Daily Tech News 20 September 2024

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Elon Musk's reposts of Kamala Harris AI parodies may not fly under California's new law banning Elon Musk from reposting Kamala Harris AI parodies. (Tech Crunch)

Space rocks.
The creator of said Kamala Harris AI parody has sued California over its law banning the creation of Kamala Harris AI parodies, noting that the law not only violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, but wipes its bum with them and then blows its nose on what remains. (Politico)

Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon said in a statement that Kohls had already labeled the post as a parody on X.
"Requiring them to use the word "parody" on the actual video avoids further misleading the public as the video is shared across the platform," Gardon said. "It's unclear why this conservative activist is suing California. This new disclosure law for election misinformation isn't any more onerous than laws already passed in other states, including Alabama."
At time of writing, there are zero major social networks headquartered in Alabama.

Tech News

As mentioned yesterday, Nintendo and the Pokemon Company have filed suite against Palworld developer Pocketpair over patent violation. (Tom's Hardware)

The question remaining is, what patent?

Nintendo has somehow forgotten to include that information.
The Ryzen AI Max appears to be on its way. (WCCFTech)

This is AMD's new high-end laptop chip with up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and 40 graphics cores in the top-of-the-line Ryzen AI Max 395+.

That compares to 4 Zen 5 and 8 slower Zen 5c cores with 16 GPU cores in the current Ryzen AI 370. So this will be a beast.
You are in a maze of twisty little licenses, all alike. (CSVBase)

A review of an a rant about open source licenses.
Earth is set to get a mini-moon for a couple of months. (CBS)

Are those Moon months or mini-moon months?

Not At All Tech News

In the vtuber world, Pina Pengin (formerly of Sony's Prism Project, now with the independent Prima Project) returned to streaming today after several weeks absence when she was flooded out of her home twice in a month.

And Amelia Watson of Hololive English announced her not-a-graduation after four years with the company. Her last stream will be September 30.

But she will still be affiliated with Hololive and both the company's website and the CEO's own tweets hint that we may see her again.

Stress Video of the Day

Disclaimer: Except if I have to work late. If I have to work late, which I usually do...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:26 AM

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1 Mornin' Pixy. Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 20, 2024 04:26 AM (O7YUW)

2 Hello, Pixy, Horde.

Posted by: Bitblt at September 20, 2024 04:28 AM (a6Ysq)

3 >>>An exciting tech news thread is coming soon to this location!

Well, it's already an exciting tech news thread!

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 04:29 AM (64Zez)

4 Grumpy and Recalcitrant nooded AND firsted.

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 04:29 AM (64Zez)

5 @4/m: Thank the caffeine. I'm 2/3 of the way through a 15 oz mug of coffee. The neurons are mostly marching in formation now... Mostly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 20, 2024 04:34 AM (O7YUW)

6 Cowboy Bebop:
And on my way to work, I like to get a cup of coffee.
Like the kind of cup of coffee that you get with the doughnuts,
But I never get the doughnut, I just have the cup of coffee.

Skip (on the ONT):
452 Seems a lifetime ago when I was station in Langley Virginia, I would stop at a DD and eat most of the dozen donuts on the 6 hour drive.
Posted by: Skip at September 20, 2024 03:51 AM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 04:39 AM (64Zez)

7 more Bebop lyrics:
But what I think I'd really love is to get up by myself,
On a little tiny island, in the middle of the ocean,
With just me, and a book, and a cellular phone,
And a personal computer in case something came up.
And I could eat, and I'd drink, and I'd run and I'd sleep,
And I wouldn't do nothin' except swim all day,
Except, ya know, my beeper doesn't work under water

!!!

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 04:41 AM (64Zez)

8 I've seen very little Cowboy Bebop, but it seems to take place in an exploding beeper kind of universe.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 20, 2024 04:48 AM (gHSfI)

9 Good morning, good people. May all you do today be of great benefit to you and extreme anguish to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 20, 2024 04:48 AM (hKoQL)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:06 AM (aKh6S)

11 BBIAB, I'm running apt.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 20, 2024 05:08 AM (gHSfI)

12 Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon

Izzy? Of course it's Izzy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:09 AM (aKh6S)

13 *pokes thread*

Wakey wakey.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 20, 2024 05:09 AM (i24o9)

14 Earth is set to get a mini-moon for a couple of months. (CBS)

Are those Moon months or mini-moon months?

