Original story: Microsoft’s AI Guru Wants Independence From OpenAI. That’s Easier Said Than Done, https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-ai-guru-w...
Readit Newsdoublebind commented on Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI techstartups.com/2025/03/... · Posted by u/doublebind
doublebind commented on All Kindles can now be jailbroken kindlemodding.org/jailbre... · Posted by u/lumerina
KOReader on Kindle Scribe 2022: https://imgur.com/a/oYshWxI
KOReader is so good for reading PDFs, compared to the native reader, I’m very impressed. Supports proper landscape mode (where swiping to next page moves to the second half of the current page, THEN next swipe gets you to the first half of the next page), supports auto-rotation, support auto-cropping of PDFs with controllable margin (killer feature), supports contrast adjustments, … It does not support handwritten annotations, but for just reading PDFs - it’s perfect.
Can you still use the full functionality of the Scribe's pencil? (highlight text, drawing or writing notebooks, etc.) Thanks.
doublebind commented on Pornhub Is Now Blocked in Almost All of the U.S. South 404media.co/pornhub-is-no... · Posted by u/pavel_lishin
> would not respect the privacy of the people
How does age verification break privacy? I have to show ID to get into an adult "bookstore," to enter a bar, or purchase alcohol. I have to show ID to check into my hotel, get through airport security, drive my car, buy Pseudo. Are you saying there is absolutely no way to perform this action online in a way that respects privacy just the same as all of those operations? No way at all to do a verification that's immediately tossed in a privacy preserving way?
If so, then it sounds like maybe things that require age verification shouldn't be allowed to operate on the internet.
One thing is to have someone visually checking on your ID you're an adult, another thing is to record your full name and IP address, along with the site you access, who knows on what insecure database and probably forever. When you leave a brick-and-mortar adult store, no one asks you what your name is, records it down next to your purchase, and sends it to state authorities.
These are two very different things.
This law is not only about Pornhub or porn, but about anything each state government consider "harmful". Porn is the excuse for blocking you from accessing, in a not-so-distant future, any topic your local government frames as harmful.
doublebind commented on Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 lapcatsoftware.com/articl... · Posted by u/latexr
If you accept Android as an option, then GrapheneOS probably check a lot of your boxes on an OS level. GrapheneOS developers sit between you and Google and make sure that shit like this isn't introduced without the user's knowledge. They actively strip out crap that goes against users interests and add features that empower us.
I find that the popular apps for basic operation from F-Droid do a very good job of not screwing with the user either. I'm talking about DAVx⁵, Etar, Fossify Gallery, K-9/Thunderbird, AntennaPod etc. No nonsense software that does what I want and nothing more.
I've been running deGoogled Android devices for over a decade now for private use and I've been given Apple devices from work during all those years. I still find find the iOS devices to be a terrible computing experience. There's a feeling of being reduced to a mere consumer.
GrapheneOS is the best mobile OS I've ever tried. If you get a Pixel device, it's dead simple to install via your desktop web browser[1] and has been zero maintenance. Really!
That's great... for the HN reader.
However, how is that supposed to work for your significant other, or your mother, or your indifferent-to-technology friend?
Don't get me wrong, I also strive to keep my device's information private but, at the same time, I realize this has no practical use for most users.
I have an m3 ultra. I don’t think I need to upgrade. I also find it amusing they’re comparing the m4 to the m1 and i7 processors.
Apple knows an M4 is a hard sell for M2/3 owners. Except if you have specific workflows that can take advantage of the newer silicon, you'll spend a lot of money on something you probably don't need. I have an M1 32GB with multiple software packages running, and I see no reason to replace this machine.
This is why Apple is comparing against M1: M1 owners are the potential buyers for this computer. (And yes, the marketing folks know the performance comparison graphs look nicer as well :)
doublebind commented on Unlock Articles with Paywallskip paywallskip.com/... · Posted by u/francocanzani
It's not directly not paying, it's not paying at all.
I don't see how this is different from disputing the banking sector by conducting a heist.
> I don't see how this is different from disputing the banking sector by conducting a heist.
Let's leave aside this logical fallacy; we're all adults here.
Buying music on iTunes became popular because it was easier than pirating the music. You could buy individual songs for less than 99 cents (you still can do that [1])
News outlets have the option of selling content by the piece (as you suggest) instead of forcing you to go into a monthly or annual subscription you don't need because you just want to read 1 or 2 articles per month from a particular newspaper.
However, they don't want to do so. And because of that, pirating the content becomes again more convenient; like in the pre-iTunes years.
Your idea of using an intermediary service to get that content isn't the solution. I'm not interested in a third party profiling me based on the content I read online.
Edited to add reference: [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/109338
doublebind commented on The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat Room (2023) wired.com/story/the-kreml... · Posted by u/doublebind
Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?
No? Oh okay.
If I'm not in front of a tribunal, formerly accused of committing/attempting to commit a crime, who are you to check my private chats?
This is not a problem with some messages' content. It's a privacy problem.
Would people here be happy if the USA (or any other country, for that matter) had the authority to record all your private conversations with friends at the bar and use them against you?