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throw78311··on TikTok 'directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks'
The resolution of the "national threat" chapter of Tiktok was pretty much a defeat for the other social media giants, so I guess they'll pursue this angle now.
throw78311··on Case Study: ByteDance Uses eBPF to Enhance Networking Performance
I guess this is why everything is under Federation/default now, the old mess was annoying to work with.
throw78311··on People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a problem for dietary research
I've heard about using food tracking apps as a planner instead. Instead of logging what you ate, you add what you PLAN to eat for the day, and adjust accordingly to fulfill the nutrition requirements.
throw78311··on The Salvadoran government has 5,940 bitcoins worth $582M
When I hear this I just wonder whether the prison infrastructure can keep up?
throw78311··on The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
I posit that Japan is able to keep its "exoticness" (to much of the world) as a culture because the cultural osmosis that comes from having a populace with good English skills promotes homogenization. I imagine a Japan that's highly fluent in English will look a lot more similar to S. Korea.

I might go to extend this theory and say the quality of English literacy in Japan is intentionally kneecapped at some level in an attempt to retain their cultural identity, even if unconsciously.

throw78311··on LLM-generated code must not be committed without prior written approval by core
This stance is CYA. There's no way to enforce it but by stating explicitly like this, they save themselves possible legal pain.
throw78311··on FP-Go: Functional programming library for Golang
The horror on my PM's voice when I showed him this library was funny. Instantly blacklisted it in my organization.
throw78311··on Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music
This question has been explored before, see Kologorov Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg3XOfioapI
throw78311··on Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you
Not surprised. The hot style right now is "authenticity" and typical high status clothing is associated with just the opposite of that.