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Magic Lasso suggests that Chrome might be the new IE
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With a global browser market share of over 65%, Google’s Chrome has become the target of criticism and disdain, much like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer once was. Is Chrome facing similar challenges to Internet Explorer (IE) and will this lead to its downfall?

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Bloated and complacent, Chrome might be on the path to playing the same role as IE was playing 15 years ago, shunned by developers and technologically inferior to other browsers.

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Back when AAA game developing was a fun process
  • It is of course to good a story to be true:

    In 2018, a faked snapshot of a UESP page was shared online which falsely stated that, during production of Morrowind, Kirkbride was found under the influence of psychoactive drugs by Todd Howard after being absent from work, paired with a photograph it claimed was taken by Howard of the incident.[49] In truth, no such UESP page ever existed; the story is a fabrication.[49] The image was taken from a music video, fat, that Kirkbride had filmed and uploaded to YouTube in 2013, many years after his time working on Morrowind (the video depicts Kirkbride lethargically overeating as Wesley Willis' I'm Sorry That I Got Fat plays).[50] Lady Nerevar said of the video's misuse, "If you told me that a dumb video we made for fun was going to generate a wholeass conspiracy theory that real life people would ask me about [...] None of that happened in any way, shape, or form".

    With regard to the hoax and exaggerated accounts of his writing The 36 Lessons of Vivec, Kirkbride said "You know that comes from a Photoshopped image, right? [...] that’s all a lie. I’ve already given an account of how the 36 [Lessons] were written: a week of bourbon, smokes, and solitude."[52] Kirkbride has repeatedly refuted internet myths that he used recreational drugs[52][53][54][55] and has said that the myths annoy him "more than a little bit".[56] Related rumors that he was dismissed from the company are likewise unfounded; Kirkbride left Bethesda for Zenimax's studio in California,[1] remained involved in the production of Morrowind after leaving the studio,[25] and continued to contribute to subsequent titles.[1][5][9][11]

    Source: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Michael_Kirkbride

  • Nuclear Power
  • Since there are economic, ecological, conceptual and engineering problems, only five Fast-neutron reactors are operational at the moment. Three in Russia, one in India and one in China. Not surprisingly these are countries that also have an interest in producing weapons grade Plutonium, which FNRs are capable of.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2968/066003007
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-breeder-reactor
    https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs15glaser.pdf
    https://energypost.eu/slow-death-fast-reactors/
    https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/report/

    And while nuclear energy production peaked 1996 at 17% and was nowhere near overtaking fossil energy production in it's 70(!) year long existence, Renewables will overtake fossil fuel power production in 2025, with only minute risks for the biosphere.
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-power-set-to-surpass-coal-globally-by-2025/
    https://www.renewable-ei.org/pdfdownload/activities/REI_NuclearReport_201902_EN.pdf

    So why cling to an outdated technology when there are viable solutions at hand, which are nowhere as complicated and dangerous as nuclear fission? It's the monetary interest of a dying nuclear industry and its lobbyists.

  • Nature article suggests that we cannot afford the rich
    www.nature.com Why the world cannot afford the rich

    Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.

    Why the world cannot afford the rich

    > > > Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones. > >

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    Google hacking was yesterday. German television hacking is so hot right now.

    https://imgur.com/a/yfwE9aD

    Who wants a free private key for Google OAuth?

    For context: 'Tagesschau' is Germany's most watched news broadcast. Around four million people watch the evening edition.

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    The Depopulation Bomb
  • There are economical implications to this development. But IMHO population decline is necessary to ease the pressure on the ecosystem. 34% of mammals are humans, 62% is livestock, only 4% are wild animals. We shifted the natural world so far out of balance, that the need to sacrifice economic growth for sustainability is inevitable.

    https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eight-billion-people-in-the-world-is-a-crisis-not-an-achievement/

  • the Apple curl security incident 12604 | daniel.haxx.se
  • Apple adheres to the principle of form over function, instead of the old but still valid form follows function design principle. But TBH I never liked their stuff or their over the top big cheese attitude. So it's not a disgruntled apple user writing this.

  • Germans be like
  • It's called interest. I made clear on multiple occasions that being against nuclear power does not make me a proponent of fossil fuel power production. I think we have to get rid of fossil fuel power production as well as nuclear power production.

    Please refrain from personal attacks and try to discuss using credible sources and arguments. Hers a primer on discussion skills: https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/discussion-skills

  • Germans be like
  • I don't know. I can also ask: How much damage could have been avoided if Chernobyl and Fukushima would have not been built. But IMHO this makes no sense since these hypothetical scenarios are not the topic of this discussion.

  • Germans be like
  • It's not a question of either using coal or nuclear power in Germany. The idea is to phase out coal power production by 2038 and replaced them by building 40 green hydrogen plants in order to be climate neutral by 2045 with renewables, which already are 52% of the German mix and the before mentioned green hydrogen plants.

    Here's a Google translation of a source about the energy transition in Germany:

    https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Energiewende?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

  • Third edition vehicle, drone and gun designs.

    Here are some of my latest designs for Shadowrun 3E. They can all be used by starting characters, as the Availability of the gear is no more than 8.

    The 1975 Ford Econoline is your State of the Art James-Bondesque vehicle. It sports concealed armor, a pop-up remote weapon turret, is able to run underwater and much more.

    Ford Econoline 1975

    The Harm-A-Tron MK I is an attack drone able to deliver a heavy punch from an Ingram Valiant.

    Harm-A-Tron MK I Attack Drone

    This AR Design has High Velocity Capability to shoot a single 6-Round bursts in a simple action without recoil, so you can go back into cover after firing.

    AR Design with six round burst fire

    Please feel free to critique or point out the errors I made.

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    I hope you all heard of and listened to Pink Fohawk. The funniest Actual Play Podcast I know.
    pinkfohawk.podbean.com Pink Fohawk | a podcast by Pink Fohawk

    Pink Fohawk is an ENnie-Nominated actual play podcast set in the Shadowrun universe, following two rad shadowrunners making names for themselves in the streets of Seattle in the year 2053. Content Warning: Pink Fohawk is a crass, vulgar, violent, and raun...

    Pink Fohawk | a podcast by Pink Fohawk

    Pink Fohawk is a a polished Actual Play Podcast by a bunch of very funny and friendly guys, who take a deep dive into the world of Shadowrun 2E. You will love Rory.

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    www.der-postillon.com Erneuter Terroranschlag der Letzten Generation: 34 Leicht- und 5 Schwerverspätete

    Berlin (dpo) - Die Terrororganisation Letzte Generation hat erneut zugeschlagen: Bei einem schweren Angriff auf den Straßenverkehr sind heute in Berli

    Erneuter Terroranschlag der Letzten Generation: 34 Leicht- und 5 Schwerverspätete

    Genug ist genug!

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    LLMs like ChatGPT are not intelligent. They're just regurgitating information, making them susceptible to spreading misinformation like a fake moonlanding.

    TL;DR: LLMs are just mimicking natural language and conversation. Fact checking and healthy skepticism is not part of their model. For example they can be easily tricked into advocating conspiracy theories, like a fake moon landing. Google Bard is even stating arithmetic falsehoods like 5*6 != 30

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