shalafi
@shalafi@lemmy.world
- Comment on Microsoft Store application updates can no longer be disabled 2 days ago:
People use apps from the MS Store?! I honestly had no idea. It’s been such a broken mess from the git go that I gave up years ago.
- Comment on AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day 1 week ago:
Me too! The crackhead downstairs tried to sell us AOL CDs.
“You guys are into computers, right!? I got this software, only $20!”
- Comment on Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds 1 week ago:
You inspired me! He has an episode on unlocking one of my safes, but it requires a special tool. :(
- Comment on In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen 2 weeks ago:
Right?! What an odd comment. “The best satire is good satire.” Yeah?
- Comment on The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now) 2 weeks ago:
This crash is going to make the dot.com bubble look like small beans. The kinda money behind this stunned me after reading the article. Still, might as well get it over with.
- Comment on Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises 2 weeks ago:
Last job, year ago as of today, worked at small software dev. We were all talking about AI’s usefulness.
No one, not a soul from the CEO down misunderstood the applications. Yeah, it’s great for getting over a hump. Stuck? Meh, maybe the LLM will kick out a useful path I hadn’t known or considered. Got around a problem with PowerShell and Google Calendar, made a neat integration, far faster than I could have figured it myself. All I got was a couple of lines of code, all I needed, wrote the rest myself. Kinda like stealing code off any given site, but faster. Wonderful tool, really!
End of story. AI isn’t writing end-to-end working code, as some leaders think. It’s a damned useful tool for getting around roadblocks, so yeah, you can code faster. We were all amazed. But no one thought it was intelligent or would replace us. But in the end, we’ll need fewer dev hours. Sorry. That’s simply true for competent firms.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 3 weeks ago:
Nah. Shit will just be broken and insecure and the normies won’t know who to blame until they’re told “hackers”.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 3 weeks ago:
Enrichment for a nuclear power plant is nowhere near close to enrichment for a nuclear weapon. Something like 5% vs. 90%+? And every step closer to 90% is a tall step.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 3 weeks ago:
Why wouldn’t it be? Everyone here assumes he going to try for weapon’s grade material. Think any government would allow competition in that space?
In any case, there’s a shitload of tech and tooling that goes into a multi-stage thermonuclear weapon. I think they’d notice him sneaking all that into the plant.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 3 weeks ago:
Energy, presumably to power AI.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 3 weeks ago:
LOL, hell no. Not even the Trump administration would allow a private concern to enrich weapon grade uranium.
Or, if you want a cynical take, no administration is going to give up their monopoly on ultraviolence.
- Comment on Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content 5 weeks ago:
Unfortunately most people don’t think like you and I. Reddit wants the masses to feed AI, and they’ll get them. They don’t care about the “fringe” elements. They want consensus. Hence, all the bans.
FFS, if we think reddit is bad, what about the billions still on FaceBook? I literally flinch if I land there on accident. FUCK! GAH! It’s repulsive to me, yet here we are.
- Comment on Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data 1 month ago:
I thought Google fiber shut down years ago?
- Comment on Google will reduce Pixel 6A battery capacity due to overheating issues 2 months ago:
Never happen without legislation. People want super thin phones, manufactures want you buying new phones.
- Comment on [Opinion] Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction 3 months ago:
I used to put Linux Lite on old, crappy laptops and sell them to little old ladies. All you have to do is show them how to get on the internet.
- Comment on Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash 4 months ago:
had to get picked up
Not sure what you mean. Just deliver the finished product?
- Comment on Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash 4 months ago:
For those that want Photoshop functionality and controls for free:
No idea why that site isn’t more well known.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 4 months ago:
Calculators crippled our ability to do simple math in our heads. I’ve had to work for years to get off that reliance.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 4 months ago:
Our Current Affairs teacher pulled this move, spring of '89 for context:
Paper boy drops off a stack of the afternoon edition, teacher picks it up and seriously peruses it for a minute.
Reading from the paper: “Please pay attention, you need to hear this. ‘President George Bush has announced that an offensive action has begin against Iraq. US Air Force tactical bombers led the assault on Baghdad at 4AM this morning while grounds troops have taken positions on the outskirts.’” And so forth. “Discuss.”
We excitedly kicked this around for 20 minutes. First time GenX was at war! He then showed us the headline: Local Man Wins Regional Bike Race.
“Every one of you believed what I said because you thought it was written in the newspaper.” Stunned silence. “Discuss.”
He was county or state teacher of the year for '88 and promised an automatic A to anyone who could make him smile, even once. We had no clue if he was a Democrat or Republican, no clue as to his opinion on anything.
- Comment on ChatGPT may be shifting ‘rightward’ in political bias, study finds 5 months ago:
Because conservatives came out the woodwork after Trump was elected? Now their voices are becoming more mainstream, not so drowned out? I’m sure fascism would have taken an LLM leap after Hitler was elected.
the observed shifts were not directly linked to changes in training datasets
Anyone break that down for me? Using the same sources but the data in those sources changed?
- Comment on VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos 7 months ago:
Hold up. Can you crank the volume as in native VLC? I would like to know more.
- Comment on Starlink broadband attracting residents to remote West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer 7 months ago:
Most beautiful state I’ve ever been to.
- Comment on Microsoft closes the door on Windows 11 supporting older hardware 8 months ago:
I’m not nearly as rabid anti-Windows/pro-Linux as this crowd, but 3-seconds after an old laptop says, “No Windows.”, I’m checking my Linux ISO collection. Done it before, will again.
- Comment on Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser 8 months ago:
YouTube also lost billions for years and years. Not certain they’ve turned an overall profit yet.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 9 months ago:
I have one, but the issue is being able to find it in an emergency and remembering that it’s there. It’s like girls I’ve known with a 9mm, uh, somewhere, uh, just in case. You actually have to practice some.
For example; Every time my wife starts burning something in the kitchen I get out of my chair and go the fire extinguisher. Muscle memory is a thing.
- Comment on Scientists Want to Teleport a Whole Human. A Quantum Breakthrough Could Make It Reality. 9 months ago:
Ha! Came here to tell OP it’s probably a longer trip than he thinks.
- Comment on NASA powers down science instrument to conserve Voyager 2 power supply 10 months ago:
Too cold for batteries. That, and longevity, is why they used an RTG.
- Comment on Dell sales team told to return to office 5 days a week, starting Monday 10 months ago:
This shit is making my job hunt miserable. Despite low unemployment a record number of American’s are looking for new jobs.
- Comment on Researchers build AI-powered security systems that predict criminal behavior, claim 82.8% accuracy in predicting felonies with CCTV monitoring 11 months ago:
By giving law enforcement a heat map of the area they cover, they could see potential crime hotspots in real time through the predictive crime map (PCM). This allows for better allocation of police officers and for more effective coverage.
Oh Jesus Christ. As if beat cops need a map. I assure you, after a month or two on the streets, they know exactly where the bad spots are, down to the blocks and homes. Hell, I’ve seen cops on a first name basis with offenders and constant callers.
Imagine cops asking for this tech. “Really need this chief, we have no idea what’s going on out there!” Or, “This could be an important tool Mr. Mayor. Our street cops are clueless.”
The recidivism prediction is the evil shit here. Aren’t judges already using such systems when sentencing and calculating parole?
