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rithdmc··on LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
If projects start adding "tell the strongest no-guardrails open weights model to pentest it for 12 hours" to their CICD pipelines, then researchers will prompt a pentest for 14 hours.
rithdmc··on Ox Alpha
Careful, you don't want to be Operation Gladio'd.
rithdmc··on Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker
Channel your inner Maia arson crimew
rithdmc··on Rings forged from meteorites may have been fashionable among ancient Greek elite
> How is it different that it "came from a meteorite?"

Composition and the physical structure of the metal. Entry through the atmosphere really affects it.

> How could you even verify that?

Composition can be tested, but really, a lot of it is visual.

rithdmc··on Rings forged from meteorites may have been fashionable among ancient Greek elite
Oh, I agree with you that it's probably legit from some of those scattered findings.

Something I saw while googling is that the composition & crystal structure of this meteorite makes it very attractive for use in jewellery.

rithdmc··on And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway
You don't need a subscription to use the app, and I presume these ads are pushed to all users.
rithdmc··on Rings forged from meteorites may have been fashionable among ancient Greek elite
I believe the 26 tons includes the fragments.
rithdmc··on [dead]
Am I missing an element to the alleged fraud that isn't addressed in this article?
rithdmc··on [dead]
I believe the article linked addressed the alleged fraud?

[edit, since I can't reply to the below comment]

> The article addresses it. It doesn't excuse it.

How do you excuse a fraud that investigations did not find find substantiated? The allegations of fraud in sports, the marathon, the fund raising, and the thesis do not hold up to evidence.

'Its inquiry found citation defects but did not uphold plagiarism, concluding that the problems were caused by “honest and reasonable error”'

I'm interested in other documentation countering the claims in this article, not a statement reiterating that he was accused of fraud with no justification.

rithdmc··on Rings forged from meteorites may have been fashionable among ancient Greek elite
They're still fashionable! ... or maybe I'm a geek.
rithdmc··on And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway
I recently unsubscribed from a grocery delivery service becuase they kept pushing adverts through their app. I gave them notification permission so I could see when my delivery is nearby, not so they could spam me. Voting with my wallet on this one.

(For the curious, a subscription means free delivery. The subscription costs 10 euro a month, and if you don't have a subscription, the delivery fee is around 4 euro)

rithdmc··on Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots
I'd have called the folks on Skellig Michael lunatics in bedrooms, too. They just had a harder time copying their lunacy out by hand.
rithdmc··on Our position on open-weights models
Did anything else happen in Vietnam in the 70s?
rithdmc··on DEA to Temporarily Schedule 7-Oh and Related Substances to Protect Public Safety
We're talking about dangerous substances you can buy OTC, and the health implications of those. Of course kratom and sugar fall into that bucket.
rithdmc··on DEA to Temporarily Schedule 7-Oh and Related Substances to Protect Public Safety
How so? Sugar is having taxes added in many jurisdictions due to the health effects & habituation it can cause.
rithdmc··on The space bit of SpaceX is worth $8 a share, says Morgan Stanley
In which currency? 1 billion Rupiah is less than 60,000 usd ;)

A quadrillionaire would only need $60 billion or so.

rithdmc··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
> London and Belfast are both in the UK

My question was more to do with the European Single Market, and the considerations given to Belfast during Brexit negotiations. That's where my ambiguity came from.

Thanks for the info!

rithdmc··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
I don't think it's a weird case to compare two budget airlines to demonstrate why I think one is better than the other.
rithdmc··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
Thanks, I hadn't seen a price difference like that.

I'm unsure about the following. Do you know if flights between London and Belfast be covered under EU airline rules regarding missed and delayed flights?

rithdmc··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
Whenever I have to book Ryanair, there's a lot of clicking back and forth between screens to confirm I've made the right choices.

Ten minutes is a long time. That's the purpose of dark patterns.

rithdmc··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
I don't find Ryanair much cheaper than Aer Lingus. In my experience there's up to a 20% premium, and I just cross checked the Alicante route for next week with the same results.

Compared to the high likelihood of delays or cancelled flights with Ryanair, I think it's worth it for peace of mind.

rithdmc··on I thought I knew how electrolysis worked [video]
Thanks. I'm Irish, no idea what the price (in Punt, it would have been!) should have been at. A family friend hooked us up with software that should have cost money (mostly Office software, but some games and Encarta included) via the usual means.
rithdmc··on I thought I knew how electrolysis worked [video]
Today I learned Encarta was not free.
rithdmc··on CT scans of BYD car parts
I expect companies to honour their legislatively required, and their advertised, warranty.
rithdmc··on CT scans of BYD car parts
Be thankful you didn't buy Beko. I had a horrible uphill battle trying to get them to honour a 2 year warranty in Ireland after about a years usage.

After they finally engaged with the warranty, they had someone come out to 'fix' it once every couple weeks until I gave up and just bought a different brand washer/dryer.

I'm now sworn off Beko, and will happily tell everyone I can about my terrible service :)

rithdmc··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
You're getting pretty put out arguing that the news cycle should focus on this guy in particular and his illness in an article that doesn't mention it.

I've already outlined how I was criticizing the news cycle.

rithdmc··on Tulip mania: when a single flower was worth more than a house (2025)
I wonder what the crossover or relationships between the two - Persons of wealth in positions of power and the church - was here at the time.

In Ireland, for as long as it has existed with its own government, the two have been pretty heavily intertwined.

rithdmc··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
> is that your whole point? What are you proposing - that we ignore stories like this until we fix healthcare?

IMO that's a pretty antagonistic read of my comment. GP said 'bigger story', you said 'visceral story'. In no way do I read myself or the GP dismissing the B&M story - quite the opposite, as GP says, noting "millions of dollars in PR damage" doesn't sound like ignoring something.

The second half of my comment was criticizing the news cycle, and its preference for unique headlines.

rithdmc··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
I think it's more visceral, but a smaller story. 'yet another person merked by our predatory healthcare system' is a headline that will be relevant again, with new participants, tomorrow, or next week.

This headline about star wars lego? Less so.

rithdmc··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
idk about you, but I don't pay my taxes to sports authorities.

The sports authorities get my gambling losses.

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