There’s a race within “the scene”. The first group to release the content (meeting all of the technical requirements, lest they get “nuked” or “propered”) gets credits, while everyone else gets nothing. The Wikipedia page on “Warez scene” is a good place to start if you want more technical details.

That said, scene groups don’t release everything. Some shows just aren’t popular enough, or are unavailable to the various release groups. That’s where I think this show is. While scene releases don’t usually say their source, they do state the type, e.g. WEB (aka Web-DL). I suspect that the episodes get released on AMZN/DSNP/HULU/whatever at 5am ET, and that’s when a member of EDITH grabs it in 720p to release around 5:10. They might go back later to release the 1080p version, but it looks like in previous seasons they kept getting sniped.

TL;DR: I bet the streaming content becomes available right before the scene release, which is why it’s so consistent.

“Scene” releases are always the fastest. They do not directly travel by torrent, although they are commonly uploaded to various trackers. You can watch one of the PreDB sites to see when one gets released (finding the content itself is up to you). Their native format is split RAR, but most trackers will have them unRAR’d.

Private trackers tend to prefer P2P release groups. Common ones are NTb, FLUX, and especially on one tracker, Kitsune. These are always slower than scene, but advocates will say the quality is higher.

Side note: it looks like recent episodes of that show were released by EDITH in 720p around 5am EDT. I don’t see any 1080p releases for this season. So either it’s only available in 720 or it’s not a very popular show.

The detail about hash values is really important. The FBI maintains a database of known CSAM. Presumably, hers is in that database, hence the hash values. While not everyone has access to that DB, Xitter/etc does. There is no ambiguity of anything on that list; there’s also no need for any human to review. It’s already been confirmed.

While I’m not sure there’s any case law about it, I would be amazed if using that to train generative AI (except POSSIBLY as content to block) was treated as anything other than possession, distribution, and maybe even production of CSAM.

Proving it might be difficult without full discovery, and AI is infamous for the massive corpus of training data. However, AI doesn’t always generate truly unique works. Go to any image generator and prompt for a video game plumber, and you’ll see an unmistakable image of Mario. It’s possible that they can find a prompt that generates results close enough to her images.

There’s already precedent that you cannot be forced to give up your passwords. It’s a 5th amendment violation. But I’m not sure if it applies to this case or not.

The Beloit/Mindset list that comes out every year. It takes the form of “This year’s college freshman have always/never ______”. For instance, they’ve always had GPS in their pocket. They’ve never used a desktop computer. $Celebrity has always been dead. It’s always been a post-9/11 world.

Each year, that list always makes me feel old.

Cars in the US have to follow EPA testing methods, and those are the only numbers a seller is allowed to use.

The standard has changed several times over the years, most notably in 2008. Prior to this, the tests were “best case”, and were almost impossible to get in the real world. Since then, the tests have become much more “typical use”, including factors like air conditioning, high speed (80mph) driving, cold engine, and cold weather. These significantly reduced the published numbers vs previous years.

I could easily see a car rated for 27mpg in the 2008 test also getting 41mpg+ in the 2007 test.

Since you described it as stunt driving, Rockefeller Skank by Fatboy Slim.

And yes, mostly because of an ad 25 years ago.

That’s my understanding. I actually just saw an article today about where it stands. I believe any rulings on the matter can be appealed by either side, all the way up to SCOTUS.

https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-postponed-plea-09c039f61c62d2c0e8815ea0189f0522

In the US legal system, there’s a concept of duty of care. You aren’t obligated to perform CPR on a random person. But if you are part of the medical team at a nursing home, you are (probably) obligated to perform it on the residents.

If it weren’t for the entire system being corrupted by money, insurance would have that duty.

I’ve seen a number of analysts on whether it would count on double jeopardy. Notably, NY prosecutors claim that it doesn’t.

I would be surprised, but it’s possible. While I’m amazed that Intel supported it as recently as 10th Gen, this would’ve been a very rare option. It would’ve also been limited to the bargain basement models, not a developer machine.

You’d have to go all the way back to 5th Gen (released in 2014) to find mainstream DDR3, and most of those couldn’t do 16GB.

It’s possible, just rather unlikely to have 16GB of DDR3 in a laptop.

If you already have enough RAM, adding more does nothing. In this case, increased RAM speed, which still does almost nothing, is preferable.

But going forward, my money is always on RAM needs increasing. The RAM that’s enough today probably won’t be enough in a few years. That alone is enough reason for me to choose the higher capacity option.

The final option is to sell the excess RAM, and buy a yacht. Or put the money in a savings account and wait for prices to come back down, at least below what you sold it for. Beware that predictions on this are absolutely all over the board, so you’d be taking a risk. But DDR4 is already pretty old, and will disappear soon enough anyway.

The comments here are interesting. There’s a very important detail you left out, and everyone is just assuming in their responses.

OP, what are you trying to wash? Laundry, dishes (in a dishwasher, or by hand), or something else entirely?

This thread is good food for your mind, but I want food for my mouth.

I hate to be the guy saying “Simpsons did it”, but this exact same joke was used to highlight how dumb someone was.

In 1995.

Both things can be (and likely are) true. The issue is caused by Microsoft, and the VLC developers should address it. And not by instructing people to exclude it from AV scans.

Having worked in a call center, I would be surprised if such a thing is even possible.

That said, the call recording software was so bad, less than half of calls were actually recorded anyway. But they tried on all of them.

Asking for forgiveness and repenting seems to be entirely optional, and limited to certain sects anyway.

Most that I know just do shitty things, but it’s ok because Jesus is on their side.

I won’t speak about banks, but many (most?) security guards at businesses aren’t even armed. They are there as a deterrent, but also to witness and document. They are also (usually mildly) trained to defuse a violent situation and get any robbers out the door without bloodshed.

Equivalent usage to a farm, maybe. But it’s not a farm. Part of the challenge and conflict about these water rights is that actual farms have priority leases, lasting around 100 years. Cities can’t negotiate drinking water increases, because the farms have priority.

Data centers (and other industrial projects) are at the back of the line. They’re welcome to build their own pipelines, or truck it in, or build a desalination plant. But that river is already spoken for.