Book will always be there in its original format, no ads, no change, no tracking, no brainrot, no trends, no algorithmic content creation.
Until someone figures out how to generate books written by AI that will ultilize algorithms, curate them to include ads and trends, and that will have unavoidable AI brainrot. For now books are safe.
Think about it. Today we say that AI will never write a good book. But 3 years ago we were saying that AI will never generate a realistic footage after that "Will Smith eating pasta" video. Today AI-video is getting harder to distinguish. Same with music. Not a lot of time has passed.
It's media being manipulated by megacorps to push whatever they want to cash in on. Also ads. Also also, you're getting old!
Great example would be music industry. If you listen to radio, you would notice that most of the modern music is just bunch of the same artists that are topping the charts. But there are also way more great artists that create music today that are unheard if your primary source of music is radio.
Enter Spotify (or at least how it used to be before 2022). Spotify would give you choice what to listen to. Would suggest artists that do similar music to what you like. It made discovering new artists very easy. For years 3 major labels were dictating what majority of people would listen to. But now people can finally chose what they like. And that is what makes Spotify so hard to drop, considering recent issues.
Same with movies. Not that there are no good movies or series out there. It is just what these mega conglomerates dictate on what is pushed to the masses. An insanely good indie movie has nothing near the budget to advertise itself as some meh-grade Disney flick can have.
I suggest to go off mainstream. Mainstream media is not where "it's at" anymore. Get into indie movies. Might be good to start checking some particular directors and their catalog.
Same goes to YT. I fucking love me some small content creators.
Games? - Single player, online/split screen co-op. Each year there are bunch of really good games are released. Indie genre now is the new hot way to play and enjoy games.
Do not go on mainstream meme subs. These suck. Find some small subs that offer meme experience. Eventually any sub that grows big entshittifies beyond repair.
News. This shit cant be avoided entirely. Maximum you can do is to minimize exposure to news. Do not scroll as much on your phone and use TV just for movies and series.
Recently? Besides some specific and lesser known YT channels I watch, EWU and JCS comes first to mind.
All time? That is way too much to count but some most famous imo are PewDiePie, AVGN, JohnTron, =3, ТиХ (This is хорошо), Stonewall008, tons of ones I already forgot about.
Feature is based on the same tech implementation as these SOS/Service call buttons almost every modern car has. It uses IoT sim.
People who have SOS/Service call button in their cars are also falling under this issue except it would only affect cars that has been outside of russian cellular towers for over 72h.
Also, maybe this is happening due to Porsche not willing to extend IoT sim subscriptions for russian citizens making their sims essentially to be disabled. But I am not sure how car manufacturer IoT sim contracts work. For a typical company/private person IoT sim contract is for 10 years with typically 1gb of data for the same timeframe. If car manufacturer contract is similar to that, this may be the reason why their cars are bricking.
Not only due (or probably not even because of) Satellite system failure.
In order to fight drones flying over the border from Ukraine, Russia implemented new restrictions to cellular connections. From like last 2 weeks they made so that when a sim card that enters russian border, it will be denied cellular connection for 24 hours. This also include russian sim cards that have been not connected to russian cellular network for over 72 hours.
Almost every modern car today has a sim that communicates with servers all the time. It is just that Porsche also has this feature that can track car remotely and immobilize on demand. It utilizes this type of sim card. Porsche itself has nothing to do with why they are bricked. It is a byproduct of russian attempts at preventing drone attacks which backfires spectacularly.
Say, if he got it because it was advertised as an offline device then why would he connect it to wifi anyway? The more I read this article, the more questionable this so called "IT specialist" is.
This is how it has been for a long time - robovacs do talk to a server. Should it? Not necessary. But they undeniably do.
No one should be outraged. That is how all robovacs are working - use LIDAR to map area -> send back to server -> server calculates optimal cleaning route -> sends back info to vac -> vac cleans. Vac cant ping back to server - server thinks vac is dead. No killswitch is needed.
Also, app is not a necessity except we are forced to use it. But many would not like to lose an ability to track progress or start and stop cleaning from their phone outside of the home network. For these features, app and external server is a must.
The only real issue with robo vacs is that it is an IoT device. We should make manufacturers and brands to let us choose if we want to selfhost their software. But that would never happen.
I am not looking for a purpose. All I care if I or people close to me are having a good life. It is not always good or perfect. But overall, I am happy at where I am but I also have space to grow to.
Say, a professional lawyer is making a reaction video to some other video depicting something that breaks the law and gives comments form law standpoint - that is fine. But might as well count as a commentary channel rather than a reaction channel. Also, these are fucking rare!
And then we got trillions of channels that just watch movie/game trailers, funny tiktok/reddit/insta/9gag videos, or worse - movies and just occasionally react in an exaggerated tone to them or dont react at all - that is content cancer prime.
4W rpi5 versus 7W n100 on idle is not a big of a difference. I admit that rpi5 would be around half as cheaper to run but even with really high electricity price, difference is minuscule. Your average wifi router would utilize around the same amount of energy as N100 minipc.
Most of new consumer-grade devices are USB-C while non-consumer-grade ones would utilize other standards. But I haven't seen a proprietary ones in a while here. The one I have for my miniPC is proprietary, but I am skilled enough to either fix it or change it for something else when it's breaks.
I am all up for USB-C for personal/home electronics. I have modified some of my devices to utilize USB-C and am incredibly happy with results. But I also can see why say audio/video equipment would never adapt fully to USB-C. I guess industrial equipment does benefit from much sturdier connectors than USB-C and there are plenty of standards.
Not sure if this counts as SBC, but maybe you should try to find a used GMKtec G5. It is tiny and these usually have N97 and 12gb of DDR5. New one goes for 139 where I am at, so maybe it is fair to try to find used one for cheaper.
Alternatives: minis with N5059, N95, N100, N150 are all priced similarly.
Reaction videos - prime example of slop. WHO DAFUQ WATCHES THESE? Like, am I going crazy by not getting this? Why would I watch some person just sit there and react to shit, often exaggerating their reaction to get attention of a watcher, that brings literally 0 fucking worth to the original content?
Prank videos - only are second to reaction videos. 99% of the time are either fake or they do some questionable stuff to expectorating bystanders.
First thing that comes to my mind is that one-off unmantained and cant be played anymore Dead Space game. Heard that it was great before they killed the support for it.
Until someone figures out how to generate books written by AI that will ultilize algorithms, curate them to include ads and trends, and that will have unavoidable AI brainrot. For now books are safe.
Think about it. Today we say that AI will never write a good book. But 3 years ago we were saying that AI will never generate a realistic footage after that "Will Smith eating pasta" video. Today AI-video is getting harder to distinguish. Same with music. Not a lot of time has passed.