forrgott
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- Comment on Microsoft breaks Windows reset and recovery 5 days ago:
No
- Comment on Router suggestions for a complete noob 2 weeks ago:
I generally overshoot when it comes to the hardware specs, if I can. That way you’re prepared in advance if you end up having the option to upgrade your Internet connection.
Otherwise, you may find yourself locked in to the slower plan due to the cost of upgrading your hardware.
But, sometimes you have to choose realistic over optimal, of course. So in other words, I do not think I know what’s best for you! Just offering a perspective that has worked for me, in case it helps you in some way as you evaluate the choice that’s best for you.
- Comment on Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads 2 weeks ago:
I get what you’re saying, but life itself is a social experiment, really…
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know, I mean if any corporation can eat the loss, it’s apple with their insanely high margins.
I’m more inclined to believe there’s some form of quid pro quo going on behind the scenes.
Besides, I simply cannot picture Tim Apple as any kind of a hero in this picture. No way he got bullied. He’s getting something out of it. You scratch my back. I’ll scratch yours.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Well, yes, but actually no. At least in theory. Since it has a Wi-Fi antenna, a bad actor could connect wirelessly to it.
Likely to happen? I having the foggiest idea but I doubt it. Yeah, I’m paranoid. But I’m part of the generation that grew up with the invention of the internet. So can you really blame me?
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
So I know for sure is avoid Roku like the plague! You cannot use it as a TV at all without a connection and creating an account.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Well, the program is that the computer in my TV is a potential security issue. That said, there’s no way of knowing if I can trust updates to patch problems or create new ones, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Eh, I’ve always been paranoid about firmware patches and the like. Also, curiosity got the better of me; I had to see what the crap smart features were like.
You do make a very good point though!
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Yes. I connected mine, checked for updates, then factory reset it and did not enter any network login.
This only works on certain brands I’m afraid…
- Comment on Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update 3 weeks ago:
All 6s users hey a warning you might be affected. They give you a link you have to follow to check. Load the page, you’re in your IMEI and it will confirm if you’re affected
- Comment on Human civilization won't last forever; someday there will be a last movie ever made 3 weeks ago:
At this point, it’ll be yet another crappy reboot of a remake of some story we’ve all seen dozens of times.
- Comment on Oncoliruses: LLM Viruses are the future and will be a pest, say good bye to decent tech. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Oncoliruses: LLM Viruses are the future and will be a pest, say good bye to decent tech. 4 weeks ago:
Sorry, not LLM is never going to spontaneously gain the abilities self-replicate. This is completely beyond the scope of generative AI.
This whole hype around AI and LLMs is ridiculous, not to mention completely unjustified. The appearance of a vast leap forward in this field is an illusion. They’re just linking more and more processor cores together, until a glorified chatbot can be made to appear intelligent. But this is struggling actual research and innovation in the field, instead turning the market into a costly, and destructive, arms race.
The current algorithms will never “be good enough to copy themselves”. No matter what a conman like Altman says.
- Comment on Oncoliruses: LLM Viruses are the future and will be a pest, say good bye to decent tech. 4 weeks ago:
Eh, no. The ability to generate text that mimics human working does not mean they are intelligent. And AI is a misnomer. It has been from the beginning. Now, from a technical perspective, sure, call em AI if you want. But using that as an excuse to skip right past the word “artificial” is disingenuous in the extreme.
On the other hand, the way the term AI is generally used technically would be called GAI, or General Artificial Intelligence, which does not exist (and may or may not ever exist).
Bottom line, a finely tuned statistical engine is not intelligent. And that’s all LLM or any other generative “AI” is at the end of the day. The lack of actual intelligence is evidenced by the way they create statements that are factually incorrect at such a high rate. So, if you use the most common definition for AI, no, LLMs absolutely are not AI.
- Comment on Sam Altman warns there's no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been starting to wonder just how much this shit “phones home”. Because, obviously, this technology can be used to increase the capabilities of corporate surveillance.
- Comment on Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan 4 weeks ago:
🤣
- Comment on Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan 4 weeks ago:
Right, because only women are the problem, and men are paragons of virtue.
Fuck off
- Comment on US criticizes French inquiry into social media platform X 4 weeks ago:
Yup. If I remember correctly, the percentage of bots immediately increased, though, but I could be wrong.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Wow.
Just…wow.
You honestly think that’s an argument?!?
Goodbye
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
No. You’re dodging the argument. You chose to phrase it that way. And pretending that’s just some incidental thing with no meaning honestly is about the dumbest response I’ve seen in a while.
You have made the argument that it is the American people, not the administration. You. Not anybody else.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
That…what???
No, your choice of phrasing conveys your message.
If you’re argument is not against the American people, but rather the administration, then your wording is, well, wrong.
- Comment on Doge reportedly using AI tool to create ‘delete list’ of federal regulations 4 weeks ago:
No, they did not use an algorithm to make the decisions. They are making the choices, but, being the feckless cowards they are, they’re actually trying to set it up so they can hide behind a fucking computer program.
Sigh …
- Comment on At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless" 4 weeks ago:
🤣
Yeah, whatever
- Comment on YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless" 4 weeks ago:
Wow.
I’m so sorry for doubting your infallible knowledge and wisdom!!
Well…no I’m not.
And don’t even play that “I’m sorry you didn’t react the way you were supposed to” crap.
And, no, your grandiose posturing means nothing at all to me. No one cares. You say you’re an expert? Then you already know what evidence to cite to support your argument.
Your claims of experience are not evidence of anything but your over inflated ego.
- Comment on Google AI Overview is just affiliate marketing spam now 4 weeks ago:
Was trying to find info about a certain domain the other day - damn near impossible just cause all the results I could find was the same type of AI slop.
- Comment on Age verification and the enshitification of streaming will help reduce the decline in computer literacy in under 18s 4 weeks ago:
Oh, you sweet summer child. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Comment on Age verification and the enshitification of streaming will help reduce the decline in computer literacy in under 18s 4 weeks ago:
You’re talking to someone who would steal the sears catalog (like printed catalog - showed up in an actual physical mailbox) and page through the lingerie ads. You think a hormone driven teenager needs Pornhub?
Just saying…
- Comment on Age verification and the enshitification of streaming will help reduce the decline in computer literacy in under 18s 4 weeks ago:
Umm. What? I can’t fault your optimism, but… No. Like, really. Not a snowball’s chance in hell levels of nope.
Kids are far more likely to assume a fully enshittified experience is “just how it is”. I don’t see any logical path that would support your predicted outcome. Increasing the barrier to entity isn’t just gonna magically change their minds and make them spontaneously hop the fence. That path is even more of a pain in the ass. , and they were already just using what’s shoved in getting of them. If it’s already not worth their time to do different, why would making it seem even less attractive help?
- Comment on YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless" 4 weeks ago:
would be surprised if this was a real problem and I wasn’t aware.
Umm… that’s a terrible argument. Like, really, really terrible.
That said this does feel a bit like a red herring. I don’t think having an open bank account is gonna do shit to help anyone kidnapped by the Y’allqueda Gestapo.
But, seriously, “this can’t be true, cause if it was I’d already know about” comes across as really arrogant.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
