This. So much of this.

I see the same with any federated platform. People are excited to explain how complicated and clever and different services and integrations and… Shut the fuck up.

App, sign-up, post, like, subscribe. Done.

People will learn the rest if it is important enough to them to master

Well done sir. Well done.

If we ever meet in a pub I owe you a pint

You’ve started on a completely false assumption.

TBH some of the best art, music and creativity in games comes from small indie studios and developers. Who put creativity and skill into their project. They make it good by actually making it all. Games with a unique style and fun ideas come from small indie studios who need supporting.

AI is a shortcut to stealing others work by proxy. It creates content that is non-novel by its very design and by the very limitations of the tool.

artists, programmers and musicians that can lovingly hand craft the loot boxes

What are you on about? It’s the companies churning out loot box after loot box that are programmatically producing them. You’re actively invalidating your own point in your rant.

At this point, reading your comment again. I’m really hoping I just missed some dry sarcasm.

I’m experienced in the field of cyber security

So… go lookup the CVEs. Go have a look at what the actual threats against the old device are. What’s the method of attack and do you care.

If you decide you’re happy with the device. Then remember to keep going back and seeing if any new attacks against the device exist.

Whatever happens, we’re not protected against 0day attacks (by their very nature).

I guess there is some reason to worry about “unknown” attacks against the device. But like 0day’s, there’s probably unknown attacks against patched devices as well.

AI’s current writing style on topics like this, is to repeat the same thing in subtly different ways. If you find yourself reading the same paragraph 3 times in a row, then it’s probably AI.

Treasure hunt. One night they are all in the attic and stumbles across an old map. They set off and later realize that they have to go through a creepy building to get to a secret passage to the caves. As they try to get into the caves one of them gets lost and he is left behind. He then meets another boy with a messed up face. He befriends the boy. Will the kids ever find the treasure? Will they ever meet the pirate one eye Willy. Will Chuck ever meet up with them again? Will they all accept Sloth for his needed up face?