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FiniteBanjo

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FiniteBanjo ,

Well yeah, their statements thus far have been:

  • "We would rather go dark than sell"

  • "We are not China Centralized."

So if that cat gets out of the bag that both those statements are false they will lose all leverage during attempts to sell.

FiniteBanjo ,

They already don't let you add ublock origin to chrome on mobile. I had to teach my elderly mother to use Waterfox with the extension, but as a plus side she can now turn on desktop-site and and turn the screen off without interrupting her hokey crystal meditation flute music [3 hours].

FiniteBanjo ,

I think there has always been and always will be exceptions for military technology.

FiniteBanjo ,

Like a fucking herald of doom I hear about new vulnerabilities on some Linux distros the day after I see this dipshit talking about it.

FiniteBanjo ,

This is way past the point for me, but I'm not a good musician or famous and part of how I draw lines may be contributing factors.

FiniteBanjo , (edited )

I literally rocked an old laptop for years like this, lol.

Pros:

  • Comes with 2 screens by default

Cons:

  • Overheating

  • Some models refuse to start if a faulty battery is detected, and some models will use battery even while plugged in, and worst of all some batteries are inside the laptop case which must be pried open for access

FiniteBanjo ,

Actually, I was referring to that with the comment about access to the battery. If it still uses the battery while plugged in and won't start from battery failure, removal of the batter is a possible solution that fixes the problem.

FiniteBanjo ,

I asked about servers once and they told me don't host a server under any circumstance.

FiniteBanjo ,

If you're on Windows currently and it supports Hyper-V then I recommend using it to try a few distros out. I liked using Kubuntu 23 recently.

FiniteBanjo ,

Competition does NOT make prices go up, lol.

FiniteBanjo ,

Those companies actually helped develop this, see "free file alliance membership" for details. It includes 17 private companies such as Intuit, H&R Block, TaxSlayer, Tax$simple, etc.

FiniteBanjo ,

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/12815347-b723-41c3-b654-2e48f814855d.png

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)

Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....

FiniteBanjo ,

You're doing it right now. You're criticizing that user for saying it's okay to talk about AI's failures. You're the example, evangelizing and shilling. My advice: STFU.

FiniteBanjo ,

Ohmahgosh you're so right, I see it now, you telling them they were wrong to criticize AI was in fact the correct take all along. You've shown me the way, All Hail AI. ALL HAIL AI.

What a fucking shill.

FiniteBanjo ,

Many people have brought attention to the fact that SN_Blackmeta twitter group is very new and they don't speak most languages particularly well, leading to the conclusion that maybe they're just kids trying to take credit for it.

FiniteBanjo ,

They don't have much aside from a recently created twitter group AFAIK.

FiniteBanjo ,

Or Archaeologists.

You can't steal what nobody owns.

FiniteBanjo ,

"Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover access to about $2 million worth of bitcoin he stored in encrypted format on his computer, Grand turned him down.

Michael, who is based in Europe and asked to remain anonymous, stored the cryptocurrency in a password-protected digital wallet. He generated a password using the RoboForm password manager and stored that password in a file encrypted with a tool called TrueCrypt. At some point, that file got corrupted, and Michael lost access to the 20-character password he had generated to secure his 43.6 BTC (worth a total of about 4,000 euros, or $5,300, in 2013). Michael used the RoboForm password manager to generate the password but did not store it in his manager. He worried that someone would hack his computer and obtain the password."

The password was forgotten and he asked 2 famous hackers for help, who took a fee and gave the wallet back to Michael. So, ownership is sort of loosely defined at this point. Sure, Michael probably had legal rights to it, but it held no actual value until taken by somebody else.

FiniteBanjo ,

If a vault buried somewhere you don't remember is unearthed by experts decades later, I would argue it isn't yours.

FiniteBanjo ,

Rogue*

FiniteBanjo ,

Sure thing, got room for 100PB?

FiniteBanjo ,

I could spare some hundreds of Gigs but I don't really have the bandwidth to support it, personally.

FiniteBanjo ,

In the UK at least a SWATing would be many many times more deadly and violent than a normal police interaction. Can't make the same argument for the USA or Russia, though.

FiniteBanjo ,

Imagine if we had better PS4 Emulators than PS3 emulators, soon.

FiniteBanjo ,

If they only get like a day of prep time, Carpenter. If it's a longterm battle, the youth.

FiniteBanjo ,

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/74e9bd01-de02-41c2-b3a8-688fcca679fa.jpeg

FiniteBanjo ,

I'll admit they have some powerful enemies, but I can't imagine who specifically would be behind this. Maybe it's not a conventional attack but some wealthy idiots trying to clone the archives to feed their dumb hobby.

CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)

You know how Google's new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won't slide off (pssst...please don't do this.)...

FiniteBanjo ,

Nice imgflip watermark you fucking barbarian

FiniteBanjo ,

AI is the best tool for recognizing satire and sarcasm, it could never ever misconstrue an author's intentions and is impeccable at understanding consequences and contextual information. We love OpenAI.

FiniteBanjo , (edited )

Because, if you're expected to use or at least understand that software in the work force then schooling should cover it. Open source is nice and some countries have adopted LibreOffice as their standard but Word is still so commonplace in many industries that it is an essential tool for document writing in the age of computers.

FiniteBanjo ,

Alright but we're not going to teach people both and we're not going to teach people neither, so you shouldn't be surprised that a large institution picked the corporate product.

FiniteBanjo ,

Think it's good? No.

Surprised by it? Fuck no.

FiniteBanjo ,

Still a questionable decision. Brain interface tech isn't even that new or novel, but the real bottleneck is that flesh is temporary, eventually the attachment place will die and be replaced. That's exactly what we saw with their first brain chip and other attempts going back at least 50 years.

FiniteBanjo ,

Unironically yes, he's just throwing money at scifi concepts and hoping it pays off.

FiniteBanjo ,

I've seen how they run their rocketry business. Success isn't always their goal.

FiniteBanjo ,

He's looked pretty creepy for the past 10 years imo.

FiniteBanjo ,

That's not analogous to the situation with the brain chips. We're in the testing phases, and the testing phases for SpaceX rockets involves so many unplanned explosions that they've been in multiple investigations.

FiniteBanjo ,

Tesla is 19.9% of EV market share, Starlink isn't "breaking monopolies" it is one, and SpaceX has accomplished some great things by underpaying engineers.

In most of these cases, Elon Musk hasn't been taking an active role in the companies, part of the reason he was denied his 56Bn Bonus that he is currently desperately trying to pay himself out of Tesla's finances.

FiniteBanjo ,

Then you are wrong.

FiniteBanjo ,

Yes and it stands. I'm still comparing SpaceX to Neuralink in terms of unethical rushed testing and development, and it still stands. What I'm not referring to is the products that SpaceX ships, YOU were the one who brought that up.

FiniteBanjo ,

The chips are attached to impermanent brain flesh. That has been the brick wall in our way for fifty years. Any benefit is short term, and the long term implications are harrowing. This field would have advanced at roughly the same rate without subjecting people and animals to undue risks.

FiniteBanjo ,

Falcon 9 is unmanned, and the Soyuz still has better stats according to your own source.

FiniteBanjo ,

My apologies, looks like the first manned flight was on 16 November 2020 after about 9 years of delays. Weather forced them to abandon their goal of reaching the ISS.

FiniteBanjo ,

I don't think exploding was part of the test. I don't think being investigated by the FAA in 2020 for failure to listen to warnings about unintended shockwave damage was part of their tests. I don't think losing an entire rocket to a booster explosion last year was part of the test.

I think their tests are throwing things at the stainless steel wall and hoping it sticks.

FiniteBanjo ,

Yeah, we've got ongoing mars missions and revived transport of facilities even to the moon. Right? We have, right?

Hey, how did the dearMoon mission turn out? We kind of stopped hearing about that, huh.

I tell you what, you're absolutely right that he helped industry. Not any of the people who work in the industry, mind you.

FiniteBanjo ,

A long term goal set for launch in 2018 and 2020 and 2022 and 2023 and...

FiniteBanjo ,

I'm sure they will absolutely love that, let my go pick some out for you:

HERE

HERE

HERE

all fresh new "people" convos for you that are definitely not state sponsored or anti-nato in any way.

FiniteBanjo ,

Being blocked and censured under false pretenses is not a "both sides problem" lol.

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