thomasfuchs

thomasfuchs, 4 days ago to random

It’s so funny when in 2024 people use “blah at whatevs dot com” to try to obfuscate their email address from scrapers like it’s 1995.

Like this hasn’t worked for the last 20 years and just makes it harder for people who actually need to email you.

thomasfuchs, 5 days ago to random

What a photo

Deep Impact

thomasfuchs, 5 days ago to random

They should repeat this experiment often, can learn much about the fluid dynamics of supernova remnants

The Cygnus Loop, a giant supernova remnants which looks surprisingly similar

thomasfuchs, 6 days ago to random

Phones peaked in the late 80s

thomasfuchs, 5 days ago to random

That awful privacy nightmare spy feature for Window is called “Recall” because it should be recalled, change my mind.

thomasfuchs, 5 days ago to random

Dog is skeptical of Windows 3.0 wallpapers

thomasfuchs, 7 days ago to random

Firefox is adding on-device AI alt text for images.

Generally assistive technology is of course a good thing, however:

• How accurate is it?
• How accurate can it even be if it doesn’t know the intentions of the poster? (The exact same image can be illustrative to diametrically opposite opinions.)
• Where does the training data come from?
• Will it discourage authors from adding alt text?
• Is there telemetry that could be used to invade privacy? What if that data gets sold or stolen?

thomasfuchs, 7 days ago to random

Things coming “next year” for the last 20 years or so:

• self-driving cars
• artificial general intelligence
• Linux on the desktop

thomasfuchs, 8 days ago to retrocomputing

Looking for the CD-ROM for the Veo Photo Traveler for Pocket PC, couldn’t find it online (but found a photo of the CD!)

These are drivers for a digital camera that’s attached to a Pocket PC CF card from 2002.

Anyone have this CD and can make an ISO or knows where to find it online?

(Please RT)

#retrocomputing #shittycamerachallenge

thomasfuchs, 8 days ago to random

They are hoping that the flaws of LLMs will negate the flaws of their pagerank algorithm https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/112537940416316139

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

The right-wing take is—paraphrased—that “the woke have made crime illegal”.

Really telling on themselves.

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

I… uhm…

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Real talk, whenever you talk to GOP-voting relatives or “friends” now relentlessly drive home that they’re supporting a convicted criminal.

Literally say in every sentence that they’re supporting a convicted felon to drive that spike home into their brains.

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Guy literally (accidentally) slits his wrist with his new CyberTruck at the dealership and has to go to ER.

His unironic verdict: “It’s great!”

https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-sliced-wrist-hospital

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Imagine Fox News if Biden would have been convicted of a felony related to election fraud

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

It’s important to remember that the underlying thing behind all this is simple greed for money.

The GOP is basically bankrupt because it’s been drained for money by Trump and his accomplices (lots of legal fees and giant payment coming up because he was found guilty of rape).

Now probably trying to squeeze whatever he can from donors.

Wonder if his kids will flee the country soon. Qatar maybe?

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Anyone have a T-shirt design yet

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Can’t wait to see what the people yapping for “law & order” are gonna do

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

Look what progress took from us

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

Phone: This wobbly out of focus blurry photo taken in absolute darkness is of a 3 year old Bernese Mountain Dog named Pupperoni

Also phone: I can’t isolate a rectangular check on this perfectly taken image, you need to go to the bank to cash it

thomasfuchs, 9 days ago to random

Sweet, yet another amazing use for LLMs! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/openai-disinfo-influence-operations-china-russia/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE3MDQxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE4NDIzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTcwNDE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZmZmEwZWIxLWJiZDItNDBmMi05ZTQ1LWZjYTI3N2U5ODE0MyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjQvMDUvMzAvb3BlbmFpLWRpc2luZm8taW5mbHVlbmNlLW9wZXJhdGlvbnMtY2hpbmEtcnVzc2lhLyJ9.lZy8-t9Wf1mDTHueMt7j0kCTV8XAifSEbK8hmsBd3bk

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

The AI hype might be the greatest pump and dump scheme in history

thomasfuchs, 11 days ago to random

Saying adding more content to an autocomplete algorithm brings it closer to being sentient or even to being intelligent is like saying adding more steering wheels to a car suddenly will make it self-driving

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

Getting flooded with spam account follows once again. All from mastodon.social

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

Who did it best

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