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tezoatlipoca

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to

#Canadian (sorry). Being kind, empathetic and supportive to others, #vaccines, #vegans and #LGBT+ are cool; convoys and racists and *phobes are not. Computer Engineer, #software #developer, #technical #writer, #translation manager, reformed project manager and #SCRUMmaster, dad and boyfriend.

I like video games, programming, baking and cooking. While Im not #vegan, LawyerGF is, so I'm vegan-ISH.

#tootfinder #searchable @waterlooregion #fedi22

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jason_w_karpf, to ai
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A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience - Popular Mechanics

Closer still with Claude 3. Where would sci-fi be without computers run amok? My own anthology about AI coming soon—The HONOR System.

@bookstodon @religion https://apple.news/Ak-bKnzNrQ2-mGMc98mgo7A

tezoatlipoca,
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@jason_w_karpf @bookstodon @religion Has Claude 3 obtained sentience? no. Has the author of this article achieved sentience? Also no.

>>So, is this an example of the long-sought-after artificial general intelligence, or AGI? A thinking robot that shows signs of sentience? Well, no.

If your headline says x, but the article not only doesn't back up x, but explicitly says !x, well, your title is bad, and you should feel bad.

Wtf is bad w/ "Claude 3 AI beats ChatGPT in all metrics?"

NunavutBirder, to random
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The three best hit men movies are

  • In Bruges
  • Léon: The Professional
  • Gross Pointe Blank

Fight me.

tezoatlipoca,
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@NunavutBirder popcorn!

shoq, to random
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LOL Kagan has boxed Sauer in. Now she’s punching him in the face with an ungloved hand.

tezoatlipoca,
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@shoq What time was that at? ~35:00?

I had no idea the audio was being livestreamed this is great.

tezoatlipoca,
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@shoq KBJ up now. go get em.

tezoatlipoca,
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@shoq If I just heard right,

KBJ: without the threat of criminal prosecution what's to prevent a sitting president from doing crime?

Saur: oh well there are protections.

KBJ: but being impeached just means you lose your job. There are no true consequences.

Saur: oh don't worry about it. It hasn't happened in 248 yrs IM sure it won't happen.

tezoatlipoca, to ai
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This shit is ridiculous.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/carv-raises-10m-series-a-to-help-gaming-and-ai-firms-monetize-data

"Hey, we want to help you earn money on your when models are trained on it."

Uh. Im playing Candy Crush dude. Exactly what of my data are you using, and do I get to know whose using it?

<awkward silence> "We'd rather not say."

Ok, how much do I earn?

"$0.000012 per blidgiflet"

What the fuck is a blidgiflet?

"Its when a neural layer absloms your home addr-"

Wait, what did you s-

"Oh look at the time gotta go!"

tezoatlipoca,
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You know, I used to think, perhaps naively, that when you downloaded a mobile app and it asked for permission to access your contacts or your files that it was lazy programming. i.e. the API for contacts or your photos has a method in it that the developer needed, but you have to give permission for the whole API.

But now, I'm convinced that its because they're blatantly asking to steal our shit and we've been dumb enough to say "sure, why the fuck not".

So how do we unnormalize this?

tezoatlipoca, to selfhosted
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So I have a bunch of services running at home. Now, my home is your typical large Canadian telco (aka assholes) and they are actively sabotaging my host-at home stuff. (i.e. I set it up, it works a few days, then it stops being reachable from outside, at work, rebooting doesn't fix etc.)

Can any recommend a reliable "just works" remoting solution (where the host is linux) where I can always remote in if the host has power and an outbound connection?? (paid is ok)

RickiTarr, to random
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I love when the public bathroom toliet is in a fully enclosed little room, so no one can look at my feet or peak through the cracks. Stay away you bathroom voyeurs!

tezoatlipoca,
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@dan613 @RickiTarr And gas stations too I've noticed.
It also means bathrooms can be ambliviisex again.

Why did we get rid of these again? was it because of the rampant drug problem that turns out doesn't actually exist?

hotdogsladies, to random
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Man, the lengths I'll go to for a bit that three people will see.

I'm like a gibbon with a flamethrower.

tezoatlipoca,
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@hotdogsladies lol. Psst. Hey kid. U want connections? I got all 3 (though id have to rip 1 cause its on dvd)

GayDeceiver, to random
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“What do you mean my emails are lost? I put them in a PST file!”
“Yes, but 100 GB is way beyond the recommended capacity. Way too much.”
“I don’t care. Just fix it.”
“…”
“You heard me. Fix it.”

tezoatlipoca,
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@mentallyalex @GayDeceiver Ditto that sounds like a super duper not fun time if you have to fix that.