It's spying on us!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:11 AM (aKh6S)

15 I'm a Cowboy BeeBop fanboy and I'm not even an Anime fan. It's like Cowboy BeeBop is anime for people who don't get anime.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:14 AM (aKh6S)

16 An exciting tech news thread is coming soon to this location!

I read this in the voice of that Bladerunner scene where an announcement is talking about living in the colonies in the outer worlds.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:15 AM (aKh6S)

17 from the Miami Vice Cafe yesterday, a great story from SFGoth

15 Just had funny experience. At a corner ATM on clement st in SF and a woman walking 2 young kids, about 6 (boy and girl) goes by and she's singing to them. "People of Springfield please don't eat my cat. Why would you do that?" I did a double-take and chuckled. She saw me and smiled. I'm still chuckling.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 19, 2024 07:46 PM (sPtFw)

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 05:20 AM (64Zez)

18 Good morning! FWP....Got started on the lawn yesterday afternoon and finished the front, then had to take a call from a client. So after sweating in 96 degree heat for an hour, followed by about 40 minutes sitting in the office in the AC at the desk under the fan , followed by some dinner, there was just no hope of doing the back yard. Guess that'll have to get done today so I can take the granddaughter to play golf tomorrow.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 20, 2024 05:22 AM (3Ope8)

19 Kiffness youtube "Eating the Cats"

6,187,464 views

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 05:23 AM (64Zez)

20
"They're eating the pets."

Posted by: Hungry Haitian at September 20, 2024 05:26 AM (RKVpM)

21 saw a commenter somewhere (sorry!) asking if this "What Difference at This Point Does it Make?" mashup would be banned by Gavin:

https://tinyurl.com/mvyurkkw

(NPR)

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 05:29 AM (64Zez)

22
"Of the people that live there."

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 05:29 AM (64Zez)

23 God's got this:!

https://tinyurl.com/yrjdcbvw

Reflection on Hebrewx 11:1-6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2024 05:38 AM (rZKoi)

24 So, it's a tech thread. Anyway, if someone wanted to create a page for themselves, who is the best, freest from cancellation, and free hosting service?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2024 05:39 AM (0eaVi)

25 Well had a 3 hour nap and here I am.

Posted by: Ciampino - are penguins evolving or devolving wings? LOL! at September 20, 2024 05:41 AM (qfLjt)

26 {15} I'm a Cowboy BeeBop fanboy and I'm not even an Anime fan. It's like Cowboy BeeBop is anime for people who don't get anime.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 20, 2024 05:14 AM (aKh6S)

I can't get into most Anime. A lot of it strikes me as "prepubescent weenies saving the world" and this results in me being unable to engage my suspension of disbelief as I'm too annoyed that the writers thought 12 year olds weren't a bunch of naive stumbling twits that couldn't find their arse with a map and both hands.

Having said that, give "Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex" first and second "gig" (aka season) a look. It features adults, good story-lines for the two seasons, and the graphics are pretty gorgeous, and the music is pretty impressive.

Check out this track from the soundtracks to the series:
"i can't be cool" by Ilaria Graziano.

https://youtu.be/xmn5dkjUyS0

It's got this wonderful mix of Italian and English lyrics and boy howdy, but Ilaria's voice is beautiful. Absolutely one of my favourite songs. I keep coming back to this and every time I do I play it four or five times in a row and just mentally float away with a contented smile on my face.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 20, 2024 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

27 Evening and morning to all the far-flung outposts of the AoSHQ Empire! Go, send forth the best ye breed . . .! (I dunno what Kipling thought of America in his time, but he'd be horrified at what's happened to the Western world in recent years.)

Back from a tougher-than-I-expected workout. It's relatively less hot out there than it was in July and August, but still will-sapping. Anyway, that's done until Sunday. Maybe I can tiptoe out of work a little early this afternoon, too.

The tax-exempt status of the property where I live has apparently been revoked at last. Will anything change in this dump? Who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 20, 2024 05:46 AM (omVj0)

28 Carpenter from IL saves teens life after her bike accident:

https://tinyurl.com/3dakmjvy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2024 05:47 AM (rZKoi)

29 The tax-exempt status of the property where I live has apparently been revoked at last. Will anything change in this dump?

Sounds like your rent is gonna change?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 20, 2024 05:52 AM (3Ope8)

30 26 Check out this track from the soundtracks to the series:
"i can't be cool" by Ilaria Graziano.

https://youtu.be/xmn5dkjUyS0

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 20, 2024 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

Reminds me of some James Bond soundtracks--in a good way!

