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obviousdwest

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Online game developer, distributed systems, software. Compassionate philosopher. Home improvement, tools. Science. Sustainability. Democracy, equality. Dachshunds. Books, movies. The Princess Bride.

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georgetakei , to Random
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Well if that's not a ringing endorsement...

obviousdwest ,
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@georgetakei Perhaps un-ring-ing endorsement.

arstechnica , to Random
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Ridiculed Stable Diffusion 3 release excels at AI-generated body horror

Users react to mangled SD3 generations and ask, "Is this release supposed to be a joke?"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/ridiculed-stable-diffusion-3-release-excels-at-ai-generated-body-horror/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

obviousdwest ,
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@arstechnica Cool. The poisoning is working!

arstechnica , to Random
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Microsoft’s new “Recall” feature will record everything you do on your PC

Recall uses Copilot+ PC features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

obviousdwest ,
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@arstechnica Better not use “show password” anywhere from then on. LLMs leak their training data. So if someone later queries it on your machine (encrypted storage or not), that’s a problem.

arstechnica , to Random
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Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog

Music group contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/sony-music-opts-out-of-ai-training-for-its-entire-catalog/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

obviousdwest ,
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@arstechnica Probably considering doing it themselves, and don’t want the competition. I have such a hard time thinking a big corporation is going to do anything for ethical reasons.

georgetakei , to Random
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Probably could have given it a little more thought.

obviousdwest ,
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@georgetakei I always assumed it was discovered by a Viking with a lot of German heritage.

arstechnica , to Random
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Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising

States obtain settlement, but it's not clear whether consumers will get refunds.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/big-three-carriers-pay-10m-to-settle-claims-of-false-unlimited-advertising/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

obviousdwest ,
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@arstechnica There goes big government making up new cost of doing business fees after the fact. Oh well. Better add that to the budget for next year: $10m bribe to cover false advertising expense. /s

georgetakei , to Random
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Now that is an apology. https://www.comicsands.com/jon-cooper-apology-sexist-comment-2668135591.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

obviousdwest ,
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@georgetakei I’m constantly surprised that articles continue to embed Xitter posts, as if that’s the only source of community comment, or that they have the funniest/sharpest/most entertaining commenters. Are reporters not reading Mastodon? Is the problem that Mastodon clients don’t make screen grabs easy? If our community is not helping redirect this, then we are responsible to a degree in perpetuating Xitter’s existence. By making it seem like the more vibrant destination.

georgetakei , to Random
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This is what passes for "news"? Absolutely pathetic. https://www.comicsands.com/eric-bolling-newsmax-biden-salad-2668104428.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

obviousdwest ,
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@georgetakei Every accusation is a confession. All this means is Trump has to be fed by spoon, now, and the marketing machine is trying get ahead of that.

arstechnica , to Random
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It’s cutting calories—not intermittent fasting—that drops weight, study suggests

The study is small and imperfect but offers more data on how time-restricted diets work.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/its-cutting-calories-not-intermittent-fasting-that-drops-weight-study-suggests/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

obviousdwest ,
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@arstechnica I tried it for a bit. It was valuable as psychology. It’s not the right time to eat, but that time is coming up. So you’d skip one more snack. Without feeling like it was “never eating again”. Every little bit.

georgetakei , to Random
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Why does this always happen?

obviousdwest ,
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@georgetakei Now that I’m not busy with my day, I can work on these Really vexing problems!

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