"This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking."
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise t
pretty sure I did the chrome//flags thing a while ago, but also i switched to firefox, which is not without the occasional bullshit, but is vastly less bullshitty than chrome.
This is why I treat genai "features" like the invasive blackberry bushes they are: cut, root, burn, and vigilantly watch for new shoots to uproot. I'm 54 years old and the world got by fine without genai for most of my lifetime.
tags via@KKglinka #psa#having read the article#it's not clickbait#chrome is reaching#across all chromium browsers#to link a prepatory structure#this malware packet#will therefore occur#with all chromium browsers#it has nothing to do#with the actual ai interface#instead chrome is either#using your personal computer#as part of a cloud server#the way bitcoin malware works#or it's recording your own#actions on the computer#with a continuously active#background module#either way#that's malware#a 4gig trojan virus
Oh, and guess what, even if you try to delete it yourself it just reinstalls itself.
Unless you delete the browser entirely or go into the right mode to disable everything. Which. A lot of people can't do or know how to do. Not to mention it's hard to disable since even if you do find the page, there are wayyy too many things to look through. They made it difficult on purpose really.
This is extremely predatory and I'm fully sick of their practices especially since Google products have become the standard in certain settings. Meaning, they have access to student computers, businesses, you name it.
I know I have to use Google Chrome for work and school, it's so frustrating to use it at all but I cannot do anything about it. This is how they get you, they make it to where you can't use anything else. They know they are too big to fail, they are the standard to a lot, they think they can get away with this. Their monopoly over the industry is honestly horrifying.
Anyway, you should read the article, it'll help you see if you have this program installed and how to get rid of it.
When you're a kid you just take trees for granted. Then when you get to be an adult you realize that a fully mature tree cannot be created in an amount of time that fits in a convenient landscaping timeframe for love nor money nor all the powers of science. Then you realize that people are very very very cavalier about chopping them down
Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, c. 1500-10, oil on panel, central panel: 131.5 x 119 cm, side panels: 131.5 x 53 cm, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon.
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“The Temptation of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch tells a visual tale about the Christian monk known as Saint Anthony from Egypt or Saint Anthony the Great. He was known for living as a hermit in the desert for over a decade and was accosted by numerous demons and temptations, which are depicted in Bosch’s famous triptych painting. Saint Anthony’s temptations were common subject matter for artworks during the middle ages.”
“The left panel of The Temptation of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch depicts a myriad of creatures and humans alike. Some of the main figures presented here, starting in the foreground, are Saint Anthony, in an unconscious state, being supported and carried by three men, of which two appear to be monks and the other a layman. They are walking over a wooden bridge towards the right side of the composition which leads onto a ground pathway moving out of our, the viewers’, sight.”
“The central panel of The Temptation of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch depicts Saint Anthony as the central figure. He is in a kneeling position and his face is turned towards us, the viewers. There are several buildings around him and an assortment of human and animal figures, and some appear as hybrids of the two.”
“Looking at the right panel of The Temptation of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch, depicts Saint Anthony in the foreground, sitting, somewhat hunched over, on a rock with a book in his hand, which is thought to be the Bible. Saint Anthony’s face is turned to the right, towards us, the viewers, as if he is looking away from the temptation in front of him. There is a tree trunk with a split down its center and a naked woman standing in the opening, in front of Saint Anthony.”
Source: Alicia du Plessis, “‘The Temptation of Saint Anthony’ by Hieronymus Bosch - An Analysis,” Art in Context, September 7, 2023.
that man has been trying to climb this tower since he was 16. he has asked multiple times, and every time they said no, but now he’s famous enough & variety was able to convince them to do a shoot on the tower. it all led here. it was all for this.
and EVEN WHEN things were more muted/neutral, the neutrality was OFFSET by ACCENT COLORS and HIGH CONTRAST between the wood tones and everything ELSE
ALSO AMERICAN COLONIAL INTERIORS POPPED OFF, Y'ALL (IN TERMS OF COLOR/COZINESS)
PEOPLE USED WHITEWASH AND COLORFUL TRIM OR EVEN JUST COLORFUL FURNITURE IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO SO
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON FRENCH AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN WALLPAPERS
"ELIZABETH" YOU CRY, "WHY ARE YOU BEING SO EXTRA THIS MORNING?! IT'S MONDAY"
Because, my friend, my war on GREIGE will NEVER end.
Historic interiors were filled with LIFE and LIGHT and COLOR. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
Part of the reason we don't see a lot of textile art is because, frankly, textiles tend to degrade over time - especially ones that had utility! And yes, pigments and weaving and dying all boosted the expense of things, when we were finally reliably block-printing fabrics and broad reams of paper, it was no longer just the wealthy who could afford pretty patterns!
In the Americas, a far wider variety of pigments also became available because of the abundance of... well, a shitton of flora and minerals, some of which weren't as common in Europe.
WHY THE HIGHLIGHTER COLORS? you ask.
CANDLES.
Those colors reflect candlelight and natural sunlight REALLY WELL.
Humans LOVE bright colors, it's NOT just a thing for kids. We live in a brilliant, vibrant, multifaceted world. We ALWAYS have.
(STOP MAKING YOUR HISTORIC SIMS 4 BUILDS BE BLAND. STOP IT.)
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