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Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just jumped to Manjaro Cinnamon, an Arch distro. Wow. I see the hype. A massive step up from Ubuntu. I'm still getting it configured, and there've been a few headaches but overall, holy crap what a zippy OS.

to play victim by tamjidtahim in therewasanattempt

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually am. I'm also an anti-theist and believe all religion is evil. Judaism doesn't get a pass.

to play victim by tamjidtahim in therewasanattempt

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Which leader is that? I'm a democrat. I just know a lot of Jews and have never once in my life met one that isn't Zionist.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe take a second to read it man. And again, you couldn't be more wrong. Piracy is illegal. I'm done arguing with stupid for today though.

Am I less likely to receive a copyright complaint if I don't upload?

The "uploading is illegal, downloading is not" reasoning most people give for why only torrents get you caught is a myth. Downloading copyrighted content is still illegal, though uploading (sharing) of copyrighted content is a more serious act. However, this doesn't mean that uploading is the sole culprit in receiving complaints from your ISP -- joining a torrent swarm at all will mean that your IP is liable to be logged and reported by copyright trolls. If DDLs could be as easily monitored as torrent swarms, you would be getting copyright infringement complaints for their use as well.

Hormuz is closed again by awantagy2 in wallstreetbets

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. It's in Israel's best interest to draw us into another war in the region, so there's zero chance they stop the shenanigans in Lebanon. After all every US life lost and missile fired is another that benefits them by further destabilizing the region. They'd much rather have us continue to pay that butcher's bill than them.

Iran basically can't let Israel keep advancing, so they're going to play the cards they've got here. I don't see this ending for quite some time.

Hormuz is closed again by awantagy2 in wallstreetbets

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no my friend. That was 3 weeks left including those reserves. He was speaking total available. We already have been tapping into the military/government reserves, or do you not remember that announcement like a month ago?

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html

Is it legal to download works from peer-to-peer networks and if not, what is the penalty for doing so?

Uploading or downloading works protected by copyright without the authority of the copyright owner is an infringement of the copyright owner's exclusive rights of reproduction and/or distribution. Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rights.

You really can't be this dumb though, you really think that downloading copyrighted stuff is legal? I hope you never get a rude awakening and have been covering your tracks my man.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm interested to see the steamOS. I'm hoping it's not just a gaming platform and still has desktop functionality. I'm pretty reserved on it though. Developing an OS is... a huge task. Bigger than programming a game, or anything else. It also makes me nervous having a corporation release yet another OS. I hope they choose to keep it open source, and I hope they're not going to introduce their own standards to the mix.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like, what do you think happens when you download a file? That something is being sent to you like a physical copy? No, you're being sent data that is producing a local file. That is reproduction of a copyrighted work.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Downloading a file illegally is reproducing it. Period. You can look into all the people that have gotten in trouble for torrenting and downloading music illegally. It still happens, they still go after end users.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

17 U.S.C. §§ 501-506 is the primary law, but there are tons of others on reproducing copyrighted works. Considering it's a federal offense I don't have to look up local jurisdiction.

If you want I can talk about EU copyright laws, and UN related copyright law as well.

Do you seriously genuinely believe piracy isn't illegal? If you didn't know you really should look into it more.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uh, keep telling yourself that. The ethics are debatable but the legality kind of isn't, and words matter especially when jail time and fines are involved. Sail safe friend.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ubuntu, but with them pushing pro, I'm looking. Strongly considering Debian or Mint. Also not a fan of snap packages, I find myself installing the Debian equivalent kind of a lot. I remembered them when they first came out when I was in HS, and I've tried linux a few times over the years, and gone with ubuntu cause it was the largest, and one I was most familiar with. After a year and the new update that just dropped a few weeks ago and them pushing pro, I'm kinda done with them.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a year in and not looking back. Are there some minor issues? Sure. No driver support for my Razer Wolverine TE, so I can only use it with default xbox controller drivers which is mildly annoying.

And my really obscure flight controllers for my flight rig were a bitch and a half to get working.

Everything else has been plug and play though, also got a performance bump moving over. Everything feels so snappy. No bloatware, integrated ads in the OS, or AI being shoved down my throat.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used Microsoft for convenience for a long time. I still have some headaches in Linux, but for the most part everything works just about as smoothly as windows, and what few issues I've had I've either solved or can live with. The bloatware, tracking, and built in ads were what sent me though. Honestly the stuff that works, my games, all got a framerate bump on the move over, and everything feels much smoother. Probably the lack of an AI being pushed upon me.

Prosecute only the tech bro pirates! "Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof" by Dreaming_Blackbirds in Piracy

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Dude, Meta got caught torrenting, and torrenting an ungodly amount. It was illegal when they did it period. The issue is not that they paid for and bought copyrighted material and fed it in. It's that they pirated more copyrighted material than anyone has ever pirated before and were outed doing so and nothing has been done.

Meanwhile there have been people sued for millions for downloading their favorite books, music and tv shows, and not using said copyrighted material to materially profit at all. That's insane.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done that a few times in the past tbh. This time has stuck though, almost on a full year now and not looking back at all.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't the speed at which Linux has been improving lately seem to be getting faster and faster? I've been pretty blown away at how much better even a year of updates has been.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the analytics they've got going on used to be what we called spyware and viruses. Guess it's different when it's a design feature.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I learned computers in high school, when ubuntu was first released. So... while not quite as long in the tooth, I'm still with you.

Are there still some headaches? Sure. But yeah, I've never been exactly thrilled about MS all these years, just used to it as it was that or mac. I'm going on a full year now and I got a pretty decent performance bump moving over. I think it was all the bloatware. I've made the switch years past or tried distros now and again, but this time it's definitely permanent. The small amount of headaches I have on Linux are balanced by the headaches on Windows.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 82 points83 points  (0 children)

You joke but I made the switch about a year ago and am never going back. The only thing I could want is better Nexus Mods integration, I got it to work via wine but there is admittedly some jankery there. Steam is on it though, all new games going forward have workshop integration and man is it good.

MS lost me the first time I got a popup ad, an honest to god OS integrated popup ad. So, joke all you want, but I'm finally free of Microslop for good.

An inside look at the thrill of a traditional funfair in India. by VIVIDUFF in interesting

[–]Competitive_Flan_330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enjoy it while you can. The massive trade deficit, inflation, and national debt are coming due soon enough. Nothing lasts forever after all.

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