The original HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) was in 1994 and it's where the phrase "Hack The Planet" originated. The "Hack The Planet" phrase was also used in the movie Hackers and, if you look closely, you can spot some yellow HOPE 1994 stickers in various scenes.
The producers and even Angelina Jolie showed up at the NYC 2600 meeting during production to get a feel for the culture. So much of that movie is still a part of what we do every First Friday of the month in the same location.
The Hack The Planet tv show was based on the very real Off The Hook radio show, which is still on the air at WBAI every week (you can find the back catalog of shows on 2600.com going back decades).
It's amazing to me that more people don't still show up to 2600 meetings. I get that interests groups fragmented out into things like Linux User Groups, professional infosec groups, and other "meetups," and people only have so much time to go to these things, but the real deal original is still happening.
If you're in NYC or a lot of other big cities on the First Friday of any given month, check out the Meetings list on 2600.com (or in the back of 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly, which is still in print).
There are still people hanging out every month who play with the broad spectrum of technology and other systems for the absolute joy of it.
You'd pay for it what you paid for it. Did the "Buy" button specify that you were buying the movie or did it say you were simply leasing the film and that it can be removed at any time due to licensing agreement over which you (as the buyer) had no control over?
I think it should specifically say for how long you are renting it. They knew already when the contract would expire, why renting the movie didn't say "rent for 7 years" (or whatever the timeframe was)
That would constitute fraud IMHO. You cannot simply make it appear as though customers bought something, when the verb buy has a very specific and crystal-clear meaning.
Do you mean what i am suggesting is fraud? Because when Sony entered the agreement for the movies, you can definitely bet they knew how long it was going to last, and the button I am confident it said "buy" (i don't have a PlayStation).
I definitely consider it fraud, but i am a normal consumer.
I wonder if this is the real reason Tim Cook is resigning as CEO. He's a supply chain guy and semiconductor supply chains seem utterly borked right now.
The concept did not originate in videogames. The whole thing started from a 4chan post where someone posted a photo of a yellow interior. Then, in 2022, Kane Parsons created a viral YouTube video based on that post. You can see it here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo . The video game adaptations all came later.
Yes it did. "noclipping out of reality" is a metaphor that is nonsense outside the context of videogame worlds. The 4chan copypasta that popularized the Backrooms meme doesn't mention video games but that particular post is not the origin of the backrooms concept.
There are literal backrooms you can noclip into existing in games that that predate that 4chan post by several years
I've had dreams like this - I think a lot of people have - where you find yourself trapped in a space, an office or a mall or wherever, one common version seems to be a public bathroom - and you keep moving through an endless maze of doors that lead nowhere.
The article has it wrong, this was a archetype of the human collective unconscious well before 4chan turned it into a meme.
Which article is wrongm Both the article and Wikipedia entry focus on The Backrooms which are a type of liminal space. Yes, liminal spaces have existed in fiction, dreams, etc. However, here the discussion is on The Backrooms and how that idea and aesthetic became very popular very quickly.
Despite the headline, this is not a toothbrush. This is a "toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer". Mind you, I don't know why this wouldn't "increase dentist margin". This is an analysis tool that makes dentistry easier (just like dental X-rays).
I should redo my CPR then. Learned two on the front in high school in NJ. But also to read the instructions though I'm sure when seconds count you don't.
Modern AEDs have voice guidance telling the person what to do. So you can follow the instructions as you do it.
Also, you should call the emergency number in your region and (at least in Australia) they'll transfer you to someone who can coach you through using the defib and performing CPR until professional help arrives.
Don't let that stop anyone from getting their CPR up to date though. The more experience you have the better equipped you'll be if you need to use it
I see AEDs at work. If I have a heart attack, I have no confidence in my team being able to use it. I've seen how they handle requirements and documentation in stories.
No, because they’re not exposed to users as features that they interact with. From a user perspective, they don’t ever see if it was made using those tools. They see the AI front and center.
They see AI features front and center. They dont see the backend (which may or may not be running Llama). Same goes for React although, with React, the framework is what the end user directly interacts with. So, by that logic, React is more of a product than Llama.
If you are a user, what feature is react giving you? Pre and post react, Facebook is largely the same to a user.
Pre and post graphql, Facebook is also the same.
To the user, neither of those are expressed as features.
Llama / Meta AI is a feature that changes how a user interacts with the system. When it was added, it’s noticeable. If it were to be taken away it would be noticeable. Nobody was boycotting react.
That is the difference between an implementation detail and a product/feature.
I'm not sure I understand this analogy. If Meta changes what underlying model they use, it'll still be called Meta AI. Having the criteria be "what new features does it offer to the users of the site" means that things like databases, servers, etc. are not products. This is objectively false.
He wasn't having trouble with his WiFi since he was connected directly to the device. Although it might have helped to specify an Ethernet link. Still, chatbots are generally a terrible user experience.
Totally agree with you on chatbots, but you just committed the same "sin" as him! To most people, and probably to that chatbot, WiFi == Internet == Ethernet. Actually, I doubt specifying Ethernet would have helped him at all. When it asked him if he was having trouble with his WiFi, he should have just said yes, and then "spammed 0" if that didn't help. Or maybe he should have just immediately started spamming 0. Now that I think about, for anything more technical than unplugging the device, you should probably start with asking for a human.
