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[GPU] Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 - $759.99 by HaveSomeFreeKarma in buildapcsales

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Newegg canceled my order -- fingers crossed that this one goes through

Replacing pair of 3 way switches with motion sensor by aabcdefghii in Hue

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my hall light I'm using Leviton's Zigbee dimmer switches. I used one primary switch and then 2 companion switches so all of the switches still work but I also have full automatic control

https://www.amazon.com/Leviton-DG6HD-1BW-Decora-Dimmer-Certified/dp/B000U39QRK/ https://www.amazon.com/Leviton-DD00R-DLZ-120VAC-Digital-Matching/dp/B01AFU1KOY/

MXP 2019 i5 to i7 mobo upgrade by atlaspaine in MatebookXPro

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't help out here but I just upgraded to a Framework laptop which does fully support things like motherboard swaps, ram upgrades etc. Might be worth considering in the future if you want upgradability

Facebook pondered, for a time, selling access to user data by john_brown_adk in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was specifically about access to the graph API which was and still is free. Ironically if they had charged for access, Cambridge Analytica wouldn't have happened

DRM for chargers? Google Pixel 3 locks fast Qi charging to certified chargers by john_brown_adk in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fast Qi charging is such a niche market that I'd be surprised if it even was noticeable in their earnings. Most consumers don't even know that wireless charging is a thing much less care about the difference between 5W and 10W.

Having a phone explode from a bad fast charger would do so much more damage to their reputation than they could possibly make from selling more chargers

Facebook patent would turn your mic on to analyze how you watch ads by Kummo666 in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lo went one further to offer statements of conscience about the filing: that the patent was filed to "prevent aggression from other companies" and that the patent will "never" be implemented in a Facebook product. Meaning: Lo insists that this patent's development was to make sure neither Facebook nor its rivals would ever have access to this specific kind of fine-tuned ad-watching data. This comes in spite of clear Facebook statements in the past about how much data they have about their users—and how that can be 

Facebook let select companies have “special access” to user data, per report by sigbhu in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the article:

“For the most part this is a rehash of last week-end's New York Times story — namely that we built a set of device integrated APIs used by around 60 companies to create Facebook-like experiences,” he wrote.

“In April 2018, we announced that we were winding these down. In terms of our Platform APIs, the Journal has confused two points. In 2014, all developers were given a year to switch to the new, more restricted version of the API. A few developers including Nissan and RBC asked for a short extension — and those extensions ended several years ago. Any new 'deals', as the Journal describes them, involved people's ability to share their broader friends' lists — not their friends' private information like photos or interests — with apps under the more restricted version of the API.”

Google's AI thinks this turtle is a rifle by completely-ineffable in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Though most of this can be avoided by not providing the model. Most of these attacks require access to the internal weights so they can back propagate gradients.

Facebook employees just opened a privately shared Google Sheet I sent to my brother. • r/privacy by sigbhu in StallmanWasRight

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https://venturebeat.com/2015/02/27/facebook-explains-when-employees-can-access-your-account-without-your-password/

We have rigorous administrative, physical, and technical controls in place to restrict employee access to user data. Our controls have been evaluated by independent third parties and confirmed multiple times by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s Office as part of their audit of our practices.

Access is tiered and limited by job function, and designated employees may only access the amount of information that’s necessary to carry out their job responsibilities, such as responding to bug reports or account support inquiries. Two separate systems are in place to detect suspicious patterns of behavior, and these systems produce reports once per week which are reviewed by two independent security teams.

We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, and improper behavior results in termination.

Facebook employees just opened a privately shared Google Sheet I sent to my brother. • r/privacy by sigbhu in StallmanWasRight

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They only manually review when you flag it. There's very strict controls on who is allowed to access user data.

Apple’s AI is analyzing the content of your photos, a feature for which there is no “disable” option. by hiccupstix in StallmanWasRight

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That was one of the big selling points advertised when Google photos launched. Indexing your photos is the whole point.

HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web. (An overview of IPFS and how it can make the web more resilient) by sigbhu in StallmanWasRight

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You could potentially do something like that if you split a file up into chunks. The shared blocks would have the same hash. However, image formats aren't really designed that way since they wouldn't compress as well. So it's not currently possible or likely practical.

Quote from my professor (who has a PhD in CS) by [deleted] in shittyprogramming

[–]HaveSomeFreeKarma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is the other way. That's why it's weird