kebman

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by kebman 1mo ago
I imagined one of those automatic lawn mowers on a very sunny day, going about its own business cutting the grass. Until it arrived on the non-shielded side, and it kinda sags a bit and keels over into the black-charred ground on that side.
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by kebman 4mo ago
HTML is a structured document format designed for publishing content online. It gives precise control over elements such as headings, links, images, sections, forms, styling hooks, and layout behaviour in the browser. But the cost is comple
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by kebman 4mo ago
Just make your own RSS feed? Stuff I like, I often store, or make notes of. I don't personally use RSS for it, but perhaps I should make a kebman's curated YouTube RSS feed? It'll be kinda AI heavy tho...
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by kebman 8mo ago
"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." And so it began. The seed was sent into space. All going according to plan.
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by kebman 8mo ago
That tends to be the official narrative, but unsure if jet fuel burns that evenly. Though OTOH you're correct, it did start pancaking from the top, so there's that. Perhaps they were simply well-engineered skyscrapers? I guess we&
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by kebman 8mo ago
This is probably a massive downvote waiting to happen, but I have more faith in 9/11 being a controlled demo. Not out of evil. Just to prevent New York turning into a giant domino show.
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by kebman 8mo ago
Going to Edinburgh Airport, I was reminded that the tiny water bottle I forgot in my bag could be a bomb. I just went "Oh jeez I'm sorry... Here, have some water! You look like you need it!" Then I opened the bottle and drank
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by kebman 8mo ago
ISP “choice” is mostly a meme, yeah. But depending on local rules, you can sometimes route around the monopoly: trench your own last-mile (at least on private land), do a neighborhood co-op, connect buildings, etc. It’s sometimes expensiv
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by kebman 10mo ago
Not AI, but similar sounding incident in Norway. Some traders found a way to exploit another company's trading bot at the Oslo Stock Exchange. The case went to court. And the court's ruling? "Make a better trading bot."
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by kebman 10mo ago
South Africa is a sad example of this. And so systems are deteriorating country-wide.
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by kebman 1y ago
Here's a funny story for you. Did you know that porn was quite severely censored in Norway up until the 90's? But suddenly, the censorship stopped. Why? Because of the distributed quality of the internet. While the Norwegian state
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by kebman 1y ago
I beg to differ. As long as we have gentlemen like Pavel Durov getting arrested at French airports, it's definitively at technical question. A decentralized and distributed chat protocol with distributed devs and owners would make it i
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by kebman 1y ago
Is this a good time to plug the creation of chat protocols running over distributed hash tables (DHT) (essentially a decentralized way of creating mini message servers) and with forward security and end-to-end encryption? I made a POF in Ru
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by kebman 1y ago
It's sad, but let's hope the UK blocks it. Perhaps someone finally understands the severity of this "law".
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by kebman 1y ago
Here's the kicker: AI was supposed to automate the boring parts so we could “focus on high-leverage, strategic, needle-moving, synergistic core competencies.” Instead, we’re stuck in a recursive loop of prompt engineering, hallucinatio
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by kebman 1y ago
It isn't. But as a society, we voted for providing clean, affordable water to everyone was a public good. That's why municipal water exists. The issue arises when that water is fluoridated against the will of a significant portion
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by kebman 1y ago
Yes, in the US associations are granted certain legal rights, including the right to political expression and collective action. That's a matter of legal precedent. But law doesn't define philosophy — philosophy defines law. And f
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by kebman 1y ago
Then the community is exactly forcing people to seek other, and way more expensive and way more inconvenient, sources of water. That's the opposite of a freedom.
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by kebman 1y ago
It's not a "freedom" to be forced to move away from a community just because you want pure water. Moral philosophy: A democracy should not act as the tyranny of the majority, and governments (local or otherwise) should not ov
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by kebman 1y ago
For the rest of the world: 32 ounces is almost one litre of milk.
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by kebman 1y ago
Personal freedom ≠ "freedom of communities"—there is no such thing. Freedom applies to individuals, not collectives. When a community makes a decision that affects all its members, that’s democracy, but democracy is not unlimited
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by kebman 2y ago
Could you please substantiate that claim?
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by kebman 2y ago
Yes, in bulk. If 100 people all mention essentially the same feature, it might be worthwhile. If just one person does it? Well, if it highlights something you never thought about, it can ofc be valuable, but it's not something I'd
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by kebman 2y ago
I remember the the BBC would upsell on requests from artists visiting their studios in London. Artist management: “Hey, can you fix XYZ beverage, towels, etc, in the stage ante room?” BBC: “Sure! That will cost....” Most would stop pesterin
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by kebman 2y ago
I think in terms of official correspondence, I don't think it's a good idea to ask criminals why they did a certain thing, ref the reply to the scammer about his access being revoked. Yes, it might feel good to berate him and as
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by kebman 2y ago
Not only am I vocal about using Obsidian but I also use Arch btw. I'm not vegan tho, but I'm working on it.
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by kebman 2y ago
My current phone is an iPhone 13 Mini. My next phone will also be an iPhone 13 Mini unless it's completely unusable at that point, or Apple haven't got back to their senses.
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by kebman 2y ago
For many sections I'd ask myself "Why?" Sure, I know you can click on the links and do deeper research, but I'd love a quick "why" blurb for each section. Just a short "Why this is nice? Well, because...&q
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by kebman 2y ago
Just looking at what AI can do with a simple error message should tell you heaps and bounds how much help it could be in analysis for reverse engineering.
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by kebman 2y ago
Just a friendly reminder that my home is in a NATO-member country and that I'm paying my taxes - that goes towards buying huge complements of Abrams tanks, F22 fighter jets, Reaper drones and a whole host of other nasty things they use

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