bryceneal

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by bryceneal 1mo ago
OpenAI seems to understand that these guardrails hurt the good guys. This is why they released Daybreak Blue, which is a step in the right direction (but the model itself is weak as it's just Sol with fewer guardrails). Anthropic seems
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by bryceneal 2mo ago
I find that 5.5 gives me far fewer refusals than Anthropic models for security and reverse engineering work. I hope the same is true for 5.6.
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
The stories around how music is made is a very under-considered aspect of the listening experience. Oftentimes those stories are not strictly true, but contain a kernel of truth, and it's the most compelling version of the story that e
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
Your take does not reflect the reality on the ground. The Chinese models are censored on a narrow range of political topics which have nothing to do with my work. The weights are open and they can be uncensored/abliterated with little
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
I have 0 sympathy for Anthropic. Their latest models are extremely censored. The Fable rollout was horrible. Their Cyber Access program criteria denies doxxed Americans doing legitimate security work. Anthropic is hostile to their users and
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
I understand the problem you're trying to solve. Have you looked into configuring permissions for harnesses like Claude Code? I believe achieving what you want is possible with something like `.claude/settings.json` via something
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
Big fan here. I've tried lots of them and am currently fairly happily settled on https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
This is really cool! What has been the biggest unexpected challenge of designing and building a keyboard from scratch?
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
This looks interesting. I thought I would leave this feedback incase it's helpful. There is not enough information about what the experience is like to convince me to sign up. You might consider letting players play around a bit withou
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
This looks really fun and is right up my alley. It could use some "stones"-style music. :)
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by bryceneal 3mo ago
One thing that occurs to me about music which makes it different from software or film is that it's a very impulsive art form. A human with semi-modern equipment can write, produce, mix, and master a song in less than a day. They can d
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by bryceneal 4mo ago
I guess Opus makes it impossible to do anything vaguely resembling security research. By chance I stumbled into an ACE for some software I had installed on my local machine after observing a strange crash. I figured I would take the time to
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by bryceneal 5mo ago
If you're being sincere, there are many easily accessible ways to short Bitcoin with leverage.
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by bryceneal 5mo ago
To add more context to what I believe the parent commenter was referring to, the vast majority of USD stablecoins are custodial, meaning the funds can be frozen arbitrarily at any time by the custodian (i.e. Circle). This is why when cybert
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by bryceneal 8mo ago
I guess I can look forward to all of my plugins breaking in some way in the near future.
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by bryceneal 9mo ago
I do this too. It's not for everyone. At this point it's easily been positive ROI for me, but that's after about two years now of maintaining my configs through multiple machines and MacOS upgrades. I would recommend it only
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by bryceneal 9mo ago
This is a great list. Even the first line item would be amazing. I'm really feeling this pain presently as I am moving my setup to a new dedicated machine. Put aside the bit rot that occurs constantly with digital project files in a wa
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by bryceneal 10mo ago
I agree that "the internet will always be filled with real people: looking for each other". The question is will they be able to successfully find each other, and how can they be sure they have?
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
The author recommends using "Do Not Track", but this has been deprecated for some time. Safari and Firefox have both removed the option completely. Perhaps the author meant GPC? For all of the security suggestions in this article
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
I suspect the scope and scale of these operations are at least 1-2 orders of magnitude larger than most people think. I also strongly suspect such operations are not limited only to the governments you listed here. If the public was able to
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
I'm equally confused at just how bad Reddit is at identifying and removing bad actors to the point that I'm convinced it must be an intentional. I'm not sure if the reason may be as simple as the desire to pump their user num
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
I would disagree with that characterization. There are dozens of NFT marketplaces which all have access to the same underlying data. An NFT is denoted by its address on chain, which is trivial to find. Similarly anyone can create a website
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
I am in the same boat. I'd prefer something that just works, but I am at the point now that setting something up with TrueNAS seems like it may be worth the effort in the long term. Also, while I love the convenience of Synology's
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by bryceneal 11mo ago
OpenSea is very nearly "entirely on-chain" if I'm understanding your point correctly. It's powered by smart contracts. It's not custodial like Coinbase or Robinhood. Users custody their assets in their own wallets.
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by bryceneal 1y ago
In my experience H1-Bs know that the consequence of losing their job could mean being forced to leave the country. Management knows that too. Obviously this affects the incentives and behavior of both the manager and the employee.
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by bryceneal 1y ago
This is also my impression. Containers aren't full-proof. There are ways to escape from them I guess? But surely it's more secure practically than not using them? Your project looks interesting I will take a look.
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by bryceneal 1y ago
This is a huge issue and it's the result of many legacy decisions on the desktop that were made 30+ years ago. Newer operating systems for mobile like iOS really get this right by sandboxing each app and requiring explicit permission f
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by bryceneal 1y ago
I believe China's cryptocurrency ban is more about fighting capital flight than scammers. There are restrictions in China on everything from foreign exchange, overseas investments, domestic property, and cross-border payments. They hav
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by bryceneal 1y ago
While I agree that cryptocurrency can make the process much easier for scammers, I am wondering what exactly is the proposed solution? Something like 28% of adults in the US own cryptocurrency, and that number increases every year. A few ye
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by bryceneal 1y ago
I hear your point. I wouldn't personally consider someone who knows what a key or a chord is to be well-studied in music theory. Surely even Kurt Cobain understood which power chords he was playing, for example. I was referring more to

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