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by k310 7mo ago
I wanted a full size keyboard that is lighted for visibility, like laptop keyboards. No thanks, Apple. I am using a Logitech now. I really wanted a wired keyboard for instant keyboard recognition on startup, but the USB-C port is for chargi
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by k310 7mo ago
Let me swipe type "and" Andrew and's abs and abs abs and Andrew and Andrew and Ann's abs. This is swipe typing on ios 18.x I repeatedly typed abs, correct that, abs, correct that, ands, correct that abs, correct that abs
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by k310 7mo ago
On the other hand, I encourage the Gates' and Bezos' of this world to divorce. Their ex-wives have been very generous. Go for it, billionaires! All that excess isn't making you happier [0] I leave the case of the man with 8 o
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by k310 7mo ago
You have choice, something people in other states don't have. I bought a 3 bedroom like-new home in the Sierra foothills for less than half the state median home price. Backup power, my own well. It's a prepper's (and photogr
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by k310 8mo ago
California citizens have rights that are being denied in other states. The wealthy may not care, but their wives and children might get in a pickle that money can't buy their way out of. "Hey, I'm male. Laws, rules and norms
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by k310 8mo ago
Now it's AI versus AI. Networking. In my opinion, that's the only way to get through the electronic wall. You may not know the HR person, but you might know someone inside who does.
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by k310 8mo ago
"Voter ID" is Jim Crow with a fancy name. Anything that gives officials a lever to reject voters can and will be abused to limit voter participation. Voter suppression was documented in the case of Cambridge Analytica and is a maj
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by k310 8mo ago
> But there’s a third group. They learn to work with AI critically, treat it like a bright, enthusiastic intern that needs to be managed and supported to do their best work. > The difference? It’s rarely technical ability. It’s curios
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by k310 8mo ago
That's an interesting trust chain.
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by k310 8mo ago
Another "walk in the park" "over in 3 days" intervention, like the invasion of Ukraine. Unchecked and ill-advised power. Techies please note. All the simulation and scenario planning we do is wasted when it's appare
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by k310 8mo ago
I hadn't thought of that. Check age of persons but not personhood. How old are LLM's? How do we check? Ask for a cookie recipe? What person can do that from memory?
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by k310 8mo ago
> One of the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said officials responsible for creating targeting packages appeared to have used out-of-date intelligence. The second source confirmed that out-of-date intelligence appears
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by k310 8mo ago
My brother, the least techie person on earth, got really sick and tired of windows updates breaking his drivers monthly, so he eventually got a Dell linux desktop, installed and supported (online only) and after a few questions about FOSS a
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by k310 8mo ago
The author compares desktop Linux with MacOS. Let me tell you, I cling to old mac apps and refuse to "upgrade" because almost all the new versions are subscription-only, making your mac "rented" unless you are good at fi
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by k310 8mo ago
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disa
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by k310 8mo ago
Emmanuel Goldstein, "THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM" in the novel "1984" > In 1984, when Oldspeak was still the normal means of communication, the danger theoretically existed that in using Newsp
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by k310 8mo ago
I use Dark Reader [0] with Firefox. It's in addons or $5 in mobile app stores. In addition, I use Infy Scroll, [1] which works with "newest" to give me a daily digest in HTML. I let it scroll, and copy a day's worth. Pas
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by k310 8mo ago
You get what you reward. Quality stopped being rewarded, when? IMO, this is the result of reducing the dimensionality of our human gifts and treasured values to a single number, a symbol. Quality becomes entropy. We told the machines what
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by k310 8mo ago
Archive.today and friends got me into an infinite captcha loop. Often, just search the title and you'll find a syndicated version of the article. Or very close to it. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/natio
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by k310 8mo ago
Meanwhile, back in the U.S.[0] > President Donald Trump said he's not considering declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections, as a draft executive order circulating among his allies suggests. > The 17-page propos
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by k310 8mo ago
I hereby propose, in addition, banning toxic social media for over-16's, the people who can do the most damage to themselves, society and their under-16 kids. How do we define toxicity? There are studies that can be made into algorit
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by k310 8mo ago
Online "catalogs" are awful. "Real" catalogs are art. "Art?" you say? My Dad was a commercial artist. He made electrical products look as cool as book covers for pirate novels. "Real" catalogs spark t
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by k310 8mo ago
Works for me with Firefox/mac and a ton of extensions. In most cases, using a "reader" mode, either built-in or as an extension, gets rid of the popup, and then disabling javascript. I usually save articles as pdf and various
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by k310 8mo ago
Predicted yesterday. > Target schools, blame vendor instead of operators. > I fully expect this. > Based on industry experience, where vendors were hired (and paid well) so that there would be, and I quote, "a throat to choke&
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by k310 8mo ago
Technology and government have both become highly centralized and concentrated, and entangled with each other more than ever before. What was a little kickback has become grift to the tune of millions in plain sight. "It's just a
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by k310 8mo ago
I was wondering how a Russian can plead guilty to a U.S. charge. He was extradited from South Korea. > Greenbelt, Maryland – A Russian national pled guilty in federal court today to a charge connected to a ransomware conspiracy. > Evg
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by k310 8mo ago
Do ya remember when companies spun off operations rather than throw a lot of employees under the bus? I wonder if Musk will buy Block now?
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by k310 8mo ago
Target schools, blame vendor instead of operators. I fully expect this. Based on industry experience, where vendors were hired (and paid well) so that there would be, and I quote, "a throat to choke" when needed.
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by k310 8mo ago
I have to wonder A. If end users will mod their distros to send a "signal" (TBD?) to websites. B. If end users will just grab a pirate OS with apps compiled to not care about age. Hopefully the latest TAILS I downloaded is free of
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by k310 8mo ago
Wilhoit's Law: [0] Frank Wilhoit's original text from crookedtimber.org on 03.22.18 at 12:09 am > Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: > There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, a

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