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mass_and_energy commented on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation   theverge.com/news/757461/... · Posted by u/Handy-Man
rustystump · 7 months ago
Idk i can think of a long list of awful stuff coming out of ms that is modern. They put fing ads in an os among other atrocities.

I put them behind meta on the evilness meter but i think google is less evil which speaks volumes.

The only side of ms that i have any love for is xbox but that is also waning with all the studio acquisitions.

mass_and_energy · 7 months ago
Amen. Also, forcing us to tie our local OS into their cloud nonsense is a travesty. Hearing that they will soon disallow updates to those of us that don't capitulate to their cloud-account ransom has kick-started my efforts in formally moving away from Windows. I'd rather lose most games than get a cloud account.
mass_and_energy commented on Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside svg files   arstechnica.com/security/... · Posted by u/The-Old-Hacker
mass_and_energy · 7 months ago
"[...] porn sites have been seeding boobytrapped .svg files [...]"

I see what you did there ;)

mass_and_energy commented on UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US   arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/azalemeth
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
"Last month, Meta-owned WhatsApp said it would join Apple’s legal challenge, in a rare collaboration between the Silicon Valley rivals".

Apple makes home computers, mobile devices, AV equipment and productivity/multimedia software.

Meta makes social media platforms, and vr headsets. What exactly makes them "rivals"? WhatsApp vs iMessage? They're two big companies in the same sector, sure, but do they really compete against each other in a major way?

mass_and_energy commented on BlackRock hit by $52B withdrawal from single client   thetimes.com/business-mon... · Posted by u/alexcos
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
This might be a bit of an oversimplification, but, if a bank robbery was committed and it came to light that an individual or party was the financier, they too would be investigated and likely charged.

In this case, Black Rock funds war crimes in China and Israel. Shouldn't they too be held accountable, as the financier??

mass_and_energy commented on Show HN: Encode Base64   encodebase64.io/... · Posted by u/artiomyak
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
What's so different between this and the other sites that already do this?
mass_and_energy commented on Developer angry that App Store is removing game that hasn't been updated in 7 yr   appleinsider.com/articles... · Posted by u/ksec
nottorp · 8 months ago
I don't think there is anyone at Apple who understands gaming.

I'm also sure they're proud of how many free to play grindfests they have in the app store, since those get weekly updates.

mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
Shoulda never sold Virtual Game Station, they'd hold the gaming market in their palm today
mass_and_energy commented on "Not second screen enough" – Netflix dumbing down TV for phone usage   theguardian.com/tv-and-ra... · Posted by u/satvikpendem
dartharva · 8 months ago
Note that you're describing all generations from Gen-X onwards. Old folks are just as much infected with this brainrot nowadays.
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
Gen Z as well, I'm not excluding anybody in this
mass_and_energy commented on The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data with ICE   propublica.org/article/tr... · Posted by u/srameshc
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
If you're an American, you're living in the "before times". You need to take action to preserve your freedom, or you'll find yourself in an Orwellian hell hole wondering why you didn't do something when it was much easier to take political action.
mass_and_energy commented on "Not second screen enough" – Netflix dumbing down TV for phone usage   theguardian.com/tv-and-ra... · Posted by u/satvikpendem
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
This is a pathetic example of what happens when entire generations are attention-starved from never not having a screen in front of them...
mass_and_energy commented on SVGs that feel like GIFs   koaning.io/posts/svg-gifs... · Posted by u/cantdutchthis
mass_and_energy · 8 months ago
Fun fact: since an SVG is technically code and not a binary image file, LLMs are capable of writing them! I tested this with Claude Sonnet 4 and within 7 minutes I was able to describe what I wanted the animated logo to do, and it delivered the SVG faithfully. Even embedded it into the README.md

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