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Comment · 23 days ago
The DVD menu for Requiem for a Dream will always be imprinted in my mind. I remember being young and setting it up for some friends and I kept flipping sources past what I thought was just an infomercial only to realize it was a brilliant little DVD menu.
Comment · 23 days ago
Strongly agree, though, I remain unphased by any arguments that anthropomorphize llms.
Comment · 26 days ago
There is a lot of your time involved in hiring someone else even if not active labor. And potentially stress in finding a contractor who will do a good job and the right job.

Doing it yourself can be rewarding and potentially much quicker. Why not do it yourself if you're able ( and assuming its not one of those things a pro could do in 1/10th the time).

Comment · 3 months ago
A bit much describing our tech leadership as smartest people we've ever seen.
Comment · 3 months ago
Its not hard to imagine this is a serious risk in some cases. For example: A youtuber essentially working as a journalist made a big story recently about some illegal actions of a lying and litigious company (Bricks and Minifigs story). The youtuber has a 3rd video ready for when his gag order drops, if that were to be released early he could find himself in jail.
Comment · 4 months ago
What do you mean by this tower of power effect? Was it just that the 747 had a more powerful take-off or something due to 4 engines?
Comment · 5 months ago
I'm worried many companies no longer care much if they make a mess or a way to hold them accountable.
Comment · 6 months ago
I can't imagine concentrating on a complicated project like that on the go, but I went back to stare in awe at said picture and I think its a train or bus. Still a flex.
Comment · 6 months ago
I think the author addresses this in saying that since AI output is statistically plausible by design its unlikely to improve in this area. Why do you think AI will get better in this way?
Comment · 7 months ago
Its a shame there isn't more goodwill for some companies to bankroll a project like asahi linux. Keeping up with reverse engineering apple silicon seems like a very large task.
Comment · 8 months ago
What has that got to do with blocking AI crawlers?
Comment · 9 months ago
Risk limiting audits are why this work. You physically sample ballots at random. The number you sample grows as the gap in the electronic tally shrinks to reach high confidence the election was tabulated correctly.
Comment · 10 months ago
He has been living in LA and working for the EFF for some time now.
Comment · 10 months ago
whats wrong with usb-a? I feels more sturdy and less likely to have connection issues then usb-c in my experience.
Comment · 10 months ago
Very weird to market this as subscribing to "Elon process for software"

I remember when defcon ctf would play Geohot's PlayStation rap video every year on the wall.

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