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by xzjis 11mo ago
There are two situations where I have problems with being dazzled by headlights: - low beams on roads that aren't flat, because they shine right into my eyes - the high beams of cars behind me (sometimes close), which reflect in my mir
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by xzjis 11mo ago
It's a real pain that accessibility features are always integrated into proprietary OSes first. Like the live captioning feature in Windows 11 (for the hearing impaired), it wouldn't be hard to implement it on Linux with Whisper,
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by xzjis 11mo ago
Mmh, I've always wanted my gaming PC to run a useless background agent to eat up CPU cycles that could have been used for my game. Oh well, if I didn't want that, I could just consider using a Steam Machine, which Valve just annou
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by xzjis 11mo ago
There's another reason: the criminal justice system is structured in such a way that it requires material evidence to prove someone is guilty and punish them. It would be unacceptable to send an innocent person to prison, and you can&#
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by xzjis 11mo ago
Is it really that useful to have feature parity across all platforms? In Telegram, for some features, it just says "please open this message on your smartphone", and that's fine. If I had the choice, I'd prefer fewer fea
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by xzjis 11mo ago
This has absolutely nothing to do with that law, and even Google doesn't dare use it as an excuse for its behavior (as they did with GDPR by deliberately creating user friction that the European regulation did not require, and even par
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by xzjis 11mo ago
Why can't they just put up a big, red warning: "Never enable software installation if someone asks you to (over the phone or via message). If you're unsure, check out this article on scams."?
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by xzjis 11mo ago
What shocks me more than the copy-pasting from ChatGPT (which might actually be more relevant than a journalist paid peanuts) is that it means the articles are never proofread before being published. Even if the article had been written by
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by xzjis 1y ago
I completely agree. I pre-ordered the Steam Deck without knowing if I would actually use it, telling myself that at least I was supporting gaming on SteamOS by providing financial support. I boycott all Windows-based alternatives, even if t
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by xzjis 1y ago
> Like other open spectrum technologies rising in its wake, Wi-Fi is a way to use the handful of frequencies set aside for unrestricted consumer use. That's true of the old CB radio, too, but unlike the trucker channels Wi-Fi is dig
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by xzjis 1y ago
To play devil's advocate, I think the author of the message was talking about the corporate context where it's not possible to install a torrent client; Microsoft Defender will even remove it as a "potentially unwanted progra
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by xzjis 2y ago
I uploaded a picture I took, I don't save GPS coordinates on my pictures, but the first thing ChatGPT did is to read exif data from it.
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by xzjis 2y ago
Same. Even assuming there was human error (the driver), it is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE that from a technical standpoint the recording of private conversations is possible. I can never trust Lyft again as long as they materially allow the record
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by xzjis 2y ago
That's only controversial in the USA I guess. Here in France we know for a fact that government-run services are better than privately owned ones.
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by xzjis 2y ago
In France, I had watched a video on the subject more than 10 years ago, and since then I have been in favor of banning all forms of advertising, including and especially IRL in the streets. I've been using an adblocker on each of my de
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by xzjis 2y ago
Yes that's true: Elon Musk isn't an antivax, he's just a (neo-)Nazi
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by xzjis 2y ago
No it doesn't. It's like libertarianism—it's a concept I find interesting if it helps promote mutual aid, collectivism, etc. Abolishing the state as a vehicle of oppression? Why not. But if we abolish the state the way libert
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by xzjis 2y ago
How can being racist belong to a minority while literally being the force that elected a white supremacist like Donald Trump? Moreover, it’s not that simple. Racists can express themselves. I was talking about racist discourse, not racists
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by xzjis 2y ago
"Freedom of speech" on Twitter is nothing more than Newspeak for censorship. In reality, the goal has always been to silence minorities who already struggle to express themselves, while allowing hate, racist, homophobic, and trans
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by xzjis 2y ago
That's really smart. You should suggest it to Kagi directly: https://kagifeedback.org/
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by xzjis 2y ago
Wait, an optical fiber is that expensive in the USA? In France, the price for a symetrical 8 Gbit/s optical fiber is 50€/month (about $52) at the two fastest and most expensive companies! It's also 50€/month for profes
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by xzjis 2y ago
To my understanding, papers on arXiv are NOT reviewed, which is the primary purpose of the platform. The idea, as I see it, is to allow papers to be published more quickly, at no cost, and freely accessible to everyone online. I don't
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by xzjis 2y ago
I would personally try to ask the OF model to code something for me. An LLM wouldn't refuse to do it!
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by xzjis 2y ago
This worked after 10 seconds: >The length of this response is 45 characters.
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by xzjis 2y ago
It needs 4 seconds to answer correctly.
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by xzjis 2y ago
I completely agree with you, but I believe that social media has a positive impact on certain aspects of society and on some individuals, even more so than sex, drugs, gambling, and obscenity. For example, a user with social anxiety can fin
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by xzjis 2y ago
ClosedAI or PrivateAI
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by xzjis 2y ago
That's false, Elon Musk is a "topic of interest" on Twitter, and he is added by default to all Twitter accounts. To remove the tweets boosted by Elon Musk's algorithm, I had to click "Not interested" and then &
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by xzjis 2y ago
Yes, and yet it's surprising because blocked people can trigger or contribute to the harassment of a Twitter user. The frequently opposed argument, including by Elon Musk himself, that a user can see posts in private browsing, doesn&#x
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by xzjis 2y ago
Sam Altman's speech is hollow, lacking substance and political reflection. He talks about "prosperity," but does not address its fair distribution. For example, our current global agriculture produces enough food for all of h

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