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Comment on [SOLVED] Is there an easy way to tell if a laptop has USB-C charging? in ~tech
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Comment on The Donald Trump US administration accidentally texted me its war plans (gifted link) in ~society
Diff Link ParentWorth noting, 12ft.io does not turn up its nose at links from The Atlantic like it does many other publications.Worth noting, 12ft.io does not turn up its nose at links from The Atlantic like it does many other publications.
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Comment on Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face in ~tech
Diff Link ParentI don't think that really works in this situation. The cart is a physical, scarce item. Information isn't like that. If people can get their money back, so can LLMs, and also so can people who...I don't think that really works in this situation. The cart is a physical, scarce item. Information isn't like that. If people can get their money back, so can LLMs, and also so can people who genuinely did find the page helpful but just want their money back.
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Comment on You know this sound, but not its name in ~music
Diff Link ParentI've been following this person for a month or two now, they do a lot of videos very much like this one. Short, stylish, information-dense with timely demos spread throughout, and always on beat....I've been following this person for a month or two now, they do a lot of videos very much like this one. Short, stylish, information-dense with timely demos spread throughout, and always on beat. If you like this video, definitely check out the rest.
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Comment on Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead in ~comp
Diff Link ParentTiny bit of additional context, the maintainer that made the comment is American and should be well aware of the comparisons his phrasing carries.Tiny bit of additional context, the maintainer that made the comment is American and should be well aware of the comparisons his phrasing carries.
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Comment on I hate 2FA in ~tech
Diff LinkPasskeys are making it somewhat easier. I can just do 2FA with a fingerprint on my phone or touch id on my laptop. But if I'm logging into a foreign device, I still have to dig out my phone, scan...Passkeys are making it somewhat easier. I can just do 2FA with a fingerprint on my phone or touch id on my laptop. But if I'm logging into a foreign device, I still have to dig out my phone, scan a QR code, tap tap, fingerprint to unlock the phone, tap tap, another fingerprint to unlock the passkey I guess? whatever, wait for moment..., before I'm in. And I don't think they're likely to be supported anywhere Yubikeys aren't.
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Comment on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork in ~tech
Diff Link ParentHere's an article with a bit more of the information I recall than I'm seeing in the linked blog post:...Here's an article with a bit more of the information I recall than I'm seeing in the linked blog post:
To summarize, you can have multiple blog names which are not linked publicly to each other. Matt published all the blogs this person had, something that requires his access.
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Comment on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork in ~tech
Diff Link ParentThe information Matt published about one of the Tumblr users is inaccessible to the public. He necessarily abused his access.The information Matt published about one of the Tumblr users is inaccessible to the public. He necessarily abused his access.
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Comment on Any real AI recommendations from the community? in ~tech
Diff LinkOn rare occasion I use CoPilot to navigate my way through a codebase I'm not going to be sticking around in. Lately my hobby project is making a simple editor for a pseudo 3D engine, but I...On rare occasion I use CoPilot to navigate my way through a codebase I'm not going to be sticking around in.
Lately my hobby project is making a simple editor for a pseudo 3D engine, but I couldn't figure out how to approach clicking to select an object. The renderer isn't much help here. You feed it a scene graph and it writes to an HTML Canvas or to an SVG all by itself. There's no hint of what areas of screen space correspond to what chunks of the scene. I found a mostly finished editor for the same engine that does what I want, but it was a large bunch of React that I couldn't parse.
Feed the whole codebase into CoPilot, and it points me at an external library. Feed the library into it, and apparently it's doing color testing on a separately rendered copy with unique colors for each object. And now I've got an approach I can bring back to my codebase.
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Comment on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork in ~tech
Diff Link ParentThey're both run by Automattic and both offer hosted Wordpress sites.They're both run by Automattic and both offer hosted Wordpress sites.
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Comment on Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies in ~tech
Diff (edited )Link ParentYou're absolutely right, I'll tweak my comment phrasing a bit as I'm not holding that against them as some sort of laziness/moral failing for not doing this the "proper" way. It just points at the...You're absolutely right, I'll tweak my comment phrasing a bit as I'm not holding that against them as some sort of laziness/moral failing for not doing this the "proper" way. It just points at the whole thing being an intentional feature as it was iterated on multiple times rather than being a bug that, if they're not lying, would have to be bizarrely growing over time.
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Comment on Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies in ~tech
Diff (edited )Link ParentFrom what little I've heard (a single blog post), it sure sounds like Meta, at least historically, avoids about actually changing things in their API, preferring to just patch over things by...From what little I've heard (a single blog post), it sure sounds like Meta, at least historically, avoids about actually changing things in their API, preferring to just patch over things by removing the UI for them.
I blocked a random user, intercepted the request, and swapped out the rando's user ID for himamaliv's, and the API returned a failed execution error. It probably wasn't a problem with my technique, since I did successfully block a different rando this way.
Maybe that could be the bug, except that prior to this they also removed the block button from the bots' profiles. And when a workaround was discovered by reporting them first, then clicking the block button on a follow-up popup, that was also removed and replaced with a notice that you would need to go to the user's profile to block them.
An awfully coincidental and sequential set of spontaneous "bugs", that seems to fall nicely in line with known historical patterns of progressively patching things just enough to make the immediate problem go away.
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Comment on Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South in ~tech
Diff Link ParentI wouldn't be so sure. A significant portion of my high school students have VPNs so they can Tik Toks at school. Awful, free VPNs that are certainly slurping up every byte of info they can get...I wouldn't be so sure. A significant portion of my high school students have VPNs so they can Tik Toks at school. Awful, free VPNs that are certainly slurping up every byte of info they can get from them, but VPNs. If it's as easy as downloading an app, that's hardly a barrier at all to them, and they share the info with each other. I see it with VPNs on their phones, and for the latest unblocked domain for eaglecraft or shell shockers or paper.io or whatever other game of the week they're playing with their friends.
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Comment on Kagi Small Web in ~tech
Diff Link ParentThere was some discussion about it on Tildes about a month ago, there's many thoughts and links stashed away there.There was some discussion about it on Tildes about a month ago, there's many thoughts and links stashed away there.
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Comment on Funko Pop causes takedown of itch.io, calls the owner's mom in ~tech
Diff Link ParentA "takedown" usually refers to a DMCA takedown. According to itch's comment on HN, their hosts received reports of fraud and phishing, not copyright infringement. To add to it, a copyright...A "takedown" usually refers to a DMCA takedown. According to itch's comment on HN, their hosts received reports of fraud and phishing, not copyright infringement. To add to it, a copyright infringement report wouldn't even ever touch the host or the registrar. That should have gone only to itch itself. If Sony (through one of their social features) ends up hosting material that infringes my copyright, I don't reach out to AWS.
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Comment on Microsoft says having a TPM is "non-negotiable" for Windows 11 in ~tech
Diff (edited )Link ParentGood news, it's native. As native as Java, anyway. Plenty of more-native launchers for it, too. /noisejava Minecraft to play via proton
Good news, it's native. As native as Java, anyway. Plenty of more-native launchers for it, too.
/noise
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Comment on Mozilla begs courts to allow Google search deal for Firefox to continue in ~tech
Diff Link ParentWhat's the benefit of having two entities that are theoretically aligned and allied but can't cooperate on the things they care about most? What's the benefit of having the corporation exist in...What's the benefit of having two entities that are theoretically aligned and allied but can't cooperate on the things they care about most? What's the benefit of having the corporation exist in the first place?
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Comment on Someone made a dataset of one million Bluesky posts for 'machine learning research' in ~tech
Diff Link ParentThere's no way this could happen in reality, but if the training data became flooded with that kind of signal, it'd cause random breakages from the filter after as the LLM before started rarely...There's no way this could happen in reality, but if the training data became flooded with that kind of signal, it'd cause random breakages from the filter after as the LLM before started rarely but randomly reproducing that signal. Best place for it would be stashed away in the same overly formal sounding text that it tries to reproduce, but human people writing formal text probably aren't easily swayed (at least as a whole) by these kinds of shenanigans.
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Comment on ‘Do not pet’: A robotic dog named “Spot” made by Boston Dynamics is the latest tool in the arsenal of the US Secret Service in ~tech
Diff Link ParentNets are a little less commonplace than blankets, but even humans struggle with them. Robots find them so impossible to deal with they're typically banned from bot combat tournaments by my...Nets are a little less commonplace than blankets, but even humans struggle with them. Robots find them so impossible to deal with they're typically banned from bot combat tournaments by my understanding.
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Comment on Teachers: what do you do with a class that couldn't care less about what you have to say? in ~talk
Diff LinkYeah, that's certainly a thing, even teaching an elective course. It's pretty demoralizing, but in a class setting there's always at least a few who are motivated and interested. I just try to...Yeah, that's certainly a thing, even teaching an elective course. It's pretty demoralizing, but in a class setting there's always at least a few who are motivated and interested. I just try to focus on them even though the rest of the class needs to be dragged through every activity by the ears. Just the existence of a large population of demotivated students though tends to mute the engaged ones as well.
It is crazy though, the two classes I teach are Adobe Illustrator+Photoshop (which, to be fair, counselors just throw kids in sometimes) and Advanced Game Art & Design which is designing 3D videogames at the end of a long course pathway with a lot of prerequisites. You'd think getting to make videogames would guarantee engagement but no, I still have kids who opt to do nothing instead of making videogames with their friends.
The school I teach at gives us Lenovo laptops, the lightweight Yoga ones only have one USB C port that supports charging, and the beefier ones don't support charging through their USB C ports at all, and these are up to date models.