Byter

@Byter@lemmy.one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ice Cream⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to break it to you, but that’s a bot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vivaldi explains why they will not embed LLM functionality in their browser⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for calling that out. I’m well aware, but appreciate your cautioning.

  I’ve seen hallucinations from LLMs at home and at work (where I’ve literally had them transcribe dates like this). They’re still absolutely worth it for their ability to handle unstructured data and the speed of iteration you get – whether they “understand” the task or not.

  I know to check my (its) work when it matters, and I can add guard rails and selectively make parts of the process more robust later if need be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vivaldi explains why they will not embed LLM functionality in their browser⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love a browser-embedded LLM that had access to the DOM.

  “Highlight all passages that talk about yadda yadda. Remove all other content. Convert the dates to the ISO standard. Put them on a number line chart, labeled by blah.”

  That’d be great UX.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for calling this aspect out. I’m surprised so many people are overlooking it. I protest YouTube for the same reasons, but I’ve got one more to add.

  When they merged Google Music into YouTube, the service became worse. I’d often have music streaming throughout the day over my speakers, but that broke after the merge.

  Anytime I watched a video on my phone that had Content ID-recognized music in it (even in the background), they would cut the stream to my speakers because I am only allowed one stream with any music in it at all.

  Not to mention all the proper features of Google Music that didn’t carry forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re struggling to think of a use-case, consider the internet-based services that are commonplace now that weren’t created until infrastructure advanced to the point they were possible, if not “obvious” in retrospect.

  • multimedia websites
  • real-time gaming
  • buffered audio – and later video – streaming
  • real-time video calling (now even wirelessly, like Star Trek!)
  • nearly every office worker suddenly working remotely at the same time

  My personal hope is that abundant, bidirectional bandwidth and IPv6 adoption, along with cheap SBC appliances and free software like Nextcloud, will usher in an era where the average Joe can feel comfortable self-hosting their family’s digital content, knowing they can access it from anywhere in the world and that it’s safely backed up at each member’s home server.