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  1. Comment on DeepSeek’s safety guardrails failed every test researchers threw at its AI chatbot in ~tech

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    I'm using chromadb with Python. Truth be told, and I know a lot of people may scoff at this, but I used ChatGPT to write the Python code and guide me through it. I'm not a professional developer...

    I'm using chromadb with Python. Truth be told, and I know a lot of people may scoff at this, but I used ChatGPT to write the Python code and guide me through it. I'm not a professional developer and only do Arduino C coding in my spare time as a hobby.

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  2. Comment on US President Donald Trump announces 25% tariffs against Canada, Mexico starting Tuesday; 10% against China in ~society

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    It is about him becoming emperor, but in the short term it's about creating another crisis that only he can "solve". US prices will go up, and he'll blame Canada, Mexico, and China for "raising...

    It is about him becoming emperor, but in the short term it's about creating another crisis that only he can "solve". US prices will go up, and he'll blame Canada, Mexico, and China for "raising their prices." He may also pull in a government agency or two, blaming some of the price increases on their inadequate work due to bureaucracy and DEI, prompting Elon to send in his goons to get access to everything and everyone in the departments. After weeks of bashing Mexico, Canada, and China and declaring them "enemies guilty of killing millions of Americans with drugs, rapists, and murders", he'll meet with Mexican and Canadian officials, claim he negotiated the "best deal in history", remove the tariffs, and pricing goes back to normal. There will be no clear answers on just what "the deal" was, and the media won't press for answers.

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  3. Comment on DeepSeek’s safety guardrails failed every test researchers threw at its AI chatbot in ~tech

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    I'm using Ollama with the DeepSeek 7B on a MacBook with M2 silicon and 16 GB of memory. It performs rather well, almost as fast as LLMs in the cloud. I've got RAG going with 1 GB of text imported...

    I'm using Ollama with the DeepSeek 7B on a MacBook with M2 silicon and 16 GB of memory. It performs rather well, almost as fast as LLMs in the cloud. I've got RAG going with 1 GB of text imported into an 8 GB vector database. The answers to questions pertaining to RAG data aren't perfect, but are darn good.

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  4. Comment on 'Everything I say leaks,' Mark Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio in ~tech

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    I can understand the frustration as well, but from a senior leadership perspective he's wet behind the ears. An experienced and seasoned CEO would know how to deal with this. He should just be...

    I can understand the frustration as well, but from a senior leadership perspective he's wet behind the ears. An experienced and seasoned CEO would know how to deal with this. He should just be happy he figured out by dumb luck how to turn a site to meet chicks in college into a multi-billion dollar money printing machine.

  5. Comment on 'Everything I say leaks,' Mark Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio in ~tech

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    Indeed. With some 70K employees, you might as well be speaking into a bullhorn on Times Square.

    Indeed. With some 70K employees, you might as well be speaking into a bullhorn on Times Square.

    1 vote
  6. Comment on Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport closed after a military helicopter collides with a landing regional jet in ~transport

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    No, not quite. The helicopter deviated to the west of helicopter Route 4 (on the east side of the Potomac) and it was above the 200' limit for helicopter Route 4, by 150' at the time of impact....

    No, not quite. The helicopter deviated to the west of helicopter Route 4 (on the east side of the Potomac) and it was above the 200' limit for helicopter Route 4, by 150' at the time of impact. Regardless, the helicopter was granted visual separation by ATC after positively visually identifying the CRJ, so it was the helicopter pilot's responsibility to maintain visual separation. They didn't.

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  7. Comment on 'Everything I say leaks,' Mark Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio in ~tech

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    Oh, OK. LOL. Then why is he bitching? It was going to get leaked, no matter what.

    Oh, OK. LOL. Then why is he bitching? It was going to get leaked, no matter what.

    3 votes
  8. Comment on 'Everything I say leaks,' Mark Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio in ~tech

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    If you are CEO and this happens, it means your leadership team doesn't believe in you and thinks you're a dumb ass.

    If you are CEO and this happens, it means your leadership team doesn't believe in you and thinks you're a dumb ass.

    5 votes
  9. Comment on US President Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht in ~society

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    Libertarians, despite being closet Republicans who get high a lot, know they're never going to win a presidential election. Libertarians have been wanting to dismantle and destroy government for...

    Libertarians, despite being closet Republicans who get high a lot, know they're never going to win a presidential election. Libertarians have been wanting to dismantle and destroy government for decades. Trump is/was the perfect candidate to do just that. And by all accounts Trump appears to be doing everything he can to burn it all to the ground. Why Trump picked pardoning a convicted criminal who trafficked $200M+ of illegal drugs and solicited the murders of people to send a nod to the Libertarians is anyone's guess.

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  10. Comment on US President Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht in ~society

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    It's also to spite NY prosecutors. Trump quote: "The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me."...

