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by svc0 3y ago
Just to be clear, on Arch ffmpeg is outdated (6.0 vs 6.1.) This means it has three security vulnerabilities.
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by svc0 3y ago
Universe packages are not supported by Ubuntu unless you activate Ubuntu Pro. Thus, if you install ffmpeg on Ubuntu without Pro, it will contain several active vulnerabilities. The full five years only applies packages in the main repo.
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Yes, Ubuntu is withholding security patches for some software(flu0r1ne.net)
73 points by svc0 3y ago|27 comments
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Executive Order on Use of Artificial Intelligence(whitehouse.gov)
3 points by svc0 3y ago|0 comments
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by svc0 3y ago
> the training cutoff date isn't some absolute date from which they never allowed any new data to be trained on. It's not a question of whether they are "allowed" to train on new data; the question is whether they hav
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by svc0 3y ago
Sure, there will be some pollution. It's very multivariate and depends on factors like content split, generation quality, and novel information. A scenario in which all of your data is generated by the previous model and you run n trai
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by svc0 3y ago
They are most certainly being fed LLM content. However, I think this "model collapse" narrative is over-subscribed. Here are some things to keep in mind: (1) Real content is not generated via a synthetic loop: Humans use generativ
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WireGuard – wg-quick(8) on Linux – a deep dive(flu0r1ne.net)
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by svc0 3y ago
I think it should be noted that this enforces grammatical constraints on the model's generated text, but it doesn't do anything to properly align the content. This would be useful if you needed to ensure a server delivered well-fo
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by svc0 3y ago
What could possibly go wrong?
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by svc0 3y ago
The major benefit of tenure is as a protection for pursuing the truth when researching controversial academic subjects. It protects the behavioral genetics research which takes place at UT Austin from left wing attacks and the positions som
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by svc0 4y ago
There are stats on failure rates and bathtub curves. Consumer hard drives these days have an AFT of ~1.41%. Never used SpinRite and I don't know if there is evidence for it but I suggest you backup your data. https://www.bac
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by svc0 4y ago
I've always been curious why people so fervently dislike Gibson. I think the most genuine criticism is that Spin-Rite is not a backup solution and people may rely on it as such. Ideally, no one should need it since all data should be r
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by svc0 4y ago
Seems like the issue here is not EA or a rationalist world view. The issue seems to be the lack of compartmentalization of the professional and personal lives, a lack of procedural boundaries around social conduct, and a general lack of mat
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by svc0 4y ago
Perspective from someone who maintains Debian packages in the community repo here: Package maintenance is time consuming and difficult. It requires a lot of volunteer work. Individual maintainers are overworked and unpaid. Packaging softwar