I mention software freedom whenever I can.
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Given it’s unrepresentative voting system I think how much is enough to be a democracy. T hot take for people that see democracy. Two parties to choose from is just one more than a clear dictatorship. If neither actually represents you then yeah it’s not healthy .
Who the hell is the manufacture to decide if a remote feature no longer functions? (I’m guessing people don’t rent these devices from Amazon - it’s your property).
I don’t need your concent, it’s in your best interests - Amazon
Why 30 years, why not 10?
I watched a talk regarding a pacemaker/defibrillator incorrectly shocking a woman because she was an edge case (being younger and pregnant). She sought help from doctors who, as you may guess, knew nothing about the software. The manufactures ghosted her when asked for information, let alone source code. Some of them are wireless, vulnerable to attack. Being in control of any software running inside our bodies is an important issue to consider.
I hope no software is involved.
software update is available, heart will be restarting now
Not my games industry.
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I think that refers to lithium ion batteries. Some EVs use lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) which can still can catch fire but can be starved of oxygen. Sadly it is heavier but it is made without the immorally sourced cobalt.
We may be able to tell with great confidence what you’re thinking or feeling but not how it feels to you. There’s a subjective, 1st person experience. Something that it’s like to be you which is different from me. I can’t tell what it’s like to be someone else, or be another animal, or if it means anything to be a rock.
I see what you mean. By that definition of engineer then I would agree.
We could perhaps engineer androids that mimic us so well that to damage them would feel to us like hurting a human. I would feel compelled to take the risk of caring for an unfeeling simulation just in case they were actually able to suffer or flourish.
I thought that’s what was ment by privacy of consciousness and agree that’s how it is.
However, being unable to inspect if something has a consciousness doesn’t mean we can’t create a being which does. We would be unaware if we actually succeeded, or if it even happened unintentionally with some other goal in mind.
Why does privacy of consciousness mean one can’t engineer consciousness by mimicking states of the organ that probably has something to do with it?
What does phenomenal transparency mean?
In the good/bad old days a web page was just text and images but now a browser is a platform for running software. Each website can do useful computing for the user but the software author is in control and always tempted to make it run for them at the expense of the user.
Crazy idea, maybe we shouldn’t use web browsers.
Did it download the original file or are there download options transcoded on the server?
Although Plex is running on your server it isn’t there to do what you want… unless Plex’s real owner permits it.
That’s how proprietary software works.
Not got around to trying it out properly yet. Waiting on new AMD GPUs, hoping for a low-end encoder or I may get access to a RX 480.
What does Jellyfin use .NET for?
I can understand separating a new paid-only feature, especially if you don’t much need that part. The new features are reportedly accessible from the GUI of Notepad so I wouldn’t blame anyone else who thought “NOTEPAD” asked them to sign up and pay a subscription to use “NOTEPAD” features.
I used to rage when reading bad changes to Windows, even after I’d stopped using it. Now I just feel bad that my friends are still in that a bad relationship with their computer.
Ownership implies control - being able to maintain/repair, modify or even resell.
To be in control of software you need access to it’s source code, and have the right to share changes with others.