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Comment on Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth in ~tech
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Comment on How do graphics cards work? Exploring GPU architecture in ~comp
pacman Link ParentThese branch education videos are awesome. The one on HDDs was also fascinating, and helped me even as homelabber/Linux enthusiast better understand the hardware engineering, which leads to just a...These branch education videos are awesome.
The one on HDDs was also fascinating, and helped me even as homelabber/Linux enthusiast better understand the hardware engineering, which leads to just a better general understanding of hard drives in general.
They're on Nebula as well for those who subscribe!
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Comment on Original ‘Looney Tunes’ no longer available on Max in ~tv
pacman LinkIn situations like this I have a hard time viewing "piracy" as a negative thing. At a certain point it becomes preservation. The idea of access is one of the most important pieces of an archive....In situations like this I have a hard time viewing "piracy" as a negative thing. At a certain point it becomes preservation. The idea of access is one of the most important pieces of an archive. Looney Tunes is a huge American cultural monument. I hate to see the way we're going, head first into a cultural paywall.
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Comment on What's the oldest tech you use, and why do you still use it? in ~tech
pacman LinkI use a safety razor, although recently manufactured, it retains the charm and same functionality as the old ones. I use it because blades are cheaper and I have more options to choose from. The...I use a safety razor, although recently manufactured, it retains the charm and same functionality as the old ones.
I use it because blades are cheaper and I have more options to choose from. The cartridge razors without fail would give me the worst irritation on my neck which led me to have a beard for 10 years or so. My theory was the multiple blades probably contributed to it. One blade has proven more than fine for me.
I also still use black and white film in analog cameras, and play music on vinyl.
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Comment on Apple refusing to release ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ on physical media - declined Criterion’s offer in ~movies
pacman (edited )LinkThat's a money making opportunity they're losing out on because they believe it will enable more control in the future of the media we consume. What I would do to go back to the days of picking...The goal for Disney, Netflix, Apple and company is to make physical media go obsolete. I hate to say this, but that’s where we’re headed. This comes a year after Best Buy announced that they would stop selling physical media in their stores, and only a month after Sony announced it will cease production of Blu-ray discs and other physical media.
That's a money making opportunity they're losing out on because they believe it will enable more control in the future of the media we consume. What I would do to go back to the days of picking out a DVD to buy and add to our collection at home. I would think a move like this would just make people turn to piracy.
I'm afraid Apple and the like will ultimately get their way with DRM protected everything. What's next on the chopping block? Physical books? Feels like we are already on our way there.
Apple paves the way with hardware, look at headphone jacks. I'm afraid they'll ultimately pave the way with this too.
There's a lot of fake or misleading information out in the world that people believe regardless of whether or not AI exists. I have had plenty of human teachers teach me wrong things during my childhood that I believed until I was proven wrong. I think LLMs hallucinate because people 'hallucinate' and get confused too.
I personally don't understand why an AI crawler would even want the information from some blog post by some Joe Schmoe in the first place, especially over something like scientific journals. Which leads me to believe they must weigh the data they train on, rather than simply dumping it all into a single massive set they give equal 'truth' to? I have little idea how AI training works or how they'd program something like 'truth' but I have to imagine there's some sort of guardrail there? maybe? hopefully?