pogue

9 ms·

121.
by pogue 8mo ago
UPDATE: Sam Altman just agreed to be the DoD's replacement but says he made them agree to no mass surveillance/autonomous weapons (the same terms that were rejected from Anthropic? Everyone is skeptical in the replies on Twitter)
122.
by pogue 8mo ago
I just voted blue in Texas today, so we'll see. But, probably keep your expectations low(ish). Early vote turnout in Texas outpacing past elections, fueled by Democratic primary voters - Texas Tribune https://www.texastrib
123.
by pogue 8mo ago
From Axios: What to watch: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a memo to staff on Thursday night that the company will uphold the same red lines as Anthropic on surveillance and autonomous weapons, but still hopes to strike a deal with the Penta
124.
by pogue 8mo ago
That's super unusual, as clemastine is another first generation antihistamine that's also anticholinergic. Other anticholinergic antihistamines have been shown to lead to increased dementia effects in users. https://en
125.
by pogue 8mo ago
The same thing is happening to end users, the consumers that they maybe want seeing those ads. Random, totally out of the blue bans on Meta platforms for no rhyme or reason. It's all over reddit: r/facebookdisabledme r/FixMyI
126.
by pogue 8mo ago
Just use archive.today or install the BPC extension or blocklist
127.
by pogue 8mo ago
I'm curious how these 'distillation attacks' work and what the prompts look like to do them.
128.
by pogue 8mo ago
I assume it's an economics issue. As long as they continue making money off the uploads to a higher extent than it costs for storage, it works out for them.
129.
by pogue 8mo ago
They're doing the company store in the military
130.
by pogue 8mo ago
Here's one from last year. Helpful, but I guess they gave up on updating it. https://getomni.ai/blog/ocr-benchmark
131.
by pogue 8mo ago
I'd be very curious what works well with FOIA historical documents that have been scanned by hand with redactions by markers & etc.
132.
by pogue 8mo ago
Ars Technica wrote about this yesterday too, in reference to Wikipedia blocking usage of archive.today after these allegations came out. Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site https://arstech
133.
by pogue 8mo ago
I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest? Give them a call, you're not harassing them. If they choose not to answer or call back a voic
134.
by pogue 8mo ago
We all know what kind if information the Trump administration and their allies want to spread: misinformation, disinformation and right wing propaganda. Then they accuse anyone fact checking it or otherwise of 'censorship' when th
135.
by pogue 8mo ago
Very curious to hear from anyone who has tried this how it compares to surgery and other vision fixes.
136.
by pogue 8mo ago
Finally, someone is taking action against the CSAM machine operating seemingly without penalty.
137.
by pogue 9mo ago
I'm sure it depends on the make/model and how locked down it is or if they even care
138.
by pogue 9mo ago
Modded Teams APK?
139.
by pogue 9mo ago
VPN? Fake GPS? I know some routers have an option not to broadcast the name of the network but I'm not sure how that works.
140.
by pogue 9mo ago
Working link https://web.archive.org/web/20260124061041/https://www.uni-b...
141.
by pogue 9mo ago
This will be the death of the used bookstore too and I very much worry for the libraries.
142.
by pogue 9mo ago
The main ingredient he is missing is coca leaf. I used to buy Mate de Coca tea from Peru/Boliva no problem. It's a decocanized coca leaf tea. Shame he didn't hunt around or try harder to get it.
143.
by pogue 9mo ago
Ha! ;)
144.
by pogue 9mo ago
The guy on YouTube who just recreated the formula of Coca-Cola with HPLC & etc should take a crack at it Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola (It Took Me A Year) by LabCoatz https://youtu.be/TDkH3EbWTYc
145.
by pogue 9mo ago
This looks super interesting. Thanks for sharing.
146.
by pogue 9mo ago
Thank you, I'll have to give it a try.
147.
by pogue 9mo ago
Thank you!
148.
by pogue 9mo ago
Eleven Labs pays the estate of the people's voices they use, correct? I have their app on my phone and it will read articles in Burt Reynold's voice, Maya Angelou's voice & etc. I'm under the impression that they con
149.
by pogue 9mo ago
Is there a demonstration or a free way to try it without having to pay for a single test or anything out there?
150.
by pogue 9mo ago
They couldn't already do that? Or is this new Qwen model just that much significantly better?

More ›