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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that an LLM would do very well, but other forms of ML (like a model trained to work in business rules and economic outcomes rather than stringing words together) could probably be used. Hell, they probably won’t need to use the planet-destroying mega data canters to do it; some very effective specialized ML models can be run on a Raspberry Pi.

  The biggest problem with AI is they’re convincing people they can think and replace workers by using extremely large language models trained on stolen works provided as cloud services asking for exorbitant subscription fees.

  In other words, tech bros figured out how to take something useful and make a grift out of it, because you can get rich by gatekeeping something of value. Why do you think they went so far as to threaten to ban DeepSeek when a free model that can run on a desktop PC from a foreign “adversary” appeared? They all shit their collective pants because the jig was up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they’re trolling. There’s zero chance this was explained this many times and they’re still fighting like they don’t understand what is being said

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do AI data centers manage to *consume* water, but when I cool my house, my A/C *makes* water?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do AI data centers manage to *consume* water, but when I cool my house, my A/C *makes* water?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean eventually yeah, but not fast enough for you to keep using it that way.

  Especially now that air holds more moisture since rising temperatures keep the atmosphere warmer and rain is less frequent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Belgium Targets Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Sweeping Site Blocking Order⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate the “fuck America swinging their ducks around on other business” sentiment, but let’s not entertain conspiracy where there isn’t any. America doesn’t need to push its preferences in places where the sentiment already.

  My post is that you you blame this on America you won’t think clearly about the actual issue, which is the sentiment of EU politicians and businesses and how they skew unduly in favor of harsh intellectual property restrictions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wish there was an uninhabited, autonomous zone for folks who want "freedom" to play out their dangerous ideas away from the rest of society⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Are we just Curtis Yarvin-posting now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EU still wants to scan all your chats – and the rules could come into force by October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Many people in the US thought “He won’t”

  So, call your representatives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Would container ships be a good application? Or too heavy/large?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't say I didn't warn you ⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy fack boys, am Irish neuw

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Set up a raspberry pi with HomeAssistant (or buy their premade one) and then nothing should need to connect to the internet (as long as you buy stuff that doesn’t require it).

  Smart devices don’t need “the cloud” to be smart - all of that shit is a scam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Exactly this. No way for a bot to make an API call to a LLM and get back a solution formatted in JSON that it could easily parse for the solution. Could never happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  WireGuard would be illegal. ISPs would monitor for encrypted traffic streams. All remote workers must now come back to the office. ofcom can see any and all traffic. Your loyalty to the king shall be examined. You choices of media will be scrutinized. The threat of losing your children will be used to force compliance. Welcome to the machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah they came back online after like 2 weeks I think?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Now now, I like to shit on vibecoders too but let’s not pretend this is some new problem.

  Idiots leave databases on cloud servers exposed all the time rather than deal with their companies often arcane rules for generating certificates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well UK, have the day you voted for I guess

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is literally why crypto was invented, as another user put it, “before crypto bros turned it into a pump n dump scheme”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else find it suspicious that there wasn't any criticism on here about Stop Killing Games until after it hit 1.4M signatures?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve made some comments critical of how relentlessly PirateSoftware is being harassed and how annoying it is and how distracting from the actual movement it is.

  Nothing wrong with the petition itself, and I haven’t noticed any negative astroturfing about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does every rebuttal have to strawman me saying “Apple is perfect and get it right every time”?

  I’m offering nothing more than an explanation of how they try to operate. I’m not defending them, or saying they never miss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah Apple really dropped the ball in AI. I heard an interesting take that it’s because Apple collected way less used info o er time compared to like Google (which has all the writings of man both pre and post internet, every video ever uploaded, the habits of every human user, and most of the messaging/calendars/contacts for a significant portion of the planet) va Apple who has like, App Store usage for iPhone users, photo libraries since 2009-ish, that kinda thing.

  It just wasn’t enough to paint a holistic picture to train a useful model on, and this is why Apple Intelligence was a bigger flop than the Vision Pro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then we are in agreement on that. It’s just weird how you lead in on your first sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We don’t want them to sweat, we just want them to do the right thing by their customers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Musk and Eaton had the means to change votes, not sure what your first statement is about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you have an infinitely long wavelength of light? Or is there some maximum?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t f=0 describe any place of equilibrium in the electromagnetic field? Anywhere there isn’t currently a photon?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you have an infinitely long wavelength of light? Or is there some maximum?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I’m not mistaken, their last paragraph describes this to contrast the answer above about the longest (I.e. lowest) frequency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask any apple fanboy/fanatic and they will tell you, and they will be correct: Apple rarely leads the charge. They wait and they bide their time, and they watch how a technology is applied and how it works well and how it fails, and then they engineer a solution that they believe to be a smoother user experience to everyone else, and only then do they drop a new tech.

  Budget phone makers are trying to stand out and captivate a much smaller market segment, so they have to go big or go home, or else no one will care.

  The big guys are so big that they can actually use the market itself as market research, and the big guys are so big they can hold out until they know they have a stable, proven solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spiritual Safety Tip!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s high-effort satire and the original site is now derelict but it originates from this page.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring them back!!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The new movies suck ass because they try to make science the bad guy, but not only is that a shit story we all see through, but it still reads as capitalistic greed and hubris, but now the movie feels like it doesn’t know what it’s talking about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what the f**k was going on in the Ediacaran period⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Change just one “n” to a “d” and we’ll have some coffee and we’ll talk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jobaphobia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “You’ve got a problem that makes it difficult for you to seek help for it. Fucking mooch.”

  Another .world lib strikes again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything's bigger in Texas⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  New York is Massachusetts…Massachusetts is New York!