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The point of 230 was not to protect hobbyists, but rather to encourage big platforms (like CompuServe at the time) to moderate their users. The issue was that in moderating users, the platform makes themselves a publisher rather than a distributor (which were already immune from liability for the speech they distributed).

Without section 230, platforms will simply stop all moderation (including for illegal activity and content) to protect themselves from liability. Every single platform operating in the US would become 4Chan (or worse, since even 4Chan does some moderation).

I'm thinking a mini-pc of some sort. The circle and yoga pose make me think Chrome (OS?) and Arch. Gaming could relate to some partnership with Steam or Xbox. Alternatively, maybe something about VR?

My first instinct is to connect it to the rumors around the Valve Fremont. But my brain thinks that's pretty unlikely.

The downside of Signal is that it's centralized, and thus at the whim of those who run it. Structurally, it's not really different from Whatsapp or Telegram except for who owns it.

Mostly just that it's still pretty new and thus hasn't been as polished or scrutinized yet. Haven't tried it myself. For the sake of the OP's question, it may also be notable that it's a UK company.

The two encrypted messaging platforms I currently suggest are XMPP or Matrix. Both are usually fine and are decentralized. The main thing with them is to either self-host or choose a server you trust to set up an account — which applies to the Fediverse in general.

Hm, I could've sworn hardware video decode for AMD already was working on FF Linux...

The quote from the email isn't her words. They were given to her (and all agency heads) to send out to their workforce to implement the EO. It should not be taken as "embracing the new regime".

But you can already message/DM someone through Mastodon, Lemmy or whatever, and that's fine. I don't see the value proposition of sup.

Not sure I understand the motivation for an ActivityPub messenger like sup. Seems like XMPP and Matrix already take care of the federated messenger space.

Corruption

Sure, but profit may not be the most important factor for Bytedance here. They say they're more willing to shut down than negotiate divestment.

It's a lot easier to scan for very specific code behavior than it is to scan for "anything useful for espionage". And that still wouldn't solve the question of what their server software is doing or where the collected data is ending up.

If the code were static and unchanging, sure. But it's not possible to conduct such analysis every time an update is issued on a continuing basis, without fast becoming a hundreds of millions of dollars or more program.

So the better question isn't whether it's possible — it's whether it's feasible. And the answer is no, it's not.

It also can't track the users nearly as well.

Funcom (Conan games and an upcoming Dune game) and Grinding Gear Games (Path of Exile) as well.

Tencent likely has a sizeable stake, but is unlikely to hold a majority stake of Discord.

I thought DTS:X was the (at least more) open version of Dolby Atmos.

Gotta make sure the fan is quiet enough for it though.

I see what they did there with the "ICE9" name.

If it works, it sounds like it'd be something meant for a future Steam Deck to experiment with.

I'm actually surprised AGI isn't better defined in the contract

There'll be a significant lawsuit if OpenAI tries such a declaration without MS on board with it.

But i'm not sure how much OpenAI is even investing toward AGI. LLM is their bread and butter and I don't know many experts that think LLM is the path to AGI.