Slashdot Mirror


User: EvilSS

EvilSS's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
2,317
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 2,317

  1. Re:Not wanting to freeze to death on Piracy Notices Can Mess With Your Thermostat, ISP Warns (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Another reason to get a VPN.

    This. If you are torrenting in the clear in the US (or any country with laws similar to ours) you're an idiot.

  2. Re: What about accents? on Google's Voice-Generating AI Is Now Indistinguishable From Humans (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I would add that the volume of training material is huge and varied. Though one imagines that Amazon have easier access to the material through their Audible subsidiary. Audiobooks with wispersync being especially useful.

    The problem is neural networks can be unpredictable in their response to training. Start feeding it different voices and it might just start averaging them out, or start doing the voice equivalent of code switching. That would be really weird to listen to.

    Also don't go getting the author's guilds and voice actors all riled up. They'll be suing preemptively.

  3. Re: It is easily replaceable on Apple Confirms iPhone With Older Batteries Will Take Hits On Performance (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Had the battery been user replaceable they wouldn't have had the issue at all, since the battery would have been in its own plastic case. Unless they managed to fuck the size of that up.

  4. Re:Keeper has no case on Security Firm Keeper Sues News Reporter Over Vulnerability Story (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the US does not have a "loser pays" system, Keeper cannot "lose big" on this one.

    No but Illinois has a decent Anti-SLAPP law and that's where Keeper filed.

  5. Re:Direct Extraction of money from local economies on Walmart Is Planning a Store Without Cashiers (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    Don't worry, they will all get jobs building and installing the automation systems. I know because /. told me about buggy whips.

  6. Re:How to use a private CA with BYOD? on Firefox Prepares To Mark All HTTP Sites 'Not Secure' After HTTPS Adoption Rises (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I edited it out because nobody answered my previous question about practical methods of distributing the root certificate of "roll your own CA" to guests' devices.

    Put the internal CA cert on your NAS with all your videos that your guests come over to watch while printing out their taxes. quick install and done.

  7. You can turn it back on with a registry key.

    So what does it take to turn it on?

    Or in other words, can a bad actor sneakily turn it back on for you?

    If a bad actor can edit the registry then they don't need to turn on DDE, they already have plenty of access to your device.

  8. Re:No, it's all going to hell again on America's 'Rent Crisis' May Be Ending (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Unless you are claiming that a significant (>33%) of the population is leaving, I don't see it having much effect across the rest of the US. I realize Californians can be a bit myopic when it comes to things going on outside of their state, but the rest of the country is pretty damn big. Unless all those leaving are concentrating in one area when they settle back down, it won't move the needle much. And even then, it would be a localized issue, restricted to the area they resettled in.

  9. Re:This has to due with the marvel stuff. on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea I read the same article and that's all speculation on the author's part.

  10. Re:This has to due with the marvel stuff. on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't actually mean they got the right backs, only that they can at some point make the films. It's plausible that Fox and Constantin had an exclusive production deal that Disney will now inherit. Similar to the deal that Disney cut with Sony for Spider-man.

  11. Are you outside the US? In the US there are hundreds of Disney films available. Mulan, Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Moana, Zootpia, Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Atlantis, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mulan II, GotG Vol 2... The list goes on and on.

    Also we should discuss what you consider "a couple" because in my part of the world 20 isn't even close.

  12. Re:Marvel and Star Wars on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Yea there are a few options on the table. Disney takes over the Fox role, producing the films for Constantin. Disney buys back the rights (Constantin's parent company might be up for that, they need the money). Disney uses the Fox exclusive production deal (if it's worded to allow it) with Constantin to run out the clock on a rights-reversion clause by refusing to produce new films.

  13. Re:Fox News Anchors on What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It means we will soon see Fox News anchors in a new business attire.

    This makes no sense, Fox News isn't part of the deal with Disney. They are staying with Fox. Why would they change their attire to this? It wouldn't make any sense.

  14. Re:Imagine.... a repeats channel on What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    So couple of things.
    1. CBS all access does have shows from other studios (WB for example) that air on CBS. Those Chuck Lorre comedies (BBT, Moms) are WB shows for example.
    2. You realize that Hulu is owned by Universal (Comcast), Fox, ABC (Disney), and WB right? So yes you can get shows from other networks, but those networks also own a stake in Hulu. You are still getting a service that only shows programs from it's owner's studios.

  15. Re:Marvel and Star Wars on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Constantin Film owns the FF4 film rights, they just have a deal with Fox to produce the films for them.

  16. Re:This has to due with the marvel stuff. on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Fox doesn't have Fantastic Four, they just have a deal with Constantin Film to produce films under their license. Constantin Film owns the license.

  17. Re:Your local FSN $5-6/mo + must be in basic level on Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    FSN isn't part of the deal

  18. As things stand, you can't get Disney films on Netflix.

    That's not true at all. They cut a deal that runs through 2019 for most new Disney titles to go to Netflix like 3 months after home media release. Plus a ton of back catalog. Just go there and login and search for Disney. TONS of Disney movies on Netflix.

  19. Re:Fake Video "Testimony" on AI-Assisted Fake Porn Is Here and We're All Screwed (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's one thing to create edited video that fools a casual observer, and another that stands up to forensic analysis.

    We'll just hire "our" forensic expert to say that "your' forensic expert is wrong. Fake News etc.

    Nah, just show a video of the forensic expert taking bribes!

  20. Re:We will see on Bitcoin Futures Surge In First Day Of Trading (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd go with amateur speculation investors trying to grab the hype dragon's tail after it's almost passed by. Besides being on OK method to transfer large sums outside the normal banking system, it doesn't have much practical use these days. Insane transaction fees and transaction times make it useless for everyday use. Even before this last week you were looking at $4-$6 per transaction. Last week it peaked at over $26 and even then transactions could take hours to confirm. That makes it useless for pretty much every retail use outside of maybe big-ticket items. Great if you want to buy a Lambo, not so good for buying groceries. It also doesn't help when the exchanges crash when they are needed most during the big price swings. What good is a huge gain if you can't sell to realize the profit.

  21. Re:It's a trap! on Bitcoin Futures Surge In First Day Of Trading (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Ha joke's on them! Any large scale sell-off breaks all the exchanges. Can't crash if you can't sell it!

  22. So where are the... on Fired Tech Workers Turn To Chatbots for Counseling (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So where are all the fired counselors turning to for counseling?

  23. LOL on Blockchains Are Poised To End the Password Era (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    users can gain permanent control over who can access their data

    So yea that's definitely not going to happen.

  24. Re:Nuked because of Taylor Swift piracy? on Google and Apple Order Telegram To Nuke Channel Over Taylor Swift Piracy (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Give a man a shovel and he'll dig himself a hole.

  25. Re:Nuked because of Taylor Swift piracy? on Google and Apple Order Telegram To Nuke Channel Over Taylor Swift Piracy (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    wooosh