MangoPenguin

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California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

This really seems like it's just a way to get DRM onto printers to stop people from printing replacement parts or 'copyrighted' materials.

Mamdani Targets AI 'Housefishing' With Mandatory Rental Listing Disclosures in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago

Yeah I don't understand why it isn't, or maybe it is but getting anyone to do anything is impossible.

Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I've never heard of 3d printed guns being involved in crimes or even really heard of them much at all.

This is just another way to remove peoples rights.

‘Cost Me the Election’: Data Centers Trigger Voter Backlash in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Good, that's how things are supposed to work!

If a politician is so out of the loop that they have no idea what their own voters want, they should not be in office. Nice to see that work for once since it feels like it rarely does.

Lenovo Warns PC RAM Prices Will "Never" Go Back to Normal in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah any extra fabs able to produce 'last gen' DDR4 would have a big impact.

The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI | Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentatio… in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Or the 'modern workflow' version of tell the AI you want to convert the PDF, so it burns a bunch of tokens installing pandoc and converting it for you!

Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

https://www.libreoffice.org/ for anyone who wants microsoft to stop messing with their office apps.