You're not wrong, but this is a press release from a university about research. They're not going to dig into methodology when they want to toot their own horn.
Reading the abstract and introduction (full article is pay walled), it was a pilot study using EEG. Normally similar studies have participants self report using a survey. Sample size was 60 people which seems reasonable given they had to hook up each person to an EEG. Demographics are a bit skewed based on gender and age, but as a pilot, that probably isn't that big of a deal.
I'm not seeing anything egregious, and it was published in a peer reviewed journal. I would treat this as a single data point and wait for other researchers to replicated it and prod at the methodology more.
There's a quote I heard a few years ago: everyone is a technology company now and the game they're playing is recurring revenue stream. If it's cloud connected then pretty much assume they are going to find a way to monetize and profit from your information.
Part 1: I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?
Part 2: [ANSWERED] How long does it take your body to process and excrete gummy worms, and how to make it faster? [URGENT AND SERIOUS RESPONSE REQUIRED]
Obligatory: you can improve your Windows experience by installing Linux.
Non snarky comment: you can disable driver craplets from auto-installing using group policy or the registry.
run gpedit.msc
Computer Configuration
> Administrative Templates
> System
> Device Installation
Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata
= Enabled
That will set the following registry key:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata]
"PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork"=dword:00000001
Ladapo has always been a quack. DeSantis brought him on when COVID was still raging. DeSantis was interested in virtue signaling to the anti-vax element of his base. Then DeSantis set Ladapo up with a job at UF. The whole process reeked of cronyism.
LGBTQ+ expression is the canary in the coalmine. Once they suffocate that they'll move on to the next thing: women's rights, racial justice, political expression that isn't pro-capitalist.
I had one of those groups come though my town this year. Wasn't Kommen, but a different one. They were stopped in parking lot at a grocery store. I went up to chit-chat with them a little. One of them said they were doing a march to the capitol to raise awareness of child abuse.
Anyway, I got a good look at their vehicles and they had two giant buses with custom wraps. They also had two brand new identical BMW's with custom wraps. I was just thinking to myself, that's a lot of money. Money that could have been used to help victims instead of a dozen or so people's jaunt. I found the whole thing super sus.
It is. Over a decade ago they cut a deal with HBO where they would get priority on new episodes over PBS. That was a bit controversial at the time. Warnerbros cancelled the deal a couple years ago. Then Netflix picked up the show this time without the exclusive delay.
Taboos can be positive, negative, or just reserved. For example in Judaism writing "God" is taboo, and Jews will frequently write "G-d". Same with YHWH. They will not say the tetragrammaton. Instead many will substitute the word Adonai.
Of course there are diverse groups of people. So for Hillary, depending on someone's political persuasion could be a positive name, a negative name, or just so synonymous with her it's reserved.
Hillary. No one names their daughter Hillary and haven't for a while now.
Grover, Kermit. These were also common names. There was president Grover Cleveland. Teddy Roosevelt named one of his sons Kermit. Sesame Street had such a strong cultural impact that these names also fell out of use.
Your dad needs to step up his frozen pizza game. He needs to remove all the pepperoni before baking then rearrange them so he can slice the pizza without cutting any of them.
Wow this article is kinda shit. MD5 was on the chopping block for password hashing over 20 years ago. It's so seriously broken that if someone is using it they deserve to get bludgeoned to death with a Model M keyboard. We have purpose built solutions just for password hashing.
The only thing the fine bad article sorta got right was two factor. I say kinda because biometrics (something you are) isn't that great of a second factor. Mainly because you can't change it. Also, it's a fuzzy match rather than a hard match. It can be acceptable to use locally and where all the information stays locally AND there is sufficient hardware based security where said biometrics isn't going to get off the device.
Finally, there was no mention of any kind of physical token based factor (something you have). Which pairs well with password, passphrase, or any other "something you know" factor.
Given the current price of RAM and SSDs, I don't see how a $200 laptop is even viable to sell. Unless it is barely scraping by on specs or comes loaded with craplets and spyware.
Just doing a quick search, all I'm seeing is stuff in the $350 range with 4 or 8 GB of RAM. I'm not familiar with the genre of games you play, but I don't think they would run well on that. Or run at all. Haven't even looked at the gpu or cpu specs.
I would try to find something used and compare specs against the min and recommended hardware requirements for the games you play.
You're not wrong, but this is a press release from a university about research. They're not going to dig into methodology when they want to toot their own horn.
Reading the abstract and introduction (full article is pay walled), it was a pilot study using EEG. Normally similar studies have participants self report using a survey. Sample size was 60 people which seems reasonable given they had to hook up each person to an EEG. Demographics are a bit skewed based on gender and age, but as a pilot, that probably isn't that big of a deal.
