riskable

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Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes! Because cyber bullying can only happen on platforms that are designed specifically for adults. By banning children from social networks, we will have completely eliminated the problem and totally not at all created much worse problems like potentially leaking the identities of millions of people and destroying the entire concept of privacy.

(Nods head vigorously)

https://theforestscout.com/40129/in-our-opinion/how-a-childrens-game-turned-into-an-outlet-for-bullying/

Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

When my kids were young, but old enough that they may inadvertently stumble upon porn, I told them the truth. The truth that so few explain to their children. The truth that many adults don't understand and many more completely forget.

Porn is fake.

It's not real. The sounds? Acting. The breasts? Those are fake too. The perfect skin? Makeup (or airbrush).

Even "amateur" porn is fake! As soon as someone agrees to be filmed having sex it ceases to be real.

Also, let me get this straight: Your greatest fear from children being exposed to porn is they might begin to accept mysogyny‽ As in, you think porn is the most likely place kids will be exposed to it and somehow just nod their heads‽ "Oh wow, that's totally sexist! But they're having sex so it must be OK. I'll try to be like that!" (Child nods head).

Or perhaps you think kids will be viewing so much porn—specifically, the mysogynistic kind—that it will somehow carve mysogyny into their minds?

This is so much like the beliefs of conservatives that try to ban books that mention LGBTQ people. Stop and think for a moment: How much porn did you view as a kid? How did that impact your life?

I seriously doubt it changed much. Unless, of course, you were reading Playboy for the articles.

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind in c/hardware@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago

Oooh! Maybe they'll finally invent an actual reason to use it.

Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 25 points 8 hours ago (10 children)

Just think: Without legislation like this, kids will be able to see people having sex! Thus, ending their lives. Not so different from staring into the eyes of Medusa!

The amount of children exposed to sex that have died—or suffered worse consequences like early onset conservatism—may have been zero so far but the dangers are clear! We must skip right over parental involvement in child rearing and go straight to the source of the problem: Computers.

Computers have been giving everyone access to too much information for too long! We must restrict it! The first step is to get an implementation that actually works to censor information—to save the children (wink wink)—then later, we will have the tools necessary to censor whatever we want!

When glorious dictator decides that information about trans-genic mice must be erased from the Internet, we shall have the power to do so!

Love this in c/wholesome@reddthat.com
[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 13 hours ago

My Plott Hound knows this tune. It's the song of her people.

It’s Not Just Andrew, the Entire Monarchy Is Rotten in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Monarchies are rotten. The entire concept!

Having a bad day? This will make you smile in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 38 points 1 day ago

With this upgrade, he can now log in to work!

University of Texas limits on teaching of "unnecessary controversial subjects" in c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Anything related to conservative ideology better be banned, then!

power fantasy or yield fantasy? in c/keepwriting@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

The Giving Tree

At least one of the 7 letters has still some relevance to my life. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

The problem is it's an arms race! Stop treating LLMs like their existence is the problem and start viewing it via the lens of war:

The enemy has lots of badly-behaving LLMs! Marketers, scammers, and lazy management are equipped with Big AI brand LLMzookas that are sending hallucinations our way!

Captain: "So what do we do about it?"

Soldier: "Captain, there's FOSS LLMs that we can deploy! We can use them to defeat the enemy's bullshit slingers! They can be used to search the web on our behalf to filter out hallucinations and advertisements disguised as content! We can set them up to monitor enemy deployments and analyze intelligence to find the truth and stop propaganda in its tracks!"

Captain: "...but can FOSS AI generate boobs‽"

Soldier: "Sir, FOSS has already surpassed commercial AI in that front of the war."

Captain: "We need to deploy FOSS AI ASAP!"

Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say in c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Define, "hacked." I ask because there's degrees to this sort of thing.

Example 1: Hacker finds SQL injection vulnerability and uses it to change his bill after booking.

Example 2: "Hacker" changes the HTML form that submits his booking by changing a read-only value to read-write and adjusts the price to $1.

The first one is actual hacking. The second? Come on! In that case the hotel accepted the booking with the reduced price. That's not really hacking, that's just a comedy of errors in judgement on behalf of the hotel.

The second example is like changing the price tag on something in a store to $0.01 and then having the clerk look at it and say, "well, that seems low but the price that says one cent, so..." 🤷

99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

Brush the chips off before they go into the MRI then!

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[WP] A new season of River Monsters (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by riskable@programming.dev to c/writingprompts@literature.cafe
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River Monsters was cancelled because they ran out of monsters! They literally caught them all (Note: This is the real reason; I'm not making that up!).

Because of this—and the impressive staying power/popularity of the show over time—the executives have decided to fund continuing research to discover a new world, and this research has finally bore fruit!

A new world—full of rivers—has finally been found! Because of their continuous funding, they get first crack at it.

A daring crew is assembled, they start recording, and enter the portal...

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Do you think the DRAM shortages will result in more of a focus on software optimization? (programming.dev)
 

I'm guessing that we'll see lots of news in 2026 about how companies are hiring developers to help improve the memory efficiency of their software because they just can't get enough servers. Also, the servers they do get will have reduced RAM compared to what they wanted.

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Windows users be like (programming.dev)
 

He gets out of Windows! 😀👍

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Bought new fire extinguishers (programming.dev)
 

The fire extinguisher in my garage is almost 20 years old now and the pressure gauge is right at the edge of the red zone. That means it's time to order a new one!

Decided to get two because it seems like a good idea to have one out by the grill (and they're a better deal that way) 👍

Very excited because this means I get to ~~play~~ teach the kids how to properly use a fire extinguisher with the old one! Been a while since we used the fire pit out back...

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Antilocution (en.wikipedia.org)
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Analog Intelligence (programming.dev)
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That sinking feeling of Meta Quest VR tracking (imgur.com)
 

Made this looping video on a whim this morning because you'd think they would've fixed this problem by now (after ~5 years and multiple headsets).

Wasn't sure where to share it so here you go, lemmy.world/Virtual Reality 😁

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Be careful what you wish for (programming.dev)
 

The genie asked the man, "do you wish you were worth a lot of money?"

Onlookers watched in horror as the quickest among them broke off large golden chunks of the statue before they could even get close to claim their own prize.

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I took out the pool filter and gave it a good cleaning today (programming.dev)
 

Pool pump has been a bit weak lately: The stream of water pouring out of the hot tub "waterfall" into the main pool had become more like a trickle. This usually indicates a significant clog or that the pool filter needs cleaning.

Considering I haven't cleaned the filter in almost a year I figured that was likely the problem. It wasn't 😮‍💨

Turns out that there's something stuck in the intake at the bottom of the pool which means I have to dive deep with a screwdriver in the super cold water and carefully clear out whatever is in there. Probably a plastic bag or similar.

Note: Never attempt such a thing while the pump is on! In fact, lock it down with some tape and maybe a warning label that says not to turn it on while you're doing your difficult work.

Been a long time since I had to hold my breath under water. I wonder if I can still reach 2 minutes? 🤔 Probably not with this water temperature 🤣

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The hidden gem of this season: If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student (programming.dev)
 

I just watched the final episode of If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student and I had to write something about it... When I first read the description of this anime I thought it looked stupid, "Another low effort anime." But of course I watched it anyway (because I run out of episodes fast on Sundays, haha) and it turned out fantastic!

The description is accurate but severely understates the concept: It's not a comedy but more akin to sci-fi or isekai with a, "what if?" scenario. What would it be like if your dead wife suddenly appears in the form of a little kid, saying she reincarnated? It does a pretty good job of going into the emotions and real-world problems (Japanese 🤣) people would run into in such a situation.

For example, what about the mother of the little girl‽ Wouldn't she be like, "WTF‽" Ummm... Yeah she would! And the show explores that aspect of the concept as well as the family of the deceased.

I highly recommend this anime. It'd probably be a great show to watch with your partner too. Also, make sure to have some tissues handy to soak up the tears!

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I cleaned the dishwasher filter today (programming.dev)
 

As I put a dish into the dishwasher I thought to myself, "🤔 I haven't cleaned the filter in a while." So I took it out and gave it a real good blast with piping hot water from the kitchen sink. I even scraped some of the gunk off with a dish brush to the point where I couldn't find a single mote of gunk upon careful examination.

Then I proceeded to refill the rinse aid (even though it wasn't empty) and--as usual--spilled that stuff all over the interior door in the process. Is it even possible to not spill the rinse aid when refilling it? 🤔

My journey didn't end there, however! I then proceeded to walk the entirety of my home searching for cups and plates that may have been left behind by my children, found several, and it was enough that it nearly filled the dishwasher racks; bottom and top.

The dishwasher has been started; the wait begins.

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The status quo may have changed (programming.dev)
 
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