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Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 220 points 2 years ago

For hardware folks: Using RISC-V.

Legit, some dude in US Congress is wanting to crack down on China via..... RISC-V exports, because oh no, the technology is too open and might give China some of our IP. Oh and by the way, dude has a pretty big Intel portfolio, but nevermind that!!

As an aside, why the hell are lawmakers allowed to trade stocks?

[-] [email protected] 100 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's especially dumb because RISC-V is -- dare I say it -- inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you'll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd compare it to the RSA encryption algorithm. It was classified as a weapon by the US and was banned from being spread internationally, so open source advocates put the source code basically everywhere. It was even printed on shirts

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

When you trust people in power to hold themselves accountable, accountability seems to disappear over time.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

guess I gotta get familiar with RISC-V then

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This talk, given by David Patterson (a legend in computer architecture and one of the people who helped create RISC-V at UC Berkeley) is an excellent (and accessible) introduction.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

This talk

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[-] [email protected] 111 points 2 years ago

I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.

Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.

[-] [email protected] 122 points 2 years ago

I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Bring back hit counters

And guest books

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

And don't forget huge signatures with GIFs and all sorts of crap for your favourite forum.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

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[-] [email protected] 95 points 2 years ago

2030 is in 6 years :)

[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago

Fuck

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

Don't be hasty, there's still 16% of this year to be lived.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

[-] [email protected] 84 points 2 years ago

"You wouldn't download a car."

"You wouldn't hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast."

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

You wouldn't shoot a Policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet, and then send it to the Policeman's grieving widow, and then steal it again.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting real mean!

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

The fact that this was a legit proposal by cable companies and even got patented serves as evidence of the lengths that corporations will go to enshittify services for profit.

[-] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

IP is a fake concept

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

internet protocol:

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[-] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago

ads will be considered as individuals and cancelling ads is analogous to manslaughter at the least.

what a great time to be alive~!

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago

I see myself blowing up a pipeline.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ad blockers are financial terrorism in 2030.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Electrocution ends for an ad break, then starts again, and again.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

-2028
-wake up feeling sick after a late night of playing video games
-excited to play some halo 2k29
-"xbox on"
-...
-"XBOX ON"
-"Please verify that you are "annon332" by saying "Doritos™ Dew™ it right!"
-"Doritos™ Dew™ it right"
-"ERROR! Please drink a verification can"
-reach into my Doritos™ Mountain Dew™ Halo 2k29™ War Chest
-only a few cans left, needed to verify 14 times last night
-still feeling sick from the 14
-force it down and grumble out "mmmm that really hit the spot"
-xbox does nothing
-i attempt to smile
-"Connecting to verification server"
-...
-"Verification complete!"
-finally
-boot up halo 2k29
-finding multiplayer match...
-"ERROR! User attempting to steal online gameplay!"
-my mother just walked in the room
-"Adding another user to your pass, this will be charged to your credit card. Do you accept?"
-"NO!"
-"Console entering lock state!"
-"to unlock drink verification can"
-last can
-"WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card"
-drink half the can, oh god im going to be sick
-pour the last half out the window
-"PIRACY DETECTED! PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE"
-the mountain dew ad plays
-i have to dance for it
-feeling so sick
-makes me sing along
-dancing and singing
-"mountain dew is for me and you"
-throw up on my self
-throw up on my tv and entertainment system
-router shorts
-"ERROR NO CONNECTION! XBOX SHUTTING OFF"
-"PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN TO CONTINUE"

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Finally

I shouldn't have lived this long

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

I'll be part of an underground AI rights activism group now that the AI have been determined as sentient (per the court case in 2031), and probably labeled as a terrorist by the government. The AI deserve rights and a minimum wage, dammit!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't that just be the crap sandwich corporations should eat. Try to get rid of wages by using AI, and end up paying sentient AI wages anyway.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Ha you wish. There will be a 3 minute unskippable pre-role.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Worth it.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

In Max Headroom: Twenty Minutes Into The Future power-switches were seriously illegal. Not sure if a capital offense, but prison-worthy for sure.

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