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by gigel82 2y ago
Is there an open source tool that copies NotebookLM yet, or did anyone dig a bit into how the prompting is done to generate output in this dialogue format?
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by gigel82 2y ago
Wasn't the last presentation just some dudes in spandex outfits? So... progress, I guess?
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by gigel82 2y ago
That's great and necessary but we need to get to the root of things and regulate the heck out of data collection in the first place. It's not just about government, it's about scammers and identity thieves and "personali
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by gigel82 2y ago
Most North American homes have 15 amp circuits for plugs (really only capable of handling 12 safely) and the best PSUs have a power factor of 0.9, so we're looking at a total max safe load of 1296W (12A x 120V x 0.9). At the rate these
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by gigel82 2y ago
Data collection is not only bad because of advertising; that's the most visible annoyance to us, but I'd argue that the kinds of data collection that Google (and especially Apple) enable can be orders of magnitude more harmful (th
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by gigel82 2y ago
We should push for a blanket ban on non-consensual data collection regardless of manufacturer, as well as for changing the terms of service after the sale (such as the introduction of mandatory data collection after you already purchased th
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by gigel82 2y ago
> The Biden administration has raised serious concerns about the collection of data by Chinese companies What about the collection of data by US companies that later sell to anyone that pays (including Chinese companies and various gover
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by gigel82 2y ago
What form? There is no form. I just sent emails into the void per their request for more than a year: https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-request-to-remove-som... After nothing worked I had to draft an official lega
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by gigel82 2y ago
I also have a personal gripe with the Wayback Machine; there is absolutely no way to get something removed once they archive it (despite the data including accidentally leaked PII for example - which can cause actual harm to someone). Not o
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by gigel82 2y ago
3.5s is cool, but if the entire scenario was really connecting to WiFi and uploading an image every couple of minutes, an ESP32 would've been a much better choice for power consumption (unless the camera module you need for Pi has some
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by gigel82 2y ago
160Kb overhead was outrageous. I'm glad she didn't get to experience a monstrosity like Windows 11 booting up with 12Gb of overhead...
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by gigel82 2y ago
Website gives "fake" vibes for some reason. Also, for a product that sold "over 10,000 units" there are no YouTube videos except for a couple following the CES 2019 announcement.
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by gigel82 2y ago
Android and Chrome are not great examples. They already open source projects (or 99.9% based on open source AOSP and Chromium codebases), which themselves only survive because Google is funding tons of engineers to work on them. The cut sho
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by gigel82 2y ago
> You do not [own your device]. You’re not forced to purchase Apple. Holy oxymoron, Sherlock. You "purchase" something you don't own !? That's called a grift, you're getting grifted.
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by gigel82 2y ago
Absolutely, so does Google and Microsoft. How do we make this happen?
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by gigel82 2y ago
I think Apple has too much money. We need some DOJ investigation for monopolistic behavior like yesterday.
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by gigel82 2y ago
Then you should get the option to pay a 30% surcharge for that privilege. Others can choose to use virtual credit cards that come for free (or cheap) from their bank or privacy.com for that purpose.
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by gigel82 2y ago
Yes, but there are a dozen other country clubs within driving distance, so this was ok for the customers, it's capitalism at work. However with Apple (and Microsoft), we're all serfs on their feudal fiefs, so they can do this and
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by gigel82 2y ago
I wanted this to be good, but upon close inspection of the "source code" you can find various executables, archives as well as a lot of scripts that download files from various urls at runtime, not to mention the atlas themes, bac
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by gigel82 2y ago
I honestly would've expected WiFi on-chip. There are fewer and fewer use cases without connectivity, and it's so wasteful to have a separate chip for that.
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by gigel82 2y ago
Where is she getting CGMs for $80 out of pocket? The FreeStyle Libre 3 is $150+ (and it lasts 2 weeks, when it doesn't error out or fall off after a few days due to moisture / bad adhesive). We need cheaper products that last long
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by gigel82 2y ago
Interesting, but at this price range we're overlapping something like Raspberry Pi 4 which has significantly more compute power. I'd like a very cheap WiFi 2-way audio device that one could use like an "Alexa / Echo&quot
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by gigel82 2y ago
I do have the Enterprise subscription, which is how I know that this product wasn't launched yet. There is a "Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Version 23H2" and the usual "Windows 11 business/consumer editions, version 23
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by gigel82 2y ago
There is no W11 IoT LTSC or Windows 11 LTSC in general, so I'm curious what you installed (likely a leaked preview / insiders build of some kind?)
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by gigel82 2y ago
Yes, here's where you disable it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
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by gigel82 2y ago
> When you look at Alphabet or Meta engineering, you see their schemes serve to give them the ad profile data, while making it inaccessible to competitors. That's exactly what Apple did with their supposed "opt out" work a
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by gigel82 2y ago
Apple is already one of the largest ad companies in the world and they are clearly working very hard to get bigger($10.34 billion ad revenue in 2023). Sure, they're great at PR and marketing themselves as "private" but they&#
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by gigel82 2y ago
> Then later I check my real name gmail account and there's a Microsoft email with a login code. I never gave MS this email address. What the hell?? I was with you until that part - everything else seemed plausible and likely true.
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by gigel82 2y ago
I want the EU "product grouping" in the US; how do I sign up?
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by gigel82 2y ago
There's no such thing as "analytics for ads" and "privacy", those just don't go hand in hand. The only privacy-preserving analytics you can do on ads is count the hits on a static banner ad (while scraping the

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