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yesman , to Technology in Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web

Do people still pirate Windows? You can download the iso directly from Microsoft's website and you don't need a registration key anymore.

yesman , to memes in goddamnit

If you want to save a *.webp file, just change the extension to *.png. There is no need for a converter.

yesman , to Technology in Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising

Are you going to have to deal with a full-screen ad when you’re trying to open File Explorer eventually?

I was literally reading this sentence when the whole page grayed out and a window asking me to subscribe popped up.

yesman , to memes in Who, me?

There is a difference between possible and likely. I'm not going to provide a source on that.

yesman , to No Stupid Questions in What's the most likely end of mankind and our world as we know it?

What if the great filter is just when civilizations learn to live sustainably at home? Perhaps the assumption of infinite population growth, resource consumption, and expansion is flawed.

That's my optimistic thought for the day.

yesman , to Technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

Is there any evidence of American rat-fuckery in the Bolivian coup attempt?

yesman , to memes in Who, me?

Headshots don't work like they do in video games/ movies. A person has a 42% chance of surviving a penetrative wound to the head.

And there are also plenty of cases where a fatal head-wound didn't prevent someone from completing complex tasks before expiring.

Most of these myths trace back to Gary Webb, a journalist who committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the head. Credulous people think the CIA killed him to prevent him from making their cocaine dealing public. Even though his article exposing the CIA was widely debunked and 20years old.

yesman , to Technology in NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics

There is a concept in post-modern philosophy called "hauntology". This theory posits that late-capitalist societies loose their ability to imagine different social orders; and cannot imagine the future except as high-tech versions of the current social order. To fill the void of novelty, the culture industry must constantly recycle and repackage old culture.

Anyway, this isn't a new phenomena, just a technology enabling us to resurrect live people instead of just fictional characters.

yesman , to World News in New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist

If Israel’s right to exist is a controversial topic, I‘m out.

Fuck me, they're arguing States rights. Is there a playbook for this atrocity denial or what?

yesman , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

The funniest thing about the Cybertruck is the windshield wiper. Not only does it ruin the science fiction ascetic by breaking up the flat surfaces, it breaks up the primary surface with a dumb squeegee arm. It's also a little reminder that not only were the first wipers invented in 1903, but that they were fitted to electric vehicles.

I think they used one huge wiper in an attempt to make it look innovative by just by virtue of being unusual.

yesman , to World News in Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service

The ultra-orthodox have wanted this for a long time and it's one of the reasons Israel's government was trying to curtail the power of the judiciary. You may remember there were protests in Israel over last summer over this.

This isn't about Pacifism, but more about autonomy and seclusion. I don't think they mind exposing their youth to bombs and bullets as much as exposure to cosmopolitan ideals they get from mixing with Israel's more secular youth. It's similar to the impetus for religious parents to do home-schooling in the US.

yesman , to Videos in Neil deGrasse Tyson reads his peer review of Terrence Howard's mathematics theories

several independent investigations were not able to substantiate the claims.

Tyson was investigated by National Geographic and Fox to protect the shows they were producing starring him. I suppose the Natural History Museum looked into it enough to decide not to fire their star celebrity academic.

So the investigations had massive conflicts of interest actually. And none of them had an interest in his actual guilt. An none of them were victim advocates.

The accusations against Tyson are credible and they've never been properly investigated.

yesman , to Technology in Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company

REMEMBER: If you have to have sex with you boss for advancement, that doesn't make you a slut, that makes them a sex-offender.

"career advancement" is euphemism designed to switch the power dynamic.

yesman , to memes in Happy Juneteenth everyone!

I cannot speak to macaroni pie directly, but you'd be surprised by how many things considered Southern are straight out of Africa for reasons that should be obvious.

yesman , to No Stupid Questions in How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals

Liberals are conservatives, they hate leftists.

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