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  1. Comment on uBlock Origin Lite for Safari in ~tech

    VignuB
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    Absolutely. I would also add Adguard DNS and ControlD as the other alternatives.

    Absolutely.
    I would also add Adguard DNS and ControlD as the other alternatives.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on uBlock Origin Lite for Safari in ~tech

    VignuB
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    No, you can't install browser extensions on iOS/iPadOS other than on Safari. Closest solution for firefox with content blockers is firefox focus.

    No, you can't install browser extensions on iOS/iPadOS other than on Safari.
    Closest solution for firefox with content blockers is firefox focus.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on uBlock Origin Lite for Safari in ~tech

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    Great to know that we have the option to use uBOL on Safari. uBO is arguably the best adblocker on Firefox (and on Chromium browsers still on manifest v2.) Not to be a downer, but why should I use...

    Great to know that we have the option to use uBOL on Safari. uBO is arguably the best adblocker on Firefox (and on Chromium browsers still on manifest v2.)

    Not to be a downer, but why should I use this over existing well performing content blockers like Wipr 2 or Adguard? But yes, more the options for us users the merrier!

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  4. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Picked up The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna. Also rereading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The former is sharp witted and articulately barbed. While the latter has been one of my all time...

    Picked up The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna. Also rereading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
    The former is sharp witted and articulately barbed. While the latter has been one of my all time favourite books.

    Had finished listening to the Empire of AI of Karen Hao before these. A sobering investigative journalism, exploration of the power dynamics of the AI industry, its ethics, environmental impact, & the dual possibilities of AI as either an equaliser, or a tool to perpetuate systemic inequality.
    I highly recommend it for anyone working in, or simply interested in, AI and its impacts on society.
    A 5/5 read/listen!

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books in ~tech

    VignuB
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    Thanks for giving it a try. I totally get that video/audio formats don’t work for everyone, especially if the transcript isn’t great or the delivery style isn’t engaging. I just thought it might...

    Thanks for giving it a try. I totally get that video/audio formats don’t work for everyone, especially if the transcript isn’t great or the delivery style isn’t engaging. I just thought it might give some useful context.

    You are absolutely right about them being the bylined author for that and some 30 other articles in that Heat Index section.
    It is a pity that even print media is going down this route.

  6. Comment on Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books in ~tech

    VignuB
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    Ah, I was logged in there. Didn't check. Probably this might help: AI Slop summer The journalists reporting on this talk about it starting from around the 1 minute mark.

    Ah, I was logged in there. Didn't check.
    Probably this might help: AI Slop summer
    The journalists reporting on this talk about it starting from around the 1 minute mark.

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  7. Comment on Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books in ~tech

    VignuB
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    It seems it was a syndicated article insert created by a subsidiary of the magazine giant Hearst. Again, doesn't mean that the Chicago Times journalist shouldn't have fact checked it before...

    It seems it was a syndicated article insert created by a subsidiary of the magazine giant Hearst. Again, doesn't mean that the Chicago Times journalist shouldn't have fact checked it before publishing it.
    https://www.404media.co/viral-ai-generated-summer-guide-printed-by-chicago-sun-times-was-made-by-magazine-giant-hearst/

    404 Media's podcast discusses the whole issue in much greater detail.

    3 votes