Kyle Barr's discussions

The linux-based SteamOS does its job suitably well. What’s annoying to me is that Microsoft has these opportunities to put itself front and center in this space but seems to decline every opportunity. Steam Deck and its competitors prove there’s a hunger for handheld consoles. Microsoft doesn’t even need to make… Read more

I personally have had my own horrible time with OneDrive, and I know others who similarly have struggled when the program tries to take over all your files at once. I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 on my home PC and it was a pain in the ass because of OneDrive. I stick with Google Drive for that reason, as I can… Read more

You would be correct, though now I’m trying to think what would be the correct application for “nut major.” Read more

And to be clear, I liked that copyeditor, even if he made my life hell. Read more

Oh don’t worry, I know when the comments are well-intentioned. You remind me of my British copyeditor at my last job at a small paper on Long Island. Read more

I mean, I don’t disagree. We’ll see how effective it is when it finally comes out. Just the functionality of downloading a whole separate app seems haphazard in this day and age. Even Meta’s planning to stick messenger back into Facebook.  Read more

You’re correct about the symphonies.
Though on point two, we use “it” to refer to companies. 
But seriously, what are you on when you say “google it.” The Apple app is not out yet. You won’t be able to compare Primephonic to the new app until the 28th. “DNA” is just referring to whether or not it will be as similarly… Read more

If you read the article, I mention the metadata problem and how this new app is based on Primephonic before it was bought by Apple in 2021. Primephonic was putting in the metadata by hand, apparently. We don’t know who Apple Classical will shape out, and it’s a question of why it needs to be a separate app, but I… Read more

It’s not manipulating the AI when you use a feature that’s clearly baked into the design. If Microsoft wants its AI to pretend to be celebrities, it should expect users will make it pretend to be all sorts of folks, including the worst kinds of folks. Read more

Don’t try and “umm actually” me, my dude.

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Agree. Libby is a great first alternative to anything offered by Audible and Spotify. Plus it helps your local library. Read more

As is always the case, government works much too slow to figure out how to jump ahead of something like crypto. Though what will end up happening, as is already the case with the SEC, is that major crypto companies will find it untenable to operate without operating under strict enforcement, which in effect tanks most… Read more

You’re totally right. Read more

The problem is voice is the product he and other voice actors sell. It would be like any company’s product. It wouldn’t matter if its somebody mimicking his voice, or if somebody is cutting together clips of Eggman talking, as those could be considered fair use depending on the context. But an AI copying the Eggman… Read more

No you’re not missing it. It’s probably one of the biggest questions with this phone and no way to know without having it in hand. I would much rather have a long lasting battery than a short battery with a quick charge. Read more

Of course I left those errors in just for you ;) Read more

The researchers have told me that it’s just a fact that diffusion models will memorize some of the content within its training sets. There are ways to mitigate it, but it will still happen. It’s rare, but it can be very dangerous for a company to give commercial rights to a generated image that ends up being a copy of… Read more

The point is it took the Twitter team two weeks to come to a conclusion the same company realized last year after just four days, as well as four years ago. Read more

I don’t disagree with you necessarily, but I did include a paragraph with a link to the SPLC’s bio on Fuentes which does a much better job of explaining his ideology than I could do in one article. Of course the problem is one of those “how long do ya got” kinds of things if we sat down and explained the rationale of… Read more

I believe it’s more of a spiritual successor since Anki went kaput. Read more