Posts by Aaiieeee 161 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jul 2013
It feels soulless, and I suppose this is why. Even AI-generated meeting notes just feel wrong and I think partly because there is no personality, no editorial flare that a real person would have added just by being them.
AI is very good at corporate speak though. Makes sense really.
is that the parents are themselves clueless and cannot comprehend what is possible, or quantify the dangers. My well-meaning mother had NO idea what I got up to online in the late 90s as a tween - the stuff I saw and was exposed to was pretty fucked up.
I remember about 10 of us gathered around a PC in the school IT lab in year 7 as one of the other kids proudly showed off some pictures they found online of dead bodies.
And that's just content. It was a mercy that I wasn't also subjected to a hostile algorithm that does whatever it can to keep me 'engaged'.
I have no answers, and I have no interest in being surveilled or tracked such that my every interest can be used against me. I don't think age verification is the solution, but I have no idea what is.
I use MATE and am so happy with it. Previous comments sum it up: unobtrusive, lets you get on, doesn't change things, I feel respected.
I finally moved from Windows to Mint MATE last year and not a single regret. I still dual boot with Windows to use Steam but that's because some of my games don't work well with Proton and I am not quite ready to say goodbye to them!
Start menu, app quicklaunch icons including show desktop, large space for open windows which is empty if no windows are open, some icons (mainly volume and network), clock.
I think XP set me up this way and its stuck and now that is how I WANT to interface with my PC. Please just let me use "my" computer in a way that makes sense to me.
please
which means I have a problem because I get a lot of value out of chat gpt, I even pay for it.
Does anyone know if there any privacy intermediaries for AI akin to what duckduckgo does for search?
I am not asking about the merits of AI. Its here, I am using it, and I want to do what I can..
Any recommendations greatly appreciated.
If its squeaks its a child.
Seriously though, they must have so much metadata to infer my age from voice chats, the channels I'm in, how I type, the way I use Discord itself etc. that they cannot seriously ask me to 'prove' I am not a child.
Whats the upshot? Any swearing gets censored?
You can get a 250Gb M2 SSD for £30 so if you have a desktop buy one and install a fresh Linux Mint. I don't like dual booting on the same HDD as its a faff and adds compexity.
After reading the recent article about Recall I decided to make the change but I'll be honest it takes effort to start using the Linux install as everything is already installed and easy to use on Windows. Some days its easier to just use the Windows install and do what needs to be done. Its a journey so it'll come together eventually.
I will keep the windows install as I use it for Steam and games but am fully bought into the idea of dropping Windows for every other use case.
https://www.ebuyer.com/2481301-crucial-e100-480gb-m-2-internal-ssd-ct480e100ssd8
Series exist to make the creators money, NOT to tell a story. This is evident when they set out with no end in sight and either run out of budget and have to rush a conclusion (if you get one), or flop so hard at the end because there was no overarching story. I started watching Foundation and felt intellectually insulted by the end of the season*, it was so frustrating. Walking dead was padded so hard with filler episodes. etc
Started playing Death Stranding and near the beginning during a cut scene three Monster energy drinks are on a table - in some futuristic post apocalyptic society?? I can't un-see it and it pulls me straight out of the fantasy to remind me that the purpose of this game is to make money, not to tell a story (even though its been paid for!?). Again, felt insulting.
It is so hard to find tech that is geared towards the users' benefit, even if paid for. I wanted to enjoy this stuff so hard
Books are still a refuge
* it was brilliant till about episode 8 when the writers suddenly went 'oh shit, we need to wrap this up' and suddenly everything that happened before was irrelevant. They closed off all the tension built to that point and now have a nice clean slate for season 2. Rather than telling a story it fell into the seasonal story arc theme which fits around budgeting, not storytelling. Having not read Foundation I don't know what happens and whilst this may follow the books, it was a shit way to experience it.
"Each of Andre’s Equivalent series consists of a rectangular arrangement of 120 firebricks. Although the shape of each sculpture is different, they all have the same height, mass and volume, and are therefore ‘equivalent’ to each other. "
I mean what the hell!?! He doesn't even attempt to recreate the work in a consistent fashion and has some story as to how him not doing anything has special cosmic significance?
Something deep down tells me I will never be wealthy..
A couple of years back I racked up £300 mobile data charges for going over my free allowance despite having a £50 cap on my account. I complained and was told the system can take a couple of days to log and process data usage so the cap doesn't take effect as soon as it's hit... The pricks happily ripped me off for 2 days at about £10 per MB and kindly gave me a small discount for having complained.
The passwords / API keys were not supposed to be public; by keeping a copy you are creating the possibility of holding them to ransom for their private data in future, to which they reacted quite understandably.
AKA:
"I noticed you forgot to lock your house before going on holiday so I went and checked it out. Be grateful I am telling you. By the way I am keeping these compromising photo that I found; don’t worry, I only need them in case you deny your mistake."
Then there is nothing for staff to recognise and identify it as phishing. All you will get are lots of people failing the test.
Remember during phishing training they show a 'bad' email with an obviously bad URL and it came from an obviously fake domain? Well if staff don't see that then why would they suspect it?
An email that came from the director, from a valid looking domain, with a valid looking url and spelt correctly with legit content - why wouldn't staff click it?
Are you suggesting staff should report every email from senior management as suspicious?
I only buy recognised brands when on Amazon, there is too much junk to sift through otherwise.
Search 'projector' for example; it's possible some are good, but how do you find out? On the first page I counted 11 brands I had never heard of. It's possible they are all well respected in other markets and are now making inroads into my perception, but somehow I doubt it. I bought an epsom on the basis that there was some chance of it matching its spec.
