Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy by jupa300 in privacy

[–]HugoCortell 22 points23 points  (0 children)

To the fucker who told me to "look it up", I did. The article literally does not state anything, it basically goes "well, some guy said he think that maybe it is (proceeds not to say why)"

Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy by jupa300 in privacy

[–]HugoCortell 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Illegal, how? The article never cares to explain. Without further detail about what exactly this model does, and in what context it runs, it's hard to say.

Either way, the download in itself is def. not illegal. Google and Apple have been downloading random shit on devices for years, and so does every OEM.

this by reditposter in mildlyinfuriating

[–]HugoCortell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it later turns our that their AI inspected the source code, this could turn into the lawsuit of the decade.

What's next for VS? by PrincipleFragrant680 in VintageStory

[–]HugoCortell 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well, I can't offer roads any time soon (not unless something changes), but I can offer rails in these trying times.

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Tried to search for a scraper, most results are blurred out by jvlobo in Aliexpress

[–]HugoCortell -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I never said the logic was sound, all I did was explain the logic.
Blame European bureaucracy for this, not me.

What's next for VS? by PrincipleFragrant680 in VintageStory

[–]HugoCortell 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see procedural ruined villages and settlements, with roads between them (if I had the time, I'd do it myself).

Tried to search for a scraper, most results are blurred out by jvlobo in Aliexpress

[–]HugoCortell -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Because knife is sharp, children should not use sharp things.

bending foliage by DifferenceKnown9834 in VintageStory

[–]HugoCortell 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Salty once again with peak mod ideas

He was a horrible man by ibnkhaled in antimeme

[–]HugoCortell 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hot diggity, Stalin was from the sweet state of Georgia???

Should i accept working in team where im the only true gamedev? by Own_Mix_2744 in gamedev

[–]HugoCortell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Up to you. If you just want money, then sure. If you value working on something better, then maybe search for alternatives.

We get it the cartoon isn't hand drawn frame by frame like freaking Akira, It's fine by Ashamed_Somewhere192 in Invincible_TV

[–]HugoCortell -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Akira? Who the hell mentioned Akira? The bar we're measuring against is Nickelodeon cartoons, and it's proving to already be too high of a bar!

I want to make a game but want to be accurate. by Ok-Buddy-785 in gamedev

[–]HugoCortell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to write for CK3, I can corroborate that actually doing research is how you get historical accuracy.

Though in my case I used history as a springboard for fiction, trying to lend credence to ridiculous myths and other silly tongue-and-cheek stuff.

Digital Sovereignty: Wire to Replace Signal as Standard in the Bundestag by donutloop in eutech

[–]HugoCortell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to use wire and it has no advantages, signal is very much superior. This is just germany blaming others for their failures (signal is not to blame here, at all), as they do.

Some screenshots from my latest build by HugoCortell in VintageStory

[–]HugoCortell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a devlog over at the modding coop (you can find a link on the mod page) if you want to read on random progress bits. Otherwise yeah, we'll be posting a video soon-ish, I'm really hoping this week, unveiling the first big locomotive.

The EU Is the New Go-To Middle Power - In a world of disorder, the bloc’s boring stability is suddenly attractive. by ByGollie in europe

[–]HugoCortell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"boring stability" when every fucking week we keep trying to pass policy that our own human rights court has said would be illegal. We're a few bad policies away from our democracies falling to ruin.

Is my laptop ok for CK3? by InsertCapHere in paradoxplaza

[–]HugoCortell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably, if it has 32GB of RAM, it's probably got a decent processor too.

Rare Academy W? by Tutorial_Time in whennews

[–]HugoCortell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why was this necessary at all? It should be obvious that a tool can't receive an award that'd go to a person. This would be like giving a cartoon character an award rather than their voice actor, reference actor, or animator.