Cooper8

@Cooper8@feddit.online

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Client side support for a tipping link (Koffee, Patreon, crypto wallet, whatever the user’s choice is) that is built in to the UI would go a long way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Most Oil and Gas reserves remaining in the US are on public land, as is the massive lithium deposit just discovered in southeastern Oregon. Then there are the seabed polymetalic nodules that will be mined sooner or later. There are plenty of opportunities to nationalize natural resources, what is lacking is political will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plebbit is the the most decentralized selfhosted social media protocol And why development slowed Down⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If I’m reading(skimming) the documentation right, it seems like anyone who can pass the challenge can download the full node and see the full record of interactions. IPFS is not a perfect privacy network, so user accounts can in theory be traced back.

  So basically as with Fedi instances it is fully on the Node host to set who can get in based on the challenge, and what is hosted there is their liability. Only difference is Plebbit allows any user to spin up a new instance/community node ad-hoc and they aren’t responsible for maintaining infrastructure beyond what is required seed the nodes they host.

  Is that right? I’m not sure but hopefully someone better in the know will correct me if not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish projects like this would offer simple “security profile” settings that would allow you to batch change the relevant settings between the most common suggested settings for different usecases.

  Just “General use” and “Privacy” profiles would go a long way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What would it take for a fork of Firefox to become the main branch one must wonder? I know I switched to LibreWolf and IronFox when this all started, not FireFox. Now I’m hearing WaterFox works on the platforms I use (is it as good?)

  Neither of these projects are doing core feature development on the browser engine though, as far as I can tell. I guess what it would take is a heap of cash for them to really compete.

  I see LadyBird and the grumbles about their sponsors, but at least they are really doing work from the core rather than modding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ranked Choice ftw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m ok with both, but prefer co-ops because the members get direct voting on large decisions by default, rather than a proxy vote via an appointed government worker who answers to the municipal government.

  That said, there is no reason these can’t be one and the same, the local government could fund the establishment of a regional co-op and maintain audit and some other limited authority over it.

  I also support long-distance fiber infrastructure being built and maintained by worker’s co-ops that would then get paid for service by the regional ISPs. Worker members would be highly motivated to maintain good uptime, and hiring/training members who live local to the fiber lines in remote regions would be possible with the incentive of worker ownership. Once built it is a long term maintenance and security business with steady return, perfect for a worker’s co-op that could be financed with private capital at decent ROI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, recent studies show some implicit bias in some of the best Chinese models, mostly when it comes to software dev stuff so less relevant here. Not the hugest deal for this kind of projected either way, but it would be good to know if they are using those vs say Llama, or yes just building a front end fine tune for a closed model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Matrix Retiring the Slack Bridge by January⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In my dumb naive optimistic brain bridges are the perfect kind of software to be automatically developed, revised, tested, and updated by AI agents.

  Two sets of rules with written documentation (API), translate request from one to the other, validate message sent and message received, if not revise and test again.

  Realistically, I know this would likely hit a brick wall quickly, but it sure seems like if AI driven software development is getting actually practical this type of thing should be on the easier end of the spectrum of possibilities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I notice it doesnt say what model Socialism AI is built on top of, I’m guessing one of the Chinese models fine tuned?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  ISPs should be regional users cooperatives everywhere. Rural areas in the US have local ISPs structured this way, but corporate ISPs have been trying to use regulation to make them illegal in normal service areas, which is disgusting.

