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EMCymatics··on Google $23M settlement: How to apply, how much you could get
The only achievement here is for the lawyers.
EMCymatics··on FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans
I wonder how we are protecting the public square for or against private interests?
EMCymatics··on Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
I don't have any answers just a prediction. I'm probably wrong.

>everyone who has asked to setup a billing situation has been ignored.

Well that's kinda messed up.

EMCymatics··on FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans
I don't know what has been posted before this all I see is [flagged].

>posting publicly and voluntarily with the expectation of moderation

I find this statement a bit difficult when it is perhaps a duty to participate in the public square or whatever square is used to embody the desires of common or public will. If people are deterred from this arena without cause and abuse then perhaps we have failed. This entire ecosystem rests on the belief of decency or fairness. I have yet to see it.

>The issue here is the public's expectation of privacy in certain situations. In fact, no one (or very few people, anyway) dispute the need for states to surveil sometimes. The question is when and what oversight should be required. And in this case the the argument is that oversight was sidestepped.

That is incorrect. During the oversight committee they identified there was a consistent mis-interpertation of the law (now corrected) from one side to the other under 702 which perhaps enabled unauthorized use (which perhaps was appropriate under other sections). It was up to (not just due to mis-interpertation) 30% of searches in error in the potential to be in the millions of incorrect searches. I dont see much oversight for other codes. We have possibly 10,000 people with access to obtain information and we are not close to consistent oversight given moving codes and authorizations. Congress has failed the bodies that keep us safe but not without some significant non-compliance. [1]

Private access to information probably has great advantage over public ones. I believe we should consider carefully how we want to yield the power the public sector has given us. The potential for private and public conflict on this matter is significant.

We should not shoo people away with differing opinions. If language models are the future for communication and teaching while they are learning with data off of 'public' and 'accurate' discorse we are very much in danger of having a future led by biases inherent in these models (from moderation and 'weeded garden' environments) that 'isnt a problem' to the people creating the future.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIEqAjRKVyE

EMCymatics··on Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
I think they wanted to demonstrate their resolve.

Their messaging is probably to get all of the other apps ect to sell out to the big boys or essentially get fired from their own company.

The language model war is in full swing now the moats are starting to form.

They're betting big on continued engagement or they actually want it to fail. Time will tell.

EMCymatics··on Archive your Reddit data before it's too late
They take about 2-3 days of significant engagement for most subreddits karma requirement. Some take weeks of existing.

If you have to wait 2-3 days to comment the moment as they say has passed and very few would read it.

EMCymatics··on Archive your Reddit data before it's too late
It is impossible to interact in some subreddits if you dont have xyz karma or have a # weeks old account
EMCymatics··on r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
Now that is humor
EMCymatics··on The Last Egg
How was your food up there?
EMCymatics··on Thermal Surveillance Using Low-Cost Polymer with Long-Wave Infrared Transparency
If you can't see the camera, it doesn't mean the camera cant see you.

This is a pretty neat black polymer with Long-Wave Infrared Transparency.

EMCymatics··on US CDC sets first federal target for ventilation of indoor air to lower risk
It is a symptom of congress not doing its job.
EMCymatics··on Binance Moved Billions Through Two U.S. Banks, Regulators Say
It took us way too long to react to this
EMCymatics··on Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits
One of the reasons I love Pyrex
EMCymatics··on We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies
If we want to continue the scare train, the lockdowns probably increased social media use by a lot on private devices.
EMCymatics··on We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies
Facial recognition is probably a last resort given there are better signatures.
EMCymatics··on We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies
The amount of people who have used 23andME, ancestry et all can absolutely help identify people based on their relatives.
EMCymatics··on We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies
Yeah but notice air is likely the least effective means. They also used a very loud vacuum pump so the active air sampling will be more noticible than most. You just have to run away from noises man (joke)

I question their use of the y chromosome as unfair (joke)

EMCymatics··on Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning
There is more of a point to actual learning than to create a language model.
EMCymatics··on Proposed SEC order to freeze, repatriate Binance.US assets
Better late than never.
EMCymatics··on Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning
I suspect it is. I don't think they're afraid of that.

I think they would be doing society a favor if they actively made it harder to find answers to problems just by googling or using a language model.

This is where identity matters using language models. I feel it might be necesary to credential capability for a few things.

EMCymatics··on Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning
They probably dont want children to use if for homework
EMCymatics··on Ohio cryptic lineage update
https://twitter.com/SolidEvidence/status/1665444605511311362

This tweet alone could probably dox someone.

EMCymatics··on Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
The sun has been giving me sunset colors when it is not even close to the horizon
EMCymatics··on Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
This is the thickest, longest lasting, and furthest traveling wild fire smoke I've ever experienced. I Left the windows open to sleep and I woke up with a voice two octaves lower.
EMCymatics··on Teens are spending less time than ever with friends
We're letting technology direct us to social interactions in ways that are pretty scary actually.
EMCymatics··on Reddit permanently bans account of user advocating Lemmy migration
https://www.meme-arsenal.com/memes/9c3a287202ed2fdae8e40e2ef...
EMCymatics··on An Excel error led Austria's SPÖ to announce the wrong candidate as the winner
Wonderful
EMCymatics··on Criminalization of encryption in France: the 8 December case
Wild.
EMCymatics··on Google no longer automatically indexes websites?
This should be a bigger deal
EMCymatics··on SEC Sues Binance and CEO Zhao for Breaking US Securities Rules
Good job Gary Gensler. This is extremely important.
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