sugar_in_your_tea

@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works

Mama told me not to come.

She said, that ain’t the way to have fun.

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sugar_in_your_tea,

I played Saints Row 2 on Steam and it worked fine, at least on Linux. Likewise for Saints Row: the Third, though the OG one crashed on me but the Remastered was totally fine. Both games are great. SR2 is kind of like GTA SA (but not quite as good imo), and SR3 takes the general concept to the absurd extreme (and apparently SR4 is even more ridiculous).

sugar_in_your_tea,

Instructions unclear, aluminum powder stuck in my naughty bits.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Wow, how do you suck that bad at aiming?

sugar_in_your_tea,

That’s how a lot of people handle deleted data in database, it’s literally just a flag. That’s why there’s a recommendation to edit Reddit posts before deleting them, to ensure they’re actually overwritten so they can’t just be restored.

sugar_in_your_tea,

It was sort of true in the past, but not anymore. I think writing random data once is probably fine, even for most state level actors.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Well, there’s a non-zero chance they were too lazy to implement that.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Yes, that’s certainly possible, but it’s also out of my control. I have basically three options:

  1. Delete account - we know this doesn’t delete comments
  2. Delete comment - “seems” to delete comments, but we’ve seen comments get restored - so probably using a “deleted” flag
  3. Edit comment with nonsense and when delete - should poison comment if they’re just using the deleted flag

That’s it. There’s no guarantee it works, but it has a much higher chance of working than the other two.

And there’s a good chance they delete old backups. Hosting every edit is expensive, so there’s a decent chance they clean up old data after some months.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Warning, here’s the cynic in me coming out.

The NY times has a vested interest in discrediting AI, specifically LLMs (what they seem to be referring to) since journalism is a huge target here since it’s pretty easy to get LLMs to generate believable articles. So how I break down this article:

  1. Lean on Betterridge’s law of headlines to cast doubt about the long term prospects of LLMs
  2. Further the doubt by pointing out people don’t trust them
  3. Present them as a credible threat later in the article
  4. Juxtapose LLMs and cryptocurrencies while technically dismissing such a link (then why bring it up?)
  5. Leave the conclusion up to the reader

I learned nothing new about current or long term LLM viability other than a vague “they took our jerbs!” emotional jab.

AI is here to stay, and it’ll continue getting better. We’ll adapt to how it changes things, hopefully as fast or faster than it eliminates jobs.

Or maybe my tinfoil hat is on too tight.

sugar_in_your_tea,

I honestly don’t understand why they didn’t just use RFID for the grocery stores. Or maybe they are, idk, but it’s cheap and doesn’t require much training to apply. That way you can verify the AI without needing much labor at all.

Then again, I suppose that point wasn’t to make a grocery service, but an optical AI service to sell to others.

That said, a lot of people don’t seem to understand how AI works, and the natural response to not understanding something is FUD.

sugar_in_your_tea,

The purpose of the RFID wouldn’t be to catch thieves, but to train the AI. As the AI gets better at detecting things, you reduce how many of the products are tagged. I’m seeing something like $0.30/ea on Amazon, ~$0.10/ea on Ali Express. I’m guessing an org like Amazon could get them even cheaper. I don’t know how well those work on cans, so maybe it’s a no-go, IDK.

Barcodes could probably work fine too, provided they’re big enough to be visible clearly to cameras.

Regardless, it seems like there are options aside from hiring a bunch of people to watch cameras. I’m interested to hear from someone more knowledgeable about why I’m wrong or whether they’re actually already doing something like this. I don’t live near any of the stores, so I can’t just go and see for myself (and are they still a thing?).

sugar_in_your_tea,

I don’t know about that, but I’m reminded of Figment.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Eh, someone needs to be the first to exit the matrix.

sugar_in_your_tea,

There’s something on the tip of my tongue. Something like ____ Zuck. Something that rhymes, and expresses how I feel about him and his platform. I just can’t quite put my finger on it…

😉

sugar_in_your_tea,

I think I’m closer to 10 years, but I do remember needing to recreate one for a few weeks while I worked with a few Facebook employees on a project.

Anyway, I don’t even know what Facebook looks like these days. My contacts occasionally mention it, but nothing important seems to happen there.

Just delete your account. It’s not a big deal, it’s just toxic people showing off for other toxic people.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Fortunately, my area has a popular classifieds at a local newspaper website, so I’ve never even looked at Facebook marketplace.

sugar_in_your_tea,

That sounds roughly about when I bailed on it.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Burninating the countryside!

sugar_in_your_tea,

Ornithology is the study of birds. They’re doing a mating ritual.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Giggity

sugar_in_your_tea,

Same, I convert to Roth a little at a time to control taxes. I’m in the 12% bracket, so I convert up to the end of that bracket at the end of the year.

That said, 401l does have some advantages over an IRA, such as backdoor-Roth compatibility, legal protection from lawsuits, and the loan option. I don’t need any of that, so I roll out ASAP.

So for those kinds of metrics, I just use the aggregate of all of my retirement accounts, so IRA, 401k, HSA, and taxable brokerage. I’m assuming most people only use their 401k or aggregate as well.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Looks like load and unload only.

sugar_in_your_tea,

I think Lemmy is pretty wild.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Yup, I gave up waiting and dug out my old Xbox 360 to play it. I honestly hadn’t heard about it until RDR2 came out and wanted to play the first. It was a fantastic experience, but I really would’ve preferred to play it on my PC, and I would’ve bought a copy from them instead of the used copy I found in eBay. Their loss I guess…

sugar_in_your_tea,

Playing through some games I’ve had in my library for a while:

  • AC Brotherhood - on Steam Deck
  • Red Dead Redemption II - PC
  • random indies - Steam Deck

Anyone know if Cities: Skylines II is good yet? I’ve been waiting for some of the core issues to be fixed (performance and economy) before buying. I’m also debating buying the last few DLC for EU4 before EUV (er, “Project Caesar”) comes out.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Chats are not the most basic use case for Teams, meetings are. And meetings work pretty well.

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