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 05:53 AM (64Zez)

31 The tax-exempt status of the property where I live has apparently been revoked at last. Will anything change in this dump?
*
Sounds like your rent is gonna change?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 20, 2024

***
Probably. My lease is good until May, and I hope to be long gone before that expires.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 20, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

32 There's an animatronic dinosaur exhibit at the local zoo! I'd love to see it, but the weather is far too hot. Maybe in Nov. or Dec.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 20, 2024 05:56 AM (omVj0)

33 In about 3 hours

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-17 - SLC-4E -
Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: September 20
Launch Time: 6:50 a.m. PDT, 1350 UTC, 15:50 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/live/hJrDoL5OA78

Posted by: Ciampino - soar with no wings at September 20, 2024 05:56 AM (qfLjt)

34 G'mornin' everyone!

62 degrees, thin overcast, calm, 1/4" of rain overnight

coffee at my elbow, all is right with the world, for a few moments anyway ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at September 20, 2024 06:01 AM (UWgy2)

35 Lovely violin version of hymn "It is well with my soul:

https://tinyurl.com/yyr9akk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2024 06:02 AM (rI7gu)

36
Brian Stelter retweeted
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
5h
NEW

CNN is reporting that Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr’s relationship was “emotional and digital in nature, not physical.”

Nuzzi says in a statement it was not physical in nature and that she regrets not disclosing it to NY Magazine sooner.

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 06:05 AM (64Zez)

37 I can't get into most Anime. A lot of it strikes me as "prepubescent weenies saving the world" ...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 20, 2024 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

There's such a wide variety of anime genres that "most" anime isn't like that. The variety you're talking about does tend to be the ones with the longest-running shows, as teenagers eat that stuff up. But if you're looking for anime for grown-ups, there's plenty there too. I recommend checking out Planetes (not a typo, there's an "e" before the final s). It's a show about a team of astronauts whose job is cleaning up orbital debris. They're the space version of garbage collectors, and their prestige is correspondingly low — but the job is important, so they stick to it. Hard science fiction (orbital mechanics are correct, and so on), plot that makes sense, and characters with some depth to them.

Posted by: Robin Munn at September 20, 2024 06:14 AM (4YLj9)

38 In an ideal world, the judge getting the case about the "deepfakes" (I loathe that word) would look at the representative of the state and say "Not only is this case dismissed with prejudice, the bailiff and I are going to beat the stupid out of you before you can leave my courtroom."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 20, 2024 06:15 AM (RjOoY)

39 The italic tags didn't italicize. Should it have been [em] tags? Let's check. Is this italic?

Posted by: Robin Munn at September 20, 2024 06:15 AM (4YLj9)

40 37: Nice to see that I'm not the only one who has seen Planetes.

I'm thinking an anime thread would be a fun idea. Folks call out what kind of story they are looking for and we geeks make suggestions.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 20, 2024 06:18 AM (RjOoY)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 20, 2024 06:19 AM (DobEs)

42 huh.

so Butler was the very first rally that cnn sent a crew to ... and now it comes out that msnbc just happened to be filming President Trump at the golf course ... innit innaresting, the coincidences ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at September 20, 2024 06:19 AM (UWgy2)

43 40 37: Nice to see that I'm not the only one who has seen Planetes.

I'm thinking an anime thread would be a fun idea. Folks call out what kind of story they are looking for and we geeks make suggestions.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 20, 2024 06:18 AM (RjOoY)

That can go in the tech thread.

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 06:19 AM (64Zez)

44 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at September 20, 2024 06:23 AM (PzBTm)

45 UPS driver saves elderly woman and now visits her in the hospital and brings treats:

https://tinyurl.com/33ykk2pz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 20, 2024 06:24 AM (dTTBf)

46 Thx Pixy. Morning all. There's an amazing story about a ship in Norwegian waters which is apparently carrying 20000 tons of ammonium nitrate. It's losing power periodically and people are concerned of a crash and detonation. Others are concerned it might be Russian asymmetric warfare. The Beirut explosion had 2750 tons by comparison.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2024 06:25 AM (k2SDB)

47 Rosasharn! Friday officially begins!

Posted by: sal at September 20, 2024 06:26 AM (f+FmA)

48 The story in my post at @46 is linked at Hot Air

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2024 06:28 AM (k2SDB)

49 It's Saturday Eve.

Posted by: Don't look now, but... at September 20, 2024 06:28 AM (DobEs)

50 Good morning ,again from outside on the patio keeping company with the built in firepit where the warmth feels SO good this AM. No wind to speak of, there's a definite bite to the air. An omen to what's coming.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 20, 2024 06:30 AM (hKoQL)

