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infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

prefect posted:

waitasecond, are you talking about tech journalists or tech writers? tech writers do manuals and documentation and stuff; tech journalists write stupid stuff on blogs

tech "journalists", tbf that's what i read flakeloaf's post as too

i know a tech writer, she's cool

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flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

prefect posted:

waitasecond, are you talking about tech journalists or tech writers? tech writers do manuals and documentation and stuff; tech journalists write stupid stuff on blogs

oh poo poo, i was talking about "journalists" who write stupid poo poo on blogs

technical writers do a useful thing that's actually pretty hard to do well

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

infernal machines posted:

tech "journalists", tbf that's what i read flakeloaf's post as too

i know a tech writer, she's cool

okay, i retract my earlier hostility. my bad :blush:

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake
man remember when everyone was angry at the word 'blog' becoming a thing

sorry just reminiscing

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Necc0 posted:

man remember when everyone was angry at the word 'blog' becoming a thing

sorry just reminiscing

the word "blog" was invented by a guy named dave winer, right? i seem to remember something like that

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Fire all tech writers.

raruler
Oct 5, 2003

“Here lies a toppled god —
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
dave winer claims to have invented many things, it's really for the best if you just ignore him and fatwood

ufarn
May 30, 2009
dave winer invented sexist mansplaining in tech

he was very pissed when people started using the term biotruths

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Necc0 posted:

man remember when everyone was angry at the word 'blog' becoming a thing

sorry just reminiscing

fox news would report on blogstorms in the blogosphere

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

fox news would report on blogstorms in the blogosphere

i'm trying to figure out if blogosphere was more or less irritating than information superhighway

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

ufarn posted:

dave winer invented sexist mansplaining in tech

he was very pissed when people started using the term biotruths
lmao at dave winer

dude chose his last name very well

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

prefect posted:

i'm trying to figure out if blogosphere was more or less irritating than information superhighway

i can only remember space quest 6's abandoned information superhighway with corpses and tumbleweeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ftgjCyzGU&t=630

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene
whoa rad someone extracted the entire outside-area from the game data

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

whoa rad someone extracted the entire outside-area from the game data



yessssss

Miley Virus
Apr 9, 2010

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

whoa rad someone extracted the entire outside-area from the game data



plz give 2560x1440 version

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Miley Virus posted:

plz give 2560x1440 version

the original game ran at 640x480, so the panning 1254x665 version was enough to fill the screen several times. i really doubt a higher-res copy exists

space quest 6 was really pretty sharp-looking for 1995.

ultramiraculous
Nov 12, 2003

"No..."
Grimey Drawer

THC posted:

I'm still holding out hope Obama will pull off the mask and reveal he truly was a Marxist Nazi all along. he does this a couple hours after ordering a series of lethal drone strikes on the google executive retreat

well then he'll be the first marxist nazi commie to earn my respect

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

whoa rad someone extracted the entire outside-area from the game data



I'm the exit to heaven

Miley Virus
Apr 9, 2010

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

I'm the exit to heaven

is heaven an office

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

no baby it's a place on earth

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



lol no its a halfpipe

Baby Got .BAT
Aug 3, 2013

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

the original game ran at 640x480, so the panning 1254x665 version was enough to fill the screen several times. i really doubt a higher-res copy exists

space quest 6 was really pretty sharp-looking for 1995.

as a painting in a store cupboard somewhere maybe

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-your-gmail-for-child-porn

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

good. not seeing the problem here :colbert:

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

quote:

Most seem to agree that this is a good thing, but

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

i'm the database of known child pornography maintained by a googler

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

i'm the database of known child pornography maintained by a googler

tbf i'm sure they just keep the hashes

didn't someone post an article about the people that work for facebook that go through all the reported stuff. sounds soul crushing :(

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Cold on a Cob posted:

tbf i'm sure they just keep the hashes

didn't someone post an article about the people that work for facebook that go through all the reported stuff. sounds soul crushing :(

i wonder if it works like livestock slaughtering where if you don't switch out the captive bolt pistol operator once in while then they develop sadism

:gay:

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice
i wonder what an ethicist would say about putting incarcerated pedophiles to work processing those requests

i'm not even going to touch that one (no pun intended)

crusader_complex
Jun 4, 2012

Cold on a Cob posted:

i wonder what an ethicist would say about putting incarcerated pedophiles to work processing those requests

i'm not even going to touch that one (no pun intended)

"well, i dont see whats wrong with that one... seems fairly tasteful actually. oh, that one too. that one too."

Damiya
Jul 3, 2012
Scroogled again!!

quote:

Starting today, Twitch will be implementing technology intended to help broadcasters avoid the storage of videos containing unauthorized third-party audio. We respect the rights of copyright owners, and are voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners.

The Audible Magic technology will scan for third party music in 30 minute blocks — if Audible Magic does not detect its clients’ music, that portion of the VOD will not be muted. If third party audio is detected anywhere in the 30-minute scanned block, the entire 30 minutes will be muted.

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

wait, does that mean if a person plays tony hawk pro skater their video will get muted?

Damiya
Jul 3, 2012

TVarmy posted:

wait, does that mean if a person plays tony hawk pro skater their video will get muted?

yes

or rock band


or guitar hero

Damiya
Jul 3, 2012
also any nintendo games

Damiya
Jul 3, 2012
have a song that plays from 29:00 to 31:00? your first hour is completely muted

crusader_complex
Jun 4, 2012
not my dbz/linkin park dubs!

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Forums Terrorist posted:

i remember playing a flash game around 2003 where you were a palestinian suicide bomber and the goal was to kill and maim as many men, women and children as possible

compared to that those are practically edutainment

remember Muslim
massacre?

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

i can't wait for this foolproof music detection system to flawlessly identify only the music that forms part of this particular protection racket

flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Aug 6, 2014

raruler
Oct 5, 2003

“Here lies a toppled god —
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
you can hash everything, hash an image, hash a sound

hash some marijuana

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pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

huh. a company with no money got bought by a company with giant piles of money and suddenly they're concerned with 17 USC § 512

weird

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