Septimaeus
@Septimaeus@infosec.pub
- Comment on Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect." 18 hours ago:
lol and with that you’re a better friend to the begonia’s than I
- Comment on Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect." 20 hours ago:
AI including LLMs are forevermore just tools in my mind. And we wouldn’t have OSHA/BMAS/HSE/etc if idiots didn’t do idiot things with tools. BUT some idiots are spared from their own idiocy only by lack of permission.
From who? Depends. Sometimes they need permission from authority: “god told me to!” Sometimes they need it from the mob: “I thought I was on a tour!” And sometimes any fucking body will do: “dare me to do it!”
And THAT in my mind is the danger truly unique to these tools, that they mimic a permission-giver better than any we’ve made. They’re perfect for activating this specific category of idiot and (likely) unparalleled ease-of-use scales that danger to large numbers.
As to whether these idiots wouldn’t have just found permission elsewhere, who knows, but surely some kind of training prereq is warranted, right? That’s common with potentially dangerous tools. Or am I overthinking it?
- Comment on Dear Faith II 4 days ago:
Ah the heady experience of a virgin clown-sighting. We all remember. Bring on the rainbows, Little Bobby Tables.
- Comment on Dear Faith I 5 days ago:
Wait but… is that actually a thing in Kenya? I only have heard first hand accounts of school systems in a handful of countries in Africa (not Kenya, mostly west side) but consistently I’ve been shocked by either the severity of punishment for basically any form of failure or dishonor or for the prevalence of fear as the administrative motivator-of-choice. (One was just a few months ago I think in c/offmychest where a high schooler was describing their beatings for tardiness, bad grades, and other minor infractions. I think I commented on it.) Maybe she’s for real?
- Comment on President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems 6 days ago:
Unless fully rewritten to the form of bully pulpit, this would still have been considered explicitly dictatorial, erratic and unhinged behavior from a leader, so I assume you just mean “what if dems were more action less talk” and I’m with you.
- Comment on President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems 1 week ago:
lol these statuses always read like trembling balled up fists on a fat angry toddler
- Comment on I LOVE EATING STIR BARS 1 week ago:
My guess was backseat of car. Parent has lab supplies back there, including a few 10-pack boxes of these, which also work as an improvised distraction/toy just like rare earth magnets or monkeys in a barrel. Unfortunately they weren’t checking rear view mirror because work it’s stressful, so kid put quite a few down without their knowledge. They didn’t even notice until day 2 migration to large intestine and rectum. This parent is overworked and under-appreciated and I’m so glad I’m not responsible for children.
- Comment on I LOVE EATING STIR BARS 1 week ago:
Wherever their parent left them unattended, presumably.
- Comment on Want to Know If Glassholes Are Using Smart Glasses Near You? There's an App for That 1 week ago:
The local EMP is easy to make. (But it absolutely will indiscriminately brick stuff nearby that isn’t shielded, not just your intended target’s glasses, and while making/having it is probably a gray area, using it to destroy property is not.)
- Comment on I LOVE EATING STIR BARS 1 week ago:
Children eat weird stuff
- Comment on “Glide Ratio Optimization in the Olympic Ski Jump via Cosmetic Penis Enlargement” 1 week ago:
Red Bull gives you diiiiiiiiiiiiicccckk…
- Comment on “Glide Ratio Optimization in the Olympic Ski Jump via Cosmetic Penis Enlargement” 1 week ago:
Tuck and strap queen this bout bout to get real
- Comment on Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says 2 weeks ago:
I suspect the user above you doesn’t care about that technicality. They’re just blaming victims for not being as virtuous as we are, which is small.
- Comment on Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours 2 weeks ago:
Adding to the above, one of the challenges of GD is how to know whether the global optimum reported by the function isn’t just one of its many imposters (local optima). That’s the “big picture” he’s talking about. Working with Elon was a dead end.
- Comment on Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond 3 weeks ago:
But is LTO next? Is AI coming for my tapes??
- Comment on British soldiers to get new AI radios, headsets and tablets 3 weeks ago:
Finally, the era of vibe command has arrived. WCGW?
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 4 weeks ago:
Oh you mean the two-syllable thing. That was more for the joke lol
I think it works as a rule of thumb: if message is simple enough that context makes it obvious, two blinks will suffice. But no, it wouldn’t be useful as an actual lexical cypher.
