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markhughes

@markhughes@mastodon.social

Boatperson, computer wizard, qualified counsellor, stick twizzler, father, and self enquirer.

Helping those building democratising technology to reverse the corporate capture of online spaces. Ex: #SafeNetwork

Techy self: https://fosstodon.org/@happyborg

Techy blog: https://dweb.happybeing.com

#nobridge

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dangillmor, to random
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Stupid and arrogant move by Tesla, removing the turn signal stalks in new cars and forcing drivers to fumble around with buttons.

A physical example of how the tech industry constantly changes the UX in software -- like breaking into your house, rearranging your living room, and not allowing you to put it back the way you liked it in the first place.

This one's downright dangerous.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-fans-complain-new-model-3-highland-turn-signal-stalks-2023-9

markhughes,
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@dangillmor EU are pushing back on this, not just with Tesla but all automakers moving physical controls to screens.

AnnaAnthro, to random
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    markhughes,
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    @AnnaAnthro I know two people who knew him personally, but I've no clue as to his identity.

    markhughes, to Israel
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    Children are now starving to death in due to 's deliberate .

    As if being blown to pieces wasn't enough.

    markhughes, to movies
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    is a highly rated movie that "changed the language of film".

    Not everyone will "get it" but a definite watch if you don't live just in the mainstream of cinema.

    glynmoody, to random
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    Tory peer calls for £10,000 ‘citizens ’ for all 30-year-olds - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/02/tory-peer-calls-for-10000-citizens-inheritance-for-all-30-year-olds "David Willetts suggests policy would help spread wealth among millennials amid deepening inequalities"

    markhughes,
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    @glynmoody Hasn't he heard of Universal Basic Income and the results of hundreds of pilots which show real cost, equality and wellbeing benefits and rebutt many negative myths?

    caolan, to random
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    At $9.81 per website, it might be worth hiring one of these LLMs for cheap added security checks. I mean, if you don't some kid will.

    "LLM Agents can Autonomously Hack Websites" https://arxiv.org/html/2402.06664v3

    markhughes,
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    @caolan essentially of a protection racket.

    markhughes,
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    @caolan
    It would be such a shame if some script kiddy used our service to hack your security...

    PKYo, to boating
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    The marina down the canal quoted £400 + parts for an engine service. I'm told it's a fair price. I've booked it for Monday, the week after next.

    I was also told to keep the old belts that get replaced, in case of a future belt emergency.

    Here's the checklist.

    markhughes,
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    @PKYo a bit steep IMO but maybe that's because I do it in an afternoon myself. £400 for an afternoon 🤔

    markhughes,
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    @PKYo worth a try, plus YouTube is awesome but to start I expect a friend in the marina could help.

    josemurilo, to random
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    ? "the two failure modes of a commons are the tragedy of the commons and enclosure. In the former, a majority of people overuses the common resource to the point of destruction, due to too few restrictions. In the latter, a minority of people gains control and excludes the majority, imposing too many restrictions. That is, same tension in commons management & software ecosystem: between user freedom and developer sustainability."
    https://openpath.chadwhitacre.com/2024/towards-software-commons/

    markhughes,
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    @josemurilo I've never followed up but I've seen claims that the tragedy of the commons is a discredited idea.

    josemurilo, to random
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    "…a November judgment from the UK Court of Appeal means can’t go on claiming in photographs of art works. Museums have used this claim to create costly licensing schemes. For art history books and dissertations that need the images for discussion, the costs are often prohibitive. And, it turns out, the sector isn’t even profiting from it."

    https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/01/19/objects-of-copyright/

    markhughes,
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    @josemurilo I covertly took my own photographs of favourite paintings in the UK National Gallery and now have my favourite old masters hanging in my living room.

    But this is still nice to know. I used to wonder about this when I visited exhibitions and bought postcards as a reminder.

    markhughes, to random
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    The interwebs are unusually quiet tonight.

    All watching Liverpool? 🏆

    markhughes,
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    @joshua_gohlke free in UK (for once - FA Cup only).

    markhughes,
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    @joshua_gohlke probably for the best so far 🤦‍♂️

    markhughes,
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    @joshua_gohlke starting to look much better, but not making it count.

    markhughes,
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    @floppyplopper there are a surprising number of us.

    markhughes,
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    @floppyplopper lol.

    markhughes, to privacy
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    Governments in UK and EU want to read all your private messages but routinely delete their own, especially just before an inquiry into their crimes.

    markhughes, to Israel
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    Can we call the in a holocaust yet?

    My post was censored for asking this before the UN said that the state of , not just the government or individuals, is culpable for - because they were denying food to people for being .

    My post was censored here when there were ~10,000 murdered, mostly civilians, mostly children.

    Now it is ~30,000 killed, truly horrific scale of mass by Israel in a disproportionate, attack on Palestinians.

    glynmoody, to bluesky
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    Begins To Make Its Decentralized Vision Real - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/26/bluesky-begins-to-make-its-decentralized-vision-real/ "The exciting part of Bluesky with federation is that there is no lock-in"

    markhughes,
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    @glynmoody nonesense. Even choosing to move is lock-in. Same claims were made for Mastodon by prior who have never migrated.

    is for profit, VC backed and uses servers. The three things that nobody should be taken in by any more.

    jbzfn, to llm
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    ☠️Hallucination is Inevitable: An Innate Limitation of Large Language Models
    — arxiv.org

    "By employing results from learning theory, we show that LLMs cannot learn all of the computable functions and will therefore always hallucinate. Since the formal world is a part of the real world which is much more complicated, hallucinations are also inevitable for real world LLMs"

    https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11817

    markhughes,
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    @jbzfn it's not hallucination. That requires mind, imagination and perception, none of which are present in LLMs.

    Those using the term are creating a false image in their own minds and those who don't know that it's wrong.

    Ironically, this is what they imply LLMs are doing, but just create output using a statistical model which includes errors, delivered in a plausible and convincing way.

    Most would call this bullshit. So call it that and stop bullshitting people as if you're an LLM.

    markhughes,
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    @alexch
    Bad metaphors are bad and that's a bad metaphor. You can't change that.

    It's origin is the marketing hype and PR from those aiming to make money out of this.

    Words have context, and can be used to lead or mislead. Even some working with this stuff have convinced themselves it's sentient, so don't pretend others who have no idea how it works but are amazed it can use words convincingly, like a human, won't be mislead by anthropomorphizing.

    markhughes,
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    @alexch I know people, even intelligent people who are uncomfortable with the term but its widespread adoption as a result of hyped marketing has lead them to grit teeth and use it regardless.

    That you argue the point is your right, but reduces your credibility in my eyes.

    Personally, if I'm not comfortable with something that I think is damaging I won't pretend it ignore that and will tell people what I think and why.

    Their intelligence is hardly a reason for me to shut up.

    markhughes, to privacy
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    now mouthing 's one-sided and spurious labelling of anyone seeking to preserve their privacy as avoiding scrutiny rather than trying to maintain their human right to .

    aredridel, to random
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    I hate LLMs they should not be products as they exist now.

    https://github.com/aredridel/node-bin-gen/pull/241#issuecomment-1963442116

    markhughes,
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    @qqmrichter

    And there's one which is none of those.

    "Only the closed mind is certain" - Dean Spanley

    Look it up, superb film with Sam Neil, Peter O'Toole and others. Especially for dog lovers.

    And LLMs & Blockchain are indeed terrible for various reasons. There's good there too, for LLMs but I'm not seeing anyone offer it yet, like a personal assistant on your own device for privacy with voice input and output. We could have that now where the f is it? 🤷‍♂️

    @aredridel @mathieui

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