idiotsecant

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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
This is perhaps one of the more disappointing aspects of the collapse of the 'old internet' and its replacement with the venture capital backed enshittification engine that it is now. Tech people used to be mostly people who were
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
If you don't use third party messaging services your phone number is not necessarily an entry point. Your particular device could have an sms 0day, but it's less universally applicable.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
>Citizen Lab helped WhatsApp identify and block an active Graphite zero-click exploit in late 2024. How to get murdered by a private equity firm in one easy step.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Yes, I guess my sarcasm pen is broken. I agree with you.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
This is, with respect, not very well thought out. There has never been a technology that replaced cognition in a general sense. It replaced muscles, hands, etc. when a technology can replace yourind and your body, what's left?
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
You don't have to actually be replaceable for a very clever mba to get a very stupid idea. You end up laid off either way.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Yes, bluesky is absolutely saturated with people who are loud and opinionated and willing to engage in trashing. Entirely different than twitter, in that respect.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Other people are one of many ways you can test what you believe to be true but, yes, sometimes other people might have figured something out that you haven't, believe it or not.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Another word for 'cave' is 'echo chamber'. If you don't care much about whether what you believe is true or not, there's no need to test it, but in that case what's the point of believing things?
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Not liking something because the embodiment of corporate malfeasance is a rational way to decide what products to support.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
I think it's pretty clear that the 'small' government preference of conservative politicians is a myth. They want to make the parts of government they don't like small and the parts they do like quite large. None of that
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
I'd say overall bluesky is better but boy howdy is it differently stupid sometimes.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
presumably if this was true advertising spend would dry up in these useless cases. The fact that it hasnt and people intensely dislike spending money without getting anything for it, I suspect it must work on someone.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
You don't blame the puddle for taking the shape of the hole.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
I use E/IP all the time and if i had a nickel for every time i had to explain this to people I wouldnt have to use E/IP anymore.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
The 'china' part is irrelevant. You're addicted to being mad. Parent post is just saying there were no other players
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Good lecture but it's just a joke
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
>Nobody is using lead-acid anymore, which shows how out of touch these idiots are with reality. For 5, if not 10 years LiFePO4 batteries have been the best option even for DIY systems Ok, but they often are lead acid batteries. I just
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Parent post is saying there was no community of peer models, just some people figuring it out as they went and with lots of slack to go slow if they wanted
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
I suppose we are on the cusp of the first thing that can accurately think about thinking, that is have true self-access and introspection, not the post hoc rationalisation we do. That is legitimately a new kind of thinking, and to an enti
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
A) I am an electrical engineer who makes a living designing control systems for renewable generation. I know more about most of this than just about anyone in this conversation. B) the post I am replying to is specifically calling for a 98%
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Ooh spookey
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
This also has the second order effect of further incentivising power efficiency
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Same problems long term with better marketing.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Are you asking if a public registry of where you're being observed by security cameras is a good thing? Sure. I wouldn't mind that.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Solar battery is not by any stretch of any possible definition the cheapest generation to deploy. Not even close. We do a disservice to the entire conversation saying easily falsifiable things like that. At 90% penetration solar + battery h
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
This is pretty intuitive and useful, I think. I would suggest swapping to an angle equal to half the angle of the turn once your approach is within a certain distance, to show the user what is coming up around that turn. Frequently you need
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
Once again, the crime is providing encrypted email accounts, chat and video conferencing. Uncle Sam really, really, really wants to terrify as many providers are possible into letting them peek into your personal correspondence. This is why
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
So the US government now owns all emails coming into accounts on this domain.
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by idiotsecant 1mo ago
It did what it was supposed to - punish an entity that dared not do what the government told them to. It doesn't matter if anthropic gets a payday out of it, the administration doesn't get hurt by that and won't learn any les

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