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Rhaedas
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
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- on Rulejected in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1d ago
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on Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
Well, I can see how he'd think it is.
However, it is not ASI, nor is it even AGI. Some agents are probably considered ANI.
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on Rulejected in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago
I don't think that's loving uncertainty as much as it's the easier route to take.
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on Rulejected in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago
If they say no they were probably always going to say no, and you were wasting your mental energy picturing a fantasy where they might say yes. What if your waiting to ask means that they wanted to ask you, but thought YOU might say no so they are in the same loop. Or they hadn't considered it at all, but would say yes if you ask. No one likes uncertainty, so remove it.
Them saying no means you can move to the next potential. The worst thing we do is create simulations in our head of a perfect match, when in reality there's lots of very good matches out there, possibly better matched in some ways than the one you're obsessed with.
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on even their own economic rules tell them why it will fail 🙄 in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago
I get the impression that many companies don't care about the product or consumer anymore. That seems bizarre, but in a world where money is made up, maybe it makes sense.
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on Don't mind me. Keep enjoying your OS. in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 3d ago
At least the kernel hasn't (yet) gone full KDE.
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on Sisyphus Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3d ago
Within context I think the line
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
is intended to mean Camus sees Sisyphus accepting of his role, finding happiness in the work and not in the result. But I first read the line alone and also with context as the reader must imagine he's happy, otherwise none of the philosophy works. Sisyphus is probably pissed at this point, as no one has asked him how he feels.
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on Don't mind me. Keep enjoying your OS. in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 3d ago
Because like so much of the IT field, most go for the easier thing to do and don't have or are losing the skills to do these things themselves. A good photoshop is a rarity now, and often will get called AI slop because of it being good, so they don't.
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on Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago
Life, uh, finds a way.
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on Reassurance rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6d ago
The most realistic love song ever.
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on One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
The only difference is that AI is a black box and a lot of what's going on inside isn't fully understood. They're learning as they go, and accepting they don't know some of the whys as they go to the next step. Unlike the bridge analogy. Which actually makes the problem even more serious, because they don't fully know why it ends up doing some of the things, and now the newest models are having the processes partially hidden from view. Where only a version back we were being assured they could watch the chain of thoughts and intercept what could be problematic, claiming they're practicing AI safety in development, now there's pieces that are not viewable. And they went with it anyway and released it to paying customers. Again with the bridge analogy, some of the parts that might have failed go missing and we don't know how they broke, what they were made of, etc.
Humans are building AI, but in a sense they are also growing them, while not knowing what seeds they're throwing together. There's science and theory behind it, they understand a lot, but they're getting results back that would prevent a bridge being approved to be built if it had the same uncertainty. So I stand behind holding the people accountable, but more for the recklessness of following profit over scientific research and ethics, as well as using the excuse that if they don't get there first, someone else will. They aren't wrong about that, only wrong about it needing to be that type of race.
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on Google mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doom in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
There's a few scifi writers who have explored that. One, I can't recall the name or book, but a recurring species in their books was insect-like creatures who separately weren't anything more than Earth insects, but when close to others they linked up telepathically or somehow and not only had a hive super mind but would create a floating form of that "entity".
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on Google mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doom in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
They noticed the fly brain was doing better than any player ever had. Then it started modding. And trying new things. And it was only after it was too late they realized the fly was trying to find a way out. And succeeded.
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on Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables - Jim Nielsen’s Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
I'm impressed with all of the ones organizing, tying up, and labeling your cords. I have a few boxes of cords, adapters, and boards. I have a gut feeling what's in there, but I won't know until I need something. Part of the fun is in the journey anyway, going through it all and remembering what it was for.
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on Flock Camera Tells Cop New Car Didn’t Have Insurance When It Did, Cop Writes Ticket Anyway in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
They have to. If they start admitted it's making mistakes, there might be a push to take them down. And then we're be sooooo insecure. Even though it doesn't seem like the cameras are being used to actually fight crime.
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on Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and refused to give them permission to sit or use a chair and later fired them after a pregnancy-related hospitalization in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
Given how they were treated before, more likely a miscarriage or complications early on.
