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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Union funding an obfuscator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody using obfuscation for securing algorithms is fooling themselves. It can be useful in fringe scenarios when you know and accept the limitations but for general use it is not. There is no obfuscation clever enough that can not be broken down and figured out.

  Example - delaying cracking of copy protection for the first few weeks of a game release. It will be cracked eventually though, regardless the obfuscation and protection. Nobody expects it to be secure - but complicated enough to buy some time.

  Other example - obfuscating assets loader for your game app to make it slightly harder to steal the graphics for scams and knock offs. It will not stop anybody dedicated to it but it can make the lazy skip it and go for the next game instead. Nobody expects it to be secure, but it might work as a deterrent because the next bicycle has a simpler lock to cut.

  Counter example - thinking you’re clever by obfuscating your homebrew cryptographic algorithm. Just don’t. Use a FOSS crypto library, learn how to secure keys and be done with it. It’s not secure or safe in any possible way ever and it is a really bad idea all over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this "artist" on spotify AI generated?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Consider other streaming services than Spotify, like Deezer or Tidal or Qobuz, that pays the artist better and don’t do deceiving garbage like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the kōan about the sound of one hand clapping is a wank joke?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The little death does not risk reincarnation.

• What if the kōan about the sound of one hand clapping is a wank joke?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Reddit in/directly attacking lemmy instances with controversial AI posts to overpower mods and reduce user experience?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, go out for a walk. Enjoy the sun, the wind, the birds and the grass. You are overthinking things that do not exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for an article showing that LLMs don't know how they work internally⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, on the other hand. Meat bags can’t really do neuron stuff either, despite that is essential for any meat bag operation. Humans are still here though and so are dogs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been trying to configure ChatGPT tell me if I’m wrong in a question or statement but damn it never does unless I keep probing for support or links. I’ve been having the feeling that it has become worse with latter models. Glad but also sad to see I was right.

  Anybody know other LLM that are more trustworthy and capable of searching online for more information?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. Yeah, anything relationship oriented tends to become completely and binary moral high ground burn all bridges and salt the earth from people that have no stake in it except to have a short moment of hormones pumping before they scroll to the next bit of entertainment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely. That post was not a list of commandments. It was intended as support for OP in this very moment that they are having a crisis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s you reading it that way and others not. Maybe this is your point two playing tricks on you now?

  Dude, I don’t know if you are consciously cherry picking to win this argument or if any best interest of OP simply does not exist for you.

  Regardless, I have no interest in discussing this further with you as it seems to be a self fulfilling purpose disconnected from the original post. I’m out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the father made a mistake. You’re the one that conflates making a mistake with an oopsie, nobody else has made that equivalence. Mistakes can be big and they can take lots of effort to correct. OP will surely deal with this in their own time and way with all the complex and contradictory and painful thoughts emotions.

  But - OP is not an adult when living with their parents. Children or young adults are not adults. They have a dependency on their parents. OP is not responsible for their father. OP should not be required to take responsibility for their father’s mistakes. OP is getting caught in the middle of the worst conflict a child can be caught up in and they did nothing to deserve it.

  I think what you are doing is projecting high moral ideals into this that are inconsiderate regarding the consequences when OP is asking for help and advice and support. This is the last thing OP needs right now and it is not helping them in any way. OP is in a moment of crisis.

  Discuss morality all you want but this is the wrong context for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I get you and I agree. I already mentioned in another comment that OP is included in point two and it is ok that they have strong feelings about this. It grinds my gears though when people on social media go full binary in driving other people’s lives into the gutter because they can project themselves as morally superior or whatever other reason. That’s me point two right there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right. I’m the dick that says op should not let themselves be caught in the middle of their parents messy divorce in ways that they might regret later in life and you are the one advocating op go no contact despite us not knowing barely anything about what has been going on or why because this is your hill to show off your moral high ground and insert yourself in some drama that you are immune of consequences. Sure, dude. I’m the dick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not the one that is making claims of perfection on people. You are. It seems to me you are not living up to your own high standards on others though.

  But it is ok. Again, see point 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. She moved in after. You are absolutely correct. 10/10 reading comprehension.

  It would be unusual if she moved in before the ex wife moved out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Now your turn, my morally incorruptible dude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious to learn what you think about your username in this context? What crime are you partner in and is it only breaking a partnership that is an unforgivable crime?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Point number 2. Read it again.

  As of why, we can only speculate. Sometimes a disaster is what is required to get things happening that should have been over a long time ago.

  They are living together already, so it was not only to get laid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Your dad cheated on your mum, not on you.

  2. Everything involving humans is more complex and complicated than it might seem at first glance.

  3. Everybody makes mistakes, even your loved ones.

  4. You only have one dad, so it’s better to forgive them. (I didn’t forgive mine for other mistakes, and that was my mistake. Now I’m old and he is dead and that’s that.)

  5. Your mum is being selfish and manipulative because she is afraid and hurting. It’s not right what she is doing, but see the points above for her as well.

  6. Life is hard and unfair and difficult for everybody. For your dad, for your mum and also for you. It sucks when you’re stuck in the middle of other people’s problems, but remember all of this will pass. And remember to take care of yourself.

  Hugs my dude. You’ll get through this and so will they.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for an article showing that LLMs don't know how they work internally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People that can not do Matrix multiplication do not possess the basic concepts of intelligence now? Or is software that can do matrix multiplication intelligent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you didn't know the context, 'villager breeder tutorial 1 18' would be a very sketchy thing to search on school computers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what you are arguing about or why. For normal people, “villagers” mean “people living in a village”, and that is precisely why OP stated that a tutorial on “breeding villagers” out of context sounds sketchy. It’s not life or death political word surgery this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you didn't know the context, 'villager breeder tutorial 1 18' would be a very sketchy thing to search on school computers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Breeding in terms of villagers is sketchy regardless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does noise from different nearby sources 'add up'? Or do the different sources cancel each other out? In any case, please provide a formula and an example⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OP: Destructive interference as illustrated here is the basis of active noise cancellation (ANC) in headphones.

  In theory it is a microphone on the outside of the headphones that has the outside sound inverted and mixed into whatever is playing from the speakers inside the headphones. The undesired outside noise reaches inside the headphones at the same time as the inverted signal is played so that they cancel each other out.

  In reality there is some more complexity, as always, but it’s the core principle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so tired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why you all are so afraid to rectify a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes. It’s natural. It’s also good to do something about it and learn from the experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so tired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the other hand, let’s fill Technology with talk about bicycle repair and dishwasher purchases because they are technology and Food with motivational quotes from LinkedIn because they are food for thoughts and Movies with discussions about politics because 👏🏻 everything 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 political ✊🏻 and then we can fill everything else with compilations of America’s Funniest Home Videos and barely related bot generated AI slop because what kind of nazi fascist conformist rights do mods have to try to keep some order and its not a phase and you’re not my real dad anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so tired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A shower thought is not just any thought in a shower or a thought about showers. It’s something slightly random and absurd and most often humorous to some degree. Quite often an observation of some sort. Something that typically happens when you zone out while having a shower.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because finding your way out is a real cornundrum

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xAI publishes system prompts for Grok on GitHub, including telling Grok to be “extremely skeptical” and not to “blindly defer to mainstream authority or media”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *not all humans. Apparently. Like billionaires and the presidents they bought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you are not on loudspeaker and speaking with an extra loud voice and it is not a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are people who are still using toilet paper purchased during the pandemic.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There were the opportunists profiteering arseholes that hoarded necessities in hopes to sell them marked up to the skies. I hope their butts rot.