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crayboff

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    Comment #42727035

    > The amount of deceit put out into the world and gobbled up, on purpose, in business is obscene and seriously depressing. In business, politics, everything. It almost seems like e…

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    Comment #39778226

    Yeah, even at companies with a lot of red tape and procedure, in the end it's just a group of people and people make stupid oversights. Doesn't mean there shouldn't be public shami…

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    Comment #39612200

    He means that he thinks the only reason why these generative AIs ever get info wrong and causing misinfo is because the businesses that write them are too woke and holding them bac…

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    Comment #39541436

    Tbf getting all of the engineers and leadership online to figure out what is going on, write and authorize a public statement is a pretty quick turnaround

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    Comment #38535097

    Thank you, this was probably my biggest concern

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    Comment #37491966

    I don't know if you're trolling or not. When you get good at it, it is much easier to skim through 10 lines of fluff to find the answer (that is usually visually distinguished in a…

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    Comment #36834920

    Honest question, do you complain that USA implemented this same type program in 2008/2009? Or do you just care now because this affects US travelers?

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    Comment #36834724

    I've also worked in a highly technical customer service role and you are absolutely right. 95% of our time was spent on 5% of our customers. Even though they spend millions of doll…

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    Comment #36834630

    > Do they not assign you a dedicated account manager like everyone else does? That's the TAM he's mentionioning.

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    Comment #36399217

    Absolutely, the only way for these to take off is if you have a single place you direct people that makes the whole process braindead simple. Sign up has to be simple. Finding cont…

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    Comment #36398525

    > The answer is "both of them". Pick a client that makes it the easiest to connect to separate instances on separate accounts, then choose the same-ish username. That actually reve…

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    Comment #36311226

    I've worked at companies who sell software to state governments. They usually run sensitive software in their own servers with no external internet access. We would have to send so…

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    Comment #36303458

    One day it's going to bite these companies in the butt when they continue to be so openly hostile to the people who create free content for them, right?

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    Comment #35923419

    > National forecasters said on Thursday that the climate pattern system, known for bringing record rainfall in South America, more winter storms in the U.S West and South, and drou…

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    Comment #35308393

    Where is the line? There are a lot of Chinese companies who make things that are used in the US by US citizens. What about companies from other countries like Ukraine, Russia, Germ…

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    Comment #35308362

    Who decides who is in the Axis of Evil? Do you want the Biden administration deciding? Do you want Trump to decide?

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    Comment #35302404

    One of the best things and worst things about America is the first amendment. It is amazing that you can say or make just about anything without the government jailing you or shutt…

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    Comment #35264677

    I'm not sure this is indicative of a failing on Bard and Google's parts. I think most movie/dramas that humans create often follow these stereotypes. AIs like Bard train on the con…

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    Comment #35168957

    The best option I found was to explain - multiple times - to my grandparents that these scams exist and how each of them work. Hopefully if they are ever approached by a scammer, t…

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    Comment #35168747

    http://archive.today/2023.03.15-050147/https://www.wsj.com/a...

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    Comment #35068953

    Retention means they still holding data. Even if they only hold data for 30 days, that's still data that can be leaked or stolen.

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    Comment #34945716

    To be fair in this instance, this is a wild story that does have all the hallmarks of a wacky conspiracy theory straight out of a Bond film. Some secret Chinese laboratory is doing…

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    Comment #34759160

    My understanding is that only the balloon from last week was huge and easy to see with the human eye. I believe the other UAFs are much smaller. Also there were 3 or 4 during the T…

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    Comment #34759150

    I suspect finding a small balloon in the mind-boggling huge space that is American airspace is, can be surprisingly challenging. My understanding is that these UAFs are much smalle…