  I predict that point to point private fiber (currently used by high speed traders) will become more and more prevalent as issues with AI impersonation and spoofing become more prevalent, we should use this infrastructure drive to push linking co-op and public mesh networks using the same long-run conduit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice! Thanks for posting this. Does it run on all wifi bands? Is there provision for mesh extension by wired Intranet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts containing topics the CCP considers politically sensitive, the likelihood of it producing code with severe security vulnerabilities increases by up to 50%.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts containing topics the CCP considers politically sensitive, the likelihood of it producing code with severe security vulnerabilities increases by up to 50%.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can run it yourself on a closed network if you’re worried about telemetry, that’s part of the point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts containing topics the CCP considers politically sensitive, the likelihood of it producing code with severe security vulnerabilities increases by up to 50%.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  is this with or without the prompt including politically sensitive topics?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts containing topics the CCP considers politically sensitive, the likelihood of it producing code with severe security vulnerabilities increases by up to 50%.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out Apertus , the Swiss are showing how it should be done. 100% open: architecture, training data, weights, recipes, and final models all publicly available and licenses Apache 2.0. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/09/press-release-apertus-a-fully-open-transparent-multilingual-language-model.html

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corn me up, snake 🐍🌽⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  corn me up snake, I’m passing through your bountious fields shortly

• Apertus: Switzerland government release a fully open, transparent, multilingual language LLMethz.ch ↗
  Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨15⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please tell me this is shopped.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  for reference it looks like those are his custome Space X sneakers, which look especially terrible in this lighting.

  Everyone’s shoes are a bit stretched by the wide angle lenses being used, which is why Elon’s feet look freakishly ling and skinny. He does have pretty big feet for his height, or has been doing this oversized shoe gag for a very long time.

  Overall his outfit is trash

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not familiar with a temp and flow two handle mixer for a sink faucet. That could work well if the temp valve is full bore.

  Single handle faucets dont replicate temps, you have to guess approximate temp each time and they are almost always center biased.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  zheres your standard two tap mixer faucet:
  mixer faucet

  At both taps full open you have full flow/pressure from both the hot water and cold water supply only restricted by the valve full open orifice.

  Now add an additional valve to the mixed outlet of the faucet with both hot and cold feeding into the line that runs into it. If the valve is sized to accommodate the full flow from both valves feeding into it, the full combined pressure/flow from both cold mains and hot supply is available.

  Also, once you set the temperature you like by turning the temp taps, that temp will be available to you at any flow rate on demand. Nothing you do to the mixed valve will change the temperature of the flow. This is especially useful if your hot temperature is very hot, you can have nice warm water to wash your hands every time without worrying you might scald yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When it comes to nukes and AI, people are worried about the wrong thing | It’s more subtle than Skynet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And the internet is largely a platform for capitalism, and most available content is from the internet. Capitalism fundamentally relies on the confidence games of profitable pricing and marketing, not to mention speculation on finance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  they set the relative flow/pressure of respectively hot and cold water. The tap sets the total flow from minimum to maximum available based on the pressure supplied from.thenother two, allowing the selected hot/cold ratio to be preserved between on/off cycle, while also allowing for just a small stream of water when you need it, or a full flow of water when you need to fill a vessel or blast a dish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because sometimes you want full cold, sometimes you want full hot. Yes you could use a three way valve but you’d generally lose maximum water pressure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this thread about sinks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When it comes to nukes and AI, people are worried about the wrong thing | It’s more subtle than Skynet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  LLMs and the entire field of reenforcement learning is fundamentally biased towards the production of Influencing Machines. We are training models at the fundamental level to be subtle and devious con artists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  single handles are all well and good, but I’d prefer a hot knob, a cold knob, and a flow knob. I’ve never been clear why this isn’t done, I suppose its probably cost. Maybe there is some wear and tare reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I’m just pointing out that phones aren’t terrible at acting as servers, it’s a generational issue.

  I’m definitely going to give this a try when I replace my current phone next year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  usbc solved a lot of the connector issues, so long as you can get a hub to play nice with Linux drivers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal to be able to shut your nose from within?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, closing your sinuses is a natural reflex response for humans, and people have greater or lesser at will control over it.

  The nose holding for swimming is more about how strong that sinus closure is and endurance. People with larger sinus openings have a more difficult time keeping them closed and resisting pressure like water entering from jumping into a pool. Also some people have a hard time keeping them closed for any prolonged period.

  In other words, you just have totally ripped sinuses breh.