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  1. Comment on AI models found to show language bias by recommending Black defendents be 'sentenced to death' in ~tech

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    This isn't about racism (well, not only). This is about prejudice and bias. And the ai could end up biased against/for anything. Skin color is one example, but it could just as easily be car brand...

    This isn't about racism (well, not only). This is about prejudice and bias. And the ai could end up biased against/for anything. Skin color is one example, but it could just as easily be car brand or amount of makeup.

    5 votes
  2. Comment on One in four school-starters in England and Wales not toilet-trained, say teachers in ~life

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    I didn't see the ages, what age does kids start school in England?

    I didn't see the ages, what age does kids start school in England?

    7 votes
  3. Comment on What is the most reliable and affordable form of storage medium to use as a backup drive for your computer? in ~tech

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    I'm gonna go a different direction than most of the other guys here. The most affordable and reliable way is to let the pros handle it. Personally I'm using S3 Glacier. Cheap as long as you dont...

    I'm gonna go a different direction than most of the other guys here. The most affordable and reliable way is to let the pros handle it. Personally I'm using S3 Glacier. Cheap as long as you dont need to recover it. I encrypt and store via duplicity.

    2 votes
  4. Comment on how do you manage your personal ssh keys? in ~comp

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    Wow, so many ideas and so much great input, I had no idea this was gonna blow up. I think the first thing I'm gonna do is start using -C properly in combination with giving the files sane names....

    Wow, so many ideas and so much great input, I had no idea this was gonna blow up. I think the first thing I'm gonna do is start using -C properly in combination with giving the files sane names. "id_rsa" doesn't tell you much, that will solve a lot of the headaches I think. I'll let the rest take some time to sink in.

  5. how do you manage your personal ssh keys?

    I have a number of computers and accounts in my life that has ssh keys on them, and I find that it's too many for me to keep track on by the basis of "just remembering". Home laptop, home desktop...

    I have a number of computers and accounts in my life that has ssh keys on them, and I find that it's too many for me to keep track on by the basis of "just remembering". Home laptop, home desktop linux, home desktop windows, home desktop wsl, work desktop windows, work desktop wsl, sometimes more than one key for each of those. I'm thinking about putting a folder in my cloud solution with all the .pub files and and a text file describing what the keys are and what they have access to, but maybe there's better ways, or maybe there's security issues with that approach that I don't understand. When I try to read up about ssh key managements most everything seems to be targeted towards organizations which have related, but not the same issues that an individual does.

    Anyway, I'd love to get your input.

    20 votes
  6. Comment on RSS users - how do you use, organize and maximize your enjoyment of RSS? in ~tech

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    This turned out to be a too complicated task for now (for reasons). Sorry about that.

    This turned out to be a too complicated task for now (for reasons). Sorry about that.

    1 vote
  7. Comment on RSS users - how do you use, organize and maximize your enjoyment of RSS? in ~tech

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    It's a very simple project, and it probably doesn't work for every feed, but I'll se if i can do share the repo later when I'm at home.

    It's a very simple project, and it probably doesn't work for every feed, but I'll se if i can do share the repo later when I'm at home.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on RSS users - how do you use, organize and maximize your enjoyment of RSS? in ~tech

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    I wrote a little custom rss reader in Python, I don't subscribe to that many feeds(yet?), so there's not that much to organize. But it has been a fun little project so far. One of the feeds i...

    I wrote a little custom rss reader in Python, I don't subscribe to that many feeds(yet?), so there's not that much to organize. But it has been a fun little project so far. One of the feeds i follow post daily and other one on average weekly, so I'm reading and filtrering the topics manually. I'm pretty new to the whole rss reader thing, but so far i get the feeling that I need to treat every feed differently and figuring out what best works for it.

    4 votes
  9. Comment on Is there any interest in a video game design subgroup? in ~tildes

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    I agree about the first two, but I'm not sure what you mean by news. Are you talking about news about development (e.g. better integration between blender and godot, or a new middleware for...

    I agree about the first two, but I'm not sure what you mean by news. Are you talking about news about development (e.g. better integration between blender and godot, or a new middleware for sound), or are you talking about a studio developing a new game (e.g. blizzard teaser trailer for diablo 13)? Personally I'm interested in the former, but I think the latter fits pretty well directly under ~games. I.e. I'm interested in a category for people that are developing or want to develop games. There can of course be things in diablo 13 that are interesting for a game development discussion, but it being in development isn't that interesting to me in itself.

    7 votes
  10. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Just finished playing Cocoon on the switch as I wrote on the last "what have you been playing". Fun indie puzzler with some neat mechanics and a world that I really love. The puzzles were a bit on...

    Just finished playing Cocoon on the switch as I wrote on the last "what have you been playing". Fun indie puzzler with some neat mechanics and a world that I really love. The puzzles were a bit on the easy side for me, but that also meant that I had the energy to make it all the way through. The switch wasn't really powerful enough with a bit of uneven framerate, so I recommend getting it on another platform if you have the option.

    3 votes
  11. Comment on Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 in ~games

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    So is it tough finding that work or not? Because if it's tough to find work due to so many people applying it shouldn't be hard to recruit.

    So is it tough finding that work or not? Because if it's tough to find work due to so many people applying it shouldn't be hard to recruit.

    1 vote
  12. Comment on Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 in ~games

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    Same here, I almost never work weekends (or evenings). But more importantly I don't think all those fired people are going: "Hey! I was perfectly happy working in this industry until this company...

    Same here, I almost never work weekends (or evenings). But more importantly I don't think all those fired people are going: "Hey! I was perfectly happy working in this industry until this company I was working in got shut down or downsized, but now I realize what a horrible place it was and I never want to work with games again". Some of them probably do, but I wouldn't think that the majority of those people that just got fired did.

    And to quote Adys comment above which is what me and Tauon replied to:

    Tech salaries are still going down. They will keep going down until they normalise with where they are really valued right now … which is to say, not very highly, given that there is a massive surplus in the sector.

    And original comment by OBLIVIATOR

    Game dev is already a fairly small ecosystem; huge chunks of workers being laid off means that finding work is much tougher for everyone.

    3 votes
  13. Comment on Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 in ~games

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    I know we have a hard time recruiting for many roles including gameplay programmers.

    I know we have a hard time recruiting for many roles including gameplay programmers.

    7 votes
  14. Comment on Most bingeable book series? in ~books

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    Worm is a pretty large web serial that pulled me in from the start and kept me busy for a long time. It's a bit over 1.5 million words so it's not something you finish in a weekend (for comparison...

    Worm is a pretty large web serial that pulled me in from the start and kept me busy for a long time. It's a bit over 1.5 million words so it's not something you finish in a weekend (for comparison wheel of time is ~4.3 million words and the lord of the rings just under 0.5). I won't give any spoilers as part of the thing for me was the way things really changed throughout the story and that I had no idea what was going on in the beginning, but I can say that I got really invested in the main character and the world. What really charmed me I think is that even though it's easy to put some labels on it I've never really read anything else like it.

    8 votes
  15. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    The Dreaming Void. It's pretty good. Very Epic sci fi with lots of interesting ideas and details. Only downside is that it has a pretty old fashioned view on gender roles when it comes to...

    The Dreaming Void. It's pretty good. Very Epic sci fi with lots of interesting ideas and details. Only downside is that it has a pretty old fashioned view on gender roles when it comes to sexuality. Not old fashioned at the fifties level or anything. But it's always the girls dressing up in skimpy outfits and proving that they're so open sexually. It's doing the world building great and succeeding in making following several characters fun which is something i don't normally enjoy.

    5 votes
  16. Comment on Game development book about creating open worlds, geography and nature? in ~games

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    I would try and look at gdc presentations about procedural generation and their references.

    I would try and look at gdc presentations about procedural generation and their references.

    3 votes
  17. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Cocoon, it's a puzzle game with a wonderful artstyle and some pretty unique mechanics. I love the way it look and the world. The puzzles are a bit on the easy side, but I enjoy just running around...

    Cocoon, it's a puzzle game with a wonderful artstyle and some pretty unique mechanics. I love the way it look and the world. The puzzles are a bit on the easy side, but I enjoy just running around looking at the eyecandy so much that I don't mind. I haven't finished the game yet, so difficulty may still increase, but so far I'm enjoying myself.

    3 votes
  18. Comment on Türkiye's parliament votes to let Sweden join NATO in ~news

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    I don't know, it seems more nuanced/varied/random than that. We changed from White Russia to Belarus, and I don't think it's because we love them.

    I don't know, it seems more nuanced/varied/random than that. We changed from White Russia to Belarus, and I don't think it's because we love them.

    2 votes
  19. Comment on Türkiye's parliament votes to let Sweden join NATO in ~news

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    Guess it was the fighter jets.

    Guess it was the fighter jets.

    3 votes
  20. Comment on How much does a creator's worldview influence whether you use their tech or consume their media? in ~talk

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    Mostly not much, but there are exceptions. I wouldn't read Mein Kampf for example. For media creators they usually filter themselves out by not producing things that I'm interested in, but that's...

    Mostly not much, but there are exceptions. I wouldn't read Mein Kampf for example. For media creators they usually filter themselves out by not producing things that I'm interested in, but that's more me not being very interested in the content rather than the creator. For platforms such as in the example with kagi i probably just don't know most of the time.

    7 votes