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brutal_chaos_on We created a fake delivery company to get a job

Firefox, Android, uBlock Origin, JavScript off, I believe I see it all. (text, images, ect)

brutal_chaos_on Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows

I have watched many hours of that channel. I'm no ant expert, nor do I have much interest in ants in general, but that channel made understanding ant behavior sensational! Big props to the creator

brutal_chaos_on 1 in 4 U.S. Teachers Say AI Tools Do More Harm Than Good in K-12 Education

I am in school currently and have had students sitting next to me use ChatGPT to help with some in class quizzes, we are allowed to use other resources, so it wasn't cheating. For some of the questions, ChatGPT was flat wrong when analyzing code. One specific question was asking where errors were in a block of code by line number, ChatGPT gave the wrong line number and wrong number of lines on top of that. The student actually knew how to answer the question, but didn't want to think. In a different class, a prof said she knew some students were using ChatGPT because the errors some students made were the same errors ChatGPT made and they were kind of dumb mistakes if you knew what was going on.

I don't mean to say your experience isn't possible nor a fluke. What I mean to say is, if you don't know something, ChatGPT shouldn't be your only resource, you won't know when it's wrong.

edit: words, spelling

brutal_chaos_on macOS Sonoma silently enabled iCloud Keychain despite my precautions

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure "we take your privacy seriously" has always been marketing and nothing more. they could say that because they aren't Google who really doesn't care about privacy. So in comparison, it was "correct." Regardless, they are a company and companies can change their ideals at any point, so one should never take marketing strategies seriously (not that you did, just a general warning).

brutal_chaos_on Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Senators Say

> Tesla does not divulge your location to law enforcement without a warrant

Good to know, but legally this can change whenever Tesla wants, no?

brutal_chaos_on SB-1047 will stifle open-source AI and decrease safety

I can't say for sure wrt tech industry specifically, but regulatory capture is nothing new.

brutal_chaos_on SB-1047 will stifle open-source AI and decrease safety

That is called regulatory capture, which could definitely be happening here.

brutal_chaos_on Control Linux based distros using hand gestures using OpenCV, GTK, Mediapipe

Quite pleasant, eh? I hope we see more projects without them.

brutal_chaos_on 20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a new revolution

Yes it was. It took years before I had a limit. I used to use gmail like google drive well before drive existed. There was even a tool called gmaildrive(0).

(0): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMail_Drive

Edit to Add: Apparently the storage wasn't unlimited? At least from a cursory look at Wikipedia. Huh. Memory is a funny thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail

brutal_chaos_on I recorded a screen capture of a task. Gemini generated code to replicate it

https://in.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=wayfair&l=&sc=0kf%3Afcckey%28...

wayfair laid off a bunch of US IT staff and are trying to build an AI in india to replace workers (I think, based on events and new job opennings).

edit:typos

adt'l: tbf, AI hasn't actually replaced jobs there yet (afaik)

brutal_chaos_on Google Pay app will no longer be available

FTA:

Can I still use the tap to pay feature in stores?

Anywhere you normally use Google Pay — from checking out online to tapping and paying in stores — remains the same. If you use your Android phone to shop in stores where Google Pay is accepted, you can continue to tap to pay in stores with the Google Wallet app.

brutal_chaos_on Show HN: macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux

> A cross compiler is a compiler capable of creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running. For example, a compiler that runs on a PC but generates code that runs on an Android smartphone is a cross compiler.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_compilation

So compile on Linux, run on macOS without Rosetta

brutal_chaos_on My kid sounds like ChatGPT, and soon yours might, too

True, I should have added that note. Thanks for the correction.

brutal_chaos_on My kid sounds like ChatGPT, and soon yours might, too

Relavent 37c3 talk:

YOU’VE JUST BEEN FUCKED BY PSYOPS https://media.ccc.de/v/f7375255-379f-4423-a47f-2920246a0916

Edit: also HN discussion for said talk https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38791575

brutal_chaos_on Biden pardons marijuana use nationwide

> This comes off as election year pandering but it also probably shouldn't be a crime to begin with.

