blind3rdeye

What's wrong with profiles in Firefox? I have 3 different Firefox profiles that I use, just for myself. (1 for general usage, 1 for banking, and one for a particular email account.) From my point of view, the profile system works fine. I don't know what else I'd even ask for to improve it.

And even still, I wouldn't expect most people would even want multiple Firefox accounts for a single computer login anyway; which is why the Firefox profile selector is disabled by default. (Tab-containers are a bit different, but related. I can certainly imagine a lot of people befit from those.)

There's a cool computer game that makes this point as part of the story line... I'd recommend it, but I can't recommend it in this context without it being a spoiler!

The 1% - but unfortunately this includes our leaders and lawmakers; so that puts power in the hands of those who value money above all else. And that power is used to extract more money and power from everyone else. Advertising always reinforces their message of course.

I also don't use wireless mouse or keyboard. For me, it's mostly about having confidence that it will work - and that if it doesn't work then there are fewer points of failure to think about.

For example, if my keyboard isn't responding... that could be because the computer has frozen and become unresponsive, or the keyboard is broken. That's about it. But with a wireless keyboard I have to consider that the keyboard itself might be working but the wifi is not. Perhaps the keyboard's radios are damaged or turned off; perhaps the battery is flat; perhaps the computer's radios are turned off, or the drivers have failed; or perhaps some device is interfering with the signal. ... I find that these thoughts just fill my head with crap that I don't want to think about or worry about. In particular, I'm sick of dealing with batteries. The cable doesn't bother me, so that's a better solution.

I remember one time I was using a wireless device, and it seemed to work fine except when I was sitting at a particular desk. I spent ages trying to work out what was going on before finally working out that my computer monitor was blocking the signal. Adjusting the position of the monitor, or the device, or the thing it was talking to fixed the problem. Changing the wavelength also fixed the problem. ... Wired just doesn't have any of those variables.

Not that I'm aware of. But secondly... it doesn't matter if this quote is from a pure soul or a broken one - the we can gain value from its message either way.

If you weren't looking to pick a fight, then your actions did not match your intentions. Because it's bloody obvious that what you are saying is inflammatory.

... seven different stories, my arse.

I do.

I've got a piece of black tape over the power line on my computer, because it is too bright. And I have masking tape over the caps/num/scroll-lock lights on my keyboard; because they are also too bright. (The light is much gentler through the masking tape.)

The point is that the AI 'enhanced' photos have nice clear details that are randomly produced, and thus should not be relied on. Are you suggesting that we can work around that problem by choosing a random seed manually? Do you think that solves the problem?

gpl does not prevent the owner from changing the licence later. (Unless it is also making use of someone else's gpl components.)

For example, Qt has a free version which is under the GPL; and a paid version which is not. So if you were making software with Qt, if you were using the free version, you'd be compelled to also release your product under GPL. But you could then later switch to a paid subscription and rerelease under some other licience if you wanted to.

Can you give an actual example of this or are you just making a broad accusation against anyone that uses something other than Proton?

The quote you are referring to is about people who have such specialised security needs that they choose to self-host. i.e. its about people who won't use Proton because it doesn't suit their needs. The only 'accusations' in the post are against Google & Microsoft, who are accused of buying the souls of their users and selling their data - which I think is a fair accusation. No other company or service is referred to, explicitly or implicitly.

I'm pretty sure that artists are pissed because techbros have taken the artists' creations without permission and used them to train computers to mimic the artists. This is bad for a host of reasons. One obvious reason is that the thieves can then use this to make money, using the artists' work but without paying them - ever. Another reason is that since the AI can make work using the 'style' of an artist but without the creative direction of the artist, it devalues the style that the artist has worked to create. The new AI created work looks similar, but is not of consistent quality. Another reason is people generally think of art as a creative outlet; where someone's thoughts and efforts go into creating something. But if the work is done effortlessly, and primarily through the lens of what the AI sees rather than what a person sees - then it just devalues art and artistic creation itself. Art creation is basically the very worst thing to automate; economically, morally, and philosophically.