hendrik

@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the dataset/benchmark "FrontierMath" is out there. Just no evidence of this "secret meeting" taking place, or the results of it. At least nothing I can find by clicking on random links in the article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this an exercise in creative writing or real? Surely FrontierMath or one of the mathematicians must have written an announcement, paper or blogpost?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An earnest question about the AI/LLM hate⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You'll find a different prevailing mood in different communities here. The people in the technology community (the example you gave) are fed up with talking about AI all day, each day. They'd like to talk about other technology at times and that skews the mood. At least that's what I've heard some time ago... Go to a different community and discuss AI there and you'll find it's a different sentiment and audience there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best way to get IPv4 connectivity to my self-hosted services⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I'd just set up the reverse proxy on the VPS and make it forward everything via IPv6. But you could also use a tunnel/VPN, everything from Tailscale to Wireguard or even an SSH tunnel would work. And there are dedicated services like Cloudflare, nohost, neutrinet, pagekite...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the benefits of a server having multiple public IP addresses?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You could run multiple mail servers. Or download from Sharehosters in parallel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NAS Power Consumption⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, I have an old PC with an energy efficient mainboard and a PicoPSU and I wouldn't want anything else. I believe it does somewhere around 20W-25W though. And I have lots of RAM, a decent (old) CPU and enough SATA ports.... Well, I would go for a newer PC, they get more energy efficient all the time... But it's a lot of effort to pick the components unless some PC magazine writes something or someone has a blog with recommendations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NAS Power Consumption⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You'll want to look up the QNAP as well. I've seen reports with quite some variety on the power consumption. Depending on the exact model, it could be somewhere in the range from 25W to 55W... So could be less, could be the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Safest CalDAV/CardDAV server⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Racicale, Baikal, SabreDAV or NextCloud are the most common choices. But I believe only one of those isn't written in PHP.

  I'd really recommend digging into the "hacking" though. Unless you lean from your specific mistakes and avoid that in the future, you might face the same issue again. And I mean it could be a security flaw in the program code of the WebDAV server. But it could as well be a few dozen other reasons why your server wasn't secure...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will we deal with all the broken images?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can't remember the exact details, but I believe the attackers also targeted instances? So it's not just that it happens with certain problematic instances, but everyone could have that uploaded to their media storage. And it can come from arbitrary places. I believe that adds to the problem. And it kind of requires to shut these things down for everyone. Or at least everyone except a few excellent hand-picked instances who cooperate, and the moderation tools actually work.

  Yes, they've done an excellent job. I just wish they wouldn't have to deal with these things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will we deal with all the broken images?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, same. I can't verify it and I peobably don't want to. But I had people assure to me it happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will we deal with all the broken images?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they would need to find a way to address the problem first. Reportedly, these images have been a huge problem here on Lemmy. Several times now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am having a weird experience on the Fediverse.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm pretty sure hilariouschaos used to hand-pick instances they federate with. I'm not sure if they still do it but that's why their content isn't available at some places. In addition to that some instances chose not to federate with them so it goes both ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany Is Using AI to Erase Pro-Palestinian Speech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This discussion is about some peculiarities in German law concerning hate speech. And about how it might be considered hate speech if someone were to call for the termination of that country. This has nothing to do with whether one or two stated or other ideas might be better or worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany Is Using AI to Erase Pro-Palestinian Speech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe that's what some people who don't like the instance claim. I'm pretty sure I read that, too. But I really can't find it in the rules written by themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be a bit of a tangent: use SIP at home via internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think if you use a SIP provider, they'll have an app or a description on their website how to connect with third-party software. Just install it on a device you take with you, and you're done. Examples for Android SIP softphones are Linphone and Baresip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon.social shadowbanned me and there's no way to contact anyone about it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe send the follow-up mail to the moderation team anyway, including full username. And maybe a explanation that you were just questioning the unavailabily of the report, not intending to endorse the wannabe nazi party. So they get what this is about.

