Mine’s Chobits - It’s ahead of its time, it has a banger OP, and Sugita Tomokazu is a great comedy MC VA.
It’s a little cheating, however. I liked it for other aspects and it only happens to have an ecchi tag in MAL.
If we ever build an AI that can think and feel, does Optimus’s logic apply to it automatically? Or is Megatron secretly onto something, that freedom has to be earned rather than assumed? And if an LLM ever crossed that line into real sentience, would we even be able to tell?
There’s a lot of super specific transfemme memes about tech jobs and monster energy drinks and striped socks etc. What’re the transmasc and enby memes?
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1377962/no-ai-until-high-school-nyc-schools-announce-major-classroom-technology-overhaul
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels today announced a moratorium on student-facing generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in schools, alongside a new screen time policy, a decision that will impact nearly 600,000 public school students, or two-thirds of the system’s total enrollment. The policy establishes a one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, on student-facing generative AI for children in 2-K through 8th grade. It also introduces twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules for high schoolers, limited AI pilots for a small number of high school classrooms and age-appropriate screen time restrictions.
SPOILER WARNING:
The video contains some heavy spoilers for Cocoon, Liz and the Blue Bird, and light spoilers for Dandadan and A Silent Voice.
It’s a documentary showcasing the work of Kensuke Ushio, the composer behind the soundtracks for productions such as Dandadan, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, Chainsaw Man, Devilman: Crybaby, and Ping Pong the Animation. In this movie, we can see his creative process, philosophy, and watch as he tackles the challenges of composing music for the film Cocoon.
Inspired by comments from 10 Most Rewatchable Shonen Anime Series, Ranked
Here are a few examples that I know of:
| title | expected | actual |
|---|---|---|
| Frieren | non-shounen (seinen?) | shounen |
| Attack on Titan | seinen | shounen |
| The Apothecary Diaries | shoujo | seinen |
| Umamusume: Cinderella Gray | shounen | seinen |
| 100 Girlfriends | shounen | seinen |
What are other instances of misidentified demographic you have seen?
Quick and dirty definitions of anime demographics:
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1387483/new-attack-eavesdrops-on-headphone-audio-from-30-meters-away
Electromagnetic (EM) side-channel leakage and injection are typically treated as distinct physical phenomena, threatening data confidentiality and integrity respectively.
This work investigates how EM injection can be used to amplify side-channel leakage that is otherwise infeasible. We introduce a novel framework for Injection-Induced EM Side Channels to enable integrated, closed-loop EM security analysis. Our theoretical modeling and experimental measurements reveal that nonlinear hardware components, such as ubiquitous amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, and power converters, can modulate secret electrical signals onto an injected EM carrier and thus upconvert low-frequency secrets into measurable EM emissions. By tuning the injection frequency and amplitude, adversaries gain the ability to actively shape the effective spectrum and entropy of the resulting leakage.
We design InjectEave attack and demonstrate eavesdropping on the audio played through wired and wireless headphones from up to 30 m away with accessible RF equipment, as well as in through-wall scenarios, and characterize injection-induced EM leakage of other low-frequency secrets such as power consumption of smart home devices and analog sensor inputs.
Case studies further demonstrate how the proposed techniques enable closed-loop eavesdropping and manipulation of landline-phone conversations. Finally, we analyze the broader security challenges and mitigations.
A great article on Haiku and the overall state of alternative operating systems.
However, the author skipped mentioning that NetBSD has taken an anti-AI stance as well. From developer guidelines:
- Do not commit tainted code to the repository. … Code generated by a large language model or similar technology, such as GitHub/Microsoft’s Copilot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or Facebook/Meta’s Code Llama, is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed without prior written approval by core
The developers’ announcement on Mastodon: mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/112446618914747900
Interesting article with some info I didn’t know about Flock. It feels like surveillance is increasing so quickly these days 🫠
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/75127261
I’m interested to hear what do people use as their cloud backup and the cost of it. I currently use idrive e2 storage at 5$ per TB a month. Trying to see if there is any better deal anywhere and just curious on everyone’s thoughts.
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/75217466
In early June, a fire broke out in a still-unfinished building at the Lake Mariner data center in Somerset, New York, exposing just how little the local fire department knew about what it was walking into. Firefighters reportedly found no working alarm, no suppression system, and three dead hydrants; the safety documents they’re legally entitled to see reportedly burned up in the blaze.
Steve Matisz, chief of the Barker Fire Department, said his crew went into the building “kind of blind,” facing heavy black smoke from chemicals they couldn’t identify because the safety sheets meant to inform them had apparently burned up. “It’s been a difficult situation,” Matisz said. He wasn’t sure what to think about the claim that the safety sheets had burned in the fire.
It’s a boondoggle run by shell companies and we’ll all pay for the losses.
