I think it relies on the server backend, which they’re closing down, to do pretty much anything including TTS

I think all the big stadiums actually used for these big matches are privately built and owned?

They’re not buying the product, they’re buying the IP. the article literally says that HP doesn’t give a fuck about the product/HW

users will lose access to essentially all of their device’s features, including but not limited to calling, messaging, AI queries and cloud access. The FAQ does note that you’ll still be able to check on your battery life, though.

OK that is just fucking hilarious…People will literally be stuck with a battery monitor which only purpose is to monitor it’s own battery.

I know, right!?

AFAIK only on a fairly small amount of animals and with limited accuracy/consistency

The french haven’t put anyone in guillotines for more than 200 years (not counting prison death sentences), accrediting this behaviour to the current French population is quite the stretch.

Of course some are able to, but in my work (automation and manufacturing) I apparently don’t meet them. I’ve not met a single French person that didn’t have a crazy thick accent (and definitely not used to get laid when talking to me, during work), and many that didn’t speak any English at all though this was mostly unskilled manufacturing employees.

A few months ago, unless the have higher education levels (university), they have the thickest accents (like bond-villain bad) and somewhat limited vocabulary. At least from my experience over the past 10 years or so that is.

France along with especially Germany and Italy are stuck in the past clinging to this dubbing-tradition, and it’s giving them a disadvantage. The negative impact of this can easily be seen still on the young(er) generations (<30yo), they have a poor English speaking level compared to many other European countries.

Aah, I didn’t know, but I also didn’t say it was open source… it’s store and format agnostic, which Kobo definitely is not.

Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.

For some it works, for me it doesn’t and graphene is detected as an unsupported OS.

Honda has made both the “e” in 2020 and “e:Ny1” in 2023, both seem like decent BEVs in their price segment.

the baldies are next.

Ugh, finally…

I love it,keep up the good work Scotty!

Its a flashlight, not exactly a field in raging development.

Honestly I’m thinking it’s because it’s cheaper to have programmers doing simple FW programming for things than it is to have engineers design the required circuits. There are so many things with microprocessors in today that just does not actually need it but it was the lazy option. It opens stupid avoidable avenues of vulnerabilities.

Why the hell make it with a microprocessor when something simple like brightness levels and simple blinking patterns can be made with much simpler digital electronics without the need for any programming whatsoever leaving the whole hacking-issue out of the equation.

Why the hell would a flashlight need firmware?

Haha yeah I mistyped the years, it was supposed to be +10 and not +20…nevertheless these cards have been pulling at least 3-400W for the past 15 years.