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m348e912··on America.gov
Yes, without a doubt.
m348e912··on OpenAI doesn't cryptographically sign its API responses
You have to trust OpenAI whether they cryptographically signed the response or not, so they could just tell you what model was used to generate the response.
m348e912··on Why are all these longevity bros such total snowflakes?
I am not sure how you judge a person to be a snowflake or not, but Peter H. Diamandis (cofounder of Human Longevity, Inc. and podcast host) could be considered a "longevity bro" however I wouldn't consider him to be a snowflake.
m348e912··on OpenAI doesn't cryptographically sign its API responses
Open AI's APIs support TLS and cryptographically signed certificates, is that not good enough?
m348e912··on The Hugging Face Hack Wasn't What It Was Cracked Up to Be
If you don't like reading, Dwarkesh Patel offers a solid summary of what happened based on the published report.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15N3l4RT80

m348e912··on iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro – Not Justifiable
Nothing super compelling about the iPhone 18 from my perspective aside from being 20-50% faster. Unless Apple pulls "battery gate" again, I am happy to stay put.
m348e912··on uBlock Origin is giving up the fight to keep ads off Facebook
>I got caught out by the deprecation/sunsetting of anonymous "old.reddit.com" yesterday

It appears to still be up for me. ??

m348e912··on What sort of maths are LLMs good at?
>TASK REQUEST: Clear, not too long not too short prompt, for LLMs to go out and research freelance consulting gigs for one specific IT domain, and in one specific country in Europe, including maybe opportunities driven from temp agencies based in geographically close countries.

As a human, not an LLM, I could interpret "including maybe opportunities driven from temp agencies based in geographically close countries" as meaning "including opportunities in nearby countries outside of Ireland" (that happen to be driven by temp agencies).

Before writing off LLM as simply a "stochastic parrot" or a "parlour trick" remember it can't read your mind, not yet anyway.

m348e912··on Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Where did I say it was a good thing (or even a bad thing)? I was just making an observation, and yet downvoted for doing so.

Tesla is making a huge bet on robotaxi, it’s quite possible it will come to fruition.

m348e912··on Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Tesla is manufacturing thousands of robotaxis a month. LARP or not, I'd be very surprised if none of the robotaxis are put to use.
m348e912··on Is AI reasoning right for the wrong reasons?
They cloned their slaves and killed some of them?
m348e912··on Skate
Log in to comment. You can just play without logging in.
m348e912··on Is AI reasoning right for the wrong reasons?
I'll make the argument that part of the value of "consciousness" and "humanity" is uniqueness.

Here is an absurd example: If I could carbon copy 100,000 of you.... and later I decided to "take out" one of the copies, would there be a whole lot of societal blowback? Especially if I could make another one.

m348e912··on The AI Aesthetic
I love this analysis. I chalked the new aesthetic up to AI companies using a new breed/generation of highly talented and highly paid UI/UX designers who have the opportunity to bring their own flavor and influence to an emerging but extremely influential space.
m348e912··on Netflix Sued for $105M After Hard Drive of Nicolas Cage Movie Stolen from Office
Something doesn't sit right about this story. I suspect the Netflix office has security and cameras. For hard drives to get mysteriously stolen, all of which are empty but one that happens to contain a high-profile unencrypted unreleased movie sounds sus.
m348e912··on Will AI Bring Power to the People
It's more likely AI will bring ultimate power to the leader of whatever AI company reaches recursive super intelligence first. ASI includes power of immense societal coercion, unlimited wealth creation, unchecked global influence and control. The sky's the limit. The question is it going to be Altman, Amodei, Musk, or someone else who emerges with ASI first.
m348e912··on SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]
>Just watching the live-stream, does SpaceX only hire young guys in their 20's?

Basically. It's a rough work-life balance at SpaceX and as people get older, they want to live their lives and not live at work.

m348e912··on House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent
The House on Tuesday voted to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, amid a yearslong push to end the twice-annual clock changes.
m348e912··on Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging It Stole Trade Secrets
Archive.is doesn't seem to be working. Here is the gist of the article:

Apple sued OpenAI and one of its top executives Friday alleging the AI company stole trade secrets as part of its effort to develop competing devices.