I'm not seeing anything egregious, and it was published in a peer reviewed journal. I would treat this as a single data point and wait for other researchers to replicated it and prod at the methodology more.
There's a quote I heard a few years ago: everyone is a technology company now and the game they're playing is recurring revenue stream. If it's cloud connected then pretty much assume they are going to find a way to monetize and profit from your information.
Ask and ye shall receive
Part 1: I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?
Part 2: [ANSWERED] How long does it take your body to process and excrete gummy worms, and how to make it faster? [URGENT AND SERIOUS RESPONSE REQUIRED]
Part 3: What's the easiest way to cure severe constipation?
Given her responses at her confirmation hearing, I don't have much confidence in her.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/two-trump-health-nominees-crash-and-burn-in-tense-senate-hearing/
James Hoffmann recommends decreasing the temperature the darker the roast.
Obligatory: you can improve your Windows experience by installing Linux.
Non snarky comment: you can disable driver craplets from auto-installing using group policy or the registry.
That will set the following registry key:
Ladapo has always been a quack. DeSantis brought him on when COVID was still raging. DeSantis was interested in virtue signaling to the anti-vax element of his base. Then DeSantis set Ladapo up with a job at UF. The whole process reeked of cronyism.
Not the article I'm looking for but this covers some of it: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/27/joe-ladapo-university-of-florida-00128541
Lemmy hugged the site to death, but archive.org has some snapshots.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260517182405/https://corsirosenthalfoundation.org/instructions/
LGBTQ+ expression is the canary in the coalmine. Once they suffocate that they'll move on to the next thing: women's rights, racial justice, political expression that isn't pro-capitalist.
Or a vegetable.
I had one of those groups come though my town this year. Wasn't Kommen, but a different one. They were stopped in parking lot at a grocery store. I went up to chit-chat with them a little. One of them said they were doing a march to the capitol to raise awareness of child abuse.
Anyway, I got a good look at their vehicles and they had two giant buses with custom wraps. They also had two brand new identical BMW's with custom wraps. I was just thinking to myself, that's a lot of money. Money that could have been used to help victims instead of a dozen or so people's jaunt. I found the whole thing super sus.
It is. Over a decade ago they cut a deal with HBO where they would get priority on new episodes over PBS. That was a bit controversial at the time. Warnerbros cancelled the deal a couple years ago. Then Netflix picked up the show this time without the exclusive delay.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403663/sesame-street-netflix-pbs
Taboos can be positive, negative, or just reserved. For example in Judaism writing "God" is taboo, and Jews will frequently write "G-d". Same with YHWH. They will not say the tetragrammaton. Instead many will substitute the word Adonai.
Of course there are diverse groups of people. So for Hillary, depending on someone's political persuasion could be a positive name, a negative name, or just so synonymous with her it's reserved.
Hillary. No one names their daughter Hillary and haven't for a while now.
Grover, Kermit. These were also common names. There was president Grover Cleveland. Teddy Roosevelt named one of his sons Kermit. Sesame Street had such a strong cultural impact that these names also fell out of use.
Your dad needs to step up his frozen pizza game. He needs to remove all the pepperoni before baking then rearrange them so he can slice the pizza without cutting any of them.
Mental illness is a hell of a thing.
Wow this article is kinda shit. MD5 was on the chopping block for password hashing over 20 years ago. It's so seriously broken that if someone is using it they deserve to get bludgeoned to death with a Model M keyboard. We have purpose built solutions just for password hashing.
The only thing the
finebad article sorta got right was two factor. I say kinda because biometrics (something you are) isn't that great of a second factor. Mainly because you can't change it. Also, it's a fuzzy match rather than a hard match. It can be acceptable to use locally and where all the information stays locally AND there is sufficient hardware based security where said biometrics isn't going to get off the device.Finally, there was no mention of any kind of physical token based factor (something you have). Which pairs well with password, passphrase, or any other "something you know" factor.
Or it takes 3 lines to fit all the text:
I had heard rumors of this and was a bit skeptical at the time. Apparently there were a bunch of keyboards with missing W keys.
The GAO report goes on for several pages just for the keyboards.
Given the current price of RAM and SSDs, I don't see how a $200 laptop is even viable to sell. Unless it is barely scraping by on specs or comes loaded with craplets and spyware.
Just doing a quick search, all I'm seeing is stuff in the $350 range with 4 or 8 GB of RAM. I'm not familiar with the genre of games you play, but I don't think they would run well on that. Or run at all. Haven't even looked at the gpu or cpu specs.
I would try to find something used and compare specs against the min and recommended hardware requirements for the games you play.