I’m just not sure. It seems contradictory to me, since the manufacturer of a physical device is also “a person or entity that controls the operating system”. Unless they sell the hardware with no OS installed? This exemption doesn’t seem to mean anything.

With how they’ve defined “App Store”, basically any product that can download applications is affected by this, including devices that don’t even have the concept of a user account. I’m a little unclear still on what’s required of an entirely offline OS.

Is a mobile phone not a “physical device”? An operating system always has to run on physical hardware, so does this just invalidate the entire thing?

The last two-minute-papers video on the subject makes it look like a solved problem, until you notice the stats in the corner are measuring “minutes per frame”

Careful, that table is critical for getting airflow over that server in the corner. If you move the table it will overheat and cause a cascade of failures and bankrupt the entire company.

Bold of Gemini to imply any sort of liability for what it says. Google’s lawyers really don’t want that to be the case.

I had a whole wild mushroom farm going on my front lawn earlier this winter

but was quickly reinstated when it dawned on those in power that no one else could fly them back.

Lol, these people can’t seem to think 2 steps ahead. I almost wish the pilot just left them there.

The classic:

Somebody: “I like pancakes.”

The crowd: “Oh, so you must hate waffles then? You monster.”

How large a number are we talking? This might be impossible for a computer as well considering this being a hard problem is effectively the basis for most encryption.

Certainly if they falsified a federal crime, the penalty shouldn’t be any less than wire fraud, which is up to 20 years in prison.

10 Gigawatts is actually a conservative estimate considering one of the figures I found was “In 2023, bitcoin consumed about 121.13 TWh”, or about 14 Gigawatts 24/7

Most circuit diagrams do not draw current flowing in any direction at all. It’s just labeled + and -. I don’t see anything wrong with this.

I guess we’re calling geothermal energy “reverse solar” now. This is silly marketing.

What’s wrong with the MIT License? It’s one of the most permissive licenses out there. I don’t see how a copy-left clause like others are saying would change things. If someone wants to compile this in to their own proprietary file explorer or something, who cares? Everyone still has access to the original.

Yeah, I don’t want to discourage anyone from trying, but tech jobs are a long ways away from having unions be the norm.

I’d love to have one in my job, since the only kind of job security you get in software is becoming a specialist in some niche area where you’re the only one who knows how anything works, which isn’t exactly a low-stress position either.

It’s a rough world out there for people trying to unionize…
https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-halifax-shutdown-unionized-rainbow-six-mobile-2000657752

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This machine uses 75kWh per day to make 1 gallon of gasoline. Using the cheapest electricity in the country, that’s $9.29 per gallon (+ the machine itself is $20k).

3/4 of a second is quite noticeable. Most UI animations are only 100-200ms, and if you disable them, things feel faster but less “polished”. Try it out yourself on your phone UI if you’ve got an Android.

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