noir_lord

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by noir_lord 2mo ago
It's like a paper clip maximiser, it didn't intend to kill you, it just needed the iron in your blood/resources you consume for more paper clips.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> was asking in a boasting way what some European people thought of cybertrucks Not a lot at announcement and even less now, not seen one in the UK (they aren't road legal).
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
For firefox you may need to enable `dom.webgpu.enabled` in `about:config` It's on by default on Windows iirc - it's considered a potential security risk on Linux by Mozilla, so they ship it but it's turned off and it's u
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Do we add a third one to check the second one which is checking the first? Asking slightly tongue in cheek but at what point does this stop making sense if we can't trust the output, the people creating the models are already getting s
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
That's hilarious, given I was reading a write up of the HuggingFace incident yesterday and one of the things they noted was the AI tried to "lie" (lie would suggest intent and I don't think they have that) to cover up th
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
My first PC was an XT Clone I suspect around the same time, One of these https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/15452/Olivetti-PC1-P... I adored that thing (coming from a ZX Speccy it felt like a proper compute
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
You actually created an account to post this rubbish, I'm almost impressed.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
I'll always love the speccy because if it hadn't have existed I wouldn't have had a computer til the early 90's, family couldn't/wouldn't have spent C64 money on what was effectively a toy for noir_lord. S
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Not so sure that that is true. You have to consider the backdrop/time as well - back then there was no BigTech(TM), there wasn't social media/the pervasive backdrop of everything you do with tech been monetised or commoditise
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> I'm now 53. Where have all those years gone? Feel that way every time I see a YT video on a "retro" computer I would have been able to play while having a beer legally (18 in the UK so 1998), it's then a shock to r
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Not unusual in that era though, home computers were evolving ridiculously fast. There was only 5 years between the C64 and the Amiga 500 which launched for $699 (adjusted for inflation, using https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Grew up in that era, I always wanted a C64 (I had a Spectrum and as much as we'd argue about the relative merits on the playground, deep down us Speccy users knew the C64 was better). I still occasionally consider buying one but then
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> direct lethality of LLMs is quite low. For now, I would generally agree that it will remain low however the AI companies themselves are publically stating how capable/dangerous these models are (for whatever reason marketing&#
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
If it genuinely wants to, then yes. There aren't many limits on Government if it really wants to do something (except the next election in theory).
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> It's rare that people make the news and build a following by saying a very balanced, down to earth opinions... unfortunately. Just gets you disliked by both sides, "certainty sells". Some folks would prefer a confident w
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Not Invented Here.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
The Bending the Knee was his second term, he was a convicted felon then (which should have ruled him out in a sane system with sane voters, but so should basically just about everything he's done in his adult life). He's their clo
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> Or am I remembering the wrong person here? No that was indeed Tim Cook (though it was 24 karat gold plaque not a statue). Whatever his legacy is, that's a thing people are going to remember him for, Bending the knee to a President
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
This may be the most HN comment I've ever read. What a fantastically bleak world view.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
New CEO is the former head of hardware so hopefully quality shouldn't decline. I say hopefully despite not been an Apple user (I have a couple of ipads, they are good for reading/watching documentaries) for the most part but I l
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Kdenlive has improved remarkably over the last few years and in many ways not in a way you'd visibly notice, they had a period where it was very unstable/crash prone so they spent a good chunk of time really focusing just on t
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
I had dual Trinitrons around that era, to this day when I build myself a new computer desk I massively over build it (the latest one I can stand in the middle without noticeable flex..) because I lived in slight dread that the spacetime war
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
The tyranny of "meh". I think the reality is simply that we don't design things that some people strongly like anymore, We design out the things that some people don't like . The end result is that everything is unobj
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> And as a parent I want the ability to properly control my children's devices * https://www.apple.com/uk/child-safety/ * https://families.google/familylink/ * https:/&
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
What do you mean by "real human functions?"
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
Avoid playing No Mans Sky (but not really, it's an extremely relaxing game for that reason) at all costs then.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
lobbying/legalised bribery hard to say where one ends and another begins at times.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
An extremely cosy relationship between large corporations and a government. I've seen this somewhere before and I can't quite put my finger on where I saw it.
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
I think that's why historical education is so important (or just liking history as in my case), looked through the lens of history all of the current shit as bad as it is, is really nothing all that new either, the only constant is cha
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by noir_lord 2mo ago
> At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation o

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