Normally I would agree, though this has been a process, not just this quick vote grab.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/06/bide...

Edit to add: The timing of the process is probably for the benefit of votes and the like.

brutal_chaos_on How to Escape a Container

A container is a security boundry. However, no security boundry is perfect and more boundries must be put in place as well, depending on your threat model.

edit: typo

brutal_chaos_on FAA resorting to memes to fight increase in unruly passengers

Here is the linked meme from the article:

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-releases-unruly-passenger-h...

brutal_chaos_on End of Life of Technologies and Devices

Crowd sourced EOL docs. I like it!

brutal_chaos_on Welcome to the ad-free internet

Welcome to a niche of the web, which is a niche of the Internet, of which wants all of your money pls. Oh? The fight (ad-free or ad-ridden) alone makes more money, because, "ad money or subscription money pls", which in turn equals more clicks for them.

You can argue, "yeah, but what about ublock origin (or another ad blocker)?" To you, they'd (speculatively) say, "ye are few, why bother."

brutal_chaos_on Red Programming Language

FYI, the link from the first bullet point "human friendly syntax" (aka syntax) points to https://pointillistic.com/ren/ which is broken, returning a page that states:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

brutal_chaos_on Dingo, an open source robot dog

Firefox on Android with uBlock Origin does indeed work. And, if I'm not mistaken, aren't most devices Androids?

Edit to Add: TBF, most users may not have the technical know-how to use it in this way.

brutal_chaos_on Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

I stopped using Google for most searches for a long while now. I suggest you do the same. It's not like they're going to make user centric changes now, just wallet centric ones.

brutal_chaos_on Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout

yes, and the moderation problems will start July 1st. 26k is nothing, for sure, to Reddit. But every movement starts small. For now, Reddit doesn't have to worry and Lemmy can up their game.

Also, what about kbin numbers? How many have stopped using Reddit, but didn't switch networks?

This one number doesn't mean much since Lemmy isn't Reddit's only problem.

brutal_chaos_on Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’

doubtful. if the blackout doesn't stay, the issue will be forgotten about. The majority of users won't see a difference for awhile, probably until a bit after Reddit goes public and makes the API switch. and by then investors will have pulled money out, moderators won't be able to moderate, and Reddit will die slowly (or quickly, depending on spam volume after the switch).

brutal_chaos_on 'Tear Gas Tuesday' in Downtown Portland

it's also awfully convenient to assume that only the protesting party is at fault.

brutal_chaos_on Vanishing phone customer support is driving us all insane

Same, though on spotty net, chat may not work or may not work well. Email is great when traveling.

brutal_chaos_on Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules out bailout

People may want to reconsider what a reputation actually is, because it seems SVB was not a good bank despite its reputation. I'm guessing they marketed to dumb money; people who won't look past some marketing and attached names (e.g. Peter Thiel) and assume all is good.

In general, I think more due diligence is needed, even with a good reputation. (e.g. look into lobbying efforts. if they are lobbying for weakened rules, they may be violating/doing something illegitimate already a la FTX).

Enron was reputable, for example. Different situation, i know, but the point is reputation is great, due diligence is better (i don't know what good DD would be in the Enron case, perhaps the fact they pushed a 100% buy in would be one of many red flags, for example).

I do think workers should be paid, btw. However, the c-level team/s that made the choice to bank with SVB aught to lose out because it was their bet that tanked the company (or otherwise hurt it financially).

Tis are my admittedly outside/naïve perspective.

brutal_chaos_on Justice Department says Google destroyed evidence related to antitrust lawsuit

that doesn't male either right.

brutal_chaos_on New York University professor fired after students say his class was too hard

They could also be the type of people that get chemical/bioweapons/newer weapons banned from international war, as other pink smoke mortar loving people have done in the past.

brutal_chaos_on This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine (2019)

old.Reddit.com

I think you mean. Current Reddit, IMHO, is a UI dumpster fire.