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ChatGPT Answers Programming Questions Incorrectly 52% of the Time: Study (gizmodo.com)

The research from Purdue University, first spotted by news outlet Futurism, was presented earlier this month at the Computer-Human Interaction Conference in Hawaii and looked at 517 programming questions on Stack Overflow that were then fed to ChatGPT....

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In the footnotes they mention GPT-3.5. Their argument for not testing 4 was because it was paid, and so most users would be using 3.5 - which is already factually incorrect now because the new GPT-4o (which they don't even mention) is now free. Finally, they didn't mention GPT-4 Turbo either, which is even better at coding compared to 4.

Using DattoRMM to deploy CW RMM via scripting???

Does anyone know how Connectwise RMM does scripting deployments FROM other RMM tools? We are having a tough time trying to figure out how to pass our site tokens through as part of an installation script from DattoRMM, and none of the documentation seems to align correctly. Someone told us it would be something like ...

d3Xt3r ,

This is a general tech community, mostly centered around news and end-user technology discussions, so it's very unlikely you'll get an answer here. Might want to try asking on Reddit or some dedicated Datto/Connectwise forum.

Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

d3Xt3r ,

Considering that predicting the next word from context is the one thing LLMs are really good at, I just don't understand how none of these developments have found their way into predictive keyboards.

The problem is that LLMs require a considerable amount of computing power to run, unlike the simple markov chain predictions that keyboards use. You could use a cloud-based service like ChatGPT or something, but most people wouldn't want their keyboards to send all their keystrokes to a remote server... and even if they didn't know or care, the response time wouldn't be good enough for real-time predictions.

Now smartphone SoC makers like Qualcomm have started adding NPUs (neural processing units) with their latest chips (such as the SD8 Gen 3, featured in the most recent flagship phones), but it's going to take a while before devices with NPUs become commonplace, and it'll take a while for developers to start making/updating apps that can make use of it.

But yeah the good news is that it is coming, it's only a matter of "when" - I suspect it won't be long before the likes of SwiftKey start to take advantage of this.

d3Xt3r ,

It's easiest to just register a domain name and use Couldflare Tunnels. No need to worry about dynamic DNS, port forwarding etc. Plus, you have the security advantages of DDoS protection and firewall (WAF). Finally, you get portability - you can change your ISP, router or even move your entire lab into the cloud if you wanted to, and you won't need to change a single thing.

I have a lab set up on my mini PC that I often take to work with me, and it works the same regardless of whether it's going thru my work's restricted proxy or the NAT at home. Zero config required on the network side.

d3Xt3r ,

The bypassnro command still works though. Installed 23H2 in a VM yesterday and it worked fine.

d3Xt3r ,

This shouldn't even be a question lol. Even if you aren't worried about theft, encryption has a nice bonus: you don't have to worry about secure erasing your drives when you want to get rid of them. I mean, sure it's not that big of a deal to wipe a drive, but sometimes you're unable to do so - for instance, the drive could fail and you may not be able to do the wipe. So you end up getting rid of the drive as-is, but an opportunist could get a hold of that drive and attempt to repair it and recover your data. Or maybe the drive fails, but it's still under warranty and you want to RMA it - with encryption on, you don't have to worry about some random accessing your data.

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all devices

Lies, there's no Linux app yet. As usual, Proton Inc continues to treat Linux users as third-class citizens, all whilst claiming they care about privacy and security.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYljUhrf6W6MF_OJALuwU5MrO7NT8q1UnCwaUpGZWs5FfG4PgVZRhk7Oxf&s=10

Edit: They don't even have a macOS app yet lol.

https://i.imgflip.com/8l11x3.jpg

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Passwords are used in more places than just browsers though. If there wasn't any need for a dedicated app, why did they bother making one for Windows?

