I don't think it's unreasonable to be uneasy with how technology is shifting the meaning of what public is. It used to be walking the dog meant my neighbors could see me on the sidewalk while I was walking. Now there are ring cameras, etc. recording my every movement and we've seen that abused in lots of different ways.

After listening to Cory Doctorow's latest book, I did see a different perspective on this. His argument is that the technical analysis of a copyrighted work has been fair use - it's how we have search engines, for instance. The key is that you can't copyright that generated analysis.

He also argues that copyright right now is so ridiculously tilted towards the major media/tech companies that any perceived benefit to the artist from it gets absorbed by the companies because the marketplace has become so consolidated.

If your expectation is that the EFF will denounce anything AI-related you should certainly cancel your donations. I've found them to be great champions of the lost cause of trying to preserve our digital rights. That they haven't given up despite the insurmountable odds is inspiring to me.

Regardless of whether you like Colbert/Stewart, I don't know how you can't find this absolutely chilling. It makes me think of Steven Fry's character in V for Vendetta.

"at no additional cost" - my bill went up nearly 25% in January. Their generosity is underwhelming.

It went up like four bucks this month for me this past month. I feel like I am in a no-win situation. I want to support the authors of the videos and music I like, make the platform sustainable, and I hate ads and data harvesting. There doesn't seem to be reasonable way to satisfy all three objectives (or even two).

It's $229 and out of stock, but my first impulse was to buy one just to say thank you for not taking more money from customers just because you could.

It's an amazing future where a tech bro is literally using an episode of Black Mirror as inspiration for their product.

I wasn't patient with this one and have no regrets. The base game was good but the dlc adds a lot of interesting gameplay options. Buying the complete game is a steal now.

It doesn't even matter if Gamepass or Xbox is currently profitable or not. It's about whether it can be more profitable. They originally thought the path to that was through exclusivity - now they don't (just as Sony changed course in regards to putting stuff on PC). Anyone who thinks that corporate decision-making is ever based on anything else is being naive.

The practical concern here for me is at what point does MS find it most profitable to stop supporting my ability to use my accumulated physical and digital xbox software. Another reason walled gardens suck.

The headline leads with the producer but the story doesn't give any details about him. Produced a lot of big stuff including most of Adam Sandler's hits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simonds

Honestly I turned on the pregame and the Draymond lovefest turned me off from watching the game.

A baby rabbit shrieking is much much worse. My lab found a nest in the yard last summer. She ran around with them in her mouth but didn't tear them apart.

Fury Road being made was a miracle driven by Miller's unstoppable vision - it went through three studios. At one point it was two weeks away from shooting with Mel Gibson like ten years before it was actually shot. It really is an inspiring story of perserverence.

I know folks love crapping on journalism but that's a quote from the notice linked to in the story and the first paragraph explicitly describes them in real terms. Using that in quotes highlights how the government is obfuscating their purpose.

The butter in my pocket is melting!

I can't recommend a specific couch, but for what I call mid-range I think Costco is the place to go. They have lots of stuff online, but I wouldn't buy a couch I couldn't actually sit on first. In-store furniture is generally only available in between seasons though - the next time would be late summer. Oh, and there's no delivery from in-store - the last time I bought a couch I just rented a U-Haul for a few bucks.

I thought Andor was the best Star Wars content since Empire, but Disney's prices are too rich for my blood. Getting tougher and tougher to be a thrifty collector.

I agree. I have had major show-stopping bugs with main story quests in Act 3 and more crashes on the PS5 than I have experienced in any game by a huge margin. I love the game but it has been buggier than CP2077 for me as well.

I'm not the person you replied to, but what exactly did you intend individualist to mean in this context? When I look at individualism on Wikipedia, it seems to be a self-centered philosophy - 'Individualists promote realizing one's goals and desires, valuing independence and self-reliance, and advocating that the interests of the individual should gain precedence over the state or a social group, while opposing external interference upon one's own interests by society or institutions such as the government.'

I felt nostalgic and was playing Beatles Rock Band on my 360. The dlc I bought couldnt be accessed in-game or through my purchase history (which had a lot of content unavailable in it). Most other stuff was there it seemed.