expired SSL cert

I think it’s interesting that the phrase “ARM-free” roadmap is being used. I had no idea there had been so much market penetration of RISC-V already

I’m really grateful for the introduction to deceptive patterns here.
I was not aware of it, and I think it’s important to have language that can describe specifically how tech companies are trying to coerce people.

There’s a 1920 x 1200 non-touch display option, which will surely get you better battery life than OLED. But what’s most interesting about it is the 1-120 Hz variable refresh rate, which Dell says is a first to for this model. That extremely low refresh should help save power when static images or text is on the screen.

Ah yeah, I should have read the rest of the article. I didn’t know about that feature though, that’s cool

1 Hz display option: like an e-Ink display?

(it says 120Hz in the article)

I’m working towards something like that. I’m hoping to ultimately drop the smartphone altogether, and I’ve set my current phone’s end of life (2027ish?) as the goal.
I think the other thing that’s necessary to keep the same sense of connectedness is a device to receive notifications, and I have an open source smartwatch I want to program for that. I’ve been working on a notification server too (kind of like Gotify), but at the moment it’s a work in progress

By layers I mean image layers when manipulating an image in an image editor. So I guess what you’re saying is an image would be flattened before being passed to a compression algorithm?

I wonder if hypothetically, AI could do the same with a box over text, even if it was 100% opaque. For example, if the data from the layer containing text was part of the image data passed to an image compression algorithm, and that data was somehow reflected in the output

Misread as Pelletburo, now sad there’s no pet feeder called that

I think they had a RISC-V CPU as an experimental option for a while, but I couldn’t see it on their site recently.
Not sure what happened with that

EDIT: my mistake, it was an emulated RISC-V CPU, running on an FPGA (source)

I might never get around to flipping whatever kill switch they claim to be working on, so I’m turning off as much as I can now

For the record a quick web search for how to disable AI in firefox gave me this list of items to set to false in about:config :

browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.sidebar
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
extensions.ml.enabled

The brain cells presumably have a life span… if this technology ever gets used in consumer devices, I’d like to know how people will try and squeeze extra life out of a failing component.
Take it out and warm it in their hands like an alkaline battery?
Give it a shake?
Sing to it?
Some kind of stimulant drug?

unsupported hardware, firmware bugs

I imagined something like this (youtube video L7iROzIKm1M ) but idk if it’s still a thing

It’s moot for me anyway because there’s no chance of appliance makers opening up their hardware

EDIT: can’t post a link to YT for some reason

As someone who’s into home automation:

1. Some of the features are cool, like seeing what’s in your fridge remotely. That’d be nice to have while I’m out shopping
2. I currently have an old NUC hooked up to a little interface and some speakers in my kitchen. It’s a bit janky, and it would be nice to run that through some hardware that’s actually intended for kitchen use

Admittedly I’m not sure I could justify the price for “would be nice” features like that

I’d love a fridge with network connectivity and ‘smart’ features, but I’d need control over the firmware it runs

Students who think they are chatting privately among friends often do not realize they are under constant surveillance

This is the problem

As long as they don’t find a problem with maltitol. I just discovered “low-sugar” ice creams made using the stuff and they’re amazing

It’s not zero sugar like erythritol, and it’s not as sweet, but I like it

No-one suspected Bruce Wayne’s “free WiFi for Gotham City” initiative