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Obscurity4340

1,178karma·1,750submissions·November 15, 2022
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What's you is new again
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Aha, touché salesman :)
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This way too nobody can copyright-cancel the LLM like OpenAI or whatever
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What do you think of those Kelloggs All-Bran Buds (think they're psyllium)? I do kinda wish they didn't add any sugar but with all the fibre and micronutrients, I feel like its pretty wholes…
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Literally made this comment and been surprised with the notion of Shamir Secret Sharing! Check my comments
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How is the block chain "no records" tho? Isn't it an immutable chain of records that inexorably identifies and documents ownership and transactions?
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Very cute comment, enjoyed that one ^¥^
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I realize too, its kind of hard to think about the next step after this line of analysis terminates. Like, ok, China was running sketch experiments and was not scrupulous enough in their oversight and…
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Its far more important than most of the compulsory stuff you learn first of all, and second, its better to have thr schools manage it and get it done early when its easy to provision all the materials…
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Can you be a little less oblique?
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Very timely too, with the New York civil (should be criminal) case being conduted by Letitia James against the Trump family, lol
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> media criticism 101 You have to understand that this is (likely purposefully on both sides) not compulsory or well-attended. Hell, it really should be a grade 9 required class but that would make…
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> ancient city of Sodom God, I can't even. People are in desperate need of media literacy classes. Also, what non-right wing conservative person is baited by that headline? Its so fing transpa…
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Should people reflexively refuse prompts to authenticate as admin and see if the underlying programs still work as expected? This comes up all the time for Macs and the keychain
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Why would they give that specific process (imagent) that much privilege? Can nefarious motives be inferred from such a choice? It seems pretty damning to me that a glorified GIF processing helper is g…
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I don't see (given their environment about secrecy and not wanting to give their bosses/politicians the bad news when there are failures) how this could be successfull. Its hard to innovate …
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So it would be a problem if someone had a 7 character password? Of varying entropy or only digits?
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Is there a reason that would-be hackers are not preempted by requiring a specific device, pins, etc with no kill-switch or social engineering available (like, you lose your credentials, there's n…
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Why can't they sanction China for obstructing this effort? They've got a real nice economy, it would be a shame if we piled on sanctions to help compound their current economic woes if they …
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This kind of thing would be a great way to integrate ChatGPT into the education system and help with media literacy as well. Find the mistakes and interrogate them to learn about critical thinking and…
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I'm surprised they haven't jumped the solar route. Seems like that area has nothing but sun.
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I wonder how many of the Lastpass vaults had the private keys in the very unencrypted notes sections...
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Is there any reason you can't just propogate and cultivate them in a seperate breeding receptacle for an unlimited supply like people do with SCOBY or whatever for making sourdough and kombucha?
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Also, TouchID for the win (not to unlock phone)
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Its not the pocket thats the issue, its the holding and using with one's hand(s) ergonomically and without causing long-term issues. Should have been more direct about that.
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Yeah, if its for photography obviously its a non-issue. I just take issue with the notion that the average user is a photographer for whom such a permanent physical reality is acceptable. Most people …
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The NSO is less of an issue to me than the fact they are finding exploits Apple isn't (assuming Apple truly isn't aware of these and/or building them in on request) and that Apple has m…
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Honestly, its like the best iPhone. Can't understand this obsession with phablets and phones you can use as a ski hill because their cameras are so freakishly large.
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Is there any reason you can't just propogate and cultivate them in a seperate breeding receptacle for an unlimited supply like people do with SCOBY or whatever for making sourdough?
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I am glad for all the paying people who care less about their privacy to the extent they can justify that. You matter, seriously. I'm being 100% genuine. I don't think the world (economicall…
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