advancement in technologies that resulted in smaller components that needed less energy to operate. But appliances also became less reliable too. Maybe we need another government sticker program?
Comment I am a producer too. (Score -1) 21
I can tell you this:
Apple TV has a popular show. It makes about four million on views versus ten million on production. Per episode.
For their best.
Thereâ(TM)s no money to promote it.
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