rolandog

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by rolandog 9d ago
I guess he meant it in a "look, I made a cool thing that is useful to me, but don't go throwing away your current organizational method just yet nor leave it open to the internet" way.
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by rolandog 9d ago
Reminded me of Arrested Development's George Bluth's "Light Treason".
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by rolandog 13d ago
Except some of the TVs try to connect to unprotected hotspots, or piggyback through ISP's routers' hidden secondary SSIDs. Which even opens people's data and ambient conversations finding their way to the manufacturer or adv
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by rolandog 15d ago
I'm not saying you're wrong, but what I'm saying is that children deserve a little bit less froth-in-mouth reactions from us adults. Let's be civil, and give praise for curiosity... given that it takes none to be an arm
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by rolandog 16d ago
Exactly. I am very thankful for the experiences and community that WordPress has given me that I seriously consider that maybe Matt has been victim of a social engineering attack to make him be perceived as a little bit unstable... kind of
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by rolandog 16d ago
Then there's the possibility of indirect training via modern spy devices ("smart" IoT devices like LG TV's) feeding the transcribed ambient conversation data for summarization to an agent [0]. [0]: https://yo
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by rolandog 16d ago
Exactly; what's stopping them, --- or someone --- from writing a firmware worm that essentially bricks all devices and turns them into pricey paperweights? It is not too hard to imagine that capable AI can probably exploit any back-do
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by rolandog 19d ago
Indeed... Their core product seems to be being an unavoidable blackhole of money where they are taxing all of society by virtue of inserting themselves into our lives by having acquired or squashed other competitors
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by rolandog 24d ago
That means Uber is screwing the driver and customer the algorithmically maximum amount. It should be less, and it should be in the driver's favor. They should be able to afford a decent living.
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by rolandog 1mo ago
They can be the best at bringing in shareholder value, which would have a great correlation with enshittification. Having the ability to reduce the quality of something so that customers barely stay (or have no where else to go because the
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by rolandog 1mo ago
Hopefully they form a class action lawsuit and get the label "criminally negligent"; allegedly.
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by rolandog 1mo ago
Or at least prevent WiFi sensing tracking
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by rolandog 1mo ago
There are a couple of fallacies you've managed to bundle there: 1. Doomscrolling Facebook/Instagram is not equivalent to rest 2. Although rest is a good reward for a hard day's work, you're conflating Social Media Usage
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by rolandog 1mo ago
You needn't shill for big tech companies; on the contrary, good and sensible regulation has been eroded by all the lobbying efforts these monopolists have done and the pressure of the faux-conservatives that portray themselves as victi
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by rolandog 1mo ago
Exactly, so even if you are avoiding AI, any interaction with society is now being structured so you have to submit to the digital surveillance equivalent of a cavity-search machine. What a dystopia awaits the budding generations.
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by rolandog 1mo ago
I agree with this piece and, also,... I suspect that's why people end with "management brain" (brain rot): it operates by having you bark orders at it, like a micro-managing boss; you're not doing the work, but telling o
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by rolandog 2mo ago
Well, the algorithms in social media that are rewarding "engagement" (but accidentally ripping society apart by fueling rage) have made the training data — online discussions — a very poor training medium for introspection. So, if
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by rolandog 2mo ago
Exactly; AI is to intellectual property or skills what shell corporations are to lobbying... they're a tool that won't benefit everyone equally and is unaffordable to most people. It COULD be used for good (that's why its pro
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by rolandog 2mo ago
I think that we all have varying degrees of The Knack [0]. [0]: https://youtu.be/g8vHhgh6oM0?t=50
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by rolandog 2mo ago
It's truly humbling how much knowledge professionals from different fields have, and how easy it is to fall into a Dunning–Kruger effect trap where a bit of knowledge — extremely extrapolated — would've led me down the path of hub
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by rolandog 2mo ago
To add to your point, it's also worthwhile to mention that there are stakeholders against solving the climate crisis of global warming (besides the usual suspects like producers of non-renewables like oil companies): some countries ben
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by rolandog 2mo ago
The "standard" method would be to double space after the end of a sentence. This is how "filling" paragraphs works in org-mode to avoid breaking a line in the middle of an abbreviation.
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by rolandog 2mo ago
Well, the US could cut their weapons supply the moment they wanted, but I wonder why that's never been an option.
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by rolandog 3mo ago
Perhaps the point isn't about arguing about something trivial that impacts no one, but about when one is arguing against dangerous ideologies for which the objectives transform things into zero-sum games; e.g. arguing against fascism (
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by rolandog 3mo ago
It should be written into law that they (the intermediary identity brokers) cannot sell or share any information with data brokers. They should be an independent organization funded by the government, but without its funding tied to yearly
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by rolandog 3mo ago
So, you must be a dog! ("On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"). Jokes aside, I wonder if people from countries with 2+ names and 2+ last names get different results. In my case, I get a lot of false positives because
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by rolandog 3mo ago
What is it about today's tech scene that makes you think it's FUD? Do you see strengthening regulations that prevent monopolistic and anti consumer practices? Do you see more competitors and companies being split, or are have th
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by rolandog 3mo ago
This doesn't matter; it's post-sale enshittification... They didn't even wait to make the next model shittier! Also, it probably wasn't the selling point, but it was the baseline of quality, and probably documented onlin
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by rolandog 3mo ago
Those seem to be unclear instructions that could result in Grok shoving the taco down your throat.
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by rolandog 3mo ago
Not sure I follow; more and more what? And what do you mean by blocker ideas?

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