Comment InoReader. Use it every day. (Score 2) 181
Their web application is great. I also use it for bookmarking / read later as well (since Mozilla killed Pocket).
Submission + - OpenAI features custo GPT pushing creepy incel ideology. (citationneeded.news) 1
saccade.com writes: Crypto reporter Molly White discovered OpenAI's featured chatbot page showcases a Lifestyle GPT called "Looksmaxxing", full of misogynist talk and dangerous advice. The chatbot that rates men “subhuman”, encourages dramatic surgeries, and repeats incel beliefs about how women are “unfair” and “hypergamous”, OpenAI has chosen to leave it available and prominently featured on their shared GPTs page.
Comment $6.5B?? (Score 1) 20
That buys a lot of alyouminnyam.
Comment Ignore All Previous Instructions (Score 1) 10
...then go crazy.
Submission + - Apple's clandestine chip fab plant poisoned local neighborhoods in Silicon Valle (mastodon.social)
saccade.com writes: A whistleblower just revealed via a Mastodon thread that Apple not only operated their own chip fabrication plant in Silicon Valley, they did so in violation of numerous environmental regulations. This included releasing toxic fumes in the air to nearby residences and public parks.
Comment Monopoly bid (Score 3, Insightful) 44
This is a pitch for regulatory capture. The translation is: "We want to help define the government regulations for AI, so that OpenAI becomes the only government-approved AI vendor."
Comment Reminds me of AOL (Score 1) 13
Back in the 90s, the Internet was worried when AOL finally connected their service to the Internet. Said Internet was worried all the AOL newbies would come in and trash the place.
s/AOL/Instagram/, s/Internet/Mastodon/
Comment How is this different than HI-SEAS? (Score 1) 28
NASA has been conducting long term mission simulations like this for a decade: https://www.hi-seas.org/missio...
How is this different?
Comment Or, just find an Asus EEE on Ebay.... (Score 1) 36
Remember those "Netbooks" from 2009? They're baaaaaaak!
Comment Ever driven in Los Angeles? (Score 4, Insightful) 492
A week or two driving in LA traffic will cure you of that manual gearbox fetish *real* quick.
Comment Reality check (Score 1) 44
Pharma blogger Derek Lowe provides a reality check on the announcement. If you look at the details, yes, there is some detectable improvement (maybe?) but it's not clear at all yet that this is an effective treatment.
https://www.science.org/conten...
Submission + - Global Traveller service ignores your passport to get you through customs (kenperlin.com) 1
saccade.com writes: NYU Professor Ken Perlin discovered recently that "sticking your passport into the slot is essentially theater" when it comes to using the Global Traveller service to authorize you to pass through customs.
Comment Wow, finally a use for Palm OS! (Score 4, Funny) 25
I'd wondered what happened to Palm OS - I thought it was finally dead a decade ago, but I guess they went into payment process-- What? Oh, that Palm.
Never mind.
Comment Useful to combat misinformation (Score 1) 112
Keeping the Internet on in Russia is a useful tool to combat their state propaganda. The more Russian citizens can witness the terrible pointlessness of the war, the better.
Comment Unintended consequences. (Score 1) 41
I'm sure this will go perfectly! Nothing unintended will happen.
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