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by themafia 5mo ago
The browser still has to execute code over HTTPS. You've just moved the injection perimeter from inside my own network into the providers website. I don't think you've fundamentally changed your level of risk unless you spe
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by themafia 5mo ago
> Try to explain what it's like to hear a major and a chord to a deaf person, or what it's like to see magenta to someone who's blind. I know this isn't what you wanted, but the dualism struck me: A major chord is li
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by themafia 5mo ago
You can do that. If you experience any failure, like a falling tree limb, you're now _required_ to replace panels to restore the integrity of your home. It's far simpler to be able to just restore a roof, which any builder can
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by themafia 5mo ago
> high-end home and its a very nice looking product That might just be another way of saying "niche."
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by themafia 5mo ago
> Only a fool would argue that Apple can stand on the sidelines and ignore AI. Yet you've only offered examples of what they _shouldn't_ do with "AI." You've offered no clear ideas on what they should do, only
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by themafia 5mo ago
Oh no. My decisions are unpopular. This has zero bearing on them.
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by themafia 5mo ago
True; however, that will not stop me from trying. I mean, if you _want_ a customer base that hates you and will leave the very minute something better comes along, I guess you can choose to do that. I just have no idea why you would.
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by themafia 5mo ago
Why care if I spend my money with you or someone I perceive to provide better service? I mean, it's my money, you need to justify your reasons for deserving it.
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by themafia 5mo ago
If you replace customer service with LLMs I will look for a way to stop doing business with you.
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by themafia 5mo ago
> If a card swipes in Chicago and seven minutes later swipes in Los Angeles, one of those swipes is fake. The card is cloned. Or, the cardholder is trying to do the cannonball run: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dx5
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by themafia 5mo ago
I'm seeing a few stores here and there which have a "round up to donate" option. I guess I'm a bit of a sucker and I always use that option. My groceries are always a round number as a result.
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by themafia 5mo ago
We wish them well.
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by themafia 5mo ago
Release escrow. Teams should be able to say "at least N developers have to agree to a release before it happens." This should be a policy they can control and lock down with a non developer account.
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by themafia 5mo ago
It used to be true. The early days of node were pretty paltry. I think a lot of developers and projects have picked up these dependencies by habit and accretion and have never factored them out.
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by themafia 5mo ago
So what amount of profits insulates you from lack of fiduciary responsibility? "It's okay set millions of dollars on fire because we have billions in this pile over here!"
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by themafia 5mo ago
> shareholders are Disney Who's shareholders are the public. > The shareholders aren't going to care This is not a valid defense in court. You can't let "attitude of investors" override "sound financial
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by themafia 5mo ago
> Humans make that mistake frequently. They have been known to make that mistake. To use the word "frequently" demonstrates a misunderstanding between number of incidents and total miles driven. It also ignores that humans of
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by themafia 5mo ago
> I still don't know how to reconcile these reports This is work related. So you can't expect everyone to have the same input demands or output expectations. > Probably there is no dichotomy It's literally staring you
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by themafia 5mo ago
> we're not actually on the right track to achieve real intelligence. Real intelligence means you have to say "I don't know" when you don't know, or ask for help, or even just saying you refuse to help with the
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by themafia 5mo ago
> There's no need to permanently cripple someone's ability to progress their life or contribute to humanity I don't think you need to publish on arXive to contribute meaningfully to humanity. > That's punitive inst
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by themafia 5mo ago
GPS is exceedingly accurate compared to cellular signals on it's own. What it isn't is fast. So the "enhanced GPS" is mostly just proving satellite ephemerides so your GPS device can lock onto the overhead satellites f
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by themafia 5mo ago
People seem unreasonably mad I don't believe in "AI" the way they do. Which is weird, because by their futuristic logic, they'll be miles ahead of me for it. Yet my Luddite citizenship somehow still really gets to th
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by themafia 5mo ago
> What do you mean by "checking the output"? At the very least you could see if it's already been open sourced under a different license. If you take GPL code and just slap MIT on it do you not consider that a violation?
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by themafia 5mo ago
The point is, excepting current legal standards which are already very murky, how can _you_ claim copyright, if you don't _know_ it isn't encumbered? You can get these LLMs to generate copyrighted outputs both intentionally and
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by themafia 5mo ago
> But, it works, and the world now has a free software RAR implementation. Does it? How are you legally intending to use copyright to license this machine output? How would you know it's not encumbered in any way?
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by themafia 5mo ago
> AI can blow you out of the water at knowing more facts Yea, but, I have a search engine that contains all the original uncompressed training data, so I'm back on top. How we collectively forgot this is amazing to me. > and
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by themafia 5mo ago
> can’t be pulled more than N times a day, in case it becomes relevant in the future In case it "becomes relevant." Wouldn't that benefit you either way? It makes you wonder if they have a dashboard of unfortunate digita
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by themafia 5mo ago
> It's not like anyone is committing these rags to microfiche anymore. I recommend you actually go and read those fiches. The press was not historically high quality. Mass media has had the same problems for decades. What it used
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by themafia 5mo ago
It's not clear to me. Can you please elaborate on how it is to you? In particular I'm interested as to how you've fully excluded corporations from involvement. To me, I don't believe you can have one without the other
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by themafia 5mo ago
Usually? Money. There's an exceptional amount of money to be had in creating the new digital feudal state. Given that most everyday digital technology is in the hands of a few powerful monopolies they feel they have the opportunity to

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