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Comment on 007 First Light | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games
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Comment on Arch User Repository compromised, 1500+ packages affected in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentGood point, didn’t think about that. Perhaps another way could be to strip the PCKBUILD of all comments and only keep the code that actually does anything - and only send that to the LLM. Still,...Good point, didn’t think about that.
Perhaps another way could be to strip the PCKBUILD of all comments and only keep the code that actually does anything - and only send that to the LLM.
Still, I’m sure this could create a cat & mouse situation anyway and the hackers would get more creative with prompt injection.
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Comment on Arch User Repository compromised, 1500+ packages affected in ~tech
JCAPER (edited )LinkPerhaps LLMs could be leveraged in some way to protect a user from these compromised packages? Like for example, whenever you install a AUR package, a script pulls up an agent that quickly checks...Perhaps LLMs could be leveraged in some way to protect a user from these compromised packages? Like for example, whenever you install a AUR package, a script pulls up an agent that quickly checks the AUR’s script, and then warns the user if there’s some weird code in there.
Edit: I’m thinking a small local model that can run in most PCs and was trained specifically for this task. Doesn’t need to be smart enough to build its own complex PCKGBUILD scripts, just enough to understand if something makes sense or not being in the script
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Comment on Access to Fable and Mythos 5 cut off after US government order in ~tech
JCAPER (edited )Link ParentThat is also my thought process. From what I have seen, it’s a better than the other claude models but it isn’t anything THAT special. It didn’t break any metaphorical ceilings that make it a...That is also my thought process. From what I have seen, it’s a better than the other claude models but it isn’t anything THAT special. It didn’t break any metaphorical ceilings that make it a dangerous tool (or any more dangerous than other models)
I can’t help but feel that either someone that is tech illiterate misunderstood the practical implications of Fable being public - and thought this was some next gen LLM that could hack into FBI or something - , or like you said it’s just Trump’s administration getting some payback on Anthropic
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Comment on Brave Origin, a paid, premium version of Brave is now available in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentAbout Vivaldi: It's partially open source. The UI is closed source, while the rest is open source. (For me this isn't really an issue, but worth pointing out) I might be misremembering so put here...About Vivaldi:
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It's partially open source. The UI is closed source, while the rest is open source. (For me this isn't really an issue, but worth pointing out)
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I might be misremembering so put here a grain of salt, but privacy wise the browser calls home every day with a randomized ID and info about the CPU. They say that it's only meant for them to know how many people are using the browser.
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I don't know how it is nowadays since they updated the UI, but last year I noticed that this browser was "hungrier" than other browsers. My work PC's hardware was abysmal so I could feel this, while other browsers like Brave, Chrome, firefox and even edge worked fine and felt less demanding.
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Comment on Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 in ~tech
JCAPER (edited )LinkThe amount of usage that this thing burns is… Something else. And how they’re dealing with it is a head scratcher for me: I understand the idea of them being in an IPO and needing to create hype....The amount of usage that this thing burns is… Something else. And how they’re dealing with it is a head scratcher for me:
From today through June 22, Fable 5 is included on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans at no extra cost.
On June 23, we’ll remove Fable 5 from those plans. Using it after that will require usage credits. If capacity allows, we’ll extend the included window.
After this point—when sufficient capacity allows us to do so—we aim to restore Fable 5 as a standard part of subscription plans. We intend to do this as quickly as we can.
I understand the idea of them being in an IPO and needing to create hype. But, in an ambient where we’re starting to notice cold feet around AI, where people like Scam Altman are starting to backtrack on what they said, where these companies are starting to accept the reality of how their business model was unsustainable and raise prices… Doesn’t this just make them look worse?
Wouldn’t working on optimizations and deliver the same quality for lower compute be a more sensible choice? I’m not even talking about pragmatism per se - there’s nothing pragmatic about the current market situation - I’m talking about how an AI company like Anthropic would create more investor confidence if they delivered a model just as good as sonnet but runs in cheaper hardware, and so they could promise that they have a path to profitability.
But instead - even though they aren’t profitable as afaik don’t have a clear plan - they deliver an even more expensive model…?
But… Meh, what do I know.
Edit: Yeah, I don’t see anyone paying these prices
Pricing for both models is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. Developers can use claude-fable-5 via the Claude API.
