Known VPN services have identifiable server addresses that can be blocked. Instead, you can set up a cheap raspberry pi (or other) at your home and use an encrypted SSH connection to that [raspberry pi] from far away. Then turn on your SOCKS proxy (part of WiFi Details on Macintosh) and check to see that your IP address shows to the world you access as that of your raspberry pi. I do this all the time, including right now. It also helps to watch sports events.

absolutely.

It's kind of... revealing really, watching which of the world's businesses try to go all in on an unproven technology to replace the actual internal functioning of said business. Almost like they don't know how they actually operate... or the implications of giving away the infrastructure their core business runs on.

Truth is obviously an assessed property. I'm not sure why you think I'm arguing differently.

I'm also not disagreeing with you on the function of LLMs. I don't really think the other guy is either, he's just approaching it in terms of someone who has been tasked with integrating one into a pipeline and he's running out of hair to pull.

I'm not sure that you two are actually disagreeing with each other.

I don't think the idea that one cannot guarantee they buy more truthy data for more money is contradictory to the idea that data does not have truthiness.

I think you might agree that the technology is kind of novel, but the people building strategy around it think that it's, in function, something completely different to what it is... correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

while i appreciate your correct use of the fallacy

yeah look LLMs don't give a shit. They don't run on logical association, they just work on statistical relationships between words.

There is, unfortunately for everyone involved, an option apart from "paying more money will make the AI more accurate"

The Walmart nearest to me has been putting more and more products in locked cases. Not just laundry detergent (WTF?), but things like razors, most OTC meds, batteries, and liquor come to mind. I went to a larger store a bit further away for some things for the puppy I just got and found they'd even put dog collars and leashes in a locked case. Waiting for someone to come unlock the case (which often takes several minutes) is bad enough. On some occasions, they've even insisted on carrying the item to the checkout instead of just handing it over. For that kind of hassle, I'd just as soon fire off an Amazon order if I don't need it right now.

tl;dr: The way Walmart treats all its customers like would-be criminals isn't exactly endearing.

Bluesky looks set to replace Twitter

Bluesky is an echo chamber for shitlibs who can't cope. If you liked pre-Elon Twatter with its "trust and safety" commissars, you probably will love Bluesky.

Blueanons like rsilvergun have a hard time relating to reality.

We are witnessing the enshittification of the United States government

Fedgov is already enshittified, thanks to the dementia patient-in-chief and his fellow travelers.

It doesn't matter what you eat if you consume more than your body uses. In other words eat less and move around more.

It's easier to eat less if you're eating right. I've lost 35 lbs. on keto the past couple or three months. Carbs screw with satiety signaling; it takes a bunch of willpower to stay away. Ditch the carbs and you're less likely to want to hit up the junk food between meals.

Lately, I've been eating bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast and either chicken (grilled legs and/or thighs), brats or other sausages, a salad at Chipotle, or a protein-style, animal-style 3x3 at In-N-Out for lunch. The breakroom has a bunch of free and paid options for snacks (almost all chock full of carbs) that I used to hit up two or three times a day. I've not gotten anything other than coffee (black, no sugar) out of the breakroom since going keto. If this keeps up, and I see no reason why it couldn't, the remaining 50 or so pounds I want to lose shouldn't be a problem.

you understand the difference between the engineering terms 'can' and 'must'?

You should try implementing them some time and see how that plays out.

Spoiler: it doesn't.

> Jellyfin

This. I still have a Plex server running alongside Jellyfin for my parents, who I'd set up with Plex when I last visited them a couple of years ago. Since then, I've spun up a Jellyfin container and gotten it dialed in; it works like a champ with a couple of Chromecasts at home and my phone and notebook on the road. When my wife and I visit them next month, I'm putting the Jellyfin client on their Rokus and shutting down Plex.

Can you explain how it being or not being microsoft's fault is somehow relevant here?