Paul Haddad 
Samsung insanity! *
* Via app + student account
Samsung deal is dead. Was it a price mistake, guess I’ll find out soon enough
Saul Sutherland@paul if I’m being fair, my Studio Display also has software updates. But they’re not so egregious that the monitor itself connects to the internet to fetch new firmware.
Even Dell monitors we deploy at work get updates these days. Makes it a bit of a pain as an IT admin, but the firmware update tool on Windows works quite well (dock monitor over USB-C)
Charlie> ...the firmware update tool on Windows...
NOPE. nope nope nope nope.
If there's a device which requires firmware updates, I expect to be able to RS232 serial into that thing using open-standards tools.
(Needless to say, I have a hate/hate relationship with my Logitech mouse...........)
@cdp1337 I have the same relationship with them. Luckily Mac Mouse Fix handles most of my complaints. The latest issue with their AI component making a new folder in the root directories was a step too far. Won’t install Options+ ever again.
@thatsthequy what? Logitech has a mouse with an LLM attached to it? If that's the case I'm less upset that their software doesn't run on Linux.
@cdp1337 not sure if the LLM runs on the mouse itself, but they plugged it into the damn mouse app/driver. https://512pixels.net/2024/04/ai-overlay-tmp-home-folder-mac-os/
Logitech’s Mouse Software Now Includes ChatGPT Support, Adds Janky ‘ai_overlay_tmp’ Directory to Users’ Home Folders
I recently noticed a new folder in the root level of my Home directory, named ai_overlay_tmp: In preparation for a Mac Power Users episode, I've been playing with a bunch of AI software, and I assumed something I downloaded generated this folder. I deleted it, just to be frustrated when the folder reappeared on its [...]
@thatsthequy Wow, that's all sorts of special; the type of shit I would expect from Microsoft.
Then again this is also from the company investigating if it's feasible for them to start charging a monthly subscription fee for your mouse, so I should not be surprised.