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by washadjeffmad 4d ago
The HN title has been editorialized... and techno-oligarchs really, really hate Sanders. The bill isn't about using LLMs to merge your pull requests, it's about discouraging people or companies who might be working on their own pr
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by washadjeffmad 6d ago
Back in the 90s when the web was non-commercial and fun, I added a "Don't Click Me" link that loaded a 'browser test' page (after a series of "are you really really sure?" dialogs) that exploited every his
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by washadjeffmad 8d ago
I recall YouTube was hijacked to show multi-hour ads during the pandemic. These are imperfect systems that can be abused at any scale. They identified them after the fact and appear to have disclosed that. This is what they needed to do to
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by washadjeffmad 8d ago
This is one of those topics that gets radioactive quickly, so I'm trying to parse this comment under the recent ruling by a judge that certain obscene products of generative AI are protected under the First Amendment. "We now live
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by washadjeffmad 8d ago
We shouldn't need to, but the wifi PCB module in LG OLED TVs is typically attached by a ribbon cable that can be easily disconnected. The Magic Remote can also be replaced with dumb IR model without a microphone.
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by washadjeffmad 9d ago
Modern TVs are designed to work with PCs and consoles, they just also happen to have tuners. "Smart" features are mostly a distraction from actual panel capabilities. Monitor choices also tend charge a premium for equivalent size
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by washadjeffmad 18d ago
https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/2... See Section 3
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by washadjeffmad 18d ago
Imagine them, at the end of every response, reading it aloud to their bored children while whispering 'masterstoke' with a pleased chuckle to themself over and over. We all deal with our shame differently, don't we.
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by washadjeffmad 18d ago
Flock is a ThinThread / Trailblazer level domestic surveillance tool. How did we handle those as a nation?
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by washadjeffmad 20d ago
I immediately forwarded 3.3 to a colleague (AD of Research). We have a blanket policy document at the institutional level to establish a framework for baselines, but it's absent of any practicable guidance outside of a general approval
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by washadjeffmad 25d ago
I've been comparing against TextGen and llama.cpp while I port to LocalAI and have been surprised by what's happening over the API, even with the defaults and jinja. It's been a fair reminder not to eschew familiarizing mysel
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by washadjeffmad 28d ago
True. In the West, nuclear radiation creates super heroes, while in Japan, it produces devastating kaiju. I wonder what accounts for the difference?
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by washadjeffmad 1mo ago
I'll be honest, as someone who enjoys industrial food science, I felt a small pang of disappointment when I realized this was about integrated circuits.
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by washadjeffmad 1mo ago
In an economy where someone staying home to care for children or elderly parents can easily save $40-60k, I'd believe it. Homemakers aren't doing nothing, they're just not represented.
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
Sure, it's tautological post-hoc rationalized corporate Darwinism, but it's also kind of a clever motivator if you don't think to deeply about it. In practice, it stabilizes corporate hierarchies by implying that everyone is
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
Foundational knowledge can be pretty far upstream of functional knowledge. Whether you can't describe the analog circuits that correspond to the opcodes of the major mobile architectures running the platform of the app you're desi
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
Abilt models typically perform worse than their bases at the same tasks, so while I'd use one to evaluate content knowledge, I'd probably ultimately stick to one from a family I could fool with abstraction or coerce through system
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
That's strike one from the Bowlero family.
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
It's not new, and entire disciplines exist because of these dependent structures. It doesn't do to unseat and discredit the connected and well regarded, but you might enjoy some mild comfort in security in numbers through a little
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
Race theory was always pseudoscience to imply the generalized differences between people who looked differently were genetic and thus inherent traits. It's an extension of a much older, more insidious idea - blood purity. There are sti
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
There is no platform to discuss labor in the United States at the national level. Just like there was no meaningful way to discuss individual data rights and privacy, or anything else that might have broken our proverbial Googles over the p
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by washadjeffmad 2mo ago
Yeah, unfortunately. Effluent and wastewater companies have been getting greedy. If one suddenly 100x's your cost, you're fucked until you build onsite treatment or find a way to ship it out.
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
As an example, when my ex was trying to price ultrasounds on a breast lump as self pay before choosing where to go, the billing departments refused to quote her without the billing codes for the procedure, which require a treatment plan, wh
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
There are apps that can limit the charge %, or using something like Tasker to cycle a smart plug. Android 16 also has native limiting under Settings > Battery > Battery Health > Charging Optimization > Limit to 80%
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
I've got a 4090 and 3090 in a node that peaks at 600W. If you're not power limiting in nvidia-smi, start.
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
First come first serve, and multiple show dates if you're optimizing for sales. There are lots of platforms for ticket sales and venue management. That's how they run high school and college events, local theaters, etc. Ticketmast
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
You're focusing on the barest sliver of the pie. They and their ideas are entering politics, the clergy, influencing regulation and policy at national and international levels. Success anywhere is an initiation to a network of brotherh
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by washadjeffmad 3mo ago
Console games today are routinely >50GB, and more frequently >100GB for the most popular titles. On common residential plans, it can take upwards of an hour before installation even begins. I'm not a gamer, but I hear with how of
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by washadjeffmad 4mo ago
Can't hear Fidonet without recommending BBS: The Documentary (2005) youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE
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by washadjeffmad 4mo ago
They're last recorded snapshots, not live feeds.

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