Tripp Baird
How he describes himself:
Tripp Baird is the founder and principal of Off Hill Strategies, LLC, a boutique lobby firm with a commitment to conservative principles and personalized client service and strategy.
`Prior to establishing Off Hill Strategies with his wife, Tripp was instrumental in launching the political arm of The Heritage Foundation where he served as the Director of Government Relations and Senior Legislative Strategist at Heritage Action for America
Baird also worked with Senators and their staff to introduce Heritage-inspired legislation that advanced conservative principles.
Early in his career, Baird was a Floor Assistant for the U.S. Senate Majority Leader
https://www.offhillstrategies.com/team/tripp-baird
Jennifer Baird
How she describes herself:
Jenn Baird serves as Counsel for Off Hill Strategies, a boutique lobbying firm serving high profile clients with inroads to conservative leaders.
Baird launched her career in the office of a U.S. Representative, attended law school and then clerked in the intellectual property unit of the Senate Judiciary Committee before working at the law/lobbying firm of McGuiness and Holch.
https://www.offhillstrategies.com/team/jennifer-baird
Tim Goeglein
How he describes himself:
Tim C. Goeglein is the Director of Government Affairs for Off Hill Strategies. He serves OHS’s client base by shaping and advancing their policy interests and objectives at the federal level primarily by cultivating and managing key relationships on Capitol Hill, the Executive Branch, and outside organizations.
Prior to joining OHS in December 2023, he worked for U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN) for nearly five years.
He was a Common Sense Society Fellow in Budapest, Hungary, in 2023 and a Claremont Institute Speechwriter Fellow in 202
Tim is heavily involved in his church, Immanuel Evangelical-Lutheran Church, in Alexandria, where he leads men’s ministry
How does Xylene sound? Just kidding, I already have nice backup name. But a cool name still
Did I already say it’s aromatic?
Screenshot of a Twitter post by @sirocyl: “what’s a good hex editor - preferably for windows - for annotating structs and stuff? I’d normally use audacity but I figure there’s gotta be something better for this.” Attached to the post is a screenshot of Audacity showing two tracks, one of a binary file being interpreted as audio, zoomed-in at the sample level where individual bits can be edited, and a label track with labels such as “IMGDATA_MAGIC”, “IMGDATA_FILE_NAME (1)”, “Width (1)” and “Height (1)”.
Because of recent news i trust my LG CX Oled even less. It wasnt connected to the internet for years. But that might havent been enough. Also it always annoyed me that i couldnt disable bluetooth via the TV OS at all and it always screamed into the void.
So i followed this 3 minute video guide how to open up the backpanel which should work for most generations of the LG C-Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgsggpR7-M
The daughter board with all the wireless stuff should be in the right corner. Just unscrew that one screw which holds it at place.
Carefully(or not) flip the daughter board over. Open the black tab and pull the cable out. Aside from the cable just put everything back together.
The magic mouse function of the remote wont work anymore. Otherwise its working fine via IR. You will maybe break a plastic tab of the backpanel.
Dont touch the PSU at all, it could kill you in the worst case even if disconnected.
Wifi and bluetooth obviosly wont work anymore. But that was the whole point and took maybe 15 minutes.
There is also a way to root your TV with certain firmware versions and install an homebrew app to disable bluetooth. But i dont even trust LG enough that a software toggle really disables wifi… In my case the only exploit which still works requires a LG developer account and then i would need to connect the TV to the internet and… Yeah, nope.
If you wanted to resell your TV in full “working” condition it would just take 15 minutes again to reseat the cable.
Now i’m going to read up if ethernet over HDMI could be another potential issue. Edit: Probably not.
What are you thinking about that?
A step in the right direction i think
I want a good app ecosystem that has basic android replacements. I tried Fossify apps but I dont know I didnt like them. I ve tried some MA apps and so far they look clean enough, I just wanna know if there are any flaws or issues with them that would make me wanna reconsider
In stopped clock is right twice a day news, Florida is moving to ban Flocks from state highways.
Aside from Florida, there is a bunch of momentum all around the US now. Some cities just moved to another ALPR vendor like Axon. That sucks ofc. But many have eliminated ALPR entirely too, after citizens spoke out! Some cities had a constant stream of ppl speaking at city council meetings about it, months on end, dozens of ppl in every meeting.
It’s harder to deal with Flocks on private property. Like Home Depot and Lowes. A city gov terminating its own contract, doesn’t stop Home Depot. I dream of a coordinated, nation-wide boycott of co’s that put private Flocks in their lots. And letting them know exactly why.
Let’s keep the anti ALPR momentum going. It’s starting to see results. And don’t fall into the illogic of thinking it’s not perfect, therefore it’s useless.
Here we go again.
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket made history today (Sept. 5), becoming the first vehicle ever to reach orbit from European soil.
Alt text: a burning aeroplane from the oligarch-owned Amazon company. It just crashed in Miami, Florida.
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this is what happens when “unnecessary regulations” get removed
