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forgotTheLast··on AI is different
I.e. people who look at f(now) and assume it'll be like this forever against people who look at f'(now) and assume it'll improve like this forever
forgotTheLast··on Is air travel getting worse?
I don't fly on widebody aircraft very often so I don't consider myself an expert, but long flights in B777 economy class with a 3-4-3 seat configuration shouldn't be legal
forgotTheLast··on US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists
> various organizations that were originally founded by fascists then later moderated (roughly similar to the French FN/RN).

The reason those journalists were targeted is because they infiltrated one of those organizations and found that they were in fact still very much fascist behind closed doors (or at the very least racist and antisemitic).

forgotTheLast··on How Ukraine’s killer drones are beating Russian jamming
Those barriers do serve their purpose but it's rarely a terrorist threat. Just do a web search for "drunk driver bollard".
forgotTheLast··on Data breach exposes 184M passwords for Google,Microsoft,Facebook
>Based on his analysis, Fowler determined the data was captured by some kind of infostealer malware. A popular tool used by cybercriminals, an infostealer is designed to grab usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data from breached sites and servers.
forgotTheLast··on LLMs get lost in multi-turn conversation
You can do even better by asking it to ask clarifying questions before generating anything, then editing your initial prompt with those clarifications.
forgotTheLast··on Embracer Games Archive is preserving 75000 video games and needs contributions
Isn't that the company that bought the IP to a bunch of games franchises just to kill all ongoing development? Ironic.
forgotTheLast··on Watching o3 guess a photo's location is surreal, dystopian and entertaining
Yes my mistake, it was o4-mini.
forgotTheLast··on Unauthorized experiment on r/changemyview involving AI-generated comments
One thing old 4chan got right is its disclaimer:

>The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

forgotTheLast··on Watching o3 guess a photo's location is surreal, dystopian and entertaining
I tried it twice with 4o and the results were comical:

- picture taken on a road through a wooded park: It correctly guessed north america based on vegetation. Then incorrectly guessed Minnesota based on the type of fence. I tried to steer it in the right direction by pointing out license plates and signage but it then hallucinated a front license plate from Ontario on a car that didn't have any, then hallucinated a red/black sign as a blue/green Parks Ontario sign.

- picture through a middle density residential neighborhood: it correctly guessed the city based on the logo on a compost bin but then guessed the wrong neighborhood. I tried to point out a landmark in the photo and it insisted that the photo was taken in the wrong neighborhood, going as far as giving the wrong address for one of the landmarks, imagining another front license plate on a car that didn't have one, and imagined a backstory for a supposedly well known stray cat in the photo.

forgotTheLast··on Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work
>In essence, let the AI handle the grunt work, not the brain work.

And importantly make sure the user doing the brain work has the experience and support to do it properly. The XY problem can cause a lot of damage with AI agents that implement what's asked of them instead of asking why.

forgotTheLast··on She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said
Most of the US Constitution doesn't even differentiate between citizens and non-citizens.
forgotTheLast··on Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
I'm from a different major North American city but the only married men I know who live within city boundaries either bought their residences 20+ years ago or were born/married into wealth. Everyone else moves to the suburbs once they get married or have kids because real estate in the city is unaffordable if you want 2+ bedrooms.
forgotTheLast··on Cardiac arrest deaths among marathoners have decreased, study finds
I would talk to my doctor about that if I was you.
forgotTheLast··on Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa
No. Plato's Atlantis is mentioned as being past the pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic
forgotTheLast··on Bio Cringe – The Obnoxious Social Media Bio Generator
I think the #installation section of the README needs to be updated.

https://github.com/LukeDunsMoto/BioCringe?tab=readme-ov-file...

Either that or the python file and its requirements.txt are missing

forgotTheLast··on Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update
The real reason is that Bluetooth is awful for data transmission and the bitrate absolutely plummets when there's crosstalk. I live in an older building with a ton of interference on the 2.4GHz band (WiFi, BT beacons, "smart" appliances) and updating any device over bluetooth is impossible.
forgotTheLast··on US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s
I assume they meant that the Biden administration's approach backfired because instead of isolating Russia on the world stage it strengthened its ties with other countries and China in particular.
forgotTheLast··on Google will still have to break up its business, the Justice Department said
Would love if that also meant no more shovelware features to try and distinguish Edge from Chrome.
forgotTheLast··on Your showerhead is lying to you
The slogan is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in that order.

industrial resource use is to indirectly fulfill individual demand. Recycling might be a sham but reducing individual consumption would make a difference.

forgotTheLast··on The A.I. Monarchy
If I had a dollar for every time I've seen someone embrace cyberpunk aesthetics while misunderstanding its ethos, I'd have enough money to buy my favorite social network and run it into the ground.
forgotTheLast··on 5G networks meet consumer needs as mobile data growth slows
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forgotTheLast··on Musk proposes ignoring all regulation
Obviously not constitutional. The question is what will the two other branches of government do about it?
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