Takumidesh @ Takumidesh @lemmy.world

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As far as I understand, not really, as neural networks are more of a metaphor than an analogue. They don't have a one to one correspondence to brain neuron behavior.

I think any unknown phrase and method to install an app will be scary to a person who is that unknowledgeable about it. At that point there isn't any phrase that you could use that wouldn't sound sketchy to them, it isn't the phrase that is the problem, it's the fact that it's unknown and the process is scary.

The people you are describing would still be skeptical even if you explained it to them (and they should be, since they likely don't have the knowledge or resources to properly vet an application from an unknown source)

Sideloading is a term that's been around for decades, it's not some made up word by tech giants to make people scared of installing apps.

The term originates from a designation for transferring data between physical devices and was slowly adopted (because language is fluid) to its current definition (by people on forums like xda).

This isn't some conspiracy and Google and apple don't need to use coded language to prevent you from side loading, apple for example just outwardly and bluntly forbids it.

The reality is that there is a difference now, and it needs to be clarified. How would you, talking to another regular human being communicate to install an app that isn't in the official app store succinctly? If you just tell someone to 'install the app' then you are doing a bad job communicating. Economy of language means that new words are going to form to distill common concepts.

Package managers have existed for a long time, so the concept of app stores isn't new and is actually generally the accepted solution by the open source community. It's typically regarded as the safest way to install software as it comes with auditing and active management.

Side loading does a great job at communicating what is being done, and it helps consolidate the various ways you actually install applications into a nice generic term.

A store being locked down doesn't really have much to do with the concept of side loading anyway, since a locked down device doesn't support it in the first place.

Is the lite version more performant?

It needs a definition because it is a thing that happens though.

You need to differentiate between installing from the app store and installing from other sources, you might not like the choice of word, but we need a word to define it.

People generally don't want to make games free because often 99% of what makes a game good is not the software aspect. People like games for interesting mechanics, story, art, and music. Those aren't things that generally haven't worked well being free and open

FOSS generally works because people use foss to create end products, and have an incentive to contribute because it benefits them financially (and the side effects is that it benefits others too).

Making a game FOSS rarely benefits the creators since it is the end product, even if it benefits the game or community.

There are cases where it works though, such as rhythm games, where the end product requires immense collaboration, but those often exist on the borderline of acceptability (due to copyrighted music use) and they end up with a need to be foss since licensing 10,000 songs is basically impossible.

(Shout out Quaver)

It's a combination.

Most captchas goals generally aren't 100% prevention, it's to put a workload in front, this makes spamming the site cost money, a bankrolled attempt could just as easily outsource the captchas to real humans.

DNS sinks can often cause elevated traffic numbers because the client is constantly failing and retrying.

I bet if you enabled it to test the numbers would drop dramatically.

So an HDMI connected device that is streaming Netflix is getting screenshot?

I mean, even if it wasn't a streaming service, but let's say, video game content, or a blu ray, that is still a violation, and of course, if I'm playing content I made, then it's violating my copyright.

While trading in general is zero sum, if you believe the product you're trading has intrinsic value, then no one needs to be holding a bag.

If I sell you a car and you get to use the car, you wouldn't be holding the bag, because you wanted the car. This applies to stocks, and stock derivatives, as well as commodities.

The problem arises when there isn't an intrinsic value (or the intrinsic value is very small), such as with NFTs or many cryptos in general.

There are cryptos that have some intrinsic value like monero, since they have fungibility and a use case, but most do not.

Emulate?

The steam deck didn't exist when the switch came out, it innovated and filled a niche that turned out to be a severely underserved segment of the gaming market.

Nintendo struck gold with the switch, and a 'switch 2' likely isn't going to cut it.

It's not like Nintendo is infallible, remember the console before the switch was the Wii u.

Old looks cheap to make, new looks cheap and safe to operate, shows, imo, a positive trend.

Not that I'm condoning this, but, take the keys to the other car away, and give them a headstart and I bet they'd figure it out precisely one commute's time away from their next shift at work.

I think part of the difficulty is people 'learning' to drive stick in a parking lot. That's good for 30 minutes, but you won't actually get a feel for it unless you properly drive around.

Honestly though, I think if someone is actually incapable of driving a manual transmission car, then they probably shouldn't have a license in the first place, it shows such a lack of fine motor control that it brings in to question their ability to manage other aspects of driving.

The people who can get holidays off are generally the people who have the means to vote otherwise.

Until the last few years, the only time I had holidays off were if I could get someone to switch with me, meaning at least someone was working that day.

Labor day didn't mean shit to me working at fast food, and retail has sales instead of closing.

Walmart ain't closed on labor day and neither is McDonald's.

That's the first and second largest employers in the world, not respecting the holiday literally made for their employees.

If your video can be replaced by a title, it probably wasn't with watching

My thermostat increments by 0.5c

It's about crossing into triple digits, a new order of magnitude, it feels heavy.

Tbh I wrote that comment moments after waking up with my eyes barely open.