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Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design
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Comment on Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in ~news
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSo per their own admission, if I'm reading it right, they flagged the account, they banned the account, they have their own threshold for if they think they should report it to authorities and...So per their own admission, if I'm reading it right, they flagged the account, they banned the account, they have their own threshold for if they think they should report it to authorities and decided it didn't meet their self-set threshold.
OpenAI said the threshold for referring a user to law enforcement is whether the case involves an imminent and credible risk of serious physical harm to others. The company said it did not identify credible or imminent planning.
Appears they need to reassess their threshold.
The logs also need to come out, which I'm sure they have no interest in doing, to see how their little chat bot interacted with someone that was apparently planning a school shooting. -
Photos of Londoners in costume sprinting with frying pans on Pancake Day
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThey elected to interject into the discussion when it wasn't asked of them, did so without actually understanding the question asked, and then others decided to enter the fray as well, so I don't...It's kind of odd to argue with someone else over whether a third person thinks it's an effective deterrent for themself. Like asking them makes sense, but debating it with other people doesn't.
They elected to interject into the discussion when it wasn't asked of them, did so without actually understanding the question asked, and then others decided to enter the fray as well, so I don't find it odd to do so.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentYour lock and your smoke alarm don't invade the privacy of others. Lots of people, especially on this site, love to go on and on about privacy while also having cameras pointing outward (and oddly...Your lock and your smoke alarm don't invade the privacy of others. Lots of people, especially on this site, love to go on and on about privacy while also having cameras pointing outward (and oddly enough inward) from their homes without batting an eye under the guise of "security".
Privacy for me, but not for thee.Ultimately it evolves into things like this, creation of a crowd funded surveillance state. What's the (para)phrase... Those who are willing to give up freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAnd yet with zero evidence, per your measure, it's referred to as a deterrent. So if effectiveness cannot be proven, the question remains why have it in the first place. All that's been shown so...And yet with zero evidence, per your measure, it's referred to as a deterrent. So if effectiveness cannot be proven, the question remains why have it in the first place. All that's been shown so far is the deterrent was ineffective at stopping a car being stolen, so thus far the effectiveness of it is zero.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentExpensive deterrent, yet admitted it deterred nothing. So the question remains.Expensive deterrent, yet admitted it deterred nothing. So the question remains.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSo a question then: If your camera has proven to be useless at stopping a crime, useless at providing any assistance to investigate a crime, only shows people you already know/expect to arrive,...So a question then: If your camera has proven to be useless at stopping a crime, useless at providing any assistance to investigate a crime, only shows people you already know/expect to arrive, and has only given you animal death footage that you refuse to look at, what is the use of the camera and why do you have it?
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Comment on A "Cosmic Odometer" that visualizes our helical path through the Milky Way and calculates your exact cosmic mileage since birth (or any other date) in ~space
AugustusFerdinand LinkThe Cosmic Odometer is an interactive 3D planetarium and calculator that figures out exactly how far you’ve traveled through the universe since the exact moment you were born (or any other date input).
Written to be as scientifically grounded as possible, so here is how the engine calculates your personal telemetry:
- Earth's Spin: Takes your latitude into account to calculate your exact rotational speed (up to ~465 m/s at the equator).
- Solar Orbit: Calculates the distance carved by Earth's ~30 km/s orbit.
- Galactic Orbit: Tracks the Sun dragging the planets through the Milky Way at roughly 220 km/s.
- Cosmic Trajectory: Accounts for the Milky Way’s movement relative to the Cosmic Microwave Background (approx. 600 km/s towards the Great Attractor).
The 3D Visualizer: Built in a dual Three.js engine that maps the planets using exact J2000 Epoch offsets and Kepler's mechanics. If you click on the "Cinematic" or "Today (Vortex)" modes, it generates a real-time 3D corkscrew trail showing the actual helical path the solar system carves through the galaxy. There is also a procedural Milky Way map to give you your exact galactic context.
Everything runs entirely client-side in the browser, so no birth dates are ever sent to a server.
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A "Cosmic Odometer" that visualizes our helical path through the Milky Way and calculates your exact cosmic mileage since birth (or any other date)
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Comment on itch.io: No ICE in Minnesota Bundle in ~games
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAnd for the love of all that is a holy/clean email inbox, go to itch before you do this and turn off emails in the itch preferences. Otherwise you will add yourself to every single...And for the love of all that is a holy/clean email inbox, go to itch before you do this and turn off emails in the itch preferences. Otherwise you will add yourself to every single game's/developer's itch email list for updates on their other games.
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Comment on Is anyone here in or familiar with Tokyo? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~travel
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentTruly is! And yes, learning Japanese is high on the priority list. Have a couple of Japanese teachers saved to look up soon to take classes online. Open to other resources if you have them though!Truly is!
And yes, learning Japanese is high on the priority list. Have a couple of Japanese teachers saved to look up soon to take classes online. Open to other resources if you have them though! -
Comment on Is anyone here in or familiar with Tokyo? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~travel
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentIn short, amazing. 10/10 no notes. Having spent a week in Tokyo and am therefore now an expert on all things Japan I can safely say it is better than the United States in every conceivable way....In short, amazing. 10/10 no notes. Having spent a week in Tokyo and am therefore now an expert on all things Japan I can safely say it is better than the United States in every conceivable way.
Had a wonderful time, met wonderful people, miss it every day, if I wasn't about to be sent to the exact opposite of Tokyo for work I'd write a longer reply. Will try to do so when I get back with photos and all. -
Comment on The internet wasn't built for live sports in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThis was possible and "solved" in the past by the betting companies sending actual human(s) to big events to report back on bet results live. They, of course, want someone else to foot this...[...] they want to be able to have bets for things like "will X team get a first down on this play" in (American) football or "will the leader pit this lap" in circuit racing. Right now, that's difficult for them to do because of the large variation in latency, and they can't just keep the bet open longer because someone actually at the event could place bets after it happened.
This was possible and "solved" in the past by the betting companies sending actual human(s) to big events to report back on bet results live. They, of course, want someone else to foot this overhead and are therefore pushing for the events to be "live" so they don't have to do so.
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Gay porn in the 80s was home to beautifully moody synth music that is only now getting rediscovered – tragically too late for many of its creators
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Most and least expensive US supermarkets
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Comment on The film students who can no longer sit through films in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAnswered when comparing the first line of the paragraph preceding the one you're referencing, emphasis mine. vs 21 vs 5 Small sample size, but 80% of the queried professors say it's an issue, so...Why doesn't the author give any time or thought to these statements?
Answered when comparing the first line of the paragraph preceding the one you're referencing, emphasis mine.
I heard similar observations from 20 film-studies professors around the country.
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A handful of professors told me they hadn’t noticed any change.
21 vs 5
Small sample size, but 80% of the queried professors say it's an issue, so it seems prudent to focus the article on those that say it is a problem vs the few that say they "hadn't noticed". -
Comment on Wired vs. wireless mouse and keyboard? in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand LinkLatency is a lie that 99% tell themselves is the reason they aren't better at their games, when it might barely affect 1% of people. That said, here is RTings's mouse latency article and results:...Latency is a lie that 99% tell themselves is the reason they aren't better at their games, when it might barely affect 1% of people. That said, here is RTings's mouse latency article and results: https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tests/control/latency
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Comment on US Democrats determined to squander advantage on Department of Homeland Security funding in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentIt's the only answer that's possible at this point. Because the only other answer that has been floating around for decades is they're too stupid and they've shown to be the inverse of Hanlon's razor.It's the only answer that's possible at this point. Because the only other answer that has been floating around for decades is they're too stupid and they've shown to be the inverse of Hanlon's razor.
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThere's contradiction in your own response and calling out Name Withheld referring to it as an "affair." Your own, and in my experience typically true, assumption is the wife had already fell for...There's contradiction in your own response and calling out Name Withheld referring to it as an "affair."
Your own, and in my experience typically true, assumption is the wife had already fell for someone and decided to have the affair before asking about it. This is already an affair at that point, just an emotional one instead of a physical one. While the focus has been on non-monogamy, there is/was obviously an emotional connection which makes it more than just sexual and so she decided to be polyamorous without the consensual agreement of her partner. An emotional affair.As it's highly unlikely the wife brought up the topic first, then found a partner afterward, it's possible that it wasn't consensual polyamory/non-monogamy from the actual onset and the betrayal of the affair was already known. Name Withheld says "they knew about it from the beginning", the beginning can be as late as the moment the wife told Withheld about it or from the moment it actually started, which is undoubtedly before the wife asked about it. Since the first paragraph is written in an odd past tense, it's also possible that she had, and Withheld knew about, both an emotional and physical affair prior to her requesting consensual non-monogamy and the request was more a clearing of her own conscience after the fact.
So unless she asked for non-monogamy first, then found a partner, had a year of fun, then broke it off and is sad about now, it was always an affair.
Right there with you and one of the things I loved about my trip to Tokyo. So many Showa Era buildings, so much diversity in styles, no two buildings the same.