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Comment · 1 month ago
Anyone have idea the likely cost range?
Comment · 1 month ago
Hardware switches would be plus in modern era. Not just for mics.
Comment · 1 month ago
It would be nice to postulate some of these potential emergent systems outlines with timelines. Then it may help better map the granular alignment needs.
Comment · 2 months ago
Interview question. How would you handle the growing traffic needs and traffic spikes. I'm curious whether any existing architectural diagram of theirs would highlight a potential failure post-mordem.
Comment · 2 months ago
Isn't much of all this the modern couch potato and same as many research done being glued to the TV? It's channel surfing.
Comment · 2 months ago
I have it off. Although not backed up I see the image sorta AI scanned where, for a moment it outlines, segments people for a brief moment. Anyone notice this and what is going on?
Comment · 2 months ago
From article: > The marker's notes - seen by the BBC - raise concerns about the "polished/uniform tone" of the work, noting the "consistent flawless grammar and similar sentence structure with no variation in style". The notes also mention a "formulaic paragraph structure that follows a typical AI pattern of 'general claim, the example/result, and conclusion'." Other observations point to repetitive phrasing and a lack of "nuanced critique" as well as a high usage of "em" dashes, a type of punctuation thought to be favoured by AI models.

Judging by the given remarks I see nothing here which proves AI use.

Comment · 2 months ago
I get the privacy concern in regards to advertising ones age, but I wonder if this is akin to a underage walking into a liquor store, interacting with stranger adults, etc. There are obvious appropriate and inappropriate behaviors to minors.

Let's confine only of consumer OS and is provisioned with an underage bracket (you set it to what you want, And Not a Require verify). All sites/app the OS interacts must honor certain child protection laws (privacy, selling, gathering etc)?

What is the main discussion surrounding placing (by choice) some 'optional' age bracket to enter during the OS setup/provisioning? The OS as provider only declares an age and it seems the sites/apps it interacts with to be the ones in the hook, not the OS.

Comment · 3 months ago
Ender's Game has arrived! One of my favorite books. Spoiler, read the book. Don't just vibe read it.
Comment · 3 months ago
How to ensure physical devices like keyboard, monitor, mouse are safe? Essentially all recording devices.
Comment · 3 months ago
So a button big bang. Born the Light (Minimalist) and Dark patterns
Comment · 3 months ago
In the 2nd image (clearest) and other images, there appears to be some binary encoding in red. It must encode something!
Comment · 3 months ago
Who is recording? Who is watching? Who controls the data? All compounded issues when data is hardly ephemeral and is long-lived.
Comment · 3 months ago
> the people is one, ... one language, ..., nothing will be restrained from them

Why being one (I see as collaborative) was it not desired? Interpretations? Why is it seemed *more* harmful rather than good?

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