HereIAm

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

Don't be fooled to think computer neural networks is how the brain is structured. Through out history we've always compared the brain to the most advanced technology at the time. From clocks, to computers with short and long term memory, and now to neural networks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

World in conflict is so much fun. That form of control dating back from the ground control series feel so good.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Solid info there, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I'm assuming he just ate the thread, and his tongue wasn't ran over by the sewing machine 😬

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't really have a reason to stay with HSBC. A responsible me would look for a bank with better credit card interest. Might as well shop around for a new one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

It's possible. First example I can think of is NYT's games app uses their own keyboard. It's clunky, but if someone is concerned (or data hungry) enough for the users security they certainly could.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah it is bad. Maybe it's the case again that the default screen reader is allowed but third party ones aren't?

Okay, I just tested turning on the built in screen reader and it launched just fine 😑

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course there will always be some risk. But HeliBoard and some other keyboard apps are open source and can be audited. I'd trust (I know, you should do your own homework) the more popular ones have a lot of eyes in them.

 

In a recent update to the HSBC app they've added a screen to prevent you from using the app unless you use the default (google) keyboard.

They do a similar thing if you have an accessibility service running that can access the screens content. A fair enough security warning if you've happened to install a dodgy keyboard app, but highly frustrating when using an open source alternative that enhances the security and privacy over the default option (HeliBoard in my case).

I haven't found a way to circumvent the page yet. It would be useful if Android allowed you to block the permission to query all packages, but alas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. What part of the OS should managed the packages? The creators aka. Microsoft/Linux foundation/Apple/Google, the distributor, or a kernel module? What about cross platform package managers like Nuget, gradle, npm?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

What? Surely seeing something popping up on steam and buying it happens far more than someone spontaneously buying a game in a store when walking around town/ a mall.

Maybe I'm a recluse, but I can't remember last time I went into a store that stocks a meaningful amount of games other than second hand shops. Are physical games really that large of a margin anymore?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So there's a lot of text under the criticism section, And I'm sure my argument against it is nothing new, but wouldn't the operation and monitoring of the door take some energy? Even in a "friction less spherical cow" perfect world, removing the cost of operating the door seems to be a bit of a stretch.

What are the arguments for it really?

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