fox_the_apprentice

A lot of the comments in here seem a little bit too sympathetic

It is a mental illness. If fake images result in less real-world abuse then that’s a good thing.

Suddenly corporations have to pay them a wage and medical care. Brilliant.

Don’t most Kindle books permit you to download a free sample?

“How is a security hole in the thing people use to do their banking a problem for the user?”

If you think it’s just a matter of writing a completely fresh browser every few years to remove legacy code, then I invite you to do so and prove us all wrong. I’ll be looking forward to it, along with all of the new security holes you open by using new, untested code all the time.

In the meantime, feel free to use an ESR version of whatever browser you prefer a slower update cycle while still being supported for any major security findings.

I’m sure there’s a joke here about eating other people’s eggplants, but I’m too innocent to find it.

Cryptocurrency is the most efficient money we have

You are either misinformed or brainwashed.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitcoin-carbon-footprint-electricity.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/09/08/fact-sheet-climate-and-energy-implications-of-crypto-assets-in-the-united-states/

GN has made a section on this at the start of their HW News video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3byz3txpso

I don’t see that already posted here. Of particular note is that Linus lied regarding the Billet Labs repayment agreement. Otherwise, I’ll let Steve speak for himself.

It’s his job to say who should buy it.

No.

It’s his job to provide accurate data, and possibly a recommendation for those wanting to know his opinion.

It’s the consumer’s job to look at the data in the review and determine whether or not to buy it.

You don’t see GN failing to properly review a 4070 Ti because “nobody should buy this”. They do the review properly and then say “nobody should buy this” after having given accurate data.

You don’t get to skip doing your literal job just because you don’t think the product is worth buying.

Some slight additions:

Google gives their word that Chrome itself will keep it disabled for a random 5% of users at launch.

I’ve emphasized what I view to be the problems.

1. This requires you to trust that Google will actually do this at launch; and to be fair I expect they probably will. That said, it’s not a legally binding statement. Promises are cheap.

2. This requires you to trust that the ‘random 5% of users’ figure will remain a thing forever, and not be silently rolled back in a Chrome update two years from release once most of the complaints die down.