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But would you have been able to? Ochem wouldn't give access to laptops and just be a paper and pencil exam.

External devices would be banned from the get go so attempting to use your phone or laptop would get you a 0 for cheating.

These professors seem pretty dumb allowing all sorts of open access to devices during exams that are completely open to view and run anything and get surprised people are using AI. Why does a history exam need a computer with open access anyways. This isn't a programming course.

These all seem like problems easily avoided if internet access and devices weren't allowed, and the exam was just paper and pencil, which most courses gain nothing from. Especially non programming courses like history.

There's also exam software that lock down laptops so only the exam can be accessed until it is finished if a professor insists on digital submission.

Professors seem as dumb as the students for finding all sorts of convoluted ways to try to stop AI based cheating during exams when the solution is to look back to their own past at how exams were given to them. Idiots.

To be extra safe you should do

gpedit.msc -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Device Installation -> Prevent automatic download of applications associated with metadata

This is the type of stuff that leads to auto installs of applications such as logitech, razer, and in this case LG companion app.

Can't really rely on ltsc, since it was utilizing Windows driver install process so any device that tries to do what LG did is a risk. Its why people with LG monitors found that app installed despite not having smart TV functionality.

That isnt enough since even dumb displays like LG monitors used Windows itself to install unwanted software on people's PCs. Would have to actually disable that setting in Windows or use Linux.

The problem was you could do the right thing of keeping it offline, but that it used Windows to install unwanted software. Of course, solution is install Linux, but for the average user who decides to hook up their laptop and is using Windows they'd end up with unpleasant software installed.

And it affected LG monitors too, which means Windows PC users were affected.

Yeah, its like making assumptions about cinema and TV show fans, but many don't keep up with celebrity news or culture. Its just a source of entertainment to them they like to watch.

Games being some niche demographic that is in the loop of every discourse is a very outdated old person view now. Its actually so popular now the revenue from it is more than film and music combined.

Even something like Marvel and DC being the stereotypical interest of some nerds no longer applies once it became mainstream, and that's where games have been at for years now.

That sounds to me like theorizing if perhaps there is a difference between people who play football and people who identity as a footballer.

What does that really mean?

Both enjoy their hobby with the only difference being if they choose to introduce themselves by the hobby, but still doesn't really tell us much about them.

Other than I guess other than some anecdotal assumptions that are going to widely vary on peoples personal interactions and which social media they choose to interact with.

And Star Wars, House of the Dragon, Marvel, Pixar, etc.

Compared to games the people the meme is referencing is much more prevalent for the TV show and movie medium.

Yeah, I'm into gaming and still in the dark about what gamersgate is about. I was on reddit but not using other social media like twitter, so maybe that played role in not getting much exposure to it.

I don't think average gamer kept up with gamersgate, since they just were more interested in what games came out, reviews, and discussions about games.