At one point wasn't everyone supposed to be setting up their own 'brand', as if most of us have any value to impart.
I feel like crypto has recently got more complicated. The whole running a program on the block chain?? A black hole is opening up and everyone is jumping in but I can't see what the all the fun is down there (other than all the dosh that seems to be coming back out!).
I kind of get what NFTs are but also I really have no idea what they are.
I'm confused??
that being a driverless car test pilot is a really bad idea. If a (fatal) problem occurs your company will close ranks and use their financial might prove how/why you were negligent, regardless of reality. They have a reputation to defend; your boss might care about you (maybe) but the corporate body wants a good PR outcome.
I don't know what kind of salary I'd have to earn to take that risk
Having had to use Qualys vuln scanning in 2018-2019 I can firmly say I do not like it at all. I can't comment on its ability to report vulns but administering it is not fun.
There seems to be a built-in assumption that networks are static and hosts don't come and go, like they do in reality. You can't throw a subnet at it and have it figure out what’s there and what vulns might be present; no, you have to map the network and then assign hosts to consume a licence. Decommissioned a device? You must manually remove the licence from it; it won't get aged out.
This breach doesn't change anything for me.
I only have the LastPass phone app for the once-in-a-blue-moon-need-a-password-on-the-go events so this won't bother me too much.
I undertand they need to make money from the service but I won't ever pay for it, I use it in part because it is free, so wil move if the noose gets too tight.
A key principal in cloud is data mobility so as long as any service allows proper import/export this isn't a big deal.
Should people go and view this bird? No
Would I encourage them to do so? No
Do I believe it is appropriate or suitable to view the bird? No
Do I respect that they can do whatever they want? Yes
If a member of my family died due to an infected twitcher climbing into my garden, would I approve? No
Can I stop them? No
Can I trust people to do the right thing? No
Can I trust myself to do the right thing? Depends on whose perspective of 'right'
Would I break lockdown rules for a dying friend/relative? Yes
Would I accept the consequence? Yes
Do I believe that staying at home as per govt. guidelines is the correct thing to do? Yes
Yes, there are some things I will do because I believe I must, the twicher felt seeing the bird was in this category so how can I comment? I wouldn't break lockdown to see a bird but some clearly did.
What drives any of us?
The freedom to make bad decisions and take the consequence is entirely my own and I grant that freedom to the twichers too. You would have to physically restrain me otherwise.
The fact there is a fine at all sets a quantifiable level of risk to enable us to determine what action we should take in light of it. For some it is an acceptable cost of pursuing their interest.
If you want to stop people taking a certain action they have to choose not to do it when they analyse the cost.. What about 50% of all fixed assets and 30% of income (pre tax) for the next 3 years as a fine? Otherwise you have to physically restrain them. We are free to take whatever decision we see fit, and the consequences that follow.
You are appealing to the common good which may not be the default stance of other people (some twitchers, some senior managers).
For some people the risk of spreading covid is not high on their list of concerns.
Also, I never said I approved.
If birds are your passion then what is £200? (public safety aside).
Seems to me that if you are put off by higher prices then perhaps you are not as into it as you thought (nothing wrong with that of course).
Fines are a way of quantifying risk and can be set against by whatever you stand gain from the fine-incurring activity!
There was a bitcoin price spike in 2014 when it hit $1000. A friend and I who had been observing for a while then lamented at how it had peaked and we had missed the boat.
I have come to realise that calling market highs is akin to fortune telling. You might be right, but then you might be wrong. Call it 50/50 and if you like gambling have a go. Even now. Just do it rationally and don't play with money you can't afford to lose.
I seriously doubt anyone knowingly held bitcoin from the early days till recently to realise the gains that we all dream of. We would all have sold out at when it was at £10 a coin and been happy with the super duper profits.
I made my choice and am OK with that.
*mutter* bloody bitcoins
Since WFH in pandemic I've managed fine for the last year with no external monitors even though I have a few spare ones. Dunno, alt+tab solves most problems. Only issue is I can't remember how to do the alt+tab equivalent in Firefox between tabs
I think prize tiering for the lotto is fairly poor: it jumps from £1750 for 5 numbers to £1m for 5+bonus, there is no decent middle ground. £1750 is nice and all, but its just a part of a normal pay check, nothing very special.
Also, the lotto 5 balls + bonus has odds of 1 in 7.5 million whereas Hotpicks 5 has odds of 1 in 800k with a prize which would change my life.
Either way we play with optimism rather than necessity, so here's one on me* :)
*paid for with earnings not winnings, sadly.
I, on occasion, play the Lotto. I am very aware of the odds but as has been previously noted the feeling of possibility is worth £1*. I don't expect to win and the participation is enough to quench the gambling itch.
As for the study, should I start diging my grave now?
*I play hotpicks 5 on the basis that £350k will do nicely thank you. Millions would be ruinous; I'd just like the mortgage paid and to knock a decade or two off my working life.
I absolutely hate the loud hand driers (usually by Dyson) that are everywhere now. Sure they get the job done but at the expese of my current pease of mind and contentment, and my ongoing ability to hear things; in a small tiled bathroom it can be excessively.
Second to that are the ones that (much like the one mentioned in the article) wheeze frigid air so that the rate of drying is extended to the entire afternoon. The trousers have to provide backup.
I am happy to report that at my current workplace the hand dryer is actually perfect; warm, resonable volume and timed to perfection. Its the more tradtional style dryer with the push button and the rotating nozzle.
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