hperrin
@hperrin@lemmy.ca
- Comment on AI Vending Machine Was Tricked into Giving Away Everything 4 days ago:
It’s hilarious to me that we’ve known for so long that humans are the weakest link in any security chain, and yet we’ve built this weakness right into our machines now.
- Comment on AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans 5 days ago:
The AI proofread it and said it was great.
- Comment on AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans 5 days ago:
It’s actually impressive that it learned to be the most average programmer, and ended up being way shittier.
- Comment on In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, but only kind of. It depends if you’re using the new syntax. Within new language constructs (like Class), code runs in strict mode without having to use
“use strict”. It gets rid of some of the annoying quirks. - Comment on Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye 2 weeks ago:
So long and thanks for all the memes.
- Comment on Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye 2 weeks ago:
I never watered mine. Was that the issue?
- Comment on In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet 2 weeks ago:
I mean, sure, but the JS we write today is quite a bit different than the JS he designed.
It was also heavily influenced by a number of other languages, and borrowed tons of libraries from them. The entire number and math system is just a straightforward implementation of IEEE 754.
- Comment on Valve’s Android compatibility layer now has its official name, Lepton, and a cute frog logo. 2 weeks ago:
Electron was already taken.
- Comment on is it fine to leave steam deck in sleep mode instead pf turning it off? 4 weeks ago:
You’ll lose about a half a percent per hour, so if you’re leaving it off for more than a day, it’s best to shut it completely down.
- Comment on Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs 1 month ago:
You mean having an AI watch everything you do isn’t a good selling point?
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 1 month ago:
Not that it isn’t wildly ridiculous and stupid to have an internet connected bed, but couldn’t you just unplug it if it’s overheating?
- Comment on We Need To Rewild The Internet 2 months ago:
Hmm. That’s a good idea.
- Comment on We Need To Rewild The Internet 2 months ago:
Ok, let’s start by getting rid of Gmail and Outlook (Live, Exchange, whatever they’re calling it now).
- Comment on Facebook and Instagram ad-free subscription arrives in the U.K. 2 months ago:
Hmm.
- Comment on Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70% 3 months ago:
I think half of those people wouldn’t know what a browser is.
- Comment on Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70% 3 months ago:
There are three browsers in that image. There are two additional skins for one of the browsers.
- Comment on New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought 3 months ago:
You can upgrade the SSD in a Steam Deck instead of using an SD card. It is pricey though.
- Comment on LibreOffice calls out Microsoft for using "complex" file formats to lock in Office users 5 months ago:
It’s more egregious to me that if you properly implement the Office OpenXML [sic] formats, it won’t work with MS Office, because they don’t follow their own specs.
- Comment on Streaming Subscriptions May Get Tougher to Cancel 5 months ago:
🏴☠️ Ahoy, maties.
- Comment on Riot will let gambling companies sponsor League Of Legends and Valorant esports teams 5 months ago:
Disgusting.
- Comment on As ChatGPT Linked to Mental Health Breakdowns, Mattel Announces Plans to Incorporate It Into Children's Toys 5 months ago:
Imagine not only does your search engine tell you to eat rocks and glue, but your Barbie does too!
- Comment on TCL releases new Palm Vein Smart Lock in the US 6 months ago:
There is a 100% chance some dude is going to set this thing to only unlock from seeing his dick.
(It’s because that’s me, that’s what I’m going to do with it.)
- Comment on GeForce Now finally gets a native app for the Steam Deck, solving what was our biggest complaint with the streaming service on Valve's plucky handheld 6 months ago:
The most successful handheld gaming PC in history (admittedly, only if you don’t include consoles like the Switch), and still can’t get no respect.
- Comment on GeForce Now finally gets a native app for the Steam Deck, solving what was our biggest complaint with the streaming service on Valve's plucky handheld 6 months ago:
Plucky?
- Comment on I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share... 7 months ago:
This is called a PD Trigger or a PD Emulator. They come in adapters too with a female USB C port and are only a few inches long.
Like this:
I’ve used several of them before. They’re super useful.
- Comment on Over 250 CEOs sign open letter supporting K-12 AI and computer science education 7 months ago:
Why the fuck would anyone listen to what a CEO has to say about education? Or, really anything for that matter?
- Comment on Alternative OS? 7 months ago:
There’s ChimeraOS. Not sure what it’s based on.
- Comment on What to do once your Surface Hub v1 becomes an 84-inch, $22K paperweight 8 months ago:
GIVE IT TO ME I WILL TAKE IT
- Comment on No one knows what the hell an AI agent is 9 months ago:
It’s an LLM with access to external APIs that can perform functions.
- Comment on Google agrees with OpenAI that copyright has no place in AI development 9 months ago:
They very much care about copyright laws when they benefit them. It’s only when they’re an impedance that they suddenly no longer care about them.
