digastricus @digastricus@qoto.org

Just seen a new favourite response to AI text. "Why should I bother to read something nobody could be bothered to write?"

Great news! Humans are now slower and perform worse at solving Captchas than machine-learning bots!

Article here:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12108

#LowTech #History

Once upon a time... the TV remote was simple, mechanical, didn't need a battery, and had great #haptics

The original "clicker" remote.

https://www.theverge.com/23810061/zenith-space-command-remote-control-button-of-the-month

The average US president has been charged with 2 felonies.

“AI is going to take our jobs!”

AI:

Google launching Chrome in 2008: "IT'S JUST A MOON"

2012 "REALLY…"

2014 "…IT'S…"

2016 "…JUST…"

2019 "…A…"

2023: (POWERS UP DEATH STAR)

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/28

This is a credible proposal for DRM for websites in general. It would enable unbeatable adblock-blocking. It would prevent user customization for not just convenience but also accessibility.

I do not say this lightly: Enabling the forfeiture of control over the browsing experience is a fundamentally evil idea that must be rejected now, as it has been in the past, and we must remain vigilant against its reemergence in the future.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

@futurebird I largely agree, deplatforming isnt inherently good or bad, it depends on who is the target.

I do think there is legitimate concern that deplatforming is frivilous and abusive right now from both sides in many cases. That said im not sure deplatofrming is the issue, its more of a symptom. The real issue is just the toxic polarization we have in society that is causing cancel culture from both ends on everything under the sun.

@LouisIngenthron @Unit @unchartedworlds @futurebird
The deplatforming question is an interesting question to me. If we set aside legitimate targetted harassment, intimidation and threats, I cannot work out good first principles for deplatforming on social media. For one, if you don't like what someone is saying, you can just ignore them, block them, dont follow them or whatever. Deplatforming is only done to limit other peoples access to a certain individuals ideas. In the case of children I could understand having parental controls on what ideas they come into contact with since they are not yet mature in their thinking. But for adults I can't come up with a non-paternalistic reason why I should be allowed to limit what other people see online and I also don't trust other people to make these types of decisions for me.

@futurebird I agree that “just allow everything” isn’t a good sentiment, but individuals should be allowed to sort out a majority of information for themselves and be able to openly debate why someone is incorrect.

You lose both of those things when you remove a a person’s ability to speak.

Additionally, you encourage others to move into echo chambers which I personally think makes things far worse.

@gadgetboy It's the same for phone reviewers. They seem to think the public wants phones that weigh less than a sheet of paper with batteries that last 2.5 seconds. My ideal phone only needs to be charged once a month and can be thrown through a window with a note tied to it as a threat. It should be held together with drywall screws and replacement parts should be available at Lowe's.

In 1947 Bell Labs invented the transistor. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

So I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to tell if a particular app is running in Wayland or XWayland.

This is the answer I get off Stack Overflow. I'm thinking… No. No, that's too silly. It can't be the best way.

I keep researching. It's the best way.

You run xeyes.

Wayland has security that keeps windows from knowing about mouse events in other windows. XWayland doesn't.

Xeyes will track your cursor whenever you're over an XWayland window, then stop if you pass over anything else.

Clifford Stoll in 1995: "Tonight, twenty letters want replies, three people have invited me to chat over the network, there's a dozen newsgroups to read, and a volley of files to download. How can I keep up? I see my reflection in the screen and a chill runs down my spine. Even on vacation, I can't escape the computer networks. I take a deep breath and pull the plug." #othernetworks #slownetworks

The six million dollar man, but decades later when he’s living with crippling implant rejection, firmware updates that slow him to an overheating crawl, ads directly into his visual cortex, incompatible new battery cells, not being able to log in to his brain without a facebook account, and occasionally corrupted mbr

Debian 12 release notes:
[A syslog daemon is no longer installed by default]

Dieser neumodische Schnickschnack taugt einfach nix

infosec industry in shambles