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QR code for #EICAR (antivirus test file)

ROT13 decode command to make EICAR test file on demand... Enjoy 😺

printf "%s" 'K5B!C%@[url=https://infosec.exchange/users/nc]nc[/url][4\CMK54(C^)7PP)7}$RVPNE-FGNAQNEQ-NAGVIVEHF-GRFG-SVYR!$U+U*' | tr '[A-Za-z]' '[N-ZA-Mn-za-m]' >EICAR<br>
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lori mastodon (AP)

I finally set up AI error detection for my 3D printer recently and it just detected its first print failure and like...if THIS is all the modern AI trend was, I would be extremely enthusiastic about it.

It's extremely low stakes stuff, if it gets it wrong with a false positive (because AI gets shit wrong all the time) then the worst thing that happens is I get a notification I can ignore. If it gets it wrong with a false negative then...it's not any different than how things were before setting it up where I might notice a bit late that it came detatched when I check in on it.

This is really the problem with modern AI tools, I would be on board with a lot of these systems if they followed one principle: "is this a use case where it's perfectly fine for a computer to guess wrong". A whole lot of modern AI tools cause a LOT of problems when the computer guesses wrong. But there are absolutely use cases where a computer guessing something wrong is not really harmful in any way and in those cases AI tools can be really useful.

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lori mastodon (AP)

I've had this conversation here before but machine translation is really the one that gets me the most.

Because machine translation is extremely, extremely useful for low stakes stuff like this. I use it all the time for like...just quickly translating a document to skim for a piece of information, and knowing that it may be slightly off, but probably in a way where I can tell, and if I'm wrong then it's not a huge deal anyway.

A video game walkthrough is a great example. Or like...I once bought an RPG supplement book that was in Spanish because it was for a game that had almost no supplemental material (fan or otherwise). I dumped the PDF's text into a doc and machine translated it to English. It didn't matter that it got some things wrong here and there, or had a really hard time translating one particular word that came up a lot, because...it's an RPG supplement. I really just needed the broad story beats and some monster data and whatever. I'm ad libbing it all. I'm sure it's more beautifully written in Spanish, but since I can't read it, that was my option. And if the translation was wrong...it didn't really matter since in the end I successfully ran these scenarios and we had a good time.

The problem is, as always, the use cases. People don't want to just use machine translation for personal information gathering. I'm sure there's people who would think it's acceptable to have dumped that same PDF into Google Translate and tried to sell it, even though it was a mess not fit for commercial use. That's very different than me choosing to do that on my own, knowing the pitfalls. And god forbid you use machine translation to do something like moderate non English posts on your fedi instances or try to guess if some Japanese celebrity is being transphobic or not based on machine translated tweets.
Especially given the way gendered terms work--or don't work and don't exist in some cases--in Japanese, Google Translate will make up pronouns on its own all day long, I've seen people accuse Japanese people of transphobia based on using the wrong pronouns when the Japanese post didn't USE pronouns, Google just invented some.

I'm not someone who thinks that AI and LLMs and whatever have no functional use at all. There's a lot of times they can be useful tools. The problem is that in our current landscape they almost never ARE, and even when the tools are useful people keep using them in ways that are super not suitable.

In a way, LLMs are the lawn darts of technology. In theory lawn darts could be played with totally safely. Everyone follows safety precautions, everyone makes sure nobody can enter the play area, only adults ever play with them. In reality, what happens is that kids play with them and get hit with them and go to the hospital.

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cy ActivityPub
They're lawn darts that you can only throw with the use of that giant concrete building they put down on top of farmland and fragile ecosystems over there, which is glowing red with the heat it's emitting. Say, you didn't need to drink that water, did you? Momma's gotta cool her processors!

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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
adorable and huggable in both 3d and 2d

doskel akkoma (AP)
this looks like a pretty nice font
happy to see it! https://www.suse.com/c/introducing-suse-typeface-new-open-sourced-font/
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#Linux is magic. Here are some tools I recently encountered that work only on Linux due to the aforementioned magic -

Inspect a command's effect before committing it to the filesystem - https://github.com/binpash/try

Box up misbehaving applications, forcing them to put files into the right place - https://github.com/queer/boxxy

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Olivia Montoya mastodon (AP)

I've learned over time that neurotypicals generally don't understand the impact of executive dysfunction from #ADHD. I've found that being a little more blunt can help. I tell them that having ADHD is like having inconsistent and unreliable free will.

Because that is literally what it is like for me.

#adhd
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Olivia Montoya mastodon (AP)

Though neurotypicals are sometimes hesitant to believe that anyone can truly live like this, because it tends to interfere with core beliefs about free will and "everyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps"

Getting