sam-cop-vimes

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by sam-cop-vimes 6d ago
This seems like a lazy snipe. They clearly state that they receive only an age verification result and none of the personal data. It would take collusion from both sides to silently enable transfer of user data while publicly stating that t
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by sam-cop-vimes 12d ago
As much as I hate the cookie banner, it is this requirement that forced companies to disclose the massive amounts of tracking they are using when anyone visits their site.
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by sam-cop-vimes 1mo ago
ha ha - how do people write these sort of blog posts in all seriousness. Are they perpetually high?
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by sam-cop-vimes 1mo ago
Hmm...how do you stop private thoughts from reaching the LLM? Suddenly you can be prosecuted for thinking the "wrong" thoughts?
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by sam-cop-vimes 2mo ago
Terms of Service with no specified legal entity behind it. But yeah, they'll take payment through Stripe for their vibecoded slop.
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by sam-cop-vimes 2mo ago
The owner of this company is a self-confessed Nazi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation If you were alive at this time, would you have focused only on the tech because it is "interesting"
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by sam-cop-vimes 3mo ago
Are AI firms going to charge us to write code, and then charge us even more to secure it?!
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
> We should be more tired than the model I understand the rationale behind this, but can't help feeling that this is a downward spiral. The software industry has always been a hard place to build and sustain a career because of the
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
Yeah, I get that, but if you were going to edit some AI slop and pass it off as some high brow opinion piece, at least ensure it makes some sense? WTF is this crap?
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
According to the article, isn't it the "measurers" that are getting fired? So what is the "Revenge of the Measurers"?
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
So I fired up Developer Tools to see what was happening...and the site just loaded. I am so confused.
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
I've only got "Firefox Multi-Account Containers" and "Privacy Badger". I tried reloading with Privacy Badger disabled, still the same behaviour. Works in Safari and Chrome with no issues at all!
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
Unrelated to the content of this submission, but trying to visit this link in Firefox takes me into an endless recaptcha loop, whereas visiting in Chrome took me to the site without any captcha.
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by sam-cop-vimes 4mo ago
Wow - why anyone would build a serious Saas platform this day and age on Windows is beyond me.
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by sam-cop-vimes 5mo ago
Exactly my thoughts on the matter. However much ones instinct is to paint an entire country with a broad brush (looking at China, America, Iran), there are always good people within who are fighting to do the right thing. We can only hope t
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A man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared(theguardian.com)
11 points by sam-cop-vimes 5mo ago|2 comments
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
When I was a child, I was part of a team playing a game against a team which was stronger than us. Each player from one team had to take turns taking the attack to the opponent's team. Every player in our team put themselves forward th
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
It's a concept of a sandbox.
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
Seems a bit harsh. Have you experienced the noise being described here first hand? How can you be sure it is the same as what you are experiencing and find acceptable?
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
Labeling the actual worker negatively seems harsh - they are probably being forced into it by the state. You might say they can willingly underperform and not be used this way - but if the alternative is a much harder life, could you blame
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
I agree - this is closer to bonded labor though the paying employer doesn't know it. Instead most of their earnings go to their actual employer (which is the North Korean state). "slave" maybe is more appropriate? "priso
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
It is possible that they don't understand the risks involved, but yes, it certainly is tapping into unmet need.
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by sam-cop-vimes 6mo ago
Microsoft has been selling piles of shit since the beginning of time. The fact that they keep selling is the biggest triumph of sales/marketing over decent engineering.
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The Ocean Is Too Loud. Can You Turn It Down Please?(afterasana.substack.com)
1 points by sam-cop-vimes 7mo ago|0 comments
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by sam-cop-vimes 7mo ago
I feel for the author, but I'm not sure we will ever get to the point where programmers are replaced. Building a software product requires so much more than just writing some code. Yes, pretty soon most of us might not be writing indiv
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by sam-cop-vimes 8mo ago
> I remember hearing a few months ago that companies in the EU still have to use Dun & Bradstreet (a US company) for routine government filings! Only to do business with US companies, or have a USD account with some payment providers
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by sam-cop-vimes 8mo ago
You cannot offload all problems to the legal system. It does not have the capacity. Legal issues take time to resolve and the victims have to have the necessary resource to pursue legal action. Grok enabled abuse at scale, which no legal sy
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by sam-cop-vimes 8mo ago
Not the same - the barrier to entry was too high. Most people don't have the skills to edit photos using Photoshop. Grok enabled this to happen to scale for users who are complete non techies. With grok, anyone who could type in a half
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by sam-cop-vimes 8mo ago
Yes, with humanity and with respect for due process. And laws should not be applied selectively against people you don't like while turning a blind eye to violations by people on 'your side'.
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by sam-cop-vimes 9mo ago
Shocking but not suprising. ChatGPT subtly reinforces almost everything one says to it. All the highly paid employees of OpenAI no doubt will find ways to justify this to themselves and keep churning out the next iteration. The end is nigh.

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