But personally, I dislike Bitwarden as well. I prefer KeepassXC instead, as it works fully offline and I don't need to depend on a cloud-based provider (or spin up a server). The best part about KeepassXC is that it supports auto-typing credentials, so you don't need to copy-paste - and it works across a multitude of apps, such as remote desktop / terminal sessions.

d3Xt3r ,

It was big among the netsec/sysadmin crowd too, it was the first place you'd hear of 0-days in the wild, or whether a popular site/service was down.

d3Xt3r ,

The only Keen I know of (and acknowledge) is the Commander:

https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/i/e/e9/Keen_6_title.png

d3Xt3r ,

Speaking of German privacy tools... Win10privacy is still being updated from the looks of it, so that could be an option too.

d3Xt3r ,

AFAIK, there won't ever be a Tiny11

https://archive.org/details/tiny11-2311

d3Xt3r ,

Nothing beats Linux if you're want control over your system. As for gaming though, you can check this website to see whether your games are compatible or not: https://www.protondb.com/

And if your games are compatible, then look no further than Bazzite - it's a gaming-optimised distro that just works out-of-the-box, no need to manually install any drivers and stuff (you can of course use it for non-gaming tasks too).

d3Xt3r ,

Not quite 2025, but: https://lemmy.nz/post/7859245

d3Xt3r ,

Unfortunately Group Policy isn't bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in "features" like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.

d3Xt3r ,

Promising, but since there's no mention at all about TDP / power consumption, those Geekbench scores are kinda meaningless.

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Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)

Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it's expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...

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What does surprise me is that people actually pay their own subscription for these platforms. Netflix had a win in profit/revenue. I’m surprised that these people did not go for the Piracy method even though, they complain about:

Most people don't like change. Maybe they have a habit of switching on Netflix daily during dinner or something. There's also a big "Netflix" button on their remotes and their TV's homescreen, which serves as a constant reminder. They probably even have the app on their phones. All of this leads to mental conditioning and addiction, it's now a part of their daily lives. Humans are a creature of habit, and it's hard to break out of a routine ingrained over several years.

Piracy could be a option for some people, but it's still either too technical, or not as convenient, for the average Joe. Sure, there are even websites you could simply go to without installing any app, but most people won't bother with that - they just want to hit a single button on their remote/TV and watch something, without needing to go to some website, a website which may eventually stop working.

You'll find that most people would prefer to take the path of least resistance, even if it means paying (more) money. Don't forget that even pirates may sometimes pay money to make things easier - eg usenet/seedbox/debrid users - and that's simply because they too would prefer to take the path of least resistance, even if it means being in the ironic situation of paying to watch pirated content. So it's not too hard to imagine why normal people would just prefer to cough up the extra cash for Netflix and continue with their lives, routines unchanged.

d3Xt3r ,

FYI: You can set it to require a PIN + TPM, or even just a password eg using manage-bde -on c: -password.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/manage-bde-on

d3Xt3r ,

Yep, you'll need local admin of course.

d3Xt3r ,

I mean, if it's a corporate device then it's really a policy IT should be setting - this can be easily be done via a GPO or Intune policy, where an elevated script can prompt the end-user for a password.

How Quora Died (slate.com)

“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most...

d3Xt3r ,

If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most interesting and longest-lasting corners of the internet: Quora.

I disagree, the best place for such answers used to be Reddit, and Stack Exchange for the techy stuff. Quora always felt like cancer for some reason and I never really used it.

d3Xt3r ,

I think they probably meant the AOSP Camera, or certain Snapdragon camera variants bundled with some LineageOS builds.

d3Xt3r ,

Actually, Edge WebView2 is a separate system component pushed out via Windows Update (can also be bundled with individual apps), and is independent of Edge the browser.

So you can actually uninstall Edge the browser completely if you wanted to, and still keep using Webview.

Of course, it's a different story that Microsoft like to sneak it back in as part of an update or something.

d3Xt3r ,

The /etc/sudoers file is what you'd need to edit, and you'd use the visudo command to edit it.

chmod is indeed used for file permissions, but you can also use SELinux or AppArmor for more access/role/action based permissions (aka Mandatory Access Controls) instead of just limiting yourself to file permissions (aka Discretionary Access Control). There's also udev rules (for device/sysfs access) and PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules). Then there's cgroups and namespaces for process limits and sandboxing. Really depends on what you're trying to achieve.

But is there any reason why you're looking into micromanaging service permissions? Most users, or even power users wouldn't need to touch that stuff at all.