  How many days did you wait for an answer? Sometimes people are just very impatient and this week thursday to sunday might have been days off for some German people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I rent a botnet?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think unless you want to send some money to a shady self-proclaimed hacker, you'd just go with a regular computer security company. They can do it and they'll have people who know what to look for. And before you yourself launch a large DDoS attack on "your" rented virtual server, contact your hoster and give them a heads-up, since that's really their servers and netwoking infrastructure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs seem designed to funnel people to capitalist cloud services⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I don't think there's a lot on IPv6 in that book. I think OP's concern is valid. Accessing devices at home isn't unheard of. The amount of smart home stuff, appliances and consumer products increases every day. And we all gladly pay our ISPs to connect us and our devices to the internet. They could as well do a good job while at it. I mean should it cost extra to manage a static prefix, so be it. But oftentimes they really make it hard to even give them money and get that "additional" service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs seem designed to funnel people to capitalist cloud services⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how often the assigned prefix changes with most of the regular ISPs. I'd have to look someone else's router since I'm still stuck on an old contract. But I believe the prefixes stay the same for a long time, with some of the regular consumer contracts. You could just slap a free DynDNS service on top and be done with it.

  But yes, I think this used to be the promise... We'd all get IPv6 and a lot of gadgets like NAS systems, video cameras and a wifi kettle and they's just be accessible from outside. Instead of that we use big capitalist clod services and all the data from the internet of things devices has some stopover in the China cloud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  this uses cargo and Rust. Not npm and NodeJS... I mean go ahead and try, this is an entirely different programming language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You'd need to change the idea a lot and make it more specific. This way it's not a good way. A local instance chat might be useful for some things. But then this is a platform to discuss underneath posts in communities. So we can already talk to each other...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IDEA to make this site standout why don't you make a live chatbox for people who have logged in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not NodeJS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that's why I say it doesn't generalize. But they mention this in the article. These old power bricks
  from the 90s with a heavy copper transformer inside waste a lot of power on standby compared to the modern switch-mode power supplies. But times have changed. On the flipside we have a lot more electronic gadgets these days and things in fact add up. So if you have modern things like 5 smart lightbulbs in the house, then a network switch, an internet router and a wifi extender, plus a few USB chargers at the bedside, the livingroom, a TV set with a PS4 and a soundbar plus subwoofer... You're likely paying more than a few cents for that. And the things which run unattended 24/7 for decades, buried somewhere, tend to not get replaced every few years, so you might still own a power brick from the 90s. So I'd say it's worth looking into... I mean not super important, you can as well skip it and just pay the amount... But it's a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn't completely generalize that way. I have an old stereo which uses like 7W on standby. And an old pair or computer speakers which don't really care if I press the button to turn them off. I mean that's not the power brick, but the device after that, so a bit out of scope for this article. But if I weren't unplugging them... 10W is 26€ a year and not just a few cents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tl;dr: Consider unplugging them, they all consume some standby power and that adds up. Also they wear out.

  Though: I've never noticed any of the 24/7 devices I own wear out, I think that might be a myth?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My two cent about emails servers field. Over a two decades...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course. These all are different issues. Encrypted messaging has nothing to do with handing out my phone number to everyone.

  I can't remember why I skipped SimpleX. I tried it some time ago, maybe it sucked too much battery on my old phone... Should I have another look at it? Respectively, is it any good for someone like me who already uses a Matrix messenger?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My two cent about emails servers field. Over a two decades...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, this. And with WhatsApp or an dedicated app they're either directly on your phone. Or have your (personal) phone number. Which isn't great. With eMail you can just have another spam address, which more complicated with phone numbers and most people don't have a second one dedicated to spam and advertisements...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fight together, so fight gets better⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More often than not, internet fights have little to no direct effect on the real world. We all love drama. And fighting some rando on the internet genuinely feels like you stuck it to someone. That's the thing with them. But we all need to ask ourselves if it did something for the people, or the cause we claim to support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Started By Spying on a City Now Sells AI for War⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh well, some people in the USA have a really "interesting" relationship with their own constitution these days...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would have declined that advertisement article if it were my journal.