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by d4mi3n 3y ago
That's a bit reductive. It can be true that globally (or in some superset) crime has decreased while in some local context it remains the same or has become concentrated (e.g. worse for people in that context). This whole article and c
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
100% agree, but I have to wonder how much of the problem is that the cost of security is: A. Not mandated B. Increases cost of the product At what point would people just prefer a regular toothbrush if a smart one doesn't provide enoug
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Not at all—I would not have mentioned this if I was unwilling to talk about it. The WARN Act[1] is a bit of federal legislation that applies during mass layoffs. There are some variations from state to state, but it generally ensures anyone
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Shopify is my guess; I was part of that layoff and the timing lines up. They had those exact terms and paid them out in addition to WARN act minimums contingent on signing of a severance agreement. I had the same offer but declined due to i
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
IANAL, but having gone through this a few times, a few things to be aware of with the WARN Act: 1. While the WARN Act is a federal provision, some states have their own versions of it that are more demanding or that change the definition of
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
This is the sort of thing you talk to a labor lawyer about. I suspect the DOL would also view this dimly if it were brought to their attention.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
> Copyright is meant to give the original creator a monopoly over their creation (so that others don't profit off of their work). Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the goal of copyright is to incentivize inn
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
> When the models are open source, or at least may be downloaded and used locally for no cost, that would be the users of the models. I think there's a bit more nuance to this. The profits go to those with the ability to run these m
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
This is more or less correct. We can have systems to compensate creators that aren't identical to the copyright system we have today. If I were to rephrase my previous statement, I'd clarify instead saying: "I do not like cop
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
This argument might hold more water when generative models are more than fancy compression algorithms/text completion engines. A more practical way of looking at this is: who is making money off of these models? How did they get their
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
They certainly don't have the moral high ground, but in any other context this is usually considered an inference attack--sampling a model somebody else spent a lot of money to train in order to build a similar one at a much reduced tr
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
The point about spell check is a very good one. I think one big differentiator is that the attack/risk surface for something as complex as a LLM is much higher and that much, much more information is encoded in an LLM than a spell chec
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Training against your code shouldn't be kosher if your code isn't open, you retain a copyright, and you didn't consent. Even if training on copyrighted, private code _was_ fair use, training on PII without consent is _still_
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Wouldn’t we be seeing some kind of press release if a mass layoff was underway? If it is and no statements have been made, they’d be opening themselves up to all kinds of trouble with their investors and the SEC.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Behold: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-lake-maracaibo-lightning-capit... It’s also worth noting that early in earth’s history, it was geologically very active and thus resulted atmosphere with all kinds of extreme weath
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
I've been following Feross and the Socket team since they were announced. Cool folks exploring a very undeserved verticals in the security space (capability analysis, security posture over time, etc). Highly recommend chatting them up
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
As I understand it: No. Microsoft has licensed GPT and they use that to offer it as a service via Azure. As far as I’m aware this gets you the same guarantees around tenancy and control that you’d get from any other internal Azure service.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
A bit salse-y, but Oso has a pretty nice overview on the problems that led to their product and how they reason about AuthN/AuthZ: https://www.osohq.com/academy It's more focused on application level architecture
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Pebble bed reactors are thing. Thorium reactors are a thing. The tech has improved even if the active reactors have not.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
> One other note - you can still be passionate about software and not one specific day job. You can still work on other projects and explore ideas as much as you want. It's just that that's a separate thing from work. Dedicate
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Not everyone needs to be passionate about the day job. Being present, competent, and reliable is enough. I’d personally go on to say that it’s risky to put too much emotional investment into something you don’t own/control. I prefer to
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
This is a really neat role, always love seeing opportunities in science and academia open up like this. The job req mentions representing the work Aura is doing; do you folks have talks recorded or published anywhere?
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Hello drsim, the link in your job ad returns a 404.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
dokein, SmarterDx seems like an interesting company but I think your SecEng job req needs a it of work: https://smarterdx.com/careers.html?gh_jid=4074835007 To somebody working in security, you're more or less asking f
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Factorio: New New Rails(factorio.com)
2 points by d4mi3n 3y ago|0 comments
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Can rock dams reverse climate change? [video](youtube.com)
16 points by d4mi3n 3y ago|5 comments
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
Logseq is another contender in this vertical: https://logseq.com/
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
I don’t really agree with your sentiment, but the points you make aren’t wrong. The big issue I see is with your last point: > 3. And if people are automatically pulling code from random people/groups without checking it... maybe th
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
I found your original comment very informative. Did you pick this up through your own experiences? Would love to hear if you’ve read anything in particular that helped you form a routine that worked for you.
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by d4mi3n 3y ago
You can also get a pilot's license at 14 years old in many parts of the US. That said, do so with caution. Flying is still dangerous and accidents will often be fatal, license or no. Note the provisions about "no passengers allowe

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