    It's also to spite NY prosecutors. Trump quote: "The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me." That's quite unprecedented for a president to call prosecutors "scum", but it seems minor considering we have a convicted rapist and felon for president....

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  11. Comment on US President-elect Donald Trump refuses to rule out force to take Greenland and Panama Canal in ~society

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    A more plausible theory is that he just has dementia.

    A more plausible theory is that he just has dementia.

    2 votes
  12. Comment on US Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society

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    Indeed. Cruz is just looking to be perceived as a champion of term limits. He knows it will never pass and he himself likely opposes them, but he knows he can use this to say the "Demoncrats"...

    Indeed. Cruz is just looking to be perceived as a champion of term limits. He knows it will never pass and he himself likely opposes them, but he knows he can use this to say the "Demoncrats" opposed him and term limits.

    1 vote
  13. Comment on HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril. in ~tech

  14. Comment on HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril. in ~tech

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    LOL. You guys can drive in all lanes.

    LOL. You guys can drive in all lanes.

    4 votes
  15. Comment on HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril. in ~tech

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    From the article: "What other programmers might say dismissively is something HTML lovers embrace: Anyone can do it. Whether we’re using complex frameworks or very simple tools, HTML’s promise is...

    From the article: "What other programmers might say dismissively is something HTML lovers embrace: Anyone can do it. Whether we’re using complex frameworks or very simple tools, HTML’s promise is that we can build, make, code, and do anything we want."

    It seems to me the author has never used a programming language. I can think of a dozen tasks I can do in vanilla C or even shell scripts that HTML couldn't begin to address. The "Anyone can do it" claim also applies to C and shell scripts. It's honestly not that hard.

    I wish web developers like this would just stay in their lane. Y'all can have a ball making great websites and doing that SEO thing. Us coders and sysadmins will be keeping the systems your stuff is running on secure and performing well. Just accept HTML is a markup language and go do your thing, mkay?

    19 votes
  16. Comment on Let's say you're planning to move off of VMWare. What should you know before you start a transition to something else? in ~comp

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    I'm wondering why you're looking for advice when you (and/or your client/firm) is exclaiming "We can help with that", and there's a white paper. If anything, you or your client/firm should already...

    I'm wondering why you're looking for advice when you (and/or your client/firm) is exclaiming "We can help with that", and there's a white paper. If anything, you or your client/firm should already know what to include in the article, because you're subject matter experts in the area. (Not trying to be confrontational, just an honest question.)

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  17. Comment on Why gen Z is drinking less in ~health

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    On business travel last year in Dallas and Las Vegas hotels I encountered $24 and $26 drinks, just one shot of middle-shelf bourbon and ginger ale.

    On business travel last year in Dallas and Las Vegas hotels I encountered $24 and $26 drinks, just one shot of middle-shelf bourbon and ginger ale.

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  18. Comment on Tenant unions are coming. US landlords aren't ready. in ~life

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    I don't see how tenant unions can work. Let's say every single resident in a property joins a tenant union. At some point a tenant's lease comes up for renewal, at which the landlord increases the...

    I don't see how tenant unions can work. Let's say every single resident in a property joins a tenant union. At some point a tenant's lease comes up for renewal, at which the landlord increases the rent to some unreasonable and unaffordable cost. The tenant leaves. The next tenant that comes in to replace them has a lease agreement that prohibits them joining a tenant union. Lather, rinse, repeat. This isn't like a workplace that becomes a union shop and everyone coming in has to join the union in order to work. The fact that there are individual legal agreements with tenants makes tenant unions untenable. Am I missing something? You'd have to have a very significant majority of renters in a market as members of a tenant union in order for this to gain a foothold. That's a tall order.

    2 votes
  19. Comment on Microsoft says having a TPM is "non-negotiable" for Windows 11 in ~tech

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    Why is Microsoft still putting so much time and effort into Windows? Their real money makers are M365 and Azure. They should be giving away Windows for free, like they used to back in the day when...

    Why is Microsoft still putting so much time and effort into Windows? Their real money makers are M365 and Azure. They should be giving away Windows for free, like they used to back in the day when they looked the other way when everyone was pirating MS-DOS and they wanted market share.

    4 votes
  20. Comment on 'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds some states are hiding abortion ban death toll in ~society

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    He doesn't care about abortion or actually making America great. He's undoubtedly paid for several abortions in his lifetime. Trump gets off on people cheering him on and inflating his ego. If he...

    He doesn't care about abortion or actually making America great. He's undoubtedly paid for several abortions in his lifetime. Trump gets off on people cheering him on and inflating his ego. If he bans abortion, imagine the crowd reactions at the rallies. He'll be "bigger than Jesus." GOP "historians" will place him well above Ronald Reagan, even above Lincoln, who was mistreated, though not nearly as much as Trump (/s).

    3 votes