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RevEng
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Comment #49224115
It didn't happen in Canada, unless you mean the part where we rounded up all the natives and put them on reserves. I'm a white Canadian born and raised in Canada and I am far from …
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Comment #49158707
That's becoming less common. The issue is that, if training only contains examples of CVE reports, then asking for one will get you one, even if it's not grounded in reality. But i…
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Comment #49074386
Much of it comes from the same place. Depression, ADHD, and many others affect our ability to concentrate and plan. When you are in those situations, long term doesn't matter - you…
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Comment #49022083
In the US hacking is a federal crime, not just a civil matter. There are famous cases of people being imprisoned for hacking.
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Comment #49022044
It doesn't matter how much good it can do if it can act independently and take over the world. That's worst case scenario, but the point stands - if the potential for such dangers …
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Comment #49002138
It is scary how often I'll mention something in a face-to-have conversation and suddenly it's showing up in ads. It's way too often to be coincidence, especially with how unlikely …
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Comment #48957100
Those things it can do by putting a sleep in the script or command line or executes, but that works for external shell calls. It doesn't have an internal sleep tool or rate limitin…
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Comment #48917329
They said "the" human kind, not "one" human mind. Even with structures, rules, and other tools, we are limited in the amount we can abstract, comprehend, and communicate. As projec…
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Comment #48917178
Private mode assumes you choose in advance. If you are suddenly approached, you can trigger the quick exit without any prior planning and it can be done inconspicuously.
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Comment #48908927
This is exactly the lens I use myself. I write AI software and I use it in my development process, but I try to use the AI to do things that don't remove my agency, but extend my c…
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Comment #48908596
If this were the only option, sure. It's not - the article points out several other possibilities. Just because one option isn't accessible to all doesn't mean we have to accuse th…
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Comment #48908526
Because I can't read all content to judge its value. I used to use other signals to help judge: literacy, reputation of the writer or publisher, the media they used to communicate.…
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Comment #48908424
They covered that situation with the pen plotter. There are signals of commitment that you can't fake. The article isn't saying anything about accuracy or authorship, only that you…
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Comment #48908377
There is plenty of info here. That you failed to notice it is a separate issue.
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Comment #48908323
This isn't about proof that you wrote it - it's about proof that you care. It was important enough that you spent the effort to write it out, or were so dedicated that you committe…
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Comment #48631117
What are some better options? I honestly can't think of any way of proving someone's age other than electronic ID provided by a well trusted institution like a government. The only…
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Comment #48611740
Trump agreed to the MoU saying it's allies would stop attacks, including in Lebanon. Israel continues to bomb it. It's up to Trump to put pressure on Israel to stop in order to mak…
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Comment #48610189
Funny how quickly "won't someone think of the children" turns into mandatory government ID for private services, banning necessary and secure (and encrypted) communications systems…
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Comment #48566154
Two of my co-workers have the last names Dyck and Cox. I've seen others whose last name is literally Dick. And let's not forget the famous actor Dick Van Dyke who strikes out twice…
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Comment #48565850
I don't care for his vision. I'm basing that on his words and actions, not based on anybody else's propaganda.
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Comment #48564462
I quite liked Cursor. I even tried Claude Code and found myself wanting to go back to Cursor. Unfortunately, this completely kills it for me. I will not support Elon Musk or any of…
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Comment #48564431
That prospectus didn't make anything clear. It was pictures of rockets and rubbish about "the light of consciousness". The only real information was buried deep in the middle and i…
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Comment #48564394
You pay a 3x markup to rent a server through AWS than managing your own. You pay for convenience. At shall annals that's fine, but for large companies with their own datacenters, y…
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Comment #48363952
That's a strange one. I had to use POA for my mother in law last summer and it was straight forward.