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on 3D printer files for giving a Flock camera a *lot* of sun protection in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
I actually thought it might be a nice slip on protection for the solar panel itself. Advantage is it doesn't block the camera view so everything looks normal, and it wouldn't be very obvious as it would just sit over the panel to keep the hot sun off it. In a day or so the camera would just lose power for some odd reason.
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on I Typed ‘Block the Merger.’ AI Revised it to ‘Drop Your Opposition.’: An AI assisted generator dramatically altered my statement before my own eyes. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
But it's changing it before submission. That's a problem and annoying, but correctable. Next up, your posts and emails get "fixed" after sending them.
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on Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
"I have nothing to hide."
So a camera in your bathroom.
"Why would that be anyone else's business except my own?"
Exactly.
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on OpenAI announces new slop generator GPT-6 Astra: Unfortunately not any better than the last one in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026
The different LLMs do vary in abilities. What I find amazing is how bad Copilot is compared to any of the others. Not just on complex stuff, but basic requests. I've had local models do better, years ago.
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on Bill Gates calls for ‘human-reserved’ jobs in face of AI takeover in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026
Not developing AI. We've been working on and with ANI for a very long time, and constant research on what might make AGI possible. What side railed everything is some companies found out they can do lots of amazing things with LLMs, a subset of AI science, and investors will pay them to make better versions. They talk a lot about how what they're doing will lead to AGI, but these people (or the scientists doing the actual work) know better than that. LLMs can possibly be part of what AGI uses, but it's on the wrong branch. And they've given up following the other branches because this one is paying off.
So in short, we could have done better (both ethically and core results), but once again money got in the way.
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on US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material: »it is critical for the United States to ‘retain global leadership in artificial intelligence.« in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
But paying and asking for permission first would have been costly at the start and slow. They made a decision, maybe at the beginning, maybe as they realized ethical would mean lost time and placement in the race, and they said screw it, let's go. They also sidelined any AI safety research they were doing (some were making an effort on a difficult problem, but again, $$$ wins).
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on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 Sep 2026
Some things may be regulated, but others are a free for all where the manufacturer can do whatever sells their car. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many complaints these days of being blinded by the NOT high beams. And light bars should be illegal on a road, period.
I don't know about inspections in other states, but in mine (that is reducing what they check starting next year for some reason) they make sure your headlights and brights come on. They don't do any check for aim or lumen output or anything else.
If you've never seen them, Technology Connections on Youtube has had a few videos ranting about how bad the headlight situation is in the US.
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on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 Sep 2026
What happens when you don't have regulated standards? That. The color of the light is also important. Brightest doesn't mean best.
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on Microsoft's latest AI rebrand beats its own history of terrible rebrands, renaming Microsoft 365 Roadmap to "AI at Work" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
My wife moved from WordPerfect (pre-Corel) years ago to Word strictly because all her clients were using Word and she got tired of converting things to work on their machine, especially when printing it out. Not because it was a better choice. This is Microsoft's only power, dominating the market. Brilliant business strategy, I'll give them that. Why they don't use it to be better at the same time baffles me.
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on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 Aug 2026
Enterprise Office in the cloud is stupid since security settings for businesses tends to break a lot of stuff that complex documents use. I got a three for one punch for my application I wrote because Office went online, Microsoft depreciated using IE in macros, and then my company put information I'd pull from the browser session into god awful frames (in 2025!). I said screw it, use what still works, I'm not chasing this anymore.
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on 🥺👉👈 in c/femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 Aug 2026
Ah, yes, the KFC/Ford merger. Never thought that would work.
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on Dev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games' in c/games@lemmy.world · 10 Aug 2026
No, it was a GUI designed on top of MS-DOS specifically to import Minesweeper from IBM OS/2.
That much is true, sure. People don't usually like to stray far from the familiar, and if that means continuing to fantasize vs. taking the plunge and seeing what happens, that's what they'll do. Or with the rest of your examples, stick with what they've done in the past, even though they know where it leads, because doing different means the unknown.
And I'm preaching while not always practicing myself, it's human nature to feel comfortable. But I have found that most of the time if I force myself to get past the worry and fear and just do the thing, it tends to work out fine and not be as bad as I thought it would be.