If it's in a corporate environment, you'd already be running something like SELinux or similar and you'd apply a baseline security profile that meets various compliance specs. Very rarely would you have to mess with permissions of a service.

If this is for personal stuff, you'd just make use of multiple user accounts (if it's a multi-user system), or just sandboxing (containers, flatpak etc) to run untrustworthy stuff like web browsers. None of this stuff would require you to touch chmod.

d3Xt3r ,

Okay so that's different.

nginx only runs the master process as root, but the actual worker processes already run under a low-privileged account called http. If you want to run the master process as well as non-root, you can follow the instructions here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/nginx#Running_unprivileged_using_systemd

To restrict access to files, you'd be editing the nginx config file, you can read on how to do that in the nginx documentation, or check ServerFault etc.

But the modern Linux world revolves around containers. There's an official Docker image for nginx that you could use if you'd like, and that'd make it a much more secure - and portable option.

Also, I'd recommend checking the Arch Wiki first for anything Linux related - the wealth of knowledge and documentation there is unmatched, and is useful even if you're not running Arch.

d3Xt3r ,

This is a good example of why vertical videos are cancer.

Here's a much better version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqcAjxVyJZA

d3Xt3r ,

There's also Firefox Beta, Nightly and Focus.

d3Xt3r ,

same build process and code base.

It's not the same code base though. They're all different branches, and also differ in code (although not by much, but it still requires manual maintenance of each branch). I haven't seen the actual build process but it's likely to be completely separate CI/CD pipelines, so I wouldn't claim it to be the "same" build process either. Also, Focus uses a completely different UI with a different/cut-down set of features.

Naturally I'm not saying that maintaining these branches amounts to the same level of effort as maintaining the iOS WebKit and Gecko branches, but it's not some non-trivial effort either.

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    d3Xt3r , (edited )

    This has nothing to do with Sony the technology company - it's about Sony Pictures, which is a media company and Zee Entertainment, which is also a media company. Therefore this post is completely off-topic here. It would be more appropriate to post in c/entertainment or c/televison, but since this is really only relevant to India, it should be posted to c/India.

    Reported to mods.

    d3Xt3r ,

    This was posted by @L4s, which is quite dumb and often posts off-topic or spammy content, so not really surprising.

    Keep reporting these posts, and hopefully either the author makes it smarter, or the mods ban it.

    d3Xt3r ,

    > Google AI outperforms medical doctors on diagnostics tasks

    > URL: blog.research.google

    [X] Doubt

    d3Xt3r ,

    Kinda reminds me of this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/695/

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    Or in other words, Android's 2023 shipment share was 80%, while Apple had 20%. Title is clickbaity.

    d3Xt3r ,

    No they didn't, that 3.7% increase was just an increase in shipment share (aka unit sales) for 2023. It's not a representative of active users or actual market share.

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    We could probably come up with something Android adjacent that was able to run APKs.

    It's already there. Jolla's SailfishOS can run Android apps using their AlienDalvik compatibility layer. PostmarketOS can also run Android apps using Waydroid.

    ’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale' (www.thecooldown.com)

    ’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale'::High-voltage power lines in the United States will soon be monitored by “magic balls” from Norway.

    d3Xt3r ,

    Was in WA recently on a holiday and was wondering what those things were! Was surprised to see so many interesting sights to see there though, like the Pinnacles for instance. What impressed me the most though was being able to get a haircut - and a pretty good one at that - for just $15! Here in NZ it costs at least $30 for a decent haircut, which I now feel is a massive ripoff.

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    No.

    No headphone jack, no buy. It's not a question of whether a headphone jack is useful to you, it's just the principle of it - there's no good reason to remove it (especially for the asking price of FP5), and more importantly, it goes against what the Fairphone stands for, IMO. I can understand if it were some other profit-driven company making a shrewd business decision, but for Fairphone to do it, seems very unfair to me.

    d3Xt3r ,

    Or just disable image uploads completely. We got by on Reddit without any built-in image hosting functionality for over a decade, so Lemmy should be fine without it as well - especially considering that we don't really have many image-heavy communities, besides the NSFW instances. I mean, storage costs money you know, and with Lemmy being run by volunteers, it makes even more sense to get rid of image hosting to save costs.

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