That "big PST" file thing and the fear of one day discovering that one of my super big PST files was bork was the straw to kick me over to TBird. That and paying $50 for tools to do basic things like move shit around from folder to folder efficiently because the stupid file format is still somewhat closed and there aint no tools.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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I try not to pay attention to the constant, never-ending, inexorable stream of adverts being beamed into my face. But this one for yoghurt makes me crazy. It's called Fage. It's clearly called Fage. Only they're insisting it's pronounced 'Faya' (fire). I am sure this is retrofitted and refuse to believe anyone is calling it Faya. Stop lying to us, yoghurt people.

tezoatlipoca,
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@TheBreadmonkey @wendinoakland @KeefJudge @Alice Is Worchestehshishsshire on that list?

tezoatlipoca,
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@TheBreadmonkey @wendinoakland @KeefJudge @Alice Hey and I didn't even bring up Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

davidaugust, to workersrights
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Job Description: "fast-paced environment"

Otherwise known as: "we can’t project manage"

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

#work #job #JobDescription #antiwork

tezoatlipoca,
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@davidaugust Also known in the long form as (not that this is my situation) "we have a competent project manager, but product management is a sock puppet with sale's hand up its ass and they keep changing priorities and over committing to customers that I literally can't update the schedules and dashboards fast enough, let lone reorganize our too-few resources let alone give them runway to ramp to velocity before they change their minds again. Yet somehow its our fault we can't deliver."

kcarruthers, (edited ) to random
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The Epoch Times’ Unholy Journalism: How a new [right wing nut job] religion’s pro-Trump rag became one of the world’s fastest-growing newspapers.

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/the-epoch-times-unholy-journalism/

tezoatlipoca,
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@researchbuzz @kcarruthers As in the Epoch Times run by Falun Gong?

>They are known for their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), espousing anti-evolutionary views, opposition to homosexuality and feminism, and rejection of modern medicine, among other views described as "ultra-conservative".

Ah. Fox News Plus.

AAKL, to Instagram

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    tezoatlipoca,
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    @AAKL Namaste! Hello! I'm Meta AI, your friendly AI Assistant. How can I assist you today?

    How can I disable Meta AI in my insta?

    I'm sorry, I don't understa-

    And how do I opt-out from all data collection and use of my DMs to train you?

    I'm afraid I can't allow that Dave

    CTRL+F4
    Hey, why can't I close Instagram?

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    Question: Am I the only person who can't tell the difference between 720 and 1080?

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi tv wise, nope. Im still rockin a 17 yr old 720p 32 inch handmedown. Is fine.

    Computer monitor tho.. 720 is tiny.

    vwbusguy, to random
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    Fellow users. Where are y'all moving to? Is there a fork?

    https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @vwbusguy do we need to go anywhere? its not like IRC is adding any features much these days.

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @raptor85 @vwbusguy <checks mIRC> holy shit.. actively maintained.

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    It's Friday.

    Glad you made it.

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @Mrfunkedude I just have to make it to 11:30.

    Every other friday at 11 I have a 1:1 with my boss. Whom I dislike. And the work is boring. And there's way too much of it. Getting fired wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

    When the only thing keeping you at a job is 20% awesome coworkers and 80% "I hate job hunting and interviewing".... meh.

    atomicpoet, to random
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    Do you like Civilization? Do you like Homeworld?

    Then you’ll love Sins of a Solar Empire, a title that combines 4X depth with RTS gameplay.

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @atomicpoet Sins is great. And yes, it IS like Civ and Homeworld had a baby.

    Aaaand, I bought my copy like 6? 7? years ago and everytime I fire it up they've added more things.

    speaking of, Homeworld 3 drops in six weeks! Time to dust off your remastered 1 & 2 collection (Catacalysm was a nice spin off but I think its stuck circa 2002 graphics)

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @atomicpoet I have never even heard of it. But now I Have. I will try it for less than $5. (first few reviews I dug up aren't... uh.. favourable.)

    astrid, to random
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    I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, and the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas...

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @astrid Skip a bit sister.

    mentallyalex, to random
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    My Dearest Mary,

    I hope this letter finds you well. I was unaware that we were acquainted but your recent texts to me would leave me to believe that I am in error.

    You mentioned, several times I might add, my ongoing struggles with obtaining insurance as a real estate agent. As I have told you in the past, that isn't me you keep messaging.

    I'm not in real estate, I don't need your estimates, your listings, your assistance, your leads, or really anything from you.

    I have blocked your number a few hundred times, Mary. You really seem to be unable to understand the simple truth. The truth is, this isn't real. You are a robocaller, I am a bored man in a very boring presentation. It's just not meant to be.

    Please don't take this too harshly. You have plenty of skills, have you considered working for a game show? Perhaps on the dark web as an attack script? Find yourself some happiness Mary, for both our sakes.

    Sincerely,
    Alex and his phone

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @aria_unbound @mentallyalex There's a bot around here that spits out Midsomer Murder plots. Surprised there isn't one that generates Hallmark christmas special plots.

    "When Fiona gets dumped she heads for a week in Vermont at her Dad's country Inn. There she runs into her ex with his new girlfriend. She strikes a deal with the Inn's chef, Derek, to be her "boyfriend"... less for the week."

    Srsly, thats a real one. "Moonlight in Vermont"

    <barf>

    dannotdaniel, to random
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    "DO NOT WASH YOUR CYBERTRUCK IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT BECAUSE IT CAN STAIN YOUR CAR"

    CYBERTRUCK is the Happy Fun Ball of automobiles. The $61,000 Happy Fun Ball.

    tezoatlipoca,
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    @dannotdaniel @paul @NickGates @kyleejohnson @lisamelton I want Nedry's password lockout bobblehead, but instead its Elon Mux. Uh uh uh! You didn't say the magic word!

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