I always figured bipedal was to make robots adapt to do things humans do where humans do things.

So for a factory floor, bipedal might not make sense. But what about delivering packages to houses? Navigating a home to help someone or collect something? These types of robots are designed to be general purpose.

If you own a factory or wearhouse, ideally you design them with robots in mind. Of course until you can do that something more generally purpose might be better.

That’s wild that it’s a BIOS setting. Just an extra level of fuck you.

And a big problem in this game is that it’s a pain to switch echoes all the time

It really really is. It’s one of the things I noticed in the trailer and just hoped they would have a solution for once I got to play the game.

The game has a hundred or so echoes, and you can solve puzzles in different ways, but some require a very specific echo and some require any, so you basically just use the same half dozen echoes. When you have to switch, it sucks, and so when you don’t have to switch you just spam water block or whatever.

It seems like the devs just implemented the echo switching as is and assumed they’d fix it later… But they never did.

It’s a fun game but the chances of me replaying it are near zero. Skyward Sword had a similar problem with Fi, although I understand they’ve mostly fix that in the remaster.

Excellent couch co-op, which is a rarity nowadays.

It’s similar to Star Trek when they observe underdeveloped (Pre-Warp) civilizations, but we’re the Enterprise.

Adams, who faces federal corruption charges

Oh jeez, does anyone know someone capable of handing out federal pardons and loves when people suck up to him?

Anyone who thought or for some reason still thinks that Ginsberg and Trump align is an idiot. @ me, you’re an idiot.

Ginsberg had a specific and nuanced legal argument that essentially came down to, a law should be passed to clarify the right to abortion. Ginsberg was pro choice. However as a judge and Supreme Court Justice she had a specific and nuanced opinion, but ultimately believed Roe v Wade provided the correct answer, but how it got there did have some shakey legal ground.

Because it’s bad if China has the information. It’s fine if “US entity” had the information. The ban is ultimately fake. No one banning the app cares about TikTok, they just hate that China is getting the information they want. What will happen is some US based company, Oracle last time, but someone like that will buy a sufficient enough stake in the company and the ban will not happen. It will be declared “safe” and the data will go to a US controlled entity, but also still secretly to China. (The later will be revealed years later, to the shock of no one.)

I don’t have an Xbox, but on my Switch I can play the game without updating the game. I may not be able to utilize any online features, but if that server is gone I wouldn’t be using them anyway.

Enforcement is easy, if they post to Twitter they are a parody account. Everything ok there is a joke and not a good one.

I had to look up dynamic lock screens, but it looks like it just changes your wallpaper? That might be neat but doesn’t seem that exciting.

In terms of AI I’m not aware of anything AI on my phone.

Honestly I feel like phones have stagnated. I’ve had the “same” phone since 2016 (if not before). The fingerprint sensor, that’s probably the last thing that made me excited, was that 2016? Obviously screens have gotten better and battery life has gone up, but it’s the same phone.

I’d like to see ports added back to mainline phones. I’ve only ever bought a phone with a headphone jack so it makes my options limited. I’d like to see headphone jacks, SD cards & quickly replaceable batteries come back.

Re verification per AP,

The amendments passed on Friday bolster privacy protections. Platforms would not be allowed to compel users to provide government-issued identity documents including passports or driver’s licenses, nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.

So it sounds like an ID will not be a requirement.

I suppose a face scan is possible, but I find it unlikely. Obviously if it heads in that direction then the law should be amended to clarify that is also not acceptable.

In terms of selling information I assume that just clarifies the status quo and isn’t new. Not that that makes it acceptable, it just means that’s something to tackle.

Oh I agree. I wouldn’t want a stronger law. I’m just not too concerned with this one. I think if there are concerns with social media we should discuss how to solve them for everyone.

We generally say 16-21 you are an adult so fuck it, whatever happens to you is your fault and ignore the predatory nature of organizations.

We should outline the specific concerns and determine what, if any, steps we can take.

As an example, gambling. I think it’s fair and reasonable to allow gambling. I think ensuring gambling isn’t predatory is a reasonable limitation. I expect for most people it isn’t a problem but I think providing help to gambling addicts is also reasonable. Social media should be viewed through a similar lens.

I mean YouTube has educational content, but that is far from its primary purpose. Assuming YouTube is completely unrestricted it wouldn’t be hard for Facebook to add enough content to be arguably educational.

Hell plenty of people use TikTok for educational reasons. I’m not saying it’s right, but you could argue TikTok is educational in the same way you can argue YouTube is educational.

Now if YouTube is forced to classify it’s educational content the same way they classify children’s content (aka poorly), maybe that’ll work.

the rules are expected to apply to the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, per the Prime Minister.

Sites used for education, including YouTube, would be exempt, as are messaging apps like WhatsApp.

The law does not require users to upload government IDs as part of the verification process.

Sounds like a pretty weak law. It will require a birthday when creating an account and accounts under the age of 16 will be restricted/limited. As a result users (people under 16) will lie about their age.

Companies don’t like this because it messes with their data collection. If they collect data that proves an account is under 16 they will be required to make them limited/restricted. However they obviously collect this data already.

I wonder if Facebook and other apps will add/push education elements in order to become exempt.

It’s not that the deal will only last 60 days, just that they have 60 days to move everyone back and out of the aggressive range.

Realistically it’s just boilerplate language. It’s 60 days to pack up and go home, which is perfectly fair and reasonable.

Of course in reality this might just be a short reprieve. While both sides might be quiet for the next 60ish days (which is good), they might be right back at it for a variety of reasons, including the change in US leadership.

My understanding is that it’s the transfer clause he is focusing on. It’s just not clear to me that violating one part of the clause doesn’t bring the rest into question.

In the cases of POTUS, Tesla, SpaceX, etc it is certainly possible written permission has been given (although I agree not likely).

Classic not a lawyer but the terms of service say,

We give you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you as part of the Services. This license cannot be assigned, gifted, sold, shared or transferred in any other manner to any other individual or entity without X’s express written consent.

(Emphasis mine)

Twitter accounts are commonly shared by many individuals and I guarantee they do so without written consent. Does that invalidate/bring into question the whole clause or just the sharing part?

Sure but a game of whataboutism isn’t a strong argument. If Steam has a Nazi problem they should be outlining how they’re fixing it. They can definitely compare themselves to other platforms, but you lead with what YOU’RE doing. If the majority are coming from Twitter you can point that out. But at the end of the day either prove how you’re fixing it or why it isn’t as big of a problem as stated.

Not really, she’s just being political.

If you say “I always knew he was a raging narcissist.” then you clearly had a bias against him, so whatever you say next is just a further expansion of that bias.

If you say “I thought he was normal, but I learned more.” then you went in this with an open mind and people are more likely to listen to what you learned.