jabjoe

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

But the whole point of the modifications was so it could pass as human. Which means beforehand, it was a struggle to.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 0 points 4 hours ago

Poor researched articles is normal. Real journalism is rare. You said Munich was a failure and that really isn't true if MS had to work so hard to squash it.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago

Agreed. I hope they pull it back. It's clearly where anyone would prefer to live!

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 4 hours ago

After ART's modifications. Other secunits would know from it's gate and general movement, etc.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 4 hours ago

I remember it being a clear thing, but I'll be rereading soon. It's the book after the next one.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It was only after ART's modifications that Murderbot was able to pass for a heavily augmented human. That was the point of them.

I hope they show the Preservation more seriously later. It was all vague at the start in the books. Though I will be rereading!

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not sure Munich can be regarded as a failure. MS corrupted the test case in every way they could. They couldn't afford it to be seen as successful.

https://itsfoss.com/munich-linux-failure/

Now it's not just cost but American can be seen as a reliable partner. Let anyone an American corporation.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day ago

That is how they want everyone to feel so there isn't much fight back. However, I think if there was, and the gloves came off, it may also split Republicans and even Trumpers.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

I think commercially, they needed a known actor and who can not only look genderless, but sound it? It is easier in books.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I do see what your saying, it is just the books have a secunit clearly not looking like any gender. They have skimmed over Muderbot's disgust of gender and sex, but in the books it is constant theme. It's visceral.

To have them be genderless is only half way, as secunits, in the books, also look genderless (and not human).

Skarsgård, for a dude, is doing as good a job as he can. Not many known actors could visually do what I'd have preferred, and also can do a ungendered voice. (Any?). I know it's easier to do it books and realistically they needed a well known actor to pull people to the show.

It's just...just.... That's not my Murderbot!

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It's an interesting point, and I agree with it politically, but in the books it's made clear secunits look androgynous and non-human.

Some change between media change is always going to happen. I think Skarsgård is doing as good a job as can be done with his face. I'm making peace with it. Maybe the bigger problem is the dismissiveness of the portrayal of Preservation Alliance society. But we did live in the Corporate Rim!

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not quite as I saw them, but I certainly saw it clearly not human. A composite of plastic, metal and flesh. Comfortable with the label it.

Though the counter to that, I'm sure the books mentions sexbots basically being the same platform as secunits, only with a gender and without built in weapons. With a combatunit being the same again, but with even more weapons (including cyber). Which does say maybe Martha Wells had the platform, without armour, as maybe more fleshly than we are thinking.

The TV series is good, but it's not as I saw in my head. Other than "Sanctuary Moon", which nails it.

I am surprised there hasn't been real unset by fans by giving Murderbot gender. They could have at least picked someone who didn't look binary. But Skarsgård has got the right character if not the right face.

 

It too me a while to work out why my Nextcloud stuff wasn't working on my phone. It wasn't until I went to http://duckdns.org on mobile data I saw the block. I had changed ISP from one with IPv6, which I had setup, to an ISP without it, and thought it might be that. But it was just coincidence.

I've written to O2 but I doubt they will change anything, so I'll be changing network.

So heads up UK O2 self hosting people!

 

So I've got Android as I want. LineageOS, no Google, Magisk, MicroG but with AndroidAuto with OsmAnd+.

But the outside world of WhatsApp, Bank apps, etc is putting pressure to join. Plus not everything works properly with MicroG instead of the Google service provider. Makes me cross techno-politically, but I can't always hard life tech choices when it effects others.

So, what do others do? At the moment, I've thinking I need a non-free phone and a free-phone! Then what, I keep swapping SIM?? I can't see a workable VM solution to run a non-free Android in a freer Android.

The state of the phone market is pitiful.

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