What should really be the case is that the ring doorbell has a contact switch that works like a regular doorbell. When the doorbell is pressed it triggers the exact same thing a plain old doorbell used to do. Now all the other electronic and cloud functions are neat features and if they go down it’s no big deal.
Might it have something to with costing upwards of 6k a month to LEASE one? If pizza guys are making that much I’m gonna get me a part time job.
I hope they get inundated with “reports” of an incorrect name. I mean they’ll ignore them but still…
Dammit I thought I was being clever. Guess I’m just slow.
I’m pretty sure if it’s anything-maxxing it’s stupid as fuck. Unless it’s giving me money-maxing. I’m all for that one.
So here’s going to be an unpopular opinion. First let me preface this with I think hurting children is one of the worst things you can do. But is drawing a naked child illegal? Is a video game with a naked child 3d model illegal? Where is the line? Is it weird? Hell fucking yes. Is it wrong? I also believe yes. But it’s not an actual child. The real question should be, how did the AI know how to create those images? Because it was trained on actual child porn. And how this AI was trained should really be the crime. Because it ingested shit-tons of actual CSAM.
Given how inflation works I’m surprised it’s that low. Last I checked my starting salary 25 years ago it’s almost exactly double that amount in today’s dollars. And I’m still probably 10 years from drawing social security. So yeah that’s just how it works.
Well if it was repeatedly into a concrete wall it eventually might be enough
Well I guess that MIGHT make me less atheist.
What’s below not enough? Asking for a friend.
Here’s the thing, AI isn’t going away. Even when the bubble bursts, which it will, it’s a useful tool that can do useful things. I also don’t think in its current form it’s as useful or “necessary“ as the major tech bros want us to believe. I’d much prefer smaller models running on my hardware than just being controlled by a handful of those tech bros. But NVidia buying one of the major players in the local AI scene worries the shit out of me.
But AI is just a tool. It’s not good or evil. I can use a hammer to build a house or bash someone’s skull in. It’s not the tools fault either way.
Yeah I think the growth is going to be in these little models that think big. Like the Qwen3.8-flash idea. Using little tricks to make a small model perform better than it should. Localized AI is going to scale much better than being dependent on giant resource hogging DCs. And god forbid someone figure out how to chain these things together in some sort of peer to peer network utilizing all that processor time that goes unused throughout the day, like some sort of AI@home setup. Pretty sure that’s how Skynet starts.
Yeah they are definitely pulling a VMWare. Only big customers matter.
Fell wuck….
oh i know, I am an old IT guy who studied computer science in the 80s. Pretty sure that was in at least a few text books.
Nothing beats a good bloodletting.
I don’t think it’s a primary goal. But I can imagine several gaming companies thinking this is a great side effect. Make everything cloud subscription service.
This is making my brain hurt. Can we just use something like Reservoir Dogs names: Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, Mr Pink, etc.
As a parent of four I can say without a doubt that taking a few hours a week to maintain your sanity and stress levels is as important as the child. If you’re constantly stressed and tired you are going to be a shitty parent. The same goes for her. She needs that time as much as he does (doing her thing whatever that may be). But I’m guess from her reaction she was raised to only care about the child and that anything else was selfish. Turning yourself into a martyr is actually one of the most selfish things you can do.
Tl;dr: Take care of yourself, as well as the child. Everyone will be better off.