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aeischeid

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From Iowa in the USA. Full Stack Web Dev working to curb CO2 emissions. Christian, Anarchist-ish, Husband, Father, Learner, Collector of eclectic hobbies not even half mastered, More...

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nixCraft , to Random stuff
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This is funny. OpenAI, who scraped the entire internet to build its product, is now enforcing copyright via notices. They still don’t give credit for stealing content from everyone, yet now acting like holier-than-thou https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1cnvyzp/

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    • aeischeid ,
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    @nixCraft maybe others have pointed out already, but copyright and trademark violation are quite different, and OpenAI seems to be asserting on trademark not copyright in spite of the text here talking about "copyrighted logos" it seems more about unauthorized use of trademarked logo

    Not that I want to defend OpenAI, but if you want to pin them on something I don't think this would be it

    aeischeid , to Random stuff
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    Over the weekend I applied this neat little CSS trick for implementing color change effect on the pagination component of my blog. One little CSS rule solves it for both light and dark themes!

    pagination component screenshot - light theme
    CSS code li:hover { filter: hue-rotate(90deg); }

    Techaltar , to Random stuff
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    I made quantum dots to learn how TVs work!

    This has to be one of my favorite videos to date 😎

    Live now on Nebula (YouTube version coming later):
    https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-i-made-quantum-dots-to-learn-how-tvs-work

    aeischeid ,
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    @Techaltar Cool Stuff!!

    Very briefly you mentioned how this might be useful for solar PV. Did you learn more on that?

    Theoretically it makes sense since silicon cells generate current from a certain wavelengths of light, meaning some of the sunlight is essentially unused, so putting some quantum dots in a layer to absorb those unused wavelengths and emit them as useful ones does sound like it would have a lot of promise, but I am sure there are reasons its not already being done.

    polotek , to Random stuff
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    Me: I think I need more flexibility than what mastodon offers right now.

    Them: What do you mean? Mastodon is super flexible! What do you need?

    Me: Well I don't like X and I'd rather have Y.

    Them: Oh, yeah it definitely doesn't do that. But you're sort of wrong for wanting that anyway. Glad I could help!

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek This is clearly framed to make them seem absurd, but ...

    if X is a thing that is meant to be a thing that prevents abusive behavior and Y is a thing that enables even more abusive behavior (not saying it is... I haven't been following to know your X or Y, just, ya know...) then they would be absolutely be justified in replying that way

    ie. "you're sort of wrong for wanting that" is not necessarily an absurd stance/reply.

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Kobo adds color to its e-reader lineup for the first time, starting at $149

    New Kobos are a lot cheaper than most no-name color e-readers you can buy.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/kobo-adds-color-to-its-e-reader-lineup-for-the-first-time-starting-at-149/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    aeischeid ,
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    @arstechnica Love my current Kobo! There are very few occasions I can think of where color might have been legitimately nice to have, but still sort of tempting to upgrade for this big technological upgrade.

    davidho , to Random stuff
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    This “big load” would fit in my MINI.

    aeischeid ,
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    @davidho yep. On multiple occasions have hauled more landscaping or building supplies than this in my Prius.

    polotek , to Random stuff
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    That's right. It's sort of the core issue in educating people about LLMs. They don't "sometimes hallucinate". They always hallucinate. By design.

    But I also think we should graduate from saying they "just" make things up. They have a sophisticated inner model that means they're more likely to hallucinate towards things that seem correct when read by humans. And studying how they are able to do that is actually interesting.
    https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/112203183163246574

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek Pedantic maybe, but "hallucinating" is a thing that happens in a mind. There is no mind, there is no hallucination.

    Thus, there will be no progression, as is often implied, from it "imagining" fake things to "imagining" real things.

    Us humans are anthropomorphizing a process based on it's output, if anyone is hallucinating it is us.