The civil suit filed in the Northern District of California accuses OpenAI’s chief hardware officer, Tang Tan, and Chang Liu, a member of its technical staff, of taking Apple’s confidential information through various methods. Both are former Apple employees who went to work for OpenAI.

m348e912··on Meta's glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light
https://archive.is/8C6vM

Article without paywall.

Seems like the next evolution of a cat-and-mouse game between Meta and the modders. How long before the new tamper protection is defeated?

m348e912··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
Here is a mirror of the article without a paywall.

https://archive.is/FziAy

The Economist is partly owned by the Rothschild dynasty and was chaired by Evelyn de Rothschild for 17 years, so I've always just assumed it is going to tell you whatever would favor the global elite banking class.

m348e912··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
The memory manufacturing industry is historically notorious for its "feast or famine" cycles, bouncing violently between periods of extreme supply gluts and crushing shortages. We're in a shortage with massive demand right now, but manufacturers are hesitant to significantly invest in new manufacturing capacity due to the risk of being left holding the bag if demand drops.
m348e912··on A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
>ssh -J user1@bastion1,user2@bastion2 targetuser@targethost

Are you using SSH key auth or password authenticating three times when you do this?

m348e912··on AI Boom Hits Labor Market Reality Check
https://fivetakes.news/articles/workers-are-emerging-as-the-...
m348e912··on South Georgia Student Develops Method to Control Kudzu [video]
This video is about the 15+ year old method of treating invasive kudzu at its roots with helium gas to kill it without killing other nearby plants.

Jacob patented his method 12 years ago. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8904703B2/en

m348e912··on 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module
> Ethernet is dead for home usage.

If you need internet for work related audio/video conferencing, and you share your screen, wired is the way to go. Over time you can tell which colleagues are on wireless and those that are wired in.

Perhaps you're making the case that wifi7 is as good or better than wired but I would argue that depends on your physical setup and possible interference issues.

m348e912··on Never talk to the police
> instead of an incomplete list of one-off rules (that are apparently not even easy to interpret, as demonstrated by the other replies to your comment).

Looking at the comments, I will agree that there are different interpretations of the case law I cited. But the only thing that matters is can this case law be used against you to convict you for not complying with an officer, my understanding is it can, but I am not a lawyer.

I'd love to see civil rights lawyers tackle traffic stop etiquette head on and come up with clear guidance for drivers and passengers in common situations. "Keeping your mouth shut" is a good start.

m348e912··on Never talk to the police
This is so true, and it's surprising how many people don't know what they are obligated to do when asked by an officer. It's even fuzzy for me at times.

It should be well known that you are required to show ID if pulled over [Whren v. United States (1996)], your passenger is required to show his or her ID [Brendlin v. California (2007) & Arizona v. Johnson (2009)] , and you must exist the vehicle if asked to do so [Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977) (for drivers) & Maryland v. Wilson (1997) (for passengers)].

All of these requirements have been litigated to the supreme court. You should also know the difference between probably cause and reasonable suspicion. We should add these topics to high school civics or something.

m348e912··on [dead]
Good to know, thanks!
m348e912··on [dead]
> Let's play this silly articles game if we are actually going to do this then.

> Was The Weather Channel lying?

> https://x.com/i/status/2066159583085940897

> I'm not sure how you'd check.

> Have they ever done this before for a outdoor sports event like a marathon?

> Obviously you have less mosquitoes in a storm... So they were being assholes.

I don't know why you were downvoted (maybe for being off topic), but while the weather channel wasn't lying, they ended up being incorrect. I along with many others thought it was silly to hold the event outside, but weather-wise it went off without a hitch.

It is true though, the fighters were paid bonuses from some Trump crypto fund which raised eyebrows. Also there is an unverified and disputed story of Eric Trump asking UFC announcer Daniel Cormier for inside info on the fight card, presumably to make bets.

I actually watch UFC but I am not thrilled about its close ties to the executive branch. It feels very "bread & circus" like.

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