WickyNilliams

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by WickyNilliams 28d ago
Yeah, it certainly feels that way. Utterly bizarre they'd still be at it, in a HN thread of all places.
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by WickyNilliams 29d ago
It's not disingenuous? The person you responded to linked to articles which said it was one sided. You said the other opposite, but provided no sources. I asked for some. It's a simple request that was made politely --- The whole
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by WickyNilliams 29d ago
Is there any writing outside of your recollection that says the Heard side was using bots? Afaik all reporting suggested it was one sided, and not her side
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by WickyNilliams 1mo ago
I was just explaining my reasoning. Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets. Affiliate fraud is far more serious and untrustworthy than a popup advertising their own product. But yes Mozilla have had their missteps too, no doubt. In an
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by WickyNilliams 1mo ago
Why use Brave rather than FF? Sincere question. Lots of tech minded people choose it, when FF seems like an ideal choice? My reasoning for not using Brave: not only is it a wrapper around Chromium, but their crypto stuff and some dodgy affi
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by WickyNilliams 1mo ago
Second recommendation for newpipe. Fantastic app. I love that you can still have "subscriptions", playlists etc without an account. Set it as the default app for youtube.com and related domains and you'll never look back
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by WickyNilliams 1mo ago
It's a damn shame. Using FF on android with a fully fledged uBlock Origin is so good. Makes the web usable. I don't know how people stand browsing with chrome. I recommend FF whenever the topic of ads comes up and hope that word o
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by WickyNilliams 2mo ago
I'm always astonished when some cash for questions type scandal gets revealed and it turns out they got given like £10k to lobby for some cause. Frighteningly small amount of cash in comparison to the potential impact. It leads me to w
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by WickyNilliams 2mo ago
I'd be happy if people threw them in garbage, but I often see them tossed on the street. Sickens me to see
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by WickyNilliams 2mo ago
Semi-related: Boko Haram using LLMs for plotting, planning, and preparing for attacks http://archive.today/2026.07.10-132100/https://www.nytimes.c...
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
No apologies necessary, that's perfectly helpful. Appreciate the response and the candour!
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
Awesome, thank you! I am starting to do some work building LLM workflows and would like to stand on some giant's shoulders to skip the initial flailing :)
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
Would it be correct to say you have experience building LLM based workflows like this? I'm guessing so, given by your critiques and suggestions of better approaches. Can you recommend any books/sites/other for learning these
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
If I worked with horses for 8 hours a day I imagine the answer would be "recently"
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
The article and your comment reminds me of one of my favourite songs which is a beautiful tribute to the ordinary - even dull - moments that make up life. The song starts with a man in his deathbed whose life flashes before his eyes. As he
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
You can find it cheaper if you keep an eye out. My partner just got one for £250 unlocked, no contract
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
My partner just got a 10a brand new, no contract for £250! Extremely good value.
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
I am not super studied in nazi symbology. I learnt about this symbol in high school history class btw. It is not a regular skull and crossbones anymore than the iron cross (which you identify as nazi symbolism) is a regular cross. It's
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
Hmm I don't know. Other comments are suggesting that unless you're well studied in nazi symbolism you'd never know. I think I learnt about this in high school history class. I wonder if there's a European/American d
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
It's an extremely well known nazi symbol. Probably second behind the swastika itself. There's even that famous "are we the baddies" meme, which uses that symbol as a central pillar of the gag.
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
Until case law establishes that people are in fact legally responsible for output, then it is just empty platitudes, I fear
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by WickyNilliams 3mo ago
Even if you have some AI transcribe in real time, they introduce the kind of subtle mistake - like negating a statement - that is plausible, but undetectable in retrospect without the accompanying audio. I often review the transcriptions th
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
I've been experimenting with aerospace for the last month. Still not sure if I enjoy the tiling aspect. It can get quite janky on occasions when multiple windows open at once. And it lacks some UI affordances (I'd love if you coul
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Could be both? Pay off the previous cohort and it signals to the next that they will get remunerated for their "assistance"
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Curious why you categorize lightly cooked as good but high heat as bad? Do you mean deep fried specifically? Or any high heat?
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Thank you! I'll take a look
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Thanks. I think that's some unaffiliated website btw. While they seem to have provided sources for most of the stats, MAU is not one of them.
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Netflix are not putting out manfiestos that read like a monologue from a movie villain, at least
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Where is that figure from? I would be extremely surprised if that doesn't drop at least an order of magnitude as the hype wears off. Assuming it's even representative of today and not two months ago
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by WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Could you link to the video?

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