Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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For hardware folks: Using RISC-V.
Legit, some dude in US Congress is wanting to crack down on China via..... RISC-V exports, because oh no, the technology is too open and might give China some of our IP. Oh and by the way, dude has a pretty big Intel portfolio, but nevermind that!!
As an aside, why the hell are lawmakers allowed to trade stocks?
It's especially dumb because RISC-V is -- dare I say it -- inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you'll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.
I'd compare it to the RSA encryption algorithm. It was classified as a weapon by the US and was banned from being spread internationally, so open source advocates put the source code basically everywhere. It was even printed on shirts
guess I gotta get familiar with RISC-V then
This talk, given by David Patterson (a legend in computer architecture and one of the people who helped create RISC-V at UC Berkeley) is an excellent (and accessible) introduction.
To answer your question, because we the people allowed it and we continue to allow it by not demanding it be ended or at the very least supporting candidates campaigning on doing something about it.
I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.
Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.
I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.
My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.
Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?
Bring back hit counters
And guest books
And don't forget huge signatures with GIFs and all sorts of crap for your favourite forum.
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!
That's also a good description for mechanical keyboards
I got a mechnical keyboard after listening to you internet nerds and have been sorely disappointed
2030 is in 6 years :)
Fuck
Don't be hasty, there's still 16% of this year to be lived.
"You wouldn't download a car."
"You wouldn't hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast."
You wouldn't shoot a Policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet, and then send it to the Policeman's grieving widow, and then steal it again.
Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting real mean!
The fact that this was a legit proposal by cable companies and even got patented serves as evidence of the lengths that corporations will go to enshittify services for profit.
I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ads will be considered as individuals and cancelling ads is analogous to manslaughter at the least.
what a great time to be alive~!
Electrocution ends for an ad break, then starts again, and again.
Ha you wish. There will be a 3 minute unskippable pre-role.
Finally
I shouldn't have lived this long
I'll be part of an underground AI rights activism group now that the AI have been determined as sentient (per the court case in 2031), and probably labeled as a terrorist by the government. The AI deserve rights and a minimum wage, dammit!
Wouldn't that just be the crap sandwich corporations should eat. Try to get rid of wages by using AI, and end up paying sentient AI wages anyway.
Worth it.
In Max Headroom: Twenty Minutes Into The Future power-switches were seriously illegal. Not sure if a capital offense, but prison-worthy for sure.