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 4 weeks ago:
LOL. Doesn’t that mean it’s completely ambiguous?
Well granted, it’s high-context communication. But I’m willing to bet you’d know what I meant if you were trying to merge and I double-tapped lights.
Three would make me wonder if it’s an ongoing flashing light.
Yeah IME three is less general, usually reserved for a problem or need for caution, like if someone is driving at night with all their lights out or a visible chassis/drivetrain issue, or there’s a cop/wreck ahead.
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 4 weeks ago:
I’d certainly interpret it that way if it fit.
The only issue I’d see with that convention is that in many scenarios in which you’d use it — other driver makes room for you to merge, brakes early to let you turn left, and so forth — you (should) already have half of the hazard lights actively repeating, which could muddle the message. But otherwise I like it.
Another random convention I learned early on was rapid triple-tap beams (i.e., like a strobe) = “speed trap ahead”
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 4 weeks ago:
Rock on. Were there any instances of local parlance you found peculiar or surprising?
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 4 weeks ago:
Mount one of these in your rear window? Neon style LED wall art script saying “chill”
Real answer: double tap a light (beams, brakes, or hazards) because most things you would say to them are two beat’s long:
- “Thank you”
- ”Sorry”
- “My bad”
- ”Go on”
- ”Nice drift”
- ”You drunk?”
- Comment on How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE 5 weeks ago:
Hmm, my RC400L only pings when IMSI catchers are detected. I think Flock camera alerts are still mostly driven by community gis databases.
- Comment on 200 million records exposed in massive Pornhub data breach — here’s what we know so far 1 month ago:
You are the Winter in my Summer, Sonor
- Comment on 200 million records exposed in massive Pornhub data breach — here’s what we know so far 1 month ago:
Oh shit lol, forgot we could vote on our own shit. Ty for the slightly taller pyre
Nothing compared to your haul though. Let’s see Paul Allen’s doots
- Comment on 200 million records exposed in massive Pornhub data breach — here’s what we know so far 1 month ago:
Not sure if this hack has a name, but usually once someone in a comment tree makes a joke about downvotes — e.g., clowning on an edit complaining about a downvote — rules are suspended for all comments that follow, and you can accrue lots of downvote salutes FOR FREE.
(Maybe not my comment since I’m late to the downvote party, but here you go;)
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 1 month ago:
All air is filled with spores.
Uh huh
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 2 months ago:
This might be true if there is existing live mold somewhere in the toilet (for that, monthly tank bleach tablet) but otherwise a lid prevents spores from settling in the first place.
Humidity reduction by ventilation can slow/delay mold but only eradication stops it.
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
Every example of human interest profile targeting functionality that humanity has ever invented, even if it begins as a way of legitimately improving the user’s experience, eventually is gutted and retooled to cyberstalk and pimp them out to voyeuristic clients.
The clients? Mostly rich pay-per-view incel corporations that could never hope to reach their desired audience organically, much less hold their interest, so they are absolutely willing to pay for non-consentual attention control.
Once we reach this phase, your pimp has less and less interest in delivering on promises they made to you a long time ago about relevant content. They know you’ll keep giving them juicy data to help pair you with clients that they can prove have the best chance at manipulating you and getting what they want from you.
So yes, you’ll probably find that the convenience you could once purchase by giving them more of your data will slow. Ultimately, all it will purchase is more intrusive advertisers stalking you everywhere you go.
Your idea of sticking to DDG sounds like a better option
- Comment on New tech pulls lithium from dead batteries cheaper than you can buy it 2 months ago:
In case anyone’s curious: it is likely a cell wrapper misprint/typo.
4300mWh AA lithium ion cells are a standard extended-life chemistry. 2866 mAh is their actual rated capacity.
- Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification" 2 months ago:
Board of directors
Correct. The board defines the company, not the CEO.
CEOs are usually puppets. Whatever role they play, you can bet they were hired specifically to play it, and were incentivized to stick to the script.
Their job (legally, their fiduciary obligation) is to maximize shareholder value, to take the credit or blame, and fuck off.
The board (typically key stakeholders) are so pleased when the public focuses on their CEOs, even if it’s for their shitty opinions, behavior, or obnoxious salaries.
Because the worst thing that could happen to them would be for the public eye to actually follow the money, and it’s easy to see why. If the rabble truly understood how many more golden parachutes you were sitting on, they might ask you to share.
