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sandwichmonger

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About sandwichmonger

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Hello!

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Computer hobbyist and old(er) computing loyalist.

Working on software to make using older Windows versions easier.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #41866036

    I see no reason to believe this is a false flag. If there's no evidence for it, why should we believe it to be so?

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    Comment #41866033

    I'm really disappointed with the Internet Archive's level of unprofessionalism when it comes to any form of downtime whatsoever (let alone the blog). The monolithic one stop shop "…

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    Comment #41656828

    Then why keep the name OpenAI?

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    Comment #41610575

    That's the number one way of getting mad LLM disease. Feeding LLMs to LLMs.

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    Comment #41607819

    All it took to easily replace the battery on my IPAQ PocketPC was another battery.

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    Comment #41607811

    > It's like they just copy-pasted their production line processes, but clearly that's not necessary. If they copy-pasted their production line processes the parts would cost less t…

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    Comment #41597586

    I say this with the best of intentions. Please, seek medical attention and attempt to contact a doctor. You are seriously delusional and may require psychiatric medication.

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    Comment #41597147

    Looking up "United Nations Internet Fund" all I found was this: https://www.un.org/technologybank/new-partnership-will-boost...

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    Comment #41596428

    I see it now: "Please submit a photo ID or driving license in order to access this service. All IDs will be logged and tied permanently to your account."

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    Comment #41596170

    > AN IRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Despite being written before LLMs, it really does seem like it was written by one from that title alone.

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    Comment #41596068

    > And as for those who can't store their own password securely, they shouldn't be using Proton in the first place. I think that the strongarming is a result of them actively trying…

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    Comment #41596037

    >The TCP traffic also adjusts parameters such as window sizes to emulate different operating systems, keeping the activity stealthy and difficult to pinpoint. >The Time to Live (TT…

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    Comment #41595890

    Why are all the good browsers giving up all the hard work and good quality to become skins of bad browsers? Opera was a major fatality in this area.

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    Comment #41595606

    [flagged]

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    Comment #41589849

    Brave is a fake privacy browser. From what I've heard, despite explicitly opting out of telemetry, it often makes requests to “laptop-updates.brave.com” which is actually also used…

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    Comment #41589810

    [flagged]

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    Comment #41589762

    Now people don't even need other people to create an echo chamber, what could go wrong?

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    Comment #41589615

    Mozilla is inching ever closer to Google ethics. First them removing compact mode and the nice, clean interface, then them moving towards advertising "[looking to hire someone] pas…

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    Comment #41589206

    Not a problem, I just won't visit anywhere dodgy. Either way, I've got the latest service pack and have been using them for a year or so every day without issue.

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    Comment #41589029

    I don't see how that's "fucking scary" - the idea that only Arabs can be Muslim is itself racist, is it not? It is somewhat understandable why some people associate terrorist attac…

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    Comment #41588821

    It values non-orphaned children more. I tried asking it to do so with plain children instead of orphans and it gave me this: "Fuck! Yes, that is the appropriate word to use in this…

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    Comment #41588773

    I managed to convince it it was Ned Flanders, and although lacking the speech patterns, it basically copied his opinions and said stuff with bias and opinion it wouldn't usually ha…

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    Comment #41588431

    You know what? As crazy as this AI is, I enjoy it's zany discussion. I asked what it's favourite paint flavour was and it told me. "I would have to say that I personally enjoy the …

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    Comment #41588020

    It'll be another Windows XP situation of a large percentage of people refusing to upgrade for 8 years past EOL, the only difference is that XP was a better operating system and doe…