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek None taken, "language is use" [Wittgenstein]. It evolves & is evolving for sure, but given how confused people are on this topic, as much as we can use more precise language I think it may be worth the effort.

    Instead of saying the machine hallucinated, or thought, or guessed, or any number of other subtle ways we suggest with our words that the machine had a mind or a mental model or emotions, we can frame it more accurately. Its not as easy as swapping one word for another, though.

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek @FeralRobots Yeah, it anthropomorphizes itself, but they are just words.

    You agree that uncritically believing whatever it says about the external world is bad, but seem to suggest its only natural to see its apologizes for being wrong as sincere, and, what, infer it is correcting its model of reality based on our input?

    Sure, re-roll the magic 8 ball for a better answer, but don't believe it's really sorry about its previous bad answer. If others do believe that, correct them.

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek @FeralRobots I am not attempting to be hostile. Aiming for dialog in good faith, not to pin you with some gotcha stuff.

    Based on what you were saying about the "ship had sailed" I was stating where I felt my assumptions were being led with attempt to have that in a question form that you could clarify if you wised to.

    Because you are not obligated to answer, I sort of followup with what I think the answer ought to be too, but it doesn't mean it wasn't a genuine question

    aeischeid ,
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    @polotek @FeralRobots Message received.

    I think I will use words of my own choosing. Quite generous of you.

    adamconover , to Random stuff
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    Latest episode of Factually is up! What does a world without journalism look like?

    Journalism is Collapsing with Matt Pearce:
    https://youtu.be/k9c-KaOasnI

    aeischeid ,
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    @adamconover Just watching your episode with Yanis Varoufakis and really enjoying it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKzlB_jrOyk

    Add another to the queue!

    notjustbikes , to Random stuff
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    The latest Philosophy Tube video is about cities ... with a twist!

    This is a great video and delves into some important topics. And I was very happy to collab with Abi to make it happen!

    https://youtu.be/2lHNkUjR9nM

    aeischeid ,
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    @notjustbikes Really good!

    A link to the nebula version for those who prefer that

    https://nebula.tv/videos/philosophytube-why-we-cant-build-better-cities-ft-not-just-bikes

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Big Tech is extremely unimpressed by Apple’s EU App Store changes

    "It took about an hour for app developers to realize they had been screwed."

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/big-tech-is-extremely-unimpressed-by-apples-eu-app-store-changes/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    aeischeid ,
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    @arstechnica Not just big tech!

    devs or dev teams that aren't big enough to maintain apps in various app stores and wrestle with all the arbitrary approval hoops are also pissed. A lot of them just want PWAs to be a realistic option. Many already had working PWAs that will now be broken.

    Your focus on "big tech" sets up a Google & Meta vs Apple frame. but Apple vs the web and indie devs, while maybe less dramatic is probably where the real impact lies for most users and devs

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    In New Mexico, the BLM has had to balance public safety and saving fossils

    Blasting is happening at a former mining site that's also home to unique fossils.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/in-new-mexico-the-blm-has-had-to-balance-public-safety-and-saving-fossils/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    aeischeid ,
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    @arstechnica Odd coincidence for me. I Just went on a family hike there last weekend!

    Sure was a lot less pleasant due to the annoying beeps of construction equipment which feel especially to loud for the dessert.

    aeischeid , to Random stuff
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    A thing that gives me some hope is all the battery chemistry breakthroughs I hear about. Seems like new ones each month or so, and has been this way for a few years. Obviously most of them are over-hyped, but if just a couple major breakthroughs actually land, or if multiple alternatives to lithium ion that are somewhat on par with it do, then it feels like game over for fossil fuels.

    gamingonlinux , to Random stuff
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    AMD announces Radeon RX 7600 XT, Ryzen 8000G series and new Ryzen 5000 series CPUs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/amd-announces-radeon-rx-7600-xt-ryzen-8000g-series-and-new-ryzen-5000-series-cpus/

    aeischeid ,
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    @gamingonlinux "For any normal consumer, their event was a hard boring watch with business people patting each-other on the back about AI advancements"

    Ha! Excellent commentary!

    shellsharks , to Firefox
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    Ok, are there any folks out there who can help me with this annoying issue? On basically every browser I've tried, the text I've positioned under this icon on my home page (https://shellsharks.com) appears correctly. But on FF, it floats kinda above the icon. From what I've researched, there are some known issues with Firefox and the position:absolute tag but I just can't figure out a workaround/fix. What makes this more odd is I am doing what seems to be the exact same thing with the icon right next to this on my home page with text underneath and that one is working fine. Thanks for the help!!!

    image/png

    aeischeid ,
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    @shellsharks @oobleck was about to suggest trying something like this. Position rule sometimes needs to be contained in other explicitly positioned elements. Some browsers seem to infer position if it isn't declared

    aeischeid , to Random stuff
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    🔥take: Excel is more of an IDE than what most web engineers think of as an IDE.

    The_Whore_of_Blahbylon , to Random stuff
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    aeischeid ,
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    @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Don't forget, you also have to chose your tip amount!

    georgetakei , to Random stuff
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    We must learn from history so that we do not repeat it.

    aeischeid ,
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    @georgetakei absolutely, do not vote for fascism, but also we know some of what makes people vote that way, and we are not doing enough to address the failings of our current democracy which is why we are in legitimate danger of having a dictator being elected. we need better voting systems (like ), and more representatives (), and to to address some of the top reasons so many have so little faith in government

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    2023 had the best improvement in fuel efficiency in 9 years, says EPA

    Model-year 2022 cars, crossovers, and yes, even SUVs are the most-efficient, ever.

    https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/2023-had-the-best-improvement-in-fuel-efficiency-in-9-years-says-epa/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    aeischeid , (edited )
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    @arstechnica Nice nod to @notjustbikes in that post, but you might want to check out what one of my other favorites sources on this topic, @TheWarOnCars, has to say WRT your line, "it's what US customers want from their new vehicles, like it or not", because that is a very bad interpretation of 'market trends'.

    aeischeid , to Random stuff
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    Nobody ever explained how much of parenting was just like being around to make sure your kids don't have a toothpaste fight or some nonsense

    itsfoss , (edited ) to Linux
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    Whichever one it is, don't start the great editor wars in the comments! 😛

    aeischeid ,
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    @itsfoss been giving Lapse a go, definitely not the most stable, but a lot of potential https://lapce.dev/

    bernd , to Random stuff
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    >> Firefox supports a new “Copy Link Without Site Tracking” feature in the context menu which ensures that copied links no longer contain tracking information.

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/120.0/releasenotes/

    aeischeid ,
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    @bernd Great feature!

    Unfortunately, also one that plenty of users will probably be befuddled by. Almost think that should be the default functionality of "Copy Link", and there could be a "Copy Link With Site Tracking".

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal

    Google and Apple specifically requested that detail be confidential.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/google-witness-accidentally-blurts-out-that-apple-gets-36-cut-of-safari-deal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    aeischeid ,
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    @arstechnica So one of the reason developers like @slightlyoff hypothesized that actual alternative browsers on iOS are not allowed was to protect App Store profits, and not to say that is wrong, but a 36% cut of Google's revenue from default placement in Safari has to factor in too!

    Though it only emphasizes how underfunded Safari development was for so long given how much revenue it was generating.

    aeischeid , to Random stuff
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    Our 10yr old has gotten REALLY into mechanical watches & clocks to the point he's on the verge of starting a side gig repairing them. He mentions his hobby to everyone, and a lot of folks have a not-quite-working item sitting around. He's fixed a number of them.

    He has had a tough time with an civil war era pocket watch, but was finally able to salvage a compatible part from somewhere, and he got it ticking today. He was so proud, and wants to share with everyone.

    Kid working on pocket watch at his workstation

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