BrianTheeBiscuiteer

@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Profits over productivity. If replacing people with AI, as impractical as it may be, leads to higher profits then CEOs have an obligation to do so. Poverty, sickness, and homelessness are none of their fucking concern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthropic has developed an AI 'brain scanner' to understand how LLMs work and it turns out the reason why chatbots are terrible at simple math and hallucinate is weirder than you thought⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The other day I asked an llm to create a partial number chart to help my son learn what numbers are next to each other. If I instructed it to do this using very detailed instructions it failed miserably every time. And sometimes when I even told it to correct specific things about its answer it still basically ignored me. The only way I could get it to do what I wanted consistently was to break the test down into small steps and tell it to show me its progress.

  I’d be very interested to learn it’s “thought process” in each of those scenarios.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m finally starting to pull the trigger on dumping Google (specifically because of this event). For me at least it’s been a combination of, “They’re not that bad,” and, “This is basically like moving to another state.”

  The guides I’ve seen lately about what replaces what is a good start but there should really be more in-depth guides for either moving over your data or just how to get started. Just naming alternatives is about as helpful as suggesting “raising chickens” as an alternative to high egg prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Disproportionate punishment is another of course. They probably lump pedophiles (a person with a psychiatric disorder) and child molesters (a person that actually harms children) into the same group and you deserve to die for simply thinking the wrong things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you haven’t found any pedophiles yet, well, I guess you’re not trying hard enough. Or maybe… you are one of them… 😠

  Can’t believe this needs an /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Louisiana Governor's Cybersecurity State of Emergency Renewal, grants the National Guard authority to undertake any activity authorized by law deemed appropriate in response⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Louisianans probably aren’t up in arms because wtf does this even mean? Seriously, you need to spell it out these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You Need to Use Signal's Nickname Feature⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “When the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Warning Sign for Hollywood, Younger Consumers Are Choosing Creator Content Over Premium TV and Movies: Social Platforms are Becoming a Dominant Force in Media and Entertainment.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve said it before: there’s good and then there’s good enough. Content that’s “good enough” but easier to access will overshadow content that’s maybe light-years better but harder to acquire. That and attention spans are getting shorter. My kid has the entire Disney library at his fingertips but he’d rather flip between YouTube channels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix's Adolescence Is a Trojan Horse for Online Censorship and Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hardly even noticed I cancelled Netflix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Or restart. When you first boot your device the drive is encrypted until you enter your code or password.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media is the house that always wins⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And knowing is half the battle!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t think the feds were looking in into either of those things. Musk has a direct FBI line as a homescreen icon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good biking weather lately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit. I got a Roku TV. That’s one big fucking stick to toss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My 10yo netbook runs the latest Debian Linux. If it was running on its original OS (XP) it would not only crawl but be dangerously vulnerable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X (Twitter) is down in worldwide outage.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now this is the kind of X news I’m okay with reading.

  Although I can only imagine what this means for the US since Musk is treating the government like one of his businesses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kevin Rose officially relaunching Digg.com⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He looks like early 2000s Kevin Rose aged up to pretend he’s 2020s Kevin Rose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave CEO rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is ungoogeled-chromium any less skeezy? It’s not my main browser but every now and then I need a Chrome based browser or some sites just don’t work right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Democrats Choose Fake Women Over Real Women—Again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Invasion” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It’s what, 5 trans girls? And that’s nationwide!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like some actual common sense was applied to German law. Good to hear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a gray area at all. There’s an EU directive on the matter. If an image appears to depict someone under the age of 18 then it’s child porn.

  So a person that is 18 years old, depicted in the nude, is still a child pornographer if they don’t look their age? This gives judges and prosecutors too much leeway and I could guarantee there are right-wing judges that would charge a 25yo because it could believed they were 17.

  In Germany, the majority of suspects in child porn cases are minors. Valuable life lesson for them.

  Is it though? I don’t know about the penalties in Germany but in the US a 17yo that takes a nude selfie is likely to be put on a sex offender list for life and have their freedom significantly limited. I’m not against penalties, but they should be proportional to the harm. A day in court followed by a fair amount of community service should be enough of an embarrassment to deter them, not jail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned more about their paid services from this one post than in the last 5 years of using their browser. Not that their browser should be constantly inundating you with ads for their other services but dang.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why they haven’t floated the idea of some kind of subscription or one-time payment (though a subscription might be just as infuriating). I’m not above paying for software and if it was a reasonable price, say $10 one-time, I’d much prefer that over it becoming the new Chrome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On one hand I don’t think this kind of thing can be consequence free (from a practical standpoint). On the other hand… how old were the subjects? You can’t look at a person to determine their age and someone that looks like a child but is actually adult wouldn’t be charged as a child pornographer. The whole reason age limits are set is to give reasonable assurance the subject is not being exploited or otherwise harmed by the act.

  This is a massive grey area and I just hope sentences are proportional to the crime. I could live with this kind of thing being classified as a misdemeanor provided the creator didn’t use underage subjects to train or influence the output.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caesars Palace, MLB stadium, an ice cream truck: DOGE reveals how schools spent billions in COVID-relief funds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So they’re suing school districts for fraud or was the Trump era program (see CARES Act) full of loopholes and not willing to admit those were basically blank checks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, you probably want a 3rd party to handle the money exchange part. Doesn’t mean a Fedi app can’t facilitate everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what Mafia-led grocery stores you use but if I put in a pickup order at my local store I trust them to actually have what I asked ready at the time, place, and cost we agreed to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is some Azula-level irony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if their content was signed you could verify the authenticity of the certificate. Usually the business name appears in the cert.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Accepting payments and creating “contracts” over the Fediverse is no bueno at the current time. I think it would require some kind of 3rd party, almost PayPal-esque (PayPal has its own controversy) service that would create the obligation and associated penalties that come with an online transaction. Could be the instance itself but as you said that’s a risk most instance owners wouldn’t take.