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  • I think you may be confused as to who you’re responding to. I’m reading some outrage in your response that is directed towards others and their statements, nothing that I’ve written or believe.

    There’s no argument to be made. A (good) translator into another language with take into account the intent of the original language and translate it into a comparative version. That can mean changing stories, or idioms that no longer land in the new language.

    I’m not the person who made any claim about reading speeds, and I would disagree wholeheartedly with that baseless statement.



  • Would you rather watch content in your native language, or subtitled? If you read translated content, it’s fine. But it’s not the same as hearing something performed for you. Might be hard to grasp if your language is largely auditory and written, rather than visual and emotive.

    Just because sign language is a visual language, does not mean reading is an equivalent. There is a ton of nuance and feeling that goes into communicating through sign language that is not possible through text alone.

    Beyond the communication piece, there is respect of an individual who natively speaks a language, and the importance of keeping the language alive.




  • It’s articles like this that make me glad there are numerous horses in the race.

    Autonomous driving is an incredibly complex problem. We have people like Musk who thought they could throw money at the problem and have it solved in a few years, with disastrous results.

    We’ve lost Uber, and Cruise is flagging. Both had been touted as examples to follow. Both have had some serious safety problems from moving too quickly and lacking caution.

    Behind all of this is Waymo. Plodding along, gathering vast amounts of data and experience and iterating slowly.

    I think they, out of all these players, understand the stakes at hand, and the potential profit on the other end. But you have to get it right. It has to be nearly perfect, because people need to trust it, and our emotions are fickle.



  • The idea of the product is really great. The cost is prohibitive for all but major corporate customers.

    Add in Google’s track record of killing products… just like this… and why would you invest?

    Jamboard needs to be a tablet companion app first, and the hardware can follow. If they’re going to keep coming up with these halo products, then they need to support them for the long term. They also need to be willing to bite the bullet and give these away to lock people into Workspace because it’s unique and no one else does it.

    Now it’s another reason to not buy in.



  • This seems to be an issue with the hosting provider, but it suggests hosting elsewhere and links instructions for migrating the server elsewhere.

    Is it? We’re flying without all the information here, but a disproportionate number of servers on one infrastructure could resist alarm bells and lead to a naming of the entire IP range in conjunction with that hosting provider which no longer wants this kind of behaviour in it’s infrastructure.

    It’s totally feasible, just conjecture. Possible deniability Andy adjusting you’re willing to be proactive as an organization matters legally.


  • kae@lemmy.catoPlex@lemmy.mlPlex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
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    1 year ago

    Because they’ve stated that on many, many occasions. The only time they /might/ have any idea is on metadata retrieval, which is highly anonymized. Their relationship to you is highly a “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” one.

    You could, and others have, spent time sniffing Network traffic to see what data goes out and when to confirm for yourself.

    If they did know, they would place themselves in the spot of policing what is on your media server (and how it got there), rather than being the platform and leaving it up to each individual to collect, rip, and store their mass collection of blu rays.



  • kae@lemmy.catoPlex@lemmy.mlPlex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
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    Seeing a lot of talk about pirated material breaking the TOS. I don’t believe that’s what Plex is responding to here.

    There are individuals who are setting up servers, and then advertising for others to pay for access. They’re using Hetzner’s infrastructure to facilitate all of this, essentially starting their own paid streaming service.

    That’s the issue at hand here. Plex doesn’t know what is on your server, and has no incentive to find out. That whole pathway opens them up to liability that no company would want. They provide a way for private individuals to share their personal, legally collected media within their own circles.

    Admin wise, it’s easier to block the entire IP block than to play wack a mole. On the Plex forums, one of the employees made it clear they recommend hosting on your own IP and hardware for this reason. You may be collateral damage here, but they do not technically support hosting on 3rd party hosting.

    Basically, this is Plex showing they do due diligence when someone is crossing the line into profiting from media, which is highly illegal.


  • kae@lemmy.catoPlex@lemmy.mlDirect connection failure
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    Sounds like a configuration problem on your friends end. Could be DNS blocking, or an aggressive firewall.

    If it’s working over VPN, then the problem lies upstream. That tells you you CAN reach your server, so now you have to examine the other probable causes.