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AraceliHarker··on Crypto Fooled Us Once. It Will Fool Us Again
Those who criticize SBF most harshly now are in the crypto industry. It is not impossible that, after SBF is completely expelled from the crypto industry, SBF's critics will engage in similar behavior.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak
It is said that the mentioned is not the transition of Windows 12 to a subscription, but a new SKU for Windows 11 for IoT.

https://twitter.com/XenoPanther/status/1710027423981388161

AraceliHarker··on Gboard Hat Version
The long-neglected Windows/macOS version of Google Japanese Input (with the macOS version still not supporting Apple Silicon!) has left users feeling apathetic, even when Google Japan releases a new Japanese input hat.
AraceliHarker··on 4chan users manipulate AI tools to unleash torrent of racist images
I was dumbstruck to learn that Hiroyuki Nishimura, the owner of 4chan, is a hero in Japan, with a wide range of activities, including YouTube, television, magazines, and books.
AraceliHarker··on Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025
"(Lenovo) said people buy new smartphones every other year but became accustomed used to buying new PCs every six or seven years. The industry needs to do better at motivating people to buy new devices"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/microsofts-panos-panay-expla...

AraceliHarker··on Krita fund has no corporate support
Krita is accepting corporate donations.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft CEO testifies that Google’s power in search is ubiquitous
Microsoft is still engaging in vendor lock-in, such as making it difficult to use Microsoft 365 on platforms other than Azure and Windows. In the open source community, Microsoft is also practicing the 3E strategy, such as implementing specific features in .NET only for Microsoft products. In essence, Microsoft is the same today as it was in the past.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft CEO testifies that Google’s power in search is ubiquitous
Because Microsoft is doing worse things than what they are accusing Google of, such as forcing users to use Edge and Bing in Windows. Also, considering the fact that Bing's market share did not increase even when Microsoft signed a contract with Apple to make Bing the default search engine on iPhones, and the testimony that Apple did not acquire Bing because of its poor quality, Microsoft's argument is completely unacceptable.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft CEO testifies that Google’s power in search is ubiquitous
If it is true that people are reluctant to change their default search engine, as Nadella says, doesn't that mean all Windows users are using Bing?
AraceliHarker··on Twitter / X is losing daily active users. CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed it
Twitter pedophilia is still active, especially in Japan, where they spread pornographic illustrations of girls on a daily basis. Twitter is not unaware of the problem, as related words are often trending, and they are probably leaving the sex offenders alone because Twitter does not have native Japanese-speaking moderators and Japan is Twitter's largest market.
AraceliHarker··on Maybe Google Is Popular Because It's Good?
Search engines such as Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Brave Search are surprisingly inaccurate outside of English-speaking countries. Bing is especially bad, as its local subsidiaries have been in business for decades but still use machine translation for their UI, which is full of unnatural translations. This makes me completely unwilling to use it. Therefore, despite many complaints about Google, the incentive to switch to other similar services is very low, as it would require giving up the ease of managing Google accounts and Gmail.
AraceliHarker··on Azure dropping database support for MariaDB. Users advised to migrate to MySQL
If you use Microsoft 365, the combination with Azure is significantly cheaper than using other public clouds.
AraceliHarker··on Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff
I think they were trying to expand the concert business on Fortnite.
AraceliHarker··on Bing Chat responses infiltrated by ads pushing malware
The irony of Windows 11, which is marketed as a secure operating system, is that it is riddled with links to Bing that are infested with scam ads.
AraceliHarker··on Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff
Roblox's woes are a sign of things to come for Fortnite's creator content. Epic will soon be forced to lay off more employees as the platform's growth stalls.
AraceliHarker··on Amazon will invest up to $4B in Anthropic
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23861763/apple-ai-language...
AraceliHarker··on Minecraft Wiki has decided to leave Fandom
Currently, the availability of ad blockers is limited on smartphones, which are used by many people for web browsing. In some regions, web browsing may be restricted without using a VPN. In such cases, smartphones cannot be used in combination with a VPN and a standalone ad blocker such as AdGuard. As a result, some people may give up using ad blockers. DNS-based ad blockers can achieve some of the same goals, but they are less effective than standalone ad blockers and are more likely to be detected by anti-ad blockers.
AraceliHarker··on Adobe will charge “credits” for generative AI
In general, it is necessary to generate the same image multiple times to get the AI to generate an image with the correct number and curvature of fingers. If it costs money every time, including failed images, it would be difficult to use, wouldn't it?
AraceliHarker··on MSN Publishes AI Generated Obituary for Former NBA Player
Even before ChatGPT, Microsoft often used Bing Translate for languages other than English. There also seemed to be no one to check the translations, so nonsensical expressions like the ones in this case were commonplace. Now, with the advent of ChatGPT, its influence has spread to English content as well.
AraceliHarker··on MSN Publishes AI Generated Obituary for Former NBA Player
Since the structure of the TMZ article and the MSN article is almost the same, I think the writer named Race Track used Copilot or ChatGPT to change the expression to plagiarize. As a result, the word "dead" was converted to "useless."
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users
Most of the people who participate in Windows Insider are amateurs, they don't have several PCs for functional verification, they don't have in-depth knowledge of software testing, and there is no point in blaming them. On the contrary, Windows 11 is entrusted to these amateurs for functional verification instead of QA, so it is not surprising that Windows 11 has bugs in every update.
AraceliHarker··on Google preemptively banned hundreds of millions of 'pirate' URLs last year
YouTube and other Google-operated services should do their best to crack down on piracy, such as the uploading of television programs. It's ridiculous that they only show off their "justice" that no one asks for on sites that they can't monetize.
AraceliHarker··on Shorts risks cannibalising core YouTube business, say senior staff
In fact, UUUM, the largest YouTuber firm in Japan, reported that its AdSense earnings deteriorated as the number of views on Shorts increased while the number of views on regular videos decreased.
AraceliHarker··on Shorts risks cannibalising core YouTube business, say senior staff
Shorts is solely from promoting products rather than AdSense. So you don't have to worry about the revenue.
AraceliHarker··on Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
Microsoft is determined to make users use Edge + Bing.
AraceliHarker··on Prigozhin is dead. But Putin is now weaker
In general, a state maintains order by monopolizing violence = army, so it is clear that the Wagner Group, which claims that Putin is responsible for Prigozhin's death, is unlikely to follow Putin, resulting in a very politically unstable situation since there will be two armies in Russia.
AraceliHarker··on YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’ is turned off
Since it is more problematic to push videos that are "related" to the video being played than to display recommendations based on the user's past browsing history (since they are usually not very relevant to the video and are popular in the region where the language of the video being played is used and contain discriminatory, violent or sexual content), these measures do not seem to be an essential solution.
AraceliHarker··on Doctors on TikTok
Do experts who are active on social media often comment on things outside of their field of expertise?
AraceliHarker··on Doctors on TikTok
Money can buy anything, even morality.
AraceliHarker··on Casio Watch Rings
That's because the article is wrong.
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