51 What the heck? Routh is married? To a mystery woman who works for a mystery company wired into the IC? Next we will probably hear the rifle was supplied to him by the Fibbies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 20, 2024 06:30 AM (23qBW)

52 If long-running epic-scale space opera is what you're looking for, Legend of the Galactic Heroes may be worth a look. I've only watched the first couple of episodes (out of 100+) so far, so I can't tell you much about it. But with just two episodes under my belt I can already tell that: 1) it's war, so anyone can die and nobody has Plot Armor (except possibly the two main point-of-view characters, one each on opposite sides of the war); 2) the characters are adults (no teenage soldiers here); 3) I'm going to need to take notes to remember everyone's name. It's an early 90's anime so its visuals look a little dated, but it keeps turning up on people's recommendation lists so there's got to be a few things it did right.

Posted by: Robin Munn at September 20, 2024 06:32 AM (4YLj9)

53 51 What the heck? Routh is married? To a mystery woman who works for a mystery company wired into the IC?

Hopefully, Florida has that man under heavy guard for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 20, 2024 06:34 AM (RjOoY)

54
Earth is set to get a mini-moon for a couple of months. (CBS)

Wowie zowie! How many of them will provide us with AWESOME SUPER MINI-MOON photoshopped shots? Squeeeeeeeeeee!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 20, 2024 06:34 AM (xG4kz)

55 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 20, 2024 06:36 AM (T7iTv)

56 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 20, 2024 06:37 AM (gbOdA)

57 Back out in the dangerous landscape America has become, thankful that I live in Texas.
- a cat

Posted by: Eromero at September 20, 2024 06:37 AM (o2ZRX)

58 Great Room update-
I put the wall color on a few areas to test and we love it- I truly believe the warmer lighter color is going to cheer us up after six years of gray.

But the trim, which is slightly different colors in places all has to be given two coats of white. I did the floor taping, and general go-fer, but he insists on doing the actual brushwork.

Today is finishing the trim, priming the fireplace and mantelpiece (my job) and starting on the walls. I'm good with a roller, so I can do some of that.

We actually reached a quick agreement on door and mantel colors. Nice!

We are beginning to think we might be Too Old For This.

Posted by: sal at September 20, 2024 06:40 AM (f+FmA)

59
Say, Cankles, now that you are mot President and will not be President, "What difference does it make?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 20, 2024 06:41 AM (xG4kz)

60 My final anime recommendation for the thread is in a completely different direction, fantasy rather than sci-fi. These days there are lots of "isekai" (Japanese for "other world") shows, where someone gets pulled into an alternate world (usually a fantasy setting) and has to save the day over there. Many of those are smack in the middle of the "teenagers save the world" category that Grumpy and Recalcitrant dislikes. But Twelve Kingdoms is from 20+ years ago (2002-2003), before the flood of copycat isekai shows. It does lean on the "Chosen One" trope, but it does so in a way that makes it work:

1) The protagonist is the Chosen One, but she'd really rather NOT be, as all it brings her (at first) is lots of people trying to kill her.

2) Her friend isn't the Chosen One but really wants to be, and this brings them into conflict with each other.

3) The animation and art are beautiful. Really gorgeous. Check out the first couple episodes for the art alone.

Oh, and you really end up caring about the characters. I love Rakushun; he's one of the best reasons to watch Twelve Kingdoms.

Posted by: Robin Munn at September 20, 2024 06:45 AM (4YLj9)

61 Journo Olivia Nuzzi, a blond babe with unacceptable rackage, who previously had a mysterious relationship with Anthony Weiner back when he was still running for office and she interned for him, then moved on to the inevitable Keith Olberman, now says she has some sort of relationship with RFK Jr. and New York Magazine, her employer, has suspended her, pending investigation. Smells like a "lets embarrass Kennedy" setup to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 20, 2024 06:46 AM (fA91Z)

62 What makes her rackage unacceptable?

Posted by: Inquiring guys want to know at September 20, 2024 06:54 AM (DobEs)

63 61 Smells like a "lets embarrass Kennedy" setup to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 20, 2024 06:46 AM (fA91Z)

Me, too.

Posted by: m at September 20, 2024 07:49 AM (64Zez)

64 I will start a go fund me to pay Kohls’ attorney a $1M bonus, if he legally changes his name to “Suggon DeezNuts” before the trial begins. His name has to be entered into the trial record.

Posted by: Wamphyr at September 20, 2024 12:31 PM (FpxrU)

65 Dear Glory Hole Gavin, FOAD.

Posted by: Charles Martel at September 20, 2024 02:08 PM (EBbHR)

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