The General Technology Thread

[WebSnyper]

The first person who will be killed by a sex robot is probably already walking among us, unaware of how unflattering their obituary is going to read.

That person will be the perpetrator and it will be big news in the #R2MeToo movement

 

[BugI02]

Elon Musk's huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch - BBC News

This really seems more like hubris at this point.

They should name the mannequin Prof. Jameson (or 21MM392). Musk should have to post perpetual bond to cover any damage it might do (and it could do plenty) in future earth crossings of its orbit

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Falcon Heavy launch is live here, 20 minutes away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c

Edit: All successful so far, that was pretty awesome.

Edit2: **** those landings of the boosters simultaneously... crazy

 

[thej27]

[video=youtube;-v4KKVoVfQ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4KKVoVfQ0&t=187s[/video]
High end graphics cards have gotten more expensive and harder to find because of crypto currency miners. They are even being sold in six packs.

 

[BugI02]

Sure looks like the "invisible hand" to me - allocation of scarce resources via price. Money talks and ...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

LGR takes a look at the Apple iMac knock-off from the 90s... the eMachines eOne.

Apple sued eMachines and got it pulled from shelves and banned from sale worldwide.

[video=youtube;skkDM9Ijckc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skkDM9Ijckc[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Remember "Bonzi Buddy", the purple monkey desktop assistant?

I know it from when I was a kid... I didn't know the larger story behind it being, essentially, a virus that people willingly installed.

[video=youtube;L958sMz1kWs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L958sMz1kWs[/video]

 

[T.Lex]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Cursor

That was an awkward time for home computing.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Also, beware. Trash websites like Salon are offering to "suppress" ads if you let them use your computer for CoinHive, a cryptomining method.

 

[actaeon277]

Wow

 

[T.Lex]

A new revenue stream. Brilliant.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

A new revenue stream. Brilliant.

Only at the cost of the user's computer health, battery, etc!

Great timing, Salon... barely 24 hours before this article came out:

Creators of In-Browser Cryptocurrency Miner 'Coinhive' Say Their Reputation Couldn't Be Much Worse

 

[T.Lex]

Only at the cost of the user's computer health, battery, etc!

Stuff most people don't understand anyway.

Short term payoff - "Hey, I can get rid of the ads without installing anything? That's dope cool man."

(Yeah yeah yeah, I'm old. People probably don't really talk like that.)

 

[KLB]

Salon is one of the sites I won't visit anyway.

 

[bwframe]

What is our common way to avoid or dodge those "turn off your addblocker" thingies?

 

[eldirector]

What is our common way to avoid or dodge those "turn off your addblocker" thingies?

When I get that message, I simply close that tab. Not worth my time visiting.

Used to hit The Chive now and then for a chuckle. They require ads enabled to view their content. I no longer visit their site.

 

[T.Lex]

Yeah, pretty much that for me, too.

The stuff I read usually has so many sources or reprints that it isn't hard to find it someplace else.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Regarding the Salon situation, even hitting "learn more" puts your computer to work for them without you opting in.

In light of that...

6 Easy Ways To Block Cryptocurrency Mining In Your Web Browser

 

[eldirector]

6 Easy Ways To Block Cryptocurrency Mining In Your Web Browser

1) never hit "OK" or "Allow" to ANY pop-up or prompt in your browser.
2) never visit sites like Salon or anything similar.

It really is that easy.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

2) never visit sites like Salon or anything similar.

This is pretty much it. When a website's content is morally and ethically dubious... then you can guess their business practices will be as well.

Archive archive archive, never directly link to clickbait domains.