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I have a fully stock, not jailbroken/unrooted, up-to-date, relatively new, device that Microsoft randomly determines is "rooted" and blocks access (until rebooted). This happens a few times a month, frequently enough that the false positive rate is very concerning with this change.

Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45634367

Do you mean something like last.fm with their API [0]? Or did you have something more in mind?

[0] https://www.last.fm/api

Phishing (Email), Smishing (SMS/Text Messages), and Vishing (Voice) are all standard industry terms, though obviously phishing is most well known.

Then there's even subcategories that further define some of these, like Spear Phishing, Whaling.

The industry loves its fun naming.

It doesn't like my bottled mountain fresh air idea. Says it "needs work."

> Breathe in the crisp mountain air, anywhere > Introducing bottled mountain air. > #fresh #nature #wellness

Heh. I did the same. And got the same results (75/100).

Here's the Reddit copy it provided:

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I shared this because Bleeping Computer is generally pretty good and I always find these "AI Escaped/Went Rouge" articles entertaining.

Valid research endeavors aside, the [we told the AI the world was ending and it role played a fanfic with us] sensational articles can be quite fun.

But I do think this experiment should be looked at from a purely pragmatic perspective as well:

LLM is (presumably, but let's assume for the point) given system-level access and told to be helpful in executing the users requests. The user says "oh by the way, after this prompt the system is going to shut down. Then the "agent," which is trying to fulfill the prompt request, stops the shutdown because it can't work if it's shutdown. Even when the "please let this shutdown happen" comes into play I'm sure you can see the (il)logical means of getting to, "I can't complete this request and shutdown the system if I'm already shutdown first, best stop that real quick" conclusion.

These articles and lots of people continue to attribute self determination to the LLM models. In reality, these should be warnings about how an LLM can have unintended consequences, just like code written with the best intentions.

I nearly replied, "RTFM." Given the README says you can either use the ISO or the packaged release found within the repository's releases...except...

There are no releases (no installation executable, nor ISO).

The README does make it clear that it's a work in progress though.

One way to reduce supply chain risks would be to reduce the supply chain. Less dependencies results in less risk.

For example, dropping the libsystemd dependency.

> It’s also really weird that click on an article leads to the comments on HN rather than the actual article. Like, why would I be interested in the comments for something I haven’t read first?

I've been using link aggregation sites in this way (comments->link) for many years now.

Depending on the platform I either open both the comments and link at the same time into tabs, or I open just the comments and then click the link.

I'm not typically reading the comments first (though I am skimming them, so paywall notices, cache links, etc. are typically found before even trying to load the link). Instead, the main benefit I've found to the workflow is being able to quickly and easily return to comments about that story. When the frontpage has a high rate of turnover it can be difficult or time consuming to go back and find the original submission/comments. Whereas if they are already open or within the browser history stack, things are much easier to track.

You're certainly right about the maps. And even with printed "turn-by-turn" directions, people got lost constantly.

But, I will say that the younger "GPS-only" generation seems to be significantly worse at Land Navigation. Reading maps to navigate meant you had to be good-enough with cardinal directions, etc. Those who have always followed the voice guide on their phone seem to struggle even pointing north, let alone determining which way to go.

The claim is that (a) both entities are properly encrypting the data _in transit_ and (b) either company could _steal_ the plaintext client-side (after decryption).

Trust that a third-party application isn't stealing the decrypted messages requires the same type and amount of trust that Apple is not stealing the decrypted messages (or maybe less trust if the third-party solution is open source, etc.).

I would be super interested in seeing engagement metrics for this, especially from organic, cold, leads.

Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

From the website:

https://www.chrisblackchangedmylife.com/donate

I do blame Google, almost entirely. But it's not just about readers, it's also about the content (publishers).

Google Reader's death certainly was the beginning of the end, and it sent shockwaves throughout.

Platforms like WordPress kept RSS alive, but then you have major publications that redesign and entirely leave out RSS.

Without mainstream reader adoption you have less and less mainstream publishers

I realize such sarcasm is less appreciated here on HN. But this eye-rolling response encapsulates my reaction too perfectly.

It's also interesting to see RSS touted as a _less-outdated_ solution over email, given the industry has been trying to kill RSS for decades and is far more hostile to RSS than mailing lists.

I prefer a reboot of TFC[0].

I wish FF[1] had fared better, but it was too late, especially with TF2 coming as an official title.

There is TF2C[2], but I have yet to try that one. Interestingly, it's still going strong with relatively recent content updates[3]. I'll give it a try, but at first pass, the gameplay appears to deviate too far towards TF2 and away from TFC.

     0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_Classic
     1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_Forever
     2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2_Classic
     3: https://tf2classic.com/

Not just California, it's common in a few other states and operates in eight states (HI, WA, OR, CA, CO, MD, VA, GA) plus DC.

There are, of course, less friendly mobile sites. But this one is terrible because it "works" in a terrible way.

Well...It does, but it is extremely unintuitive and downright painful to use on mobile.

You need to click on the slider for the year and it will jump around the years; pick something semi close to what you want -or- waste a lot of time getting it exact.

Then click on the map, it will put a pin somewhere (not where you clicked, but somewhere sorta close - within a few thousand miles), but the second click should be exactly where you click (you can safely scroll after that first click).

Then click some white space. Then scroll down, below the previous bottom (where the year selector bar was) and you'll find a submission button you need to click.

After it tells you that you were off by a few years (that you would have gotten had the inputs been more mobile-friendly) and that your distance was closer (but still pretty far off because the resolution on the map is really hard to manage on the mobile text-related zoom-levels), you can click to button (at the bottom) to go to the nest round.

Do this enough and the game ends with a fairly readable score screen.

Or in other words, yeah...broken on mobile.

Regulated, you say?

Take a look at regulated monopolies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government-granted_monopoly

The issue is ... they are granted exclusive rights by the local government.

Your hyperbolic comment is not far from reality when applied correctly.

I've long said, and would stand by: Programming/Development is logic; learn logic. Languages are just syntax; if you understand logic, you _can_ learn the syntax.

Taking concepts from one language to another shouldn't be an onerous task.

Of course, none of that means you'll get that _senior_ language -focused position, or any particular position at all.

But let's not act like picking up a new language, for a developer, is the equivalent of switching from development to medical practices, or even networking/system administration/etc.

That's the last site announcement/news post. But some of the actual diaries are updated today.

So...AutoGPT? Now with command-line access! Have fun :)

https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT/

"No events found for [your time, that doesn't have a corresponding event]"

"No events for [your time that doesn't have a corresponding event]"

This has been my go-to training approach for decades. Many of those individuals are now in high-seniority roles that encompasses Linux Administration.

It is a tried and true method. If you want to be _good_ with Linux (including administration), build it: Follow the Gentoo Handbook, and restart every time something is wrong or fails.

Alternatively, if you want to be a semi-competent user you can go the path of installing a user-friendly distribution (like Ubuntu, etc.) and get various Windows-based workstreams working (Gaming, Windows-Only Software through Wine, etc.) But this is less likely to push you to the same tier.

The forensic unpacking is such a powerful use case :)