I will not be using this workaround, even if it works perfectly. However, if this gets people away from Windows, that’s a good thing as a step towards getting them away from Microsoft in general.

The fewer data points Microsoft can exploit the better.

What’s the point with this artifial intelligence race anyways?

Free labor. Humans are expensive, but robot slaves are comparatively cheap (hypothetically).

Ultracapitalists have a harder time getting a slave labor force, so robots that can think like people are the next best thing for that purpose.

$Mn = Monopoly Dollars

In a twist, Meta couldn’t immediately produce the funds, because its AI had destroyed every copy in its possession after being used for training data.

You sound offended that I didn’t call them cowardly. Would that make you feel better?

Never said violence doesn’t work. In fact, I said it’s faster but riskier.

Yep, you got me. You are today’s winner of the internet.

See the bit where I mentioned “it’s going too slow for some.” You and others are welcome to try something else, but whining on the internet ain’t it, and I don’t see almost anyone else acting like current action is actually going too slow for them (with a few notable exceptions).

Nonviolent action. It’s working, though it is perhaps too slow for some. If that’s anyone in particular, go do something about it.

Agreed. “Best” is certainly subjective, and it likely depends on your goals. If you’re trying to achieve as much as possible but with the least amount of harm to your side, it might be the best tool. If you’re trying to get things done as quickly as possible, there are more expedient but risky methods.

You sound like you’re in a hurry to see some violence. I invite you to start the charge.

I took an online course sponsored by Google years ago, when AI was but a twinkle in tech bros’ eyes, and one of the Gemini voices is 1000% the presenter of that course.

I mean, I’m not gonna buy them, but I still enjoy the dad joke.

Hollow succor when it’s democracy on the line, and they’re more than 50% done with more than 50% of their time left. They’re ahead of schedule.

Exactly as predicted years ago. Project 2025 is still being followed, and they’ve accomplished over 50% of their stated goals in less than two years, with more to go.

This is class warfare. The wealthy thought they could get away with targeted harassment just because they’re used to getting their way, and they know there’s two tiers of justice.

I’m glad the journalists won, as they should have, but there is an ever-growing list of regular people who didn’t.

Someone pays for every camera that goes down. It just is not Flock.

The bolt cutters do not send Flock an invoice. They send one to the city.

That’s the point. People know their city has to pay for these things, and the patriotic act of cutting down these cameras means that each camera down makes the Flock contract just that much more expensive to maintain. Cities aren’t going to cut budget items just to keep the ever-increasing costs of maintaining a Flock contract. They’ll drop the contract.

I do agree that people should be publicly commenting and contacting their city council members as well. Demoralizing the politicians who vote for this is important as well.

The days of global US hegemony are truly over, but that’s what happens when you have idiots in charge. The US was long overdue to be taken down a few pegs, though, and while I don’t think having any kind of massive global superpower is good for humanity, I’m interested to see what China does with that position.

Strengthening its ties with Cuba is an interesting move, and it just goes to show how the Trump admin doesn’t understand how geopolitical chess works and that you can’t just bully your way into global power with the barrel of a gun.

And this, Tim, is why I spend most of my money at Steam.

This may shock you, but proudly parading that you want to fuck over consumers at every opportunity is not good incentive.

You say tomato, I say tomatermort.

Great, when did I say otherwise? Pareidolia is a thing humans do, because we like patterns. Finding patterns is something that has benefited our species, but it is sometimes so strong that we see faces in electrical outlets or the shape of a car’s front profile (for example).