foregoneconclusion

firelock said:

foregoneconclusion said:

Nano-texture has no negative effect on colors at all. None. Shining lights directly towards the display? That has a negative effect on colors regardless of what you have...matte, laminated or nano-texture. Nano-texture is meant to reduce ambient reflections (like windows behind your display) not act as a shield against light sources pointed at it. 

I'm curious how the Apple Pencil performs on the nano-texture surface. Let us know if you have tried it.

Same as prior iPad Pro models. The "nano" part means that there isn't a discernible texture. 

Like any 'Best' list, it's specific to the group of people that put it together. So instead of getting into a huff about what's on/off the list, just take it as a way to learn something about artists/albums that maybe you didn't know much about previously. Just think of it as a more pompous version of the 'What's in Your Bag?' videos that Amoeba Records does on YouTube. 

eriamjh said:

I don’t buy the whole concept of “legally and ethically” trained.   

I learned a lot of things from copyrighted books and movies, etc.  There no such thing as protected concepts, thoughts, ideas, or words.  Even IP is only protected from being “used” illegally and learning and understanding it isn’t “use”.    

I read a book.  I paid for it.  Maybe that’s the issue.  Patents are protected from being used, not being read or understood.  

If it’s in the internet and not behind a paywall, it’s fair use to learn from.  

If I write a book report, is that infringement?   If I am inspired by a work of art and I paint something, is that infringement?   No.  

Similar to is not the same as “copied”.  Authors and artists are just upset a computer does it and there’s no carve out in law for that… yet.  

"Training" is just a marketing term. Generative AI programs, like any computer program, require a database in order to work. No data = no output. If copyrighted works are part of the database, then the company that owns the program needs to have paid to license those works. Think of it like a generative video game similar to No Man's Sky. Yes, the program can procedurally generate things but it's still dependent on the database of assets that the game designers built for it to use. 

LOL...it's always been understood that the SE was under the control of the owners. This isn't some anticompetitive strategy dreamed up by Apple. Per the quote/link below, HCE is considered the more open system so it's a better fit for what the EU claims it's after with the DMA anyway. 

"Prior to HCE, the standard for NFC contactless payments was via the secure element (SE). Traditionally, this gave owners of SE (carriers, device manufacturers, etc.) the power to control access.

Support for HCE has changed this, opening possibilities not just for mobile payments, but also other applications including loyalty programs, transit passes, card access, and other custom systems. Cherian Abraham of Drop Labs points out that breaking the dependency on the SE is advantageous for a few reasons, including:

• more open system that reduces reliance on issuers, carriers and TSMs
• no need for complex SE cards provisioning
• ability to use multiple NFC wallets on the same device without worrying about compartmentalizing or SE storage size"

https://medium.com/@ClrMobile/what-is-hce-c8d8e90ecd9d

Wesley Hilliard said:

robjn said:

The article comments “ It removes a potential revenue stream (one these companies seem to have no intention of pursing anyway)”

I for one pay a subscription to Nintendo just to be able to play all the old games. Software piracy costs Nintendo. It’s a crime, plain and simple.
 

It's a complicated topic. Yes, Nintendo has a small library of old titles available via a subscription. Sony and Xbox have similar efforts. But these are but a subset of the available games on the market. Of the 393 N64 games that were released, only a paltry dozen or so are on Nintendo's online services.

https://www.gameinformer.com/feature/2024/01/12/nintendo-switch-online-every-nes-snes-game-boy-n64-sega-genesis-and-gba-game

Looks more like they've got close to 30 N64 titles at this point. 101 NES titles. 78 SNES titles. 21 Game Boy. 15 GBA. Even 45 Sega Genesis games. So I don't really think you can say Nintendo's "proven they have no interest in such a formula".