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Cool stuff.

Well… yeah. That’s not what LLMs do. That’s like saying “A leafblower got absolutely wrecked by 1998 Dodge Viper in beginner’s drag race”. It’s only impressive if you don’t understand what a leafblower is.

I believe we’re also already getting dangerously close to depleting our supply of helium, as well.

It was my understanding that these vessels were propelled by flatulence.

This sucks. I use Catbox quite heavily. I’ll probably buy a sub to help support them, but I hope they’re able to recoup enough to stay afloat. It’s been really great having access to a non-enshittified, login-free host for video files and I’d hate to lose it.

I’m just surprised that there are still people using Tinder.

“Phobia” doesn’t mean “fear”, necessarily. Fear can absolutely be a factor of a phobia, but not a requirement. Technically, “phobia” just means “aversion to”. For instance, hydrophobic materials aren’t “afraid” of water, they just don’t interact with it.

That said, when it comes to homophobes, fear is definitely a common factor. Misinformation about human sexuality leads to people being afraid of being “converted”. But there are plenty of homophobes who aren’t as much afraid, as much as they are just plain hateful.

Some poor sap on Kepler-22b getting messages about their car’s extended warranty.

That ping, tho.

I found no mention of it in their About/FAQ pages, so I’m assuming it’s all proprietary code.

I feel like I’m out of the loop with this Saddam thing.

A site run by an idiot, it seems. From their FAQ:

Is Flibbar decentralised? Yes and no, at present it’s 90% decentralised. We don’t police speech, but we will oversee the platform to ensure nothing illegal is posted on our site. We aim to eventually migrate to Web3 and use AI to oversee the site to ensure nobody crosses the line. However, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your continued support will enable us to reach this goal sooner. In the meantime, until this migration has been completed, we will have to continue to remain admins to ensure this site isn’t abused by bad actors and criminals, or anything that would make us legally liable.

I don’t think he has any idea what “decentralized” means, because his answer to that question only references moderation, not decentralization.

I’ve never heard of Flibbar until this post. From where I’m standing, you’re their best advertiser!

Our problem will quickly be everyone’s problem if this isn’t dealt with soon.

Nintendo doesn’t explicitly state what it means by making your device “unusable.” However, there’s a strong chance this is merely Nintendo’s polite way of indicating that if a user breaches its user agreement policy, their Switch console could potentially be bricked (rendered inoperable) by Nintendo.

I like how the author’s speculation is used as the headline, as if it were confirmed fact. That’s super cool and useful and definitely not misleading at all.

Realistically, this sort of verbiage has existed on several consoles’ ToS in the past, and I’m pretty sure nothing has ever come of it before. Here’s the full term in question, which the author of this article couldn’t be bothered to include for the reader to easily scrutinize for themselves:

2. License

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Nintendo grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Nintendo Account Services solely for your personal and non-commercial use. For clarity, the Nintendo Account Services are licensed, not sold, to you, and you may not make use of the Nintendo Account Services except as expressly authorized by this Agreement.

Without limitation, you agree that you may not (a) publish, copy, modify, reverse engineer, lease, rent, decompile, disassemble, distribute, offer for sale, or create derivative works of any portion of the Nintendo Account Services; (b) bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with, or otherwise circumvent any of the functions or protections of the Nintendo Account Services, including through the use of any hardware or software that would cause the Nintendo Account Services to operate other than in accordance with its documentation and intended use; © obtain, install or use any unauthorized copies of Nintendo Account Services; or (d) exploit the Nintendo Account Services in any manner other than to use them in accordance with the applicable documentation and intended use, in each case, without Nintendo’s written consent or express authorization, or unless otherwise expressly permitted by applicable law. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the foregoing restrictions Nintendo may render the Nintendo Account Services and/or the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part.

As it’s written, it seems that the actions Nintendo would take are flexible, and would depend on what, specifically, you hacked. And I say “hacked”, because this is referring specifically to unauthorized access of Nintendo’s online services. This isn’t even talking about hacking your actual console, itself.

There’s really nothing out of the ordinary here, and I’m almost positive that the same terms existed on previous Nintendo consoles, just in different words.

Sounds like a skill issue.

If you wanted to make a Mario Kart clone, copyright is easy enough to avoid. Nearly every other second-rate dev studio has managed to make a half-baked Mario Kart ripoff for whatever Nick Jr show they got the licensing to, so that part’s simple.

The real issue is navigating the patent minefield that Nintendo has laid out.

Good.

I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions

I miss the light-up nub on the Nexus One. It was one of the best notification indicators I’ve ever seen on a phone.