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oceansky··on Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests
I don't think the article is reassuring it is not astroturfed? He studied only a small case, for a brand on the smaller side, and found significant amount of bots.

If you see a single sheep on an island, it is safe to assume there is more than one sheep living on the island.

oceansky··on Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death
Good outcome, but forced arbitration should still be illegal.
oceansky··on Denuvo Sues Game Cracker 'Voices38' for Bypassing Its Anti-Tamper DRM
They don't even know which country he is from. Hope this gets thrown.
oceansky··on Everyone should slow down AI development except for me
Besides the current political dispute with Anthropic, they do.
oceansky··on Everyone should slow down AI development except for me
They have hundreds billions dollars budgets.
oceansky··on LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'
First time hearing of this
oceansky··on OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
Also, why there's no accountability?

Even if there's no intent, it's still a cyber attack.

oceansky··on Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
I agree, but I don't have to take it at face value either. It is just one data point after all. Usually I am interviewing in many places.
oceansky··on Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
Even an emotional feedback could be potentially useful for self-improvement. Asking doesn't hurt.
oceansky··on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]
The title undersells it.

The TV has multiple mics that can't be disabled, they constantly record everything and upload transcripts in plain text.

It gathers data and metadata of all devices on the network, including IP addresses. And even analyzes network data to understand which applications are being run.

oceansky··on GLM-5.3-Flash
Can't come soon enough!
oceansky··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
I know Xiaomi is very far from small, but Apple is the multi-trillion dollar company, not the underdog in the race.
oceansky··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
You can try Asashi Linux on supported apple silicon macs
oceansky··on What Is a Harness?
I want to move from Claude Desktop to Pi, but I found it a little unfriendly. Any tips to set it up?
oceansky··on To become a better writer, read as much as you can
Reading and writing are related but very different skills. I think reading too much can be detrimental to writing.
oceansky··on Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera
Judges have a lot of freedom to decide sentences. They might get one willing to throw the book on him. The risk is still there.
oceansky··on Mojo 1.0
Are there any benchmarks on which languages models perform best?
oceansky··on Mojo 1.0
AI generated first image does not give me much confidence.

Lastest OpenCV 5 release notes also had a lot of LLMisms.

I guess that's the new normal. Still, I am very hopeful for Mojo.

oceansky··on Woman pulled over twice after Flock-linked software connected her to homicide
Plenty of blame to distribute.
oceansky··on The UK's war on anonymity has come to America
But the other half are. UK, Brazil, Texas, Virginia.
oceansky··on Sonic Pi v5
Sonic Pi or Strudel? Which is better for a music noob?
oceansky··on All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen
Impressive what a community can do together if that's true .
oceansky··on GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices
They have killed ice protestors in the open, murderers weren't even investigated.
oceansky··on Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died.
I can't possibly imagine what the parents are going through
oceansky··on What will define Elon Musk's legacy? DOGE cuts to USAID Ebola programs
The FSD driving by 2015 guy.
oceansky··on John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
This site was created by venture capitalists. The dichotomy was always there.
oceansky··on Completing a computer science degree on Coursera
It is 4 years in Brazil. Sometimes 5.

There are 3 years non-BS degrees though.

oceansky··on Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
Does the "attester" knows who is requesting the information?

Can they map which places requests which person?

oceansky··on What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance
Those digital surveillance rules passed in Brazil under the Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents law.

Protection of kids is definitely the most common arguments for them.

oceansky··on GLM 5.2 vs. Opus
And personal too. Different engineers are using them for different use cases.
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