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b3nji··on The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
My understand is the 1.5 degree figure isn't grounded in data anyway, it actually stems from a political angle.
b3nji··on 120 days until Google restricts side-loading, declaring war on Android freedom
I'm excited to see what innovations, and new personal control over devices will be driven by the community out of this bad decision by Google.
b3nji··on AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
Can you expand on this for someone that is a dummy and new to using LLM's properly?
b3nji··on When AI Builds Itself: Our progress toward recursive self-improvement
Because shush, that's why!
b3nji··on US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, study finds
This doesn't ring true coming from the UK. I like in the US now and the healthcare is not comparable.

The UK health care system is an absolute joke, it's a running joke among a lot of the population. It's not free for a start, the taxes the population have to pay are eye watering. You have to wait weeks, if not months for a specialist, hospital beds are few, there is no accountability for regular fuck ups (I've been on the bad end of a horrific one).

The US system from what I have seen so far is a dream. It's cheaper and the service is top notch.

For context I've moved from the Midlands in the UK to the Research Triangle in North Carolina.

b3nji··on YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos
This is awesome, does this mean I can filter it all out?
b3nji··on Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them
I'm no Trump fan, I have to say that many of these evidences have been debunked and quantifiably false. The raw and hours upon hours of Capitol Hill footage odeant show what the media historically lies about for example.
b3nji··on Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
Out with the old, in with the Goverment appointed Stooges. That will fix it!

Notice there is no mechanism for the citezens to vote on who goes in. This won't go well.

b3nji··on Clicks Communicator
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...
b3nji··on OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026
I thought the same.

Have you thought that there was a massive physical infrastructure left behind by the original railroad builders, all compatible with future vehicles? Other companies were able to buy the railroads for low prices and use.

Large Language Models change their power consumption requirements monthly, the hardware required to run them is replaced at a rapid rate too. If it were to stop tomorrow, what would you be left with? Out of date hardware, massively wasted power, and a gigantic hole in your wallet.

You could argue you have the blueprints for LLM building, known solutions, and it could all be rebuilt. The thing is, would you want to rebuild, and invest so much again for arguably little actual, tangible output? There isn't anything you can reuse, like others that came after could reuse the railroads.

b3nji··on On privacy and control
I've been using GrapheneOS for years, I can't go back to another OS due to its ease of use, speed, and awesome features baked into my day to day use now.

There is one banking app that stopped working, and you know what? I dont use it now. I'm not about to let a bank dictate how I use my most personal device. I use a desktop if I need to access that info, and it forces me to be deliberate about it too.

b3nji··on [dead]
We look forward to your redemption post next year. Sounds like you have a lot of unaddressed things you need to sort out. You know what to do.
b3nji··on Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux
Works for me, using Fedora with Plasma. Just fire it up in Brave, and install it as a PWA.

The one thing that bothers me is it can't tell if I'm at my machine when I'm not actively using it. People keep thinging I've bugered off from my desk.

b3nji··on 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order
I'm not sure these are autonomous. I think these might be just remote puppets tied to a human operating them.
b3nji··on British intelligence able to read and flag private Snapchat messages
Interesting, I'd like to know more. What makes you say that?
b3nji··on Sega AI
I love this. The graphics on the box alone make me happy.
b3nji··on Fossil is quitting smartwatches
What are the chances of Fossil making the software open source? How cool would that be?
b3nji··on Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions? (2019)
Yes. You are what you eat.
b3nji··on Super Mario 64 on the Web
Absolutely amazing, worked straight off the bat, even works with my 8BitDo N64 controller with no config.

What an age we live in!

b3nji··on Minimum Wage Clock
Mimium wages are a blight society. Anyone with an understanding of economics knows this. They harm employees and employers.

Government couldn't negotiate themselves out of a paper bag, why let them say what can be paid?

b3nji··on Bazzite – a SteamOS-like OCI image for desktop, living room, and handheld PCs
> Could this replace a media center like Kodi for playing music and movies or is it just for games?

I would like to know this too.

b3nji··on Why are things expensive?
Two words, Fiat Money.
b3nji··on GPTs: Custom versions of ChatGPT
Forgive my ignorance, isn't this various prompts that OpenAi allow you to store, and quickly use?
b3nji··on NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
What do you guys think to GrayJay? Following the creators, not the platforms. I'm told sponser block is in the works too.

https://grayjay.app/

b3nji··on US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days
What do you mean by that?
b3nji··on Wealth shown to a pixel scale (2021)
Money isn't finite, because someone has more than you doesn't mean they are taking from you. Envy isn't a virtue.

Focus on what you can change in your life to be better than the old you, don't compare yourself to others, it won't go well.

b3nji··on ”Be Useful”
Good old, "Screw your freedom" Schwarzenegger. Love that guy.
b3nji··on Chomsky explains why nobody is a moral relativist
Everyone that has ever that has done terrible things has likely asked themselves the same question. And that is a problem.
b3nji··on ‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any profit
Turns out if you shut the vast majority of the world down by fiat, the economy tanks, and inflation goes up. Who knew ;)
b3nji··on “Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat MS and other autoimmune diseases
Now, is this going to be "safe and effective", and kill and mame people, or actually work?
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