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• Post #4468615

  the test data was generated specifically to satisfy the tests I once saw someone claim that slopcoded bugs would be prevented by the AI testing its code and tried to reason that no test from within the system could fully prevent errors within that same system. This is basically the kind of thing I had in mind: Manipulating the tests to fit the results instead of altering the code to fit the tests. Testing has to come from outside, and with real data. Otherwise it’s just a meme of the AI giv...

• Post #3862703

  Right, because murder is equivalent to creative work.

• Post #3639612

  lots more fluids I’ll be honest about my ignorance, particularly with EVs. What fluids would that be? Fuel, obviously, as well as lubricant and coolant; what else? And what does the EV need? Not fuel, obviously, and I can guess that cooling will be a lot easier if there’s no combustion engine perpetually combusting. Does it need lubricant or is that just for the mechanical transmission of ICEs? Or am I getting shit mixed up entirely?

• Post #3635700

  Europe: wants peace Russia: starts war Europe: prepares for war You: “How dare they!” Really, the only sin about that is that we weren’t already prepared. I’m about as excited about war as any sensible 21st century adult. The necessity of a standing, well-maintained and perpetually ready military is my greatest indictment against the human species. But it’s like insurance: You hope you never need it, but if you do, you’ll be very glad to have a good one.

• Post #3541542

  Bonus: A game you no longer play could still net something on the second-hand market, or maybe you’d trade it with someone. I know there was a group of people at my school that collectively had like two or three copies of the various Pokemon games they’d pass around, exchanging and loaning them on the fly. Steam Family Sharing is a thing, but not quite so trivial to set up as handing them the cartridge. Never mind about reselling digital copies of games.

• Post #3458090

  I too pledge not to put AI in your life! Sold. I’m switching to you.

• Post #3368053

  but still wanted him to keep it secret because of the rules of the bounty program The rules that were changed after the rejection

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• Post #3015131

  sudo stop hacker-bullshit

• Post #2980883

  just don’t know when to stfu I don’t think they can afford to, if they’re betting on this technology. They have to use their public influence to convince as many (important) people as possible for as long as possible to squeeze as much money as possible. After all, if these successful CEOs say it’s good, other CEOs may be swayed as well, and they’re the suckers that’ll end up deciding to spend the fruit of other people’s labour on infrastructure and tokens.

• Post #2973349

  bsky is backed by Venture Capital. Of course it’s gonna implement some kind of more advanced “get users more engaged” mechanism. It’s the “improvement to get people hooked” part of the enshittification strategy. You need users to be invested in the platform before you can squeeze for money and data.

• Post #2969202

  I think we all prefer orange juice with pulp. Subtle, brilliant

• Post #2804462

  Different target group. The DoJ wants to punish individual workers, the administration to empower corporations and owners.

• Post #907272

  I was just highlighting the juxtaposition in length and depth between the two comments by dropping a dumb meme one level deeper. I know, I get the meme. I just took it as inspiration for another wordy, serious comment, which I now realise continued the trend. I suppose the apt follow-up would have been some even shorter quip like “OK Boomer”. Instead, you had to make a serious reply of your own and break the chain. Thanks, Obama. I genuinely value your post. And I value your genuine res...

• Post #900877

  Because limited liability corporations were created to avert liability from individuals. His firm is liable, but no single individual within it. Not even the ones making the executive decisions, despite their near-monarchic power. I guess since they’re appointed by a board of directors, it’s something like an electoral monarchy, except the board isn’t democratically elected so it’s a plutocracy by proxy. The ultimate culprit would be - and this is a chorus you’ve probably heard a thousand time...

• Post #790470

  I’ll believe that if and when they actually force me to upload identification to prove that my birthday really is 1970-01-01 and my name really is Nunya Bissnis. Otherwise, it’s really no different from Steam asking my birthday when opening store pages or porn sites asking “click here jf you’re 18” and take my word for it. So long as it’s being enforced just as well as the realName field, I maintain that it is indeed harmless. If the point is to have a hilariously ineffective solution as a fig...

• Post #784836

  I believe that’s on purpose so people can easily accept it and they can do worse later. That point, I disagree on, because systemd (not) implementing this doesn’t actually make it easier (or harder). Distros that want to comply would just write a file for it somewhere instead. Distros that don’t comply will just not implement any verification process. What systemd does here is offer a solution to secure it centrally (see the commit discussion about the most efficient and reasonable way to w...

• Post #29256

  Revolutions stand or fall with public support. Voting is the most visible way to establish public sentiment. People like to quote that only a third of the US actually elected Trump, but do we have a clear idea of just how many oppose him, if so many voters apparently never expressed their opinion in any measurable way? Doing nothing and complaining on the internet is useless. Doing something is scary. If you knew you had your community at your back, wouldn’t you feel more confident to step up?...