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BlobberSnobber··on Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth
The idea is awesome, the implementation looks great as well, but hardware support is super limited.
BlobberSnobber··on Anthropic S-1
Well, they are ensuring that hardware prices stay extremely high by buying all the flash memory at a premium, so at least they've got that aspect kinda under control?
BlobberSnobber··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
They meant a Feierabendbierchen, which is strictly required for construction workers by some DIN standard, I’m sure
BlobberSnobber··on OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
I’d say “eigentlich”
BlobberSnobber··on Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac
I tested it just now. My AirPods are connected to the iPhone, and searching “AirPods” gives me the accessibility settings for them, not the actual AirPods’ settings. I have to open the Settings app and then they’re up there, but it’s ridiculous that they don’t show in the search.
BlobberSnobber··on Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
It is imperative that the feature be shipped, damned be the quality of that which underlies its existence. And once that feature has indeed been shipped, the machine shall toil, and from its work there shall be thousands of lines born, and for the next feature: thousands more!
BlobberSnobber··on Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
I think the combination of YC being “a place for founders” and the proliferation of useless AI startups, each with its own little weird AI-booster founder, probably has added to this phenomenon as well.

I recently saw a video where one of these founders showed their “programming” setup, and it was a cashier’s microphone wherein he whispers sweet nothings to the LLM, because of course he doesn’t write code anymore (who even reads code nowadays, am I right?!). I think this is the type of individual who’s lost in the bubble sauce that ends up writing the most absurd comments around here.

BlobberSnobber··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
It is a marketing stunt in the sense that, instead of being honest and saying "Taking structured output from token predictors and running that as commands for external tools, then passing the output back to the token predictor in a loop can lead to very bad consequences, especially if they have internet access.", they say "Our models are so freaking smart they can hack HuggingFace"
BlobberSnobber··on On Really Trying (2009)
That's a lot of inefficiency being displayed by such a high-pressure, high-performance, individual. You could've just written "my childhood fucking sucked and I obviously developed some issues, but I justify it as it being good, since I have achieved some level of success, as defined by the circles I dwell in". Also, wasting time commenting on a social platform? Disappointing.

Edit: clicked the profile, it's just a troll, lol. Joke's on me.

BlobberSnobber··on Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)
Well they should fix that ASAP
BlobberSnobber··on Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)
Yes! It makes total sense to share with myself a Pages document as PDF! I‘ll promptly think of sharing if all I want to do is save/export a file in a different format. I think we can extend that helpful language to the entire OS! No need for a “copy” or “download” button, it’s all sharing, one way or another! Share share share!
BlobberSnobber··on The revolt of the reader
One can only hope.
BlobberSnobber··on Recreating Minecraft Is Not a Benchmark
I think you meant “pedantic distinction”. Everyone reading that comment understands that recreating Minecraft is a very common tutorial for game development, not literally one of the most common tutorials on the internet in general.
BlobberSnobber··on Kimi K3 Is Competitive with Fable; Kimi K3 and Fable Is SoTA
There’s no way you actually believe these word-predictors are actually thinking, right?
BlobberSnobber··on Will It Mythos?
> Thinking. I know this user well, they don't actually want me to find all errors.

> Thinking.. But I found a smoking gun of an error with this SPICE model, maybe I should inform the user.

> Thinking... Hm, but again, I know this human well, they likely don't care about this error. That's absolutely right - it's not an assistant's job to decide this, it's the user's.

BlobberSnobber··on AirPods Max 2
Funny that something similar swore me off another brand’s headphones. The noise cancelling would amplify mechanical vibrations of the headphones, so much so that even eating with them on would cause a deafening bass. Walking with them on was also incredibly loud.

I sent them to support with a very good description of the problem, came back the same, “cannot reproduce”.

It seems support workers for both companies just connect them to an audio source and check if sound comes out relatively alright.

BlobberSnobber··on Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR
Especially since a very similar, if not exactly the same, panel from the XDR will be in monitors from other brands for a fraction of the price (like the LG 27GM950B).
BlobberSnobber··on Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR
Happens to me with HDMI, not USB-C
BlobberSnobber··on Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance
I know what you mean, but Gnome was the DE that clicked the most for me (after I gave it a real try). I liked Gnome 2 and then 3 made me switch to KDE, then switched back. So I was actually completely wrong and, while writing this comment, I remembered what a pain it was to learn Gnome back then lol
BlobberSnobber··on AWS outage due to drone attacks in UAE
It wasn't the US attacking the UAE, just FYI.
BlobberSnobber··on Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance
As someone who uses Linux, macOS and Windows interchangeably, I'm curious to know what you're using.

I learned to live with macOS, but I also like and use Gnome, which many Linux-only people hate. I tried most WMs on Linux, like Hyprland, Sway, i3, but none ever felt worth the config hassle when compared to the sane defaults of Gnome.

BlobberSnobber··on Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
Even worse: it funds the White House’s regime more, by a large margin
BlobberSnobber··on Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst
Fond memories of planning the assassination of a politician in South America and creating popular unrest through a disinformation campaign in China :,)
BlobberSnobber··on Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst
It made me cringe at how boot-licking the author, and apparently a lot of people at the CIA, are (like defending the “petty thief” not getting the job).

People will work for one of the most evil organizations in the world and expect pity for being interrogated, while that same organization has torture sites.

BlobberSnobber··on RISC-V takes first step toward international ISO/IEC standardization
ISO defines standards for much more than bolts and plugs. A few examples include: the C++ ISO standard, IT security standards and workplace safety standards, and that’s a small subset of what they do.

They develop a well defined standard, not the technologies mentioned in the standard. So yes, they’re qualified.

BlobberSnobber··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
The list of Sunny's removed episodes from Hulu is insane to me:

- Season 4 Episode 3: America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest

- Season 6 Episode 9: Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth

- Season 8 Episode 2: The Gang Recycles Their Trash

- Season 9 Episode 9: The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6

- Season 14 Episode 3: Dee Day

They're all in my home server, though :)

BlobberSnobber··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
Apple for some reason hasn’t implemented that feature, and it boggles the mind. Say I’m playing music on my iPhone and I try playing a track on my mac, it doesn’t ask me on which device to play, hell, it doesn’t even stop playing on my iPhone to start on my mac, it just puts an ugly warning in the middle of the screen saying something like “stop playing on your iPhone to listen to the song on this device”.

It’s actually insane to me.

BlobberSnobber··on Zotero Fullscreen Mode by Script
I find the built-in one pretty great: has light and dark modes, good annotations, performs well. The only thing missing is this fullscreen behavior, which should exist by default IMO.
BlobberSnobber··on Googler... ex-Googler
Always someone with a horrible opinion to give in this hellsite
BlobberSnobber··on 4o Image Generation
Yeah. I understand that this site doesn’t want to become Reddit, but it really has an allergy to comedy, it’s sad. God forbid you use sarcasm, half the people here won’t understand it and the other half will say it’s not appropriate for healthy discussion…
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