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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's still a bad idea. If they have some really nasty malware installed it could rootkit your device, and vice versa - and you never really know. Just build a small portable computer (eg. Raspberry pi, NUC, etc) and use their KB/mouse/display.

Other peeps are saying just connect to a remote desktop you have hosted somewhere using your friend's PC - don't do that, you can't trust their software/hardware.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

After a brief search I can't find any mention of any punishment for Sisyphus if he stopped pushing the boulder up the hill. That said, this is all taking place in Tartarus so there probably isn't much else to do and endlessly push a boulder up hill might be the better option lol. I can relate.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you negging him cos you want him to be your man baby?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Plato's "the cave" thought experiment (circa 400 BC) is basically a suggestion of simulation. Modern science agrees - human perception of reality is limited and effectively a simulation. You don't need modern digital technology to imagine living in a simulation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I laughed at the word 'fastness', but then realised it's a lot safer than offering 'speed' on the internet lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Yeah that caught my eye too, seems odd. Most compression/encoding schemes benefit from a large dictionary but I don't think it would be constrained by the sometimes lesser total RAM on a GPU than the main system - in most cases that would make the dictionary larger than the video file. I'm curious.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I agree, the delivery services are definitely price gouging to a degree. It sucks that we're charged for delivery, service fees AND the item prices are inflated by around 20% too. Thing is, I think there's a bunch of reasons that TonyDelivers will eventually become as bad as the current market leaders. As his company grows, takes on employees, builds infrastructure, overheads increase, management grows - they'll fall into the same "traps"/profit seeking the other delivery companies have fallen into.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Exactly, most services can be tied into a central authentication system/SSO and can automatically be disabled upon disabling an SSO user.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Warburton is just awesome in general, such a nice town/area to spend a weekend.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Four Corners is easily the most valuable show on TV - vote for politicians who will ensure funding for the ABC!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Yeah I'd give FTA another decade, 2 max. Now I think about it this is kinda worrying tho, at least on FTA everyone sees the same broadcast. If everyone's streaming and each user's stream could be individually selected or even tampered with [deepfakes?] the problems we have at the moment with people living in different 'realities' could get a lot worse. I'm not saying that's gonna happen, but interesting things happen when powerful entities have access to technology like that.

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