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evacide, to random
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When I talk about digital privacy, there is always some smug genius who shrugs and tells me, "Who cares? We all know we don't have any privacy anyway." Nothing could be more wrong. Convincing you that the fight is already over to the way people in power get you to stop resisting.

mabs,
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@Salty @shermozle @JessicaTaylor @evacide or, my favourite one, "why do you wear clothes?"

thomasfuchs, to random
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It would be terrible and unethical if anyone automated an LLM that feeds deliberately wrong answers back to sites that steal user content and sell it to AI companies, so they choke on it.

No one should ever do this. It would be very wrong.

mabs,
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@thomasfuchs Yes, we need strong moral standards on the internet and respect everyone's content!

So don't write bots that upvote low quality responses, or accept lower moderation standards. Websites like Reddit might become completely unusable.

Also, don't reuse phrases on unrelated answers, the AIs might get confused and think the questions are related.

And remember to be user agent agnostic on your website, never give different content to different clients.

If you did that, people may be forced to be informed.

BrodieOnLinux, to random
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1997: Here's thing but with internet
2010: Here's thing but now it's smart
2020: Here's thing but now it's got web3, blockchain and tokens
2024: Here's thing but now it's got AI

Nowhere along the way did we think, maybe a rice cooker is ok just being a rice cooker

mabs,
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@BrodieOnLinux @AshKaijin hey wait, brodie and dank live in the same city, we need an "ai" colab!

TechConnectify, to random
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OK, this place. I've been pretty heady lately and not very technology-y.

So to make up for it, you can have this picture. As a treat.

mabs,
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@TechConnectify this is perfect example of why you should have switches on every power point, so you can safely shove the wires in, and then switch it on when it's safe

mabs, to programming
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Hello Fediverse! Any recommendations for a language book?

CraftComputing, to random
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How I know my take was well balanced.

mabs,
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@CraftComputing I'm about half way through it, and I completely see where you are coming from on the topic of was the GN video even necessary. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I think I can now. There have been many serious accusations made over the years at Linus and LMG, some complaints about how things work, burn out, even from Linus himself. A video did need to be made to break this cycle that is putting strain on people in the company, that is clear in videos, and even used as memes. I think it's more than just a couple of things that this video triggered to fix and address, and hopefully better things will come of it.

aral, to ads
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Whenever you see the words “ads”, “cryptocurrency”, “blockchain”, “web 3”, or “AI”, just replace them with “farts” and you’ll know whether you want them or not.

“Can the fediverse survive without farts?”

Yes, perfectly well.

“Will farts replace people?”

I hope not.

“The European Commission embraces farts.”

That’s unfortunate.

“This new startup wants to improve your life with farts.”

I’m good, thanks.

mabs,
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@aral I'm pretty sure there is a Firefox add-on that can do that for me 😏

BrodieOnLinux, to random
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I didn't think I'd see a world where people were on the side of Oracle

mabs,
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@BrodieOnLinux And then SUSE did this...

https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Preserves-Choice-in-Enterprise-Linux/

mabs, to random
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With all the talk of ad-blockers and such right now, I thought I would point out...

For reasons of security, the Australian Government has a set of security controls & guidelines, that do require a level of compliance or mitigation, called the Information System Manual. In the System Hardening category, control number 1485, it specifically calls for systems to "not process web advertisements from the internet."

Right in between no Java from the internet and no Internet Explorer on the internet.

https://www.cyber.gov.au/resources-business-and-government/essential-cyber-security/ism/cyber-security-guidelines/guidelines-system-hardening

hacks4pancakes, to random

Ad blockers are also cybersecurity. Say it with me.

They reduce malvertising, watering hole attacks, and general malicious script execution. It’s not all about you, ad firms.

mabs,
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@hacks4pancakes This comment might get lost in here, but, to back that up, the Australian Government Information Security Manual (a compliance requirement for government, including defence), under System Hardening, has a control, number 1485, that specifically calls for systems to "not process web advertisements from the internet."

Right in between no Java from the internet and no Internet Explorer on the internet.

https://www.cyber.gov.au/resources-business-and-government/essential-cyber-security/ism/cyber-security-guidelines/guidelines-system-hardening

BrodieOnLinux, to random
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Quick question, what year is it right now

mabs,
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@BrodieOnLinux Up until March, they actually had a really great webapp, that used https. For some reason they decided to dump something that was functional and useful

ernie, to random
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One of Linus Tech Tips’ most popular hosts just came out as trans. The clip is supremely heartwarming. https://youtu.be/b-owBhLGaH4

mabs,
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@stooovie My YouTube defaulted to newest, there are a few trolls botting it up in there

nixCraft, to random
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coffee lover https://www.berkeleymews.com/comic/coffee-lover/

mabs,
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@nixCraft last frame: "It's Stephen!"

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