Paying for using a model hosted on someone else’s computer is technically prostitution 😛
At least with self hosting if you really like that model you don’t risk that tomorrow the ai Bros change the backend with a different model (gpt5) or raise prices
scale, they got rid of the kvm emulator in the last release and i was devastated to see all my VM gone. The “migration” consists in you migrate the disk image to the new directory, then you make a new VM… IF you knew that BEFORE the update and took note of all the settings because the old VM menu is gone!
but also it’s clear than core is on life support
Exactly, for example I missed the note that updating truenas to the latest version disables and hides all the virtual machines (theoretically they can get migrated to the new engine but it gave me some weird error. Luckily truenas can be downgraded easily.)
Now, 3 months after the First release of the update, those virtual machines aren’t disabled and hidden anymore
Or ignore it and let Americans pay higher prices. 20% while the floor for any other country in the world is 15% is almost the same. Also, it’s not like you can purchase those chips from somewhere else.
Otherwise they risk doing like Fuji that spent millions to move production of some cameras back to Japan just to let TACO to change mind after a few weeks and get a similar tariff applied. End result: customers pay more
The “change” is almost nothing, allowing to airdrop a few pallets doesn’t stop the genocide
This doesn’t look like it’s world news
And the bribe is so cheap compared to what the company would had to pay
Examples:
Boeing, just needed to donate $1 mil and let the CEO travel with an idiot to help the Qatari royal family dump their white elephant that was actually a money pit
Nvidia, just needed to book a $1 mil dinner at mar a Lago to lift their export ban and start printing billions
All the crypto bros,
And so on
It’s basically a no-brainer move, a 1000x return on investment
The problem is exactly because Israel is fucking distributing It via the Gaza “humanitarian” foundation, which is the wolf in the sheep’s clothing
why not a blister like the rest of the world?
Old free images won’t be removed but since they won’t get any kind of update, are essentially useless
This is by definition “we are just assholes”
Someone play for 5 minutes with a mig switch a legit dump of their own, legally purchased game, just for convenience, to have multiple games on the same cart? The console is now almost useless. You can’t play any digital games that you purchased with real money, and physical games can’t get any update. Game requires a 20gb day one patch to be playable? Though luck buddy, go to buy a new console!
They stole your console? Oh no! Yes, we absolutely could do the same, as it’s bound to your Nintendo account and we could add a button “report as stolen and ban it from internet” in your profile. But we won’t, go to buy a new console!
Nintendo apologists are already denying the undeniable
“It’s not bricked, because you can still turn it on and browse the settings app, see the available WiFi networks in your area and other fun options like that. You just can’t play game key cards or all the games that require a day one patch, but except that, it’s definitely not bricked”
wow, really neat design for this price range
but even in the early 2000s nobody called their kid zombo.com
this bit about “reporting unknown quantities of data back to hp” let me remember a “cool” feature of the printer. HP takes back the cartridges for free, even sends back the recycling company at their expense, but then the fine print says:
The HP cartridges used with this product contain a memory chip that assists in the operation of the product.
In addition, this memory chip collects a limited set of information about the usage of the product, which might include the following: the date when the cartridge was first installed, the date when the cartridge was last used, the number of pages printed using the cartridge, the page coverage, the printing modes used, any printing errors that might have occurred, and the product model. This information helps HP design future products to meet our customers’ printing needs.
HP collects a sampling of the memory chips from cartridges returned to HP’s free return and recycling program (HP Planet Partners: www.hp.com/recycle) .
The memory chips from this sampling are read and studied in order to improve future HP products. HP partners who assist in recycling this cartridge might have access to this data, as well.
nice data exfiltration program!
luckily it’s a random number that the spambot inserted in the form
wow i wish in my country there was a company like this, with those prices
only thing the telemetry is used in this printer is nice graphs on the app, but the same can be done locally from the embedded web server at the printer ip address
If the house was purchased before 2023, theoretically they get market value +15%
But still it’s a waste as we all know from the beginning that the project will never ever be completed, it’s from the 80s that’s “will start soon”