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brianorca ,

Seems like a Hancock move.

brianorca ,

But Recall is recording screenshots, not data stored on disk. That's not the same as Apple's hourly data snapshot which is just a automated backup of what you have already stored. Recall will be recording the videos or images you watch, even when you don't keep them locally. It will store the things you decided not to save, and every time you have to open your password manager to check a password, or create a new one. It might be limited to your account, but that still means it's accessible to anyone who can figure out your password or access your unlocked PC behind your back. Or to that virus you accidentally downloaded, if it's not immediately detected.

brianorca ,

I can run 7B models on my laptop with its embedded GPU. Running on a phone or a Pi is possible with smaller models, but very slow. Expect good speed with a desktop Nvidea GPU. Later this year, there should be new computers with an NPU integrated to the CPU which should speed up computers that don't have a dedicated GPU. (But a GPU will still outperform them by a lot.)

70B models will run very slowly on even the best consumer hardware due to memory limitations.

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I'm switching back and forth at will, which is unusual for me with this type of illusion.

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They are cancelling flights because those specific airports don't have the equipment to provide a precision landing (ILS) during low visibility weather. They only published a landing procedure with GPS. They will now spend a few months installing the ILS system to enable such landings so they can resume commercial flights.

Before GPS, all airports would be either VFR only or would have an ILS system installed. Since then, some airports were built without an expensive ILS but used a published GPS approach to allow low-vis landings.

They could have continued flights with only VFR navigation, but that would seriously restrict the weather they could operate in.

brianorca ,

Funny, I was reading the post while my gardener was outside. At least they don't stay long.

brianorca ,

Or there was documentation. You even remember reading it.(Or writing it) But since then we've changed from shared folders to SharePoint to something else, and reorganized folder hierarchy at least five times. I have no idea where to find it, or if it was purged in one of the cleanups.

brianorca ,

But obsolete jobs do become hobbies.

brianorca ,

My bank has called me a few times. Each time they ask about specific transactions, so it's mostly yes/no answers. (Occasionally I've asked for additional clarifying info, but they never asked about card numbers or the like.) Usually it's been abnormal transactions that i know about, but a few times it was a cloned card number being used elsewhere, (before chip became standard) and then I had the card shut down.

brianorca ,

Tape some foil over the GPS antenna.

brianorca ,

When you have a few inches flat at the end, fold it over and tape it. Repeat as needed.

brianorca ,

There have been US court cases where arbitration clauses were voided if they weren't prominently visible outside the box before purchase. Dang vs Samsung

brianorca ,

There have been US court cases where arbitration clauses were voided if they weren't prominently visible outside the box before purchase. Dang vs Samsung

brianorca ,

That's another one still working through the court.

Roku TV bricked until agreeing to new terms of service

See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn't use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don't agree to their terms, then I don't get access to their new products. That...

brianorca ,

Look for computer monitors instead of a TV.

brianorca ,

Wilson manufactures many types of sports balls, including basketball, volleyball, tennis, and golf. The one in Castaway was a volleyball.

brianorca ,

Article says "the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders" so it's not recognizing individuals, but perhaps adjusting the sales pitch for who it sees walking by.

(But it's a collage campus, so most students will be around the same age. Maybe it pitches different things to teachers?)

Office 365 asking for permissions to change browser settings (lemmy.world)

I have to use certain Microsoft apps for work, so I strictly only use the web versions as I am on Linux. However, just seen this setting pop up in Word while working on a document. I wonder what in specific they would change, considering i am on Firefox. Does anyone know anything about this? Is there an actual good reason for me...

brianorca ,

Because they can't force it on Firefox.

brianorca ,

iPhone is like ChatGPT. But trying to trademark GPT would be like trademarking "Phone"

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.” (www.nbcnews.com)

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”::The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the aircraft...

brianorca ,

The incident airplane was only 3 months out of the factory.

brianorca ,

It is now but the comment mentioned 2014.

Scientists Use WiFi to See Through People's Walls (www.popularmechanics.com)

“We developed a deep neural network that maps the phase and amplitude of WiFi signals to UV coordinates within 24 human regions. The results of the study reveal that our model can estimate the dense pose of multiple subjects, with comparable performance to image-based approaches, by utilizing WiFi signals as the only input.”

brianorca ,

There are already smart light bulbs you can buy off the shelf that use radio signals to see when somebody is in the room. Then it can turn on the lights automatically, without a camera or infrared sensor in the area.

brianorca ,

Pretty sure chips are toast in this diagram. Or maybe it depends if they are potato or tortilla chips.

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Sometimes only one end, making them a quiche.

brianorca ,

Reverse engineering is legal, but if you still arrive at a solution covered by a patent, then that solution is illegal. But this shouldn't be covered by a patent.

brianorca ,

It's an open source project repository. It can be compared to the process descriptions in the patent. But patents and copyright don't cover APIs, as decided in Oracle vs Google in 2021.

I'm saying this usage of reverse engineering is probably safe, but if you reverse engineered a way to process data that happened to match a patent, it doesn't matter that you never saw the patent or original code, it can still be infringement.

brianorca ,

That wouldn't stop them from pursuing something in a US court if the other party is in the US. But even here, I doubt their argument would hold water in an actual trial, considering existing precedent.

brianorca ,

A lot of ISPs provide email, too. So getting an ISP password lets them reset your other passwords which used that email address for the "forgot password" prompt. (I'm guessing you don't use your ISP provided email, but you're not "most people".)

brianorca ,

You could still cause a stampede.

brianorca ,

Which means when they ask to verify your number again in 6 months, or after a computer upgrade, you are SOL without that specific phone number.

brianorca ,

What does the "5 minute" rule even do? Any bot can be programmed to wait that long, or have a few accounts lined up to use in sequence.

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