besselj
@besselj@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like 2 days ago:
I opt out by never connecting it to the internet.
- Comment on Threads adds 'ghost posts' that disappear after 24 hours 2 days ago:
“Disappear” from Meta’s servers. Haha if you say so.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Platforms run by “free speech absolutists” tend to go that way
- Comment on Autism has been announced! 5 weeks ago:
It’s autism, my favorite season 🎃
- Comment on WTF Microsoft 5 weeks ago:
Does Microsoft understand consent? [ ] yes [ ] ask me again later
- Comment on OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn 1 month ago:
Oh nice. An even worse Torment Nexus
- Comment on Internet standards body proposes new header field disclosing AI — will make it easier for machines to determine if AI was used on a site 2 months ago:
Its also a great way of scaring away potential crawlers due to the threat of model collapse.
- Comment on Internet standards body proposes new header field disclosing AI — will make it easier for machines to determine if AI was used on a site 2 months ago:
So if I make a site that always sends the ‘machine generated’ flag, my site won’t get aggressively scraped to death at the cost of not being indexed? Seems like a win.
- Comment on Trump says China has to give US magnets or face 200% tariff 2 months ago:
China can just sit back and let the TACO run its course
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- Comment on ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing 2 months ago:
Safety concerns aside, you should trust your partner enough to not need to track them
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 2 months ago:
The tracking happens even with a big reflector/scatterer on your head, but as long as you dont wear it regularly, the system would have difficulty identifying you from wave propagation alone
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 2 months ago:
Ironically, a tin foil hat would probably work to prevent that kind of surveillance
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I wonder what the success rate is if you verify using AI generated faces.
- Comment on Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global 2 months ago:
A modern day Don Quixote
- Comment on As a friendly reminder, this comm is for the satirizing of conservatives only 3 months ago:
Sounds like something a woke person would say
- Comment on Vibe coding service Replit deleted production database 3 months ago:
He was vibe-coding in production. Am I reading that right? Sounds like an intern-level mistake.
- Comment on Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette 3 months ago:
Raw-dogging the internet is about as irresponsible as not using contraception
- Comment on Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia 3 months ago:
Meta is a security threat outside of Russia too. No privacy should be expected when using their services
- Comment on Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users 3 months ago:
People who don’t use LLMs to write code:
- Comment on Dictionary.com “devastated” paid users by abruptly deleting saved words lists 3 months ago:
You guys are paying for a website, rather than just buying a physical dictionary?
- Comment on Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving 3 months ago:
Joining a teams call from the car sounds miserable. Doubly so if there’s traffic.
- Comment on This comic hung in my office for years 3 months ago:
How journalists sound when they compare an LLM to specialized software that plays chess
- Comment on OpenAI's ChatGPT-powered browser is codenamed 'Aura' 3 months ago:
Not much substance in that article, but I’ll remember to avoid installing any web browsers called “Aura”
- Comment on Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on 'unoriginal' Facebook content 3 months ago:
Shrimp Jesus take the wheel
- Comment on Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer 3 months ago:
They’re mad they can’t use cellbrite to snoop on properly configured GOS phones and that they actually have to do real police work to catch drug dealers
- Comment on This new SSD will literally self destruct if you push the big red button it comes with — Team Group posts video of data destruction in action 3 months ago:
The magic smoke comes out so that you know its working. It’s a very human design.
- Comment on Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions 3 months ago:
Y’all remember that #DeathTo Black Mirror episode?
- Comment on Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats 3 months ago:
This is one of many PR stunts by Anthropic. They’re about as credible as an LLM at this point.
- Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it 3 months ago:
It’s like the trump admin has never heard of the Streisand effect. Hopefully the developer lives outside of US jurisdiction and the service doesn’t get taken down for a while.
