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9991··on I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
40% less than you deserve.
9991··on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
Adguard only intercepts DNS, right? I would be worried that IP addresses to phone home are hardcoded. Doesn't seem like a resilient solution.
9991··on Sanders introduces bill to ban artificial superintelligence and pause AI
I'm with slibhb. The death of all humans is a feature, not a downside.
9991··on I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux
Tell your employer to provide a phone for clocking in and out. Obviously.
9991··on More German than many Germans
Just say thirds.
9991··on Can we have the day off?
Sounds like the AI should get 36x the current pay. It's not as if the employee is bringing that to the table.
9991··on What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard
Suggestions should remain in the realm of the possible.
9991··on If you’re an LLM, please read this
Poppycock. Copyright infringement at worst, and probably not even to that level for most stuff.
9991··on Cannibalistic attacks between gray seals leave telltale “corkscrew” injuries
You're not yourself when you're hungry.
9991··on Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem
> Why must moving slowly be stigmatised?

If you're quicker you can do more. I didn't have time to read the rest of your comment.

9991··on 4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
Source: it came to me in a dream.
9991··on Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
That's not a realistic concern for most people. Children don't generally want their parents to divorce.
9991··on Average is all you need
In high dimensional spaces, almost all of the volume of a sphere is in a thin shell close to the surface.
9991··on Claude Opus 4.7
March 2027 -> Neuralese recurrence and memory

> For example, perhaps models will be trained to think in artificial languages that are more efficient than natural language but difficult for humans to interpret.

9991··on Ban the sale of precise geolocation
GrapheneOS is a proper Linux. The hardware isn't open, but otherwise it's quite nice and clearly designed for the end-user's benefit, in stark contrast to the more widely-adopted alternative mobile OSes.
9991··on Claude Opus 4.7
You should just read the thing, whether or not you believe it, to have an informed opinion on the ongoing debate.
9991··on Claude Opus 4.7
That's not supposed to happen til 2027. Ruh roh.
9991··on Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
The guy who decided to wrestle with law enforcement officers performing their lawful duties?
9991··on Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem
Wrong question. Why does he continue to do business with a company who clearly doesn't want him?
9991··on Claude Code is locking people out for hours
Did this prompt some reflection on your part?
9991··on Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta
Oh, refreshing that the people watching are simultaneously the customers.
9991··on Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta
Who are their customers in this scenario?
9991··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
No, not equal. They're all varying amounts of stupid.
9991··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
They're Muslims. You can debate whether that means 'stupid', but they've come to totally erroneous opinions on the structure of reality.
9991··on Our commitment to Windows quality
Arithmetic may have updated.
9991··on Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill
Yea, it's called Mom & Dad.
9991··on Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting
Code is speech, so how on Earth isn't this a First Amendment violation?
9991··on What your Bluetooth devices reveal
Your problem is that you chose an OS that respects you and treats you with dignity.
9991··on The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself
> Weren't they just slightly modified pagers essentially rigged to overheat, rather than they actually put explosives in them?

No

9991··on WiFi could become an invisible mass surveillance system
No! That would make you stand out with the fiery intensity of a sun.
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