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- Comment on An android, a space cowboy, a smuggler and an idiot walk into a bar... 1 day ago:
- Comment on Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece 1 day ago:
Question is, how long before it makes it to the next DGX Spark? Some people don’t have $10B to burn.
- Comment on Malaka, philosophy is the deadlift of the mind 2 days ago:
370 BC?
The beards need to be way more fierce.
- Comment on Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon 2 days ago:
- Comment on You know you wanna 3 days ago:
Remember, every time there is a cautionary, public sign, it’s likely because more than one person (and likely more) did what the sign said you should NOT do.
Nobody puts up a sign as a theoretical deterrent. It happened.
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Been there, done that.
- Comment on Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs 3 days ago:
Japanese-designed TV has fallen way behind South Korea (LG, Samsung) on quality and features, and Chinese brands on price.
It’s too bad. Sony and Panasonic used to be fountains of innovation when it came to TV tech.
- Comment on Mike Hardaker accuses Reddit of holding organic posting ‘hostage’ unless he buys ads, shares email screenshot 3 days ago:
- Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"opper.ai ↗Submitted 3 days ago to technology@lemmy.world | 271 comments
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- Comment on Caption this. 4 days ago:
Deer: Urine Stick? 😳
- Comment on World’s Most Harvested Crops (2024) 4 days ago:
Gallagher’s fault.
- Comment on Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site 4 days ago:
I won’t repeat what I said in the sibling thread.
But I don’t see anywhere in this specific Colorado bill trying to restrict OS level features or go anywhere near open-source. As a parent, if I put little Timmy on Arch and give him root access, I don’t get to bitch about what they do online.
This is about a single signal (kid/no kid) at the user-auth level, without slurping up PII and shipping it off into the ether.
- Comment on Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site 4 days ago:
I’ll caveat this by saying IANAL. But the way I read Bill 26-051 is that it’s looking to implement “user age attestation” not “device or application” (WEI). Two separate things.
Age Attestation requires the OS (or really, the cloud service that implements account-level authorization) and come up with an “age signal.” It prohibits using third-party non-public data, and puts the burden on the OS for managing the Go/No Go process. No PII leaves the device.
The alternative is dystopian, poorly managed KYC/AML over-reaches. Under the guise of anti-fraud/anti-gambling, these will reach deep into our communal shorts. They could well soon require individual biometric verification (iris scans, face contour maps, fingerprints, etc). No, thanks.
WEI is a separate story. It’s trying to cut down on malicious apps and maybe stop individual sites doing browser fingerprinting. It can only work on systems with single-points of app installation (without side-loading) and devices already locked down with hardware TPMs. So far, that only covers iOS. All the other systems (Linux, Mac, Windows, and Android) let you install your own system-level code without having to go through the One Official appstore. And with WASM, the browser makes it all moot.
Personally, I think WEI is a total waste of time. Trying to squeeze the toothpaste back into the tube. But it’s solving a different problem than age verification.
Not to say the Colorado bill is perfect. There is a truck-sized app vs. website loophole in it, so kids can still access social media sites from the browser vs their phones. But the OS can offer an API that browsers can vend to websites without every site rolling their own crappy system. It also doesn’t account for a clever kid figuring out how to create a separate adult-appearing user account. Because of course, they will.
Saying it’s parental responsibility is unrealistic. I’ve helped folks set up Screentime, router-level filters, and even Circle (in-home ARP spoofing box, and mobile VPN + fine-grain URL filtering). There are ways around all of it. Besides, the kids can still get exposed to utter bilge via school-approved sites like Zoom, YouTube, or Google Drive. Let’s not even bother with messaging apps or in-game chat. This is all assuming parents have the time or knowledge to set things up and manage the filters.
We’re not trying to be over-controlling, stop the kids from dancing too close at the prom, or yuck their yum. But as parents, we do want to have some sort of say in what they’re exposed to online before their brains have the capacity to process them. The risk to their mental health is real, and just YOLOing it hasn’t worked out too well.
I’m sure there’s a lot of subtle behind-the-scenes stuff in the Colorado bill. I’ll wait to hear what EFF or Mike Masnick have to say about it. But as a techie, app developer, and parent, it reads like the least-worst way to keep a minor away from nasty crap without requiring every one of us to scan our faces and provide IDs to every rando website.
- Comment on Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site 5 days ago:
I’ve been a longtime mobile and web developer, have a teenage kid with a phone, and am a big privacy advocate (card-carrying member of ACLU and EFF). As a parent, I don’t want my kid exposed to cyber-bullying, toxic social media, or algorithmic bullshit.
And I will tell you this: the operating system is 100% where you want to do age verification.
I don’t want individual social media sites, dodgy third-party orgs, or government agencies scanning our faces or IDs. Under a family sharing plan, the OS already knows how old the kid is. Any site wanting to gate access can privately ask the OS if age > X without spilling their PII. Same concept as OAuth. An opaque, encrypted token indicating GO or NO-GO.
Raging that they shouldn’t do any of this is just idiotic. Unfettered access got us CSAM, kids getting radicalized, or bullied to the point of self-harm. Fuck that.
From a technical point of view, having OS-level verification is the least worst, and in my technical opinion, the best option.
- Comment on Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety" 1 week ago:
- Comment on High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds 1 week ago:
- Comment on Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs 1 week ago:
Anyone remember “Police Blotter” reports in local papers? Some were funny.
Someone called in with concerns about a neighborhood cat that is “continuously at large.”
But they mostly gave people a very dark view of the world outside. This led to metal bars on doors and windows, sale of pricey security systems, and folks walking around scared of their shadow. That all moved over to apps like NextDoor, Citizen, and Ring’s Neighbors.
Fear is a primal driver. People on those apps are constantly reporting “odd looking people” in their neighborhood. Not surprisingly, the pet “Search Party” feature goes through Neighbors. Those same users are primed to see bad people everywhere. They will happily accept any feature that promises “zero crime neighborhoods.”
ANY feature.
- Comment on Modern problems require modern solutions 1 week ago:
“Hi, this is Agatha, the ChildCorp AI agent. How can I help you?”
- Comment on Shell shock indeed! 1 week ago:
Slow news day?
- Comment on What dating apps are really optimizing. Hint: it isn’t love 1 week ago:
Online dating apps sell us hope by exploiting our needs, desires and insecurities.
True for pretty much all social apps.
- Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud 1 week ago:
Explains the Monster cable ‘gold-plated banana.’
- Comment on What type of computer setup would one need to run ai locally? 1 week ago:
Alex Ziskind on YT tests a number of on-site AI devices: youtu.be/QbtScohcdwI
- Comment on Is it really dangerous to fall sleep in the bath? 2 weeks ago:
If worried about falling asleep and drowning, you can always take a household pet in the tub to nudge you awake.
Little-known fact is that cats are very good at this.
I’d put my concerns elsewhere: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6748192/
- Comment on Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond 2 weeks ago:
When that thing fails, it’ll be…
- Comment on The radical woke subliminal message in Bad Bunny's halftime performance 2 weeks ago:
We all need to go watch Bad Bunny on Tiny Desk to really appreciate the expert musicianship.
- Comment on PayPal’s return tests CBN’s regulatory integrity amid controversies 2 weeks ago:
That Prince was telling the truth. All his inheritance money WAS locked up in an account. Now he can get to it and everyone will get reimbursed.
- Comment on Unexpected dedication (and yes, it is filled with boobs) 2 weeks ago:
Checked out the book on Internet Archives (linked in comments).
It all seems so nostalgic and free-spirited now. Was way before my time, but I’ve been to a few of those beaches. So many of them are so conventional now. Guessing people are way more uptight, but maybe also cognizant of the risks of skin cancer.
Bonus: 2/3 of the way in, a surprising amount of copy was spent on technical aspects of nude photography.
- Comment on Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection 2 weeks ago:
Strawberry.
- Comment on Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection 2 weeks ago:
