wizardbeard

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have this printed out at work and at home specifically to try and help counter that. Can't really say that it's working though, lol.

https://xkcd.com/1205

I usually have to argue in terms of time savings from eliminating surface for human error.

Excuse me? I didn't say fucking anything about keeping this from being political. I suggested some extra patience and room for nuance when judging the voting populace on the actions of their elected officials.

Beyond that, did my phrasing about getting your scope zeroed fly over your fucking head? Only clipped your ear maybe?

To make it crystal fucking clear: I told you that your take is absolutely fucking ghoulish to direct at the victims and I stand by that. Go after the fucking politicians with all you fucking have, not the people who have lost their kids.

That's it. None of this fucking essay you've imagined into my motiviations. I'm done, so feel free to crazy up some more shit I never said. Have fun with it. Go nuts.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Spite/Fury has been a good one for me in the past, in addition to those.


"How in the fuck was this ever allowed to get to this point? There's no way we can keep up with this unless we change the approach. I'm automating this shit whether they like it or not."

Write an entire chunk of code to handle some edge case that shouldn't exist, but does because people are stupid and make typos on critical shit, in one single frustration fuelled fugue state.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A company that makes learning material to help people learn to code made a test of programming basics for devs to find out if their basic skills have atrophied after use of AI. They posted it on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44507369

Not a lot of engagement yet, but so far there is one comment about the actual test content, one shitposty joke, and six comments whining about how the concept of the test itself is totally invalid how dare you.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm not following how blocking this handful of users involves "getting really good with personal filters". In jerboa it's like three taps to block someone, and the last time I used voyager or lemmy through a desktop browser it was similarly easy. And how does blocking people uncritically posting that content risk blocking people bashing AI?

This just seems like a repeat of the witch hunt post about the db0 instance a few days ago. I can only speak for myself, but the last thing I want is for this to become some sort of community where we organize against specific users or communities. Fighting amongst ourselves in this little slice of internet social media will have no effect on the actual companies and market forces pushing this slop.

A big part of what makes lemmy what it is is that people aren't doing that sort of witch hunt shit here. If you want to curate other communities, then make your own copy and enforce your rules on it, or work your way into their mod team.

Most of all, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. And holding their head under just gets you a drowned horse. Speak out as you can and curate your own experience.

So even this instance of personal responsibility is significantly offset by the actions of a few. I'm all for doing what each of us can, but that's fucking hilarious.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My sincerest apologies, I am a clown. Previous posts edited.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Edit:

Fuck, I'm wrong, you're right. I must have spot checked the Gemini fan club or something out of my end users. Still don't know how all our luddite inter-office mail couriers got it.

Looks like Google has added a Gemini options page to Android settings regardless of the app install, which is where my confusion on my own device came from.

Old postMy... tooling? So you don't even understand what MDM means. Ugh. Hope you had fun with the shitposting.


For the crowd, it's mobile device management. In this scenario, it is being used to manage access to company resources (work email) through specific siloed off apps on employees' personal phones. Employee says "I want to read my work email from my phone", we say "sure, just install this MDM that allows us to remotely wipe it from your phone, or to wipe your entire phone, and also lets us track your phone's location and all installed apps".

Personally, as part of the team that admins that system, I don't allow it on my personal device.

It could be used to manage company owned phones and tablets for places that use them instead of point of sale systems, but the general use case is for managing "bring your own" personal devices and their access to work data.

Point is, Gemini is installed on too many of my end-users' personal devices for it to be just something people are choosing to install themselves. Not enough tech savvy people here for that to work out statistically. Our fucking interoffice mail couriers have it (at least the ones with phones new enough to support our MDM).

Plus, it's on my personal phone. I sure as hell didn't go out of my way to install it. It came in through the standard Google Play app updates. Like everyone else but this dingleberry is saying.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So, what this seems to be saying, and what is reflected in the settings screens I can access on devices I have at hand, is that Gemini will still have (limited) functionality hooking jnto certain apps even if you've disabled "Gemini App history".

~~The app is being pushed through normal updates via Google Play (by your carrier or Google itself). In some cases the app can be uninstalled by the end user through the normal UI, and in other cases it installs as a system app and requires adb to be used to disable and/or uninstall it.~~

EDIT: FALSE, GOOGLE HAS NOT PUSHED THE APP OUT YET, JUST A SETTINGS PAGE

As always, the most secure way to use android is through a custom locked down ROM like Graphene OS.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Edit:

Fuck, I'm wrong, you’re right. I must have spot checked the Gemini fan club or something out of my end users. Still don't know how all our luddite inter-office mail couriers got it.

Looks like Google has added a Gemini options page to Android settings regardless of the app install, which is where my confusion on my own device came from.

Old postSo... it's only an issue for any phone still pulling normal updates through Google Play.

That would still be the majority buddy.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Edit:

Fuck, I'm wrong, you're right. I must have spot checked the Gemini fan club or something out of my end users. Still don't know how all our luddite inter-office mail couriers got it.

Looks like Google has added a Gemini options page to Android settings regardless of the app install, which is where my confusion on my own device came from.

Old postShow proof then.

Then how did it end up on my phone, or on the over 1000 android phones my workplace oversees through mdm solutions?

It's being pushed with normal automatic app updates through Google Play.

I'm sure there's a combination out there that would get what I'm looking for. I just haven't found it yet, and a lot of the scene (especially what gets coverage by youtubers) seem to be focused on increasing difficulty by making individual zombies more threatening (night sprinters, randomizers, adding different "zany" zombie types) or adding environmental hazards (nuclear fallout, airborne virus, eternal winter).

 

Crossposting from lemm.ee's technology community

PDF of the study

Hahahahaha. At least they had the balls to publish and host it themselves.

 

Love this inversion of the song trope of lamenting the loss of nature. It's a satirical lament of the loss of corporate development.

Lyrics:

Here we stand

Like an Adam and an Eve

Waterfalls

The Garden of Eden

Two fools in love

So beautiful and strong

The birds in the trees

Are smiling upon them

From the age of the dinosaurs

Cars have run on gasoline

Where, where have they gone?

Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory

Now, there are mountains and rivers

You got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake

Now, we got something for dinner

We got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall

Now, it's all covered with flowers

You've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise

I wish I had a lawnmower

You've got it, you've got it

Years ago

I was an angry young man

I'd pretend

That I was a billboard

Standing tall

By the side of the road

I fell in love

With a beautiful highway

This used to be real estate

Now, it's only fields and trees

Where, where is the town?

Now, it's nothing but flowers

The highways and cars

Were sacrificed for agriculture

I thought that we'd start over

But I guess I was wrong, hey

Once there were parking lots

Now, it's a peaceful oasis

You got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut

Now, it's all covered with daisies

You got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks

Dairy Queens and Seven-Elevens

You got it, you got it

And as things fell apart

Nobody paid much attention

You got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies

Candy bars and chocolate chip cookies

You got it, you got it

We used to microwave

Now, we just eat nuts and berries

You got it, you got it

This was a discount store

Now, it's turned into a cornfield

You got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here

I can't get used to this lifestyle

 

US Congress proposed bill to allow AI to prescribe drugs and medical treatment

Original post from the Fuck AI community: https://lemmy.world/post/24681591

The fact that this has even been proposed is horrifying on so many fucking levels. Technically it has to be approved by the state invovled and the FDA, but opening this door even a crack is so absurdly out of touch with reality.

 
 

What's your favorite pronoun candy?

 

I always get a kick out of goofy ass edits of right wing, facebook tier "memes"

 
 
 

So I'm coming back to the game after a two year break. I didn't get too deep into the game before, mostly doing low level combat and trading.

I was wondering what resources people more familiar with the game would suggest I check out for getting into some of the other content like mining, exobiology, and exploration. I'd like to take a shot at the basics of the different gameplay loops/styles before I start trying to get into the deeper content like engineering.

Unfortunately a lot of guides I've found seem to focus on maximum optimization before you even try to get into the content. I don't want to do an engineering grind, or grind to get an FC, before I figure out if I even like the type of gameplay it's going to make easier.

 

We've heard the anguished screams of the Funhole community for an alternative to the Funhole Times. For a hard hitting publication unafraid to dig deep, unrestrained by concepts like "common sense", "integrity", "anti-treason laws", "libel lawsuits", and "basic measures of competence".

We're proud to bring you a snippet of the inaugural issue of the Funhole Gazette, and we hope some competition will drive us all to make even better content in the new year!

We also vigorously deny any allegations of sabotage of the Funhole Times facilities.

 

New Ed! Not much particularly new info, just a general lament and summary of the state of tech and how much has been pinned on magical thinking. Has some wonderfully quotable sections.

What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What if artificial intelligence isn't actually capable of doing much more than what we're seeing today, and what if there's no clear timeline when it'll be able to do more? What if this entire hype cycle has been built, goosed by a compliant media ready and willing to take career-embellishers at their word?

Please forgive my addition to the title, as it's meant to be a play on "Waiting for Godot", not a comment on the Godot game engine. Wanted to make that more clear than the title alone would.

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