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AraceliHarker··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
Visual novel streaming is generally prohibited by publishers. In particular, MAGES. or 5pb., the company that sells Steins;Gate, is very strict. The main reason why there was an arrest in the recent streaming case is probably because MAGES. was involved. MAGES. was previously a subsidiary of Kadokawa, but is now a subsidiary of Colopl.
AraceliHarker··on Apple’s new headset meets reality
Tim Cook, unlike Jobs, is incapable of making major policy changes, according to the Bloomberg article.
AraceliHarker··on The promise of crypto has not lived up to its initial excitement
Clayton Christensen has died (deseret.com) onn Jan 24, 2020

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22141299

AraceliHarker··on Gambling firm allegedly paid blogs to link new mothers to its online games
Even Disney was engaged in stealth marketing, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if a less reputable industry such as gambling is engaged in stealth marketing.

Disney Puts Some ‘Frozen 2’ Promotions on Ice After Twitter Flap https://archive.is/RFsLV

AraceliHarker··on All the exciting media outlets are dying – what comes next?
Journalists are supposed to investigate, podcasters are supposed to have an opinion about the news, but not investigate itself. That's why the article says that journalism as a profession is dead.
AraceliHarker··on All the exciting media outlets are dying – what comes next?
It is like Bill Gates' philanthropy.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug
As the article states below, this secure boot vulnerability affects not only businesses but also consumers.

"Secure Boot has been enabled by default for over a decade on most Windows PCs sold by companies like Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and others. PCs running Windows 11 must have it enabled to meet the software's system requirements."

AraceliHarker··on Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug
Secure Boot is required to run Windows 11.
AraceliHarker··on Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug
If MSFT were acting carefully to avoid bugs, they wouldn't be abolishing the QA department and replacing it with Windows Insiders and Telemetry and Virtualization, and they wouldn't be releasing a bug every time they release a monthly patch.

Isn't it stupid that when MSFT sold Windows 11, they urged people to buy PCs with TPM 2.0 for improved security, but Windows 11 has vulnerabilities that cannot be easily addressed?

AraceliHarker··on How to lose your work using Undo Copy in Windows
Since Windows 11 includes extensive telemetry, it is possible that Microsoft intentionally designed it this way for user productivity.
AraceliHarker··on YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
Even if they were willing to pay $12 per month to hide ads, YouTube Premium is not available in all countries, so those people would have to use an adblocker.
AraceliHarker··on Pure: No more hard drives will be sold after 2028
It is important to note that Pure Storage is a vendor of all-flash storage solutions, so there may be some exaggeration in their claims.
AraceliHarker··on Humans have known the earth is round for thousands of years (2018)
People in the Middle Ages believed that the earth was the center of the universe, while it was common knowledge that the earth was a sphere.
AraceliHarker··on The rise of ChatGPT-enabled GitHub spam
They can't say "don't use ChatGPT" out loud, since GitHub itself sells Copilot, which is based on GPT.
AraceliHarker··on Twitter blocked 122 accounts in India at the government’s request
Eron Musk's ‘free speech’ only applies to what Eron, his associates, and Twitter Inc. want it to.

Twitter's policies and terms, unlike the Constitutions, can be easily changed if they want to, and Eron is a moody guy.

AraceliHarker··on Twitter blocked 122 accounts in India at the government’s request
Twitter would probably consider India, with the world's largest population, to be a market worth continuing to operate in, even if only in accordance with the will of the government, since a social networking service whose main source of revenue is advertising is a business that needs to be used by a large number of people.
AraceliHarker··on Walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees
The article states that peer review is done on a volunteer basis, right? All Elsevier does, at best, is put PDFs of the papers on their servers.
AraceliHarker··on Walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees
They say they are working with MTI Press to launch a new journal.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35654783

AraceliHarker··on Windows 11: TPMs and Digital Sovereignty
One of the reasons why Microsoft and OEMs are promoting TPM is to encourage planned obsolescence, so that users will replace their PCs as often as they replace their smartphones, right?

"(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 MSFT exec admits console wars are over: ‘We lost the worst generation to lose'
While the Xbox Series X, like the PS5, was extremely difficult to obtain due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Series S was relatively easy to purchase. In fact, the Series S outsold the PS5 in Japan during the weeks when PS5 supply was low.
AraceliHarker··on MSFT exec admits console wars are over: ‘We lost the worst generation to lose'
It is a fact that Xbox One/Series has inferior sales to PS4/5 in almost all countries to varying degrees. In fact, other than the CMA in the UK, which has taken issue with cloud gaming, have regulators in other countries approved Microsoft's acquisition of AB on the basis that it would not reduce competition, based on Xbox's share of the console market? The UK should also be of the opinion that there is no problem if it is only consoles. I think Spencer's argument is rather counterproductive as a rebuttal to the CMA, since he is not talking about consoles, but rather about cloud games, mobile games, etc., which are the main areas of focus.
AraceliHarker··on Facebook has not been doing enough to comply with a 2020 privacy order: FTC
Mark Zuckerberg himself seems to understand the importance of privacy very well, taping over the microphone and camera on his MacBook Pro, keeping his trash can from being scavenged by others, and FB spending heavily to protect his security, so why does he have the exact opposite attitude towards others?
AraceliHarker··on Jeffery Epstein Met with Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers and Woody Allen
Given that MIT received a large donation from Eppstein, it wouldn't be too surprising that Chomsky, an MIT employee, had a meeting with him.

Given Chomsky's current age, I think it would be unfortunate and unprofitable to question him. He does not have the same vitality and lucidity now as he did when he was interviewing Foucault.

If you want to know more about Eppstein, you should go to Joichi Ito.

AraceliHarker··on Jeffery Epstein Met with Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers and Woody Allen
If Epstein had such a connection with such a big man in so many fields, Melinda Gates wouldn't have had to divorce Bill Gates because of his relationship with Epstein.
AraceliHarker··on Amnesty International criticised for using AI-generated images
Amnesty claims that it used the AI-generated images to protect the protesters, but since they risked their lives to protest in the streets in the first place, will they really thank Amnesty for saving their lives?
AraceliHarker··on MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
Recall that Microsoft initially tried to make the hot reload feature of .NET 6 available only in Visual Studio. Their 3E strategy continues to this day.
AraceliHarker··on MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
For example, Bing Chat is not available without using Edge, right?
AraceliHarker··on MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
If you find Edge convenient, you can continue to use Edge. No one will deny that. But for those who use Chrome, Microsoft's pushing of Edge is annoying.
AraceliHarker··on MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
When it comes to macOS, because Apple is not pushing their product as much as Microsoft is currently doing with Windows 11.
AraceliHarker··on MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
Simply put, people don't love Edge as much as they love Chrome. The browser bundled with Windows 11 is naturally Edge, but users who use Chrome install Chrome of their own volition, so forcing them to open links in Edge is extremely annoying.
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