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Comment on Apple unveils their new operating systems for 2027: iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and more in ~tech
JCAPER LinkI was hoping for an announcement for the m5 versions for Mac mini and mac studio, but it looks like they ain’t happening. I want to build my own server for LLM processing, but I’ll have to wait...I was hoping for an announcement for the m5 versions for Mac mini and mac studio, but it looks like they ain’t happening.
I want to build my own server for LLM processing, but I’ll have to wait longer it seems
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Comment on Persona 6 | Teaser trailer in ~games
JCAPER LinkOMG FINALLY!!! I knew that eventually it would be coming but damn, after the remakes & remasters & spin offs & other series I was disheartened.* Congrats to those who guessed that P6's main colour...OMG FINALLY!!!
I knew that eventually it would be coming but damn, after the remakes & remasters & spin offs & other series I was disheartened.*
Congrats to those who guessed that P6's main colour would be green. Not sure what to think yet - about the apparent horror vibe they're going for - but I can't wait for more reveals
*no shade meant for any of the other games, it's just that I was looking forward to the sequel ever since P5 and it was a whole decade ago!
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
JCAPER Link ParentUh, didn’t know that. Always assumed it was a normal versioning systemUh, didn’t know that. Always assumed it was a normal versioning system
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
JCAPER Link ParentValve is working on a Proton for ARM - although it's undoubtedly meant for Steam Frame. Maybe somehow-someway it can be used for Apple devices? Or allows development for such a thing? One can hopeValve is working on a Proton for ARM - although it's undoubtedly meant for Steam Frame. Maybe somehow-someway it can be used for Apple devices? Or allows development for such a thing? One can hope
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
JCAPER LinkYSK, this is developer dependant, some games allow it, others don't. Paradox games for example allow you to walk back to previous versionsRelated is inability to go back to previous game version.
YSK, this is developer dependant, some games allow it, others don't. Paradox games for example allow you to walk back to previous versions
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Comment on Mighty Cuphead Adventure | Teaser trailer in ~games
JCAPER LinkI absolutely love how they capture the retro vibes so wellI absolutely love how they capture the retro vibes so well
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Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech
JCAPER (edited )Link ParentCompletely agree. At a certain point, a duck is a duck - no matter how much they say they are pretending or just joking around. In case of PDP and using the analogy, I do not believe he's a duck,...Completely agree. At a certain point, a duck is a duck - no matter how much they say they are pretending or just joking around.
In case of PDP and using the analogy, I do not believe he's a duck, but I'm not excusing him either for what he did. I feel that the nuance mentioned is important when talking about him because looking at before and after his edgy phase, he kept his nose clean. I believe someone who is genuinely racist would've given signs before and would've kept giving them after.
But, then again, I don't know him personally. For all I know, I could be wrong about him.
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Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentI was referring to a major part of the youtube culture at the time, not about any nuance about the edgy humor itself. The nuance being that he was hardly alone or out of place on youtube, edgy...I was referring to a major part of the youtube culture at the time, not about any nuance about the edgy humor itself. The nuance being that he was hardly alone or out of place on youtube, edgy humour was popular until youtube and advertisers started to crack it down.
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Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentOh yeah for sure, it wasn't all of it - didn't mean to imply it, sorry about that. But it was a major part of youtube, as otherwise "adpocalypse" wouldn't have been what it was. For transparency:...Oh yeah for sure, it wasn't all of it - didn't mean to imply it, sorry about that. But it was a major part of youtube, as otherwise "adpocalypse" wouldn't have been what it was.
For transparency: Back then I was a 20 year old who liked edgy humour, so I would watch one or another edgy youtuber. I eventually grew out of it.
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Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentI don't know if people remember, but around that time youtube's culture was all about edgy humour. PDP was far from the worst among the mainstream channels (Filthy Frank, iDubbz, etc), but he was...I don't know if people remember, but around that time youtube's culture was all about edgy humour. PDP was far from the worst among the mainstream channels (Filthy Frank, iDubbz, etc), but he was the reason that youtube finally took a stance and started cracking down on it because he was the biggest and got the media attention.
As someone who's been following him since almost the beginning, one thing he's always been very consistent was with his authenticity. When he was fed up with making gameplay videos, he was upfront about it and changed the focus of his channel, and did this more than once (whenever he got tired of one direction, he changed). Many youtube channels die when this happens once - never mind several times -, so it speaks for itself how he always keeps an audience.
This is to say, I might be completely wrong as I never met him in person, but he never stroke me as a Nazi sympathiser or who held any Nazi beliefs. He started making edgy videos and started pushing the envelop to see what he could get away with. The "Death to all jews" video that created the whole "adpocalypse 1.0" was a video where that was the point, he was trying to see what was the worst thing he could do in Fiverr.
This isn't to defend him or this video (or the later one, the bridge racist one), what I am saying is that there's the nuance of youtube culture around that time and the kind of humour that was popular. He was an idiot who followed the trend, but he was hardly the only one.
Nowadays I'm starting to watch him again more regularly because as someone who is also interested in making my own Homelab and playing around with linux, it's cool to watch someone else making their own projects and share with the internet. His linux video was also cool as he very likely incentivised a lot of people to try it out
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Comment on People who want less AI are breaking up with Google Search in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentThe question mark needs to be at the end of the query (I tried it in the middle and it won't work that way) In the settings you can also just turn this off altogetherThe question mark needs to be at the end of the query (I tried it in the middle and it won't work that way)
In the settings you can also just turn this off altogether
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Comment on People who want less AI are breaking up with Google Search in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentKagi’s way of doing it is also sane to me. You can add a “?” at the end of your query and that activates the AI. Else, it’s just a normal searchKagi’s way of doing it is also sane to me. You can add a “?” at the end of your query and that activates the AI. Else, it’s just a normal search
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Comment on Insomniathought: blocking people in social media can be a positive thing in ~tech
JCAPER (edited )LinkTo me blocking is a “last recourse” kind of thing. I don’t block people just because I disagree with them. Usually I’m pretty good at just ignoring and “scroll by”. But as with every rule, there...To me blocking is a “last recourse” kind of thing. I don’t block people just because I disagree with them. Usually I’m pretty good at just ignoring and “scroll by”.
But as with every rule, there are exceptions.
There used to be this asswipe in a discord server that would defend Russia at every turn, and would always defend himself that “propaganda is heavily biased towards the west, I’m just here to give the counterbalance”.
A reasonable position at first glance - I am under no illusions that that one guy is 100% in the right and the other is 100% in the wrong - but there’s a fine line between trying to be neutral, and defending one side while pretending to be neutral; he was the latter.
One thing I never let him live down was how quick he was to dismiss the Bucha massacre. At first he was trying to say that it was fake news; then as reports started to make it clear that it was real, he was starting to say bullshit like the civilians were ordered by the troops to stay quiet and not call anyone but they were disobeying (like WTF!?); and then when it was crystal clear that the massacre did happen, he stayed quiet as a lamb.
Then whenever Russia struck residential buildings, hospitals, schools, etc, they were all “valid targets”, he said. That the ucranian military used them as HQs so they were fair game.
He also had this obsession with transgender people. Whenever the topic was about political correctness, he would link articles that said stupid shit that aren’t worth repeating. From what I remember, in these moments the discussion was never about transgender people, but he linked those articles anyway as some kinda of “gotcha” moments
Eventually I just couldn’t take it anymore and blocked the idiot. I would like to say that he was a troll, but he wasn’t. He was a known user in the server and was there with us since before the war started, he seemed like a pretty chill guy. But then it’s like something switched in his head and he became insufferable.
Anyway, I don’t think he made many friends. Eventually he quit the server by himself, and good riddance
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Comment on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past announced in ~games
JCAPER Link ParentWay to put my foot in my mouth lol. Yeah, I meant to write GOG instead of CDProjekt, don't know how I made that mistake. Just a note though, he's one of the major shareholders of CDPR (second...Way to put my foot in my mouth lol. Yeah, I meant to write GOG instead of CDProjekt, don't know how I made that mistake.
Just a note though, he's one of the major shareholders of CDPR (second biggest IIRC), so he has some control over CDPR.
I finished it yesterday and yeah, he mirrors my thoughts quite well. I would just say that he didn't spend enough time talking about the charisma part, Patrick Gibson (Bond's VA) pulls it off very well. Didn't even finish the first mission and I could already tell that this Bond would be really cool to follow. This game is full of one-liners and there was never a moment that I felt cringe or anything of the sort.
Just a heads up for anyone who still haven't played it: don't expect a Hitman game. There's some hitman DNA in there and you'll notice it, but this game is more like an Uncharted game. Stealth is cool but kind of optional, you can go rambo from the beginning if that's your style.