Microsoft should be forced to provide security updates in perpetuity. Stop making AI gimmicks and support people who use their computer for actual work. Car companies have to provide parts for decades so should Microsoft. They can afford it since they have more money than Dr Evil demanded.

Slashdot users made a big deal out of it over 20 years ago but we got it, along with age and id verification plus the requirement to pay for phone service to verify your id on the internet. Even Slashdot is in the game now since new Slashdot accounts have to be approved by staff. I hope you feel safe and woolly now sheep, because the wolves (spammers, cheaters and scammers) ruined it for the rest of us.

Since Universal owns the Minions characters, surely they should crack down on all the AI Minion slop already out there.

Written in Cebuano, plus had "human slop" written in the Scots Wikipedia. Wikipedia isn't in a position to lecture anyone about "slop". Then there is all the constant clickbait in the Did You Know section that makes Wikipedia's Main Page look like Taboola. Wikipedia's arrogance is getting to them, and the fact that most admins have left and they struggle to recruit more even with admin elections means that Wikipedia will be as quaint as that Encarta CD gathering dust. Wikipedia ruined my life, I welcome its replacement.

It looks like the AI takeover has already happened for many, and all their degrees and certifications will be "AI-tainted". This is much, much, worse than the Wikipedia revolution that happened 20 years ago now. John Seigenthaler must be turning in his grave from all the AI hallucinations out there.

It's only a matter of time before this gets cracked too, proof of work is nothing to an Epyc Processor with all their cores.

Because Nintendo banned their first console for inserting the "wrong" cartridge or they said something against Nintendo on Social Media? Meanwhile if Steam bans my account I can just replace SteamOS with another Linux distro.

Even Steve Jobs marketed as a three in one project, (An iPod, A phone, and a internet communications device) and that "internet communications device" component of the iPhone has taken over the "phone" part. Even before the official App Store jailbreaks were turning it into a portable computer. I remember having a PlayStation Portable as my first "mobile browser", and it was not good as the iPhone/Android experience we have now for mobile internet.

More and more countries are implementing blocking, eventually the majority of countries will be blocking them, and the countries that don't block will have sanctions against them. We need copyright reform not piracy. Companies like NordVPN, Mullvad and Proton will be prosecuted eventually if they advertise their service for piracy.. Even Tor won't be safe once the gates close in.

While they train their AI on volunteer open source code on Github. The golden egg won't keep being laid forever, they already replaced a lot of Windows code with open source while just keeping Win32 and the Kernel proprietary. Kernel Anti Cheat is probably the final lynchpin for many people "forced" to use Windows, once they lose that a lot of technical people will leave Windows. You know that the "Xbox handhelds" will be marketed as "anti-cheat" compatible to keep gamers in the Windows Prison. Microsoft knows that Linux has reached the golden 5% threshold now, it will produce a lot of invisible friction.

Will "disenfranchised people" will now presumed to be "children" online and restricted from "adult discourse" now because they can't afford ID? Will "undocumented immigrants" who can't get id legally be flagged as Children too?

And we make teachers go through all the trouble of getting degrees to be competent enough to teach. If we are going to just use ChatGPT to teach then we might as well shut down all the schools and universities just give everyone AI from cradle to grave.

Plastic pollution is visible to the naked eye, but carbon fills our atmosphere invisibly so people don't care. Even with price increases milk and Coca Cola is still typically more expensive than gasoline in many areas of the world, meaning people keep filling their tanks instead of alternatives.

But I remember coming across "serialz" for shareware and trolling Slashdot back in the day back when real AC posting was still a thing..

Companies don't want any costs in their profits. They can't do it straight away so they "put up" with some costs until they have a replacement. It used to be outsourcing to other countries. Millions of local jobs destroyed and created racism in the tech industry. Now they are eliminating all humans so they have a perfect automated money printing machine.