Were do 5k monitors fit in the current 4k+ future?
Readit Newsladzoppelin commented on Using an 8K TV as a Monitor daniel.lawrence.lu/blog/y... · Posted by u/ingve
ladzoppelin commented on The weak science behind psychedelics theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/Hooke
It's absurd to call psychedelic advocates "cultists and shills." What do you even define as "psychedelics advocates?" Are people who want further research into the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics cultists and shills? Obviously any substance will have side effects, and some will be very negative. But perhaps people with crippling mental health issues will be willing to take that risk when the science exists to allow them to give *informed* consent. Are those people cultists and shills?
I agree that not all advocates are "cultist" but I did not even know this existed as a real disease, https://www.perception.foundation/faq. Wow , not sure if the site is accurate but either way it seems both sides of the issue need to be very honest and smart about psychedelics because info about Marijuana is just starting to be better known and that info was never in the conversation before, just like psychedelics now.
Can you guys just all go to Firefox so it has a chance, the way Chrome changes things is not acceptable and Firefox, performance wise, is just as fast even if people say otherwise. Try it and test for yourself.
Guys I am not disagreeing with anyone here but the patents for weather technologies are very real and gag orders are also very real so could someone please explain or link to info on why these things exist instead of saying covid made people stupid, which I assume means you also think yourself and all government leaders are now dumber? That does not mean anyone is causing hurricanes but maybe if more information on technologies that has been for decades was explained it would not be so confusing and these things would not get so out of hand.
ladzoppelin commented on US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case ft.com/content/f6e84608-e... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
I completely agree. These discussions are so frustrating because the "ads are evil!" people never acknowledge that they're consuming ad-supported content. "If you don't like ads, stop watching YouTube, or pay for the ad-free version" just gets met with "well they show ads even on the paid version", totally sidestepping the point with BS.
Not disagreeing with you but I think people underestimate how many users would not watch Youtube if there were no Adblockers, I only say this because many in the content space and sometimes in the SAS/Webapp space are severely overestimating there products value and would not even with bother with Youtube specifically because of the unknown factor when they deliver adds. I think something like Tubi does it better and feels more like they actually respect the viewer while Youtube, like all Google, respect nothing which makes the breakup so so funny but I digress.
The comment you're responding to is in the context of whether a government issued ID should be required _because that would cut down voter fraud_. Additionally, the context is that's it's being pushed by Republicans - that it would prevent Democrat voter fraud.
1 - Texas: Crystal Mason. Her conviction overturned. So, this is a bad case to quote. And, ID was irrelevant here. She wasn't pretending to be someone else.
2- North Carolina: Leslie McCrae Dowless. He's Republican committing voter fraud. Also, Dowless was charged with multiple counts related to illegal ballot handling - seemingly not something Voter ID would have helped with.
3- Pennsylvania: 2020 - via https://www.ydr.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2022/08...
a) Bruce Bartman... serving five years on probation after he illegally voted for Trump
b) Melissa Ann Fisher of Bucks County recently was sentenced ... signed a mail ballot for her deceased mother: mail in issue AND public deaths should be remove you from the voting rolls. Not directly a voter ID issue.
c) Ralph Holloway Thurman of Chester County pleaded guilty... is a Republican
d) Robert Richard Lynn of Luzerne County pleaded guilty last year to completing an absentee ballot application and signing his deceased mother's name... Also absentee for deceased.
I'm not going to continue looking them up. Maryland is about voting in two states, so voter ID won't help that either. More about absentee ballots and more about absentee on behalf of deceased individuals. Voter ID on in-person voting is irrelevant to those cases.
It's republicans comitting fraud or cases where Voter ID won't directly help. That's part of that comment's point.
What country allows voting with out ID, can people traveling also vote? There is no logical reason to not require ID, this is not really a party issue.
How is Googles CEO still there, I understand that changing CEO's does not magically change anything but this is getting ridiculous. Google has dramatically changed since he has been in charge, this might be the 4th crazy mind blowing incident that could possibly lead to their downfall but I have a bad memory.
ladzoppelin commented on The Linux audio stack demystified blog.rtrace.io/posts/the-... · Posted by u/ruffyx64
"Professional audio will typicall utilize 24-bit. Everything higher than that is usually bogus. Bogus where only audiophiles will hear a difference."
Does he mean internal DAW bit rates like 64/32bit float are bogus, I am probably reading it wrong ?
ladzoppelin commented on Open source AI is the path forward about.fb.com/news/2024/07... · Posted by u/atgctg
Look, absolutely zero people in the world should trust any tech company when they say they care about or will keep commitments to the open-source ecosystem in any capacity. Nevertheless, it is occasionally strategic for them to do so, and there can be ancillary benefits for said ecosystem in those moments where this is the best play for them to harm their competitors
For now, Meta seems to release Llama models in ways that don't significantly lock people into their infrastructure. If that ever stops being the case, you should fork rather than trust their judgment. I say this knowing full well that most of the internet is on AWS or GCP, most brick and mortar businesses use Windows, and carrying a proprietary smartphone is essentially required to participate in many aspects of the modern economy. All of this is a mistake. You can't resist all lock-in. The players involved effectively run the world. You should still try where you can, and we should still be happy when tech companies either slip up or make the momentary strategic decision to make this easier
Is forking really possible with an LLM or one the size of future Lama versions, have they even released the weights and everything? Maybe I am just negative about it because I feel Meta is the worst company ever invented and feel this will hurt society in the long run just like Facebook.
ladzoppelin commented on Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac apple.com/newsroom/2024/0... · Posted by u/terramex
Yeah, you’re right. Apple’s approach to privacy is like one of those fairytale genies. On paper, and in many technical aspects, class-leading, but useless because anyone powerful and/or determined enough to hurt you will be able to use the backdoors that they willingly provide.
End to end encryption? Sure, but we’re sending your location and metadata in unencrypted packets.
Don’t want governments to surveil your images? Sure, they can’t see the images - but they’ll send us hashes of illegal images, and we’ll turn your images into hashes, check them against each other, and report you to them if we find enough.
Apple essentially sells unbreakable locked doors while being very careful to keep a few windows open. They are a key PRISM member and have obligations under U.S. law that they will fulfil. Encryption backdoors aren’t needed when the systems that they work within can be designed to provide backdoors.
I fully expect that Apple Intelligence will have similar system defects that won’t be covered properly, and will go forgotten until some dissident gets killed and we wonder why.
For a look at their PR finesse in tricking media, see this, over the CSAM fiasco that has been resolved, in Apple’s favour.
https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-n...
Yeah but Google and MS have the same problems.. What your talking about is the reality of using a computer connected to the internet since 2003.