wowaname

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by wowaname 2y ago
Agreed, hearing about AI is unavoidable just by the sheer number of non-tech people who are impressed by novelties such as generative AI and ChatGPT. I have to tell them I'm not into that stuff at all.
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by wowaname 2y ago
Apologies if it's hard to follow; I basically had to brain-dump the best I could because I'm still figuring this out from firsthand experience, and it isn't like this is a well-known phenomenon yet. Maybe I'll have a bet
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by wowaname 2y ago
I found myself facing a corner case of the implications of AI and summarised it up here: https://wowana.me/blog/ais-effect-on-human-consciousness.xht Basically I've been without employment for months because my la
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by wowaname 3y ago
Loving the downvote and the hyperbole to ignore the fact that even the current state of "artificial intelligence", as the general public understands it, is still extremely dangerous to society. This doesn't have to escalate i
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by wowaname 3y ago
Fearmongering? No, run. This is a warning. People (the ones who support AI) are after devs like they serve CAPTCHAs to bots now. It's psychological warfare.
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by wowaname 3y ago
Well-said? He approached a sensitive topic by prefacing it with horse shit about how all "free[-]speech absolutists" in cyberspace are not victims of hate speech, therefore they go out of their way "to defend hate speech&quot
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by wowaname 4y ago
All instances I see federating to everyone else, they all handle CSAM reasonably quickly
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by wowaname 5y ago
My experience has been that Maps works fine without Google Play services, the only issue being a popup/notification that says you "need" services to use the app.
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by wowaname 5y ago
They probably block commonly-abused user-agent strings such as wget and a blank string. A custom string may work, or just spoofing a browser.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I hate useragent strings, but with the current state of the Web, your UA sticks out more if you omit the version header rather than copying a common one. That's still no excuse for a webserver to deny requests by (lack of) UA string, b
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by wowaname 5y ago
People can use things occasionally without having an addiction that impacts their lives.
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by wowaname 5y ago
Your site blocks read-only access via Tor with a CAPTCHA.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I don't know why you're getting downvoted when you're correct here.
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by wowaname 5y ago
>some usernames are green New user. >I do not want to know Too bad :)
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by wowaname 5y ago
I don't use Github, but thanks for confirming you received it, and feel free to take time to get around to it.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I'm sorry but error handling and testing requirements are true for any software or script a person writes. The application should not give a shit, and a simple execve() is the best way to go about it. It's the principle of least
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by wowaname 5y ago
There are some issues with nuvious' pam-duress that allow for untrusted string inputs when handling scripts with system() call, and I sent a patch to them via E-mail in an attempt to highlight the issues and provide a basis for a bette
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by wowaname 5y ago
Are you seriously writing a script when the cops are at your door? No, you aren't. You always need to verify that your protective mechanisms work before actually relying on them.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I don't understand why partners willingly share passwords.
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by wowaname 5y ago
Depends on your locking program but yes, PAM can be used for that.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I use an authentication PGP subkey for SSH so I have to unlock it with a passphrase before using it. Normal SSH keys can be encrypted similarly, and either gpg-agent or ssh-agent can save your passphrase in memory for an amount of time.
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by wowaname 5y ago
You have the freedom to do whatever you want with the script. It's trivial to `exec >/dev/null 2>/dev/null` first thing in a script if you want it to be silent.
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by wowaname 5y ago
Please keep track of the thread. Parent post made a claim that this was not an "abuse of power" and I was clarifying how it was indeed an abuse of power. Apparently the policies are in the process of being redrafted in response
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by wowaname 5y ago
- NickServ (NickServ@services.): Information on imode (account imode): - NickServ (NickServ@services.): Registered : Oct 05 03:45:24 2016 (4y 32w 6d ago) - NickServ (NickServ@services.): Last seen : (about 0 weeks ago) - NickSer
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by wowaname 5y ago
Lee expresses interest in decentralised/distributed alternatives to DNS so it does make sense. What doesn't make sense is the fact that I'm seeing a more-homogeneous set of ircops on multiple networks these days.
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by wowaname 5y ago
As someone who has participated on 4chan in the past, I personally have learned to take comments at face value and not place much weight in the names. It's true that anyone can claim anything, and I don't think there is much benef
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by wowaname 5y ago
There's truth in the fact that freenode (the current network under new management) is in an unfavourable position due to sponsors packing their bags—sponsors who hosted critical infra for spam management and mail service. I think the s
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by wowaname 5y ago
He settled with his responsibilities at OFTC, as far as I can tell.
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by wowaname 5y ago
I am fairly confident that neither side is intent on harvesting user data.
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by wowaname 5y ago
>Unless you're being absurdly pedantic lol

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