KairuByte

@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times |Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  These tools are notoriously bad at determining what is AI generated. Hell, just look at that spread; anywhere between 0% and 60% depending on the tool you use. How is that at all useful information?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That said their name was Bimbo Baggins. Different Baggins completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough, I don’t use driving services so honestly don’t know what the experience is like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Rec] Seeking recommendations for kid friendly anime⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t that relationship mostly nixed in the anime in general? I realize the manga heavily implied a relationship (well, implied a physical relationship, the emotional “relationship” was obvious pretty early on) but I thought they mostly just implied an awkward crush in the anime?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens to flies when you let them fly out the window of a car at 75 mph?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh, I assure you, if a fly hits something at a relative 75mph it’s not just going to be stunned.

  You can kill a fly (though usually only stun) by smacking it out of the air with you hand, which has a max speed of ~22mph.

  75mph is closer to a flick (though I believe a flick can go up to 100mph). A flick is enough to cause a fly to explode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Booklore Alternatives/Forks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Really depends on when it was forked. I believe AI wasn’t used initially.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Booklore Alternatives/Forks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sitting on calibre web and wondering the same thing. None of the offerings out there seem to be what I want, which is just a nice book download/upload interface that isn’t shit on mobile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's how the world works.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless it just causes the crop to cost more without any change in behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “I know someone who only did a murder once and they locked them right up. Suggest you reset your opinions a bit.”

  Replace murder with any crime.

  If you don’t want to face the consequences, don’t do the action that begets the consequences.

  TLDR: don’t fuck around if you don’t wanna find out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK-linked components identified in US Tomahawk missile used in Iranian school strike that killed multiple children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is… a weird thing to report on isn’t it?

  Like, I’m sure there are plenty of parts from many different companies from dozens of countries inside these things. Unless the components are something substantial, like “tomahawk missile only” parts, I don’t really understand the significance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh great, now we’re gonna start polluting the sun? Can’t we contain our garbage to a single planet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ReFS is better than NTFS, but Microsoft refuses to let regular users have it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  NTFS? It’s a standard for a reason. Most of the “better” options out there aren’t ready for mainstream/average user use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely wouldn’t call “local llm features” dangerous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That isn’t at all what I said.

  I’m explicitly arguing that a passcode is useless for this kind of situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You call it an invasion of privacy, I call it fucking with friends while teaching them to be cognizant of who is watching what they do.

  I’m also not sure how “the average person treats their passcodes and passwords like everyone is intentionally looking away” somehow strengthens “lock making the phone less secure behind a passcode” as an argument.

  And yes, it 100% lowers the security of the phone. Which absolutely is your choice. Which I also do, and have done with my wife and kids phones. But the idea that a passcode is somehow a solution is just silly.

  Not as silly as a 24 hour wait controlled by google, but still silly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, pump the breaks a second.

  I agree a day wait is bullshit, but you think a passcode is enough to keep someone from… anything? You can shoulder surf a passcode in no time at all. Hell, it’s not even difficult. Go to a bar, talk someone up, give a legit reason to use someone’s phone, intentionally lock and force a passcode and 99% of people at bars will put their pin in within eyesight, or tell you the code.

  A passcode isn’t as big a deterrent as most people seem to think it is. It’ll keep you out of an unattended phone you found, but there are plenty of ways to socially engineer your way into having it for the vast majority of targets.

  And yes, you likely wouldn’t give your passcode out. But this is how a number of ne’er-do-wells got unfettered access to hundreds of iPhones, and prompted Apple to put a semi similar 24 hour lock on certain security actions if you aren’t in a “known to the phone” location (somewhere you frequent like home or work).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ShitpostID: 4185519047⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t think there are 183 people out there that would repeat a brands advertisement? O.o

  Honestly I’d think it would be higher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it might. Fire enough bullets wherever the dog is looking and it’ll be bound to hit something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, yes. In so far as they’ve added a new opt in button, and it would be silly to assume every user wants it off now. Instead, users that previously installed get a “turn off AI here” button when the update happens.

  I’d say that’s a good trade off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The same could be said about any VPN out there. Read the ToS and privacy policy, and either believe it or don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Set for January 2027 Premiere as New Visual Revealed and First Game Announced for 2026 Relea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yeah, I’m so looking forward to this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just wanna mention, you don’t need to boil maple sap for anywhere near that long to make syrup. It can be done in an afternoon unless you’re trying to make gallons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stages of mitosis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Narrator: It will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Beginning After the End Season 2 | Key Visual⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I gotta admit, I enjoyed it. Now, would I prefer a second season of ngnl instead? Absolutely. But then again you gotta remember that promised neverland got an S2 and… well I don’t think I need to say more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s methed up dude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab (2025) - from Anubis creator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to ask… are you sure it matters? Last time I had this happen the mobo was trying to use extremely incorrect settings by default and causing the ram to be extremely unstable. I had to enable xmp and manually put in the correct settings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Host Weekly (13 March 2026)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just read through some of the BookLore stuff and that was a wild ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheapest 14x4tb NAS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, you might want to look into proper server hardware. There are many out there that support dozens of drives, assuming you’re willing to go with a blade. Even if you explicitly want a tower, server hardware is where you’re going to get the best support.

  You’ll most likely also want to increase the size of your drives. Assuming you’re being smart and utilizing RAID, you’re going to be losing a bunch of that storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe some custom firmware for TVs exist, the issue is that they are relatively new pieces of tech, while routers have existed for a comparatively long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the answer to someone breaking a law or regulation is… more laws and regulations?

  If someone is going to assault another human, they aren’t going to hit a “oh boy I better not lie to uber” roadblock…