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  • Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95

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  • There is ReactOS, which is an ABI-compatible kernel and operating system. That is as close as we are going to get unless pigs start flying.

  • A Satanist just won a religious exemption for bathroom access in school

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  • Educators are overworked and underpaid. That filters out a lot of people who are passionate about teaching but can't afford to do it for a living. That unfortunately leaves room for people who are in it for other reasons... like power-tripping sociopaths who want to hold their authority over people that don't have a way to fight back.

  • dont do it

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  • Whoever thought of the meme probably doesn't work in tech. A brand-new AI datacenter is not going to be left unguarded. Doubly so if there's government data being stored or processed within it.

  • When i go to linux to escape AI.... and linux is about to become illegal

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  • Good point. I'm not keen on personally comitting fraud, but with the inevitable data breaches in mind, identity verification would do absolutely nothing to deter malicious actors.

  • If this is terrorism...

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  • An opportunity for real-estate development /s

  • When i go to linux to escape AI.... and linux is about to become illegal

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  • Not if they use cryptographic signing.

    Browser sends website the signed identity verification, then the website checks the signature against some key in a list of trusted identity verifiers. With the verification responsibility being pushed to the OS vendors, that will be a short list of tech megacorporations. And maybe Canonical or Red Hat, if we're lucky.

  • When i go to linux to escape AI.... and linux is about to become illegal

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  • They can't make it illegal, but with a little frog-boiling, they can make it functionally useless for visiting websites you might need to use. No identity verification = no access, and Linux = no identity verification.

  • Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government

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  • Almost perfect. You forgot to replace "community chest" with "shareholder portfolios"

  • Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government

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  • this is a case where the problem isn't the corporations: it is the government.

    It can be both.

    So... it actually makes perfect sense for the companies that dealt with this bullshit to get reimbursed by the christofacists.

    If the company ate the cost, sure.

    If the company raised the price on consumers to cover the tariffs, the consumers already made the company whole. If the company gets the reimbursement money on top of that, they're double dipping.

  • Mental breakdown for the win

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  • While renting.

  • polish, or win32?

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  • Thanks for correcting me. Considering a long is also 32 bits, a "Long Pointer" being 32 bits makes sense.

  • polish, or win32?

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  • Identifying the windows string types is fun. The letters are supposed to have a meaning. Without looking them up, my guess is:

    LP_ - Length PrependedC_STR - C string / null-terminatedWSTR - "Wide" string / utf-16TSTR - I have no idea

  • polish, or win32?

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  • The H in HGDIOBJ could mean "handle to" and if I'm remembering right, GDI is a Windows graphics drawing interface.

  • Trump denies involvement in Orbán’s failed re-election bid, despite his involvement

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  • He got off the couch? That's worrying; couches are inanimate.

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  • Popsicle = should take a seat over thereOne-eyed monster = a fan of Austin Powers

  • Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.

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  • It won't at first. If more essential websites start to unnecessarily adopt it, it will start to lock Linux users out of being able to access the services necessary to exist in modern society.

    Imagine if you need age/identity verification to:

    • Do banking
    • Make online purchases
    • File your taxes
    • Book a doctor's appointment
    • Apply for a job

  • From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary

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  • The working class isn't their target audience. They are selling AI to other companies with the promise that AI will be able to increase their profits by replacing expensive and needy meatbag workers.

    The AI companies' goal is to siphon wealth away from other businesses, and the other businesses' goal is to accumulate wealth by siphoning it away from workers. It will grind the economy to a halt once the lower class can't afford to spend money anymore while they hoard their wealth. With the way things are going right now, the next step after that will be living in a technofedualist dystopia ruled by the few ultra-wealthy who invested in private compounds and armed militias.

    We should be praying for the AI bubble to burst before AI can start succeeding in eliminating workers.

  • Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.

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  • Meta is funding a lot of the lobbyists pushing for age verification laws. Uncoincidentally, Meta both owns a stake in a company providing identity verification as a service, and serves to benefit from not having to moderate its own platforms.

  • Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.

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  • It's like Secure Boot, but without any of those pesky self-signing workarounds.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Leave it to a Bezos-owned company to confuse customers and mislead them for profit.

  • MeanwhileOnGrad @sh.itjust.works
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    For the crime of making a joke about Russia's technology in the 90s, lemmy.ml admin hands down a 1 week ban across 20 communities.

    lemmy.world /post/22703541
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
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    Of course, a metal artwork company needs a binding arbitration clause, and for you to waive your rights to class action lawsuits and jury trials.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Settlement for the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator also resulted in takedown of the Citra 3DS emulator created by the same developers.

    overkill.wtf /switch-emulator-yuzu/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, developers settling lawsuit from Nintendo with $2.4M payout, handing over its domains, and agreeing "Yuzu [is] primarily designed to circumvent [DRM]".

    www.theverge.com /2024/3/4/24090357/nintendo-yuzu-emulator-lawsuit-settlement
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
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    We can't have legitimate consumer reviews interfering with our profits, now can we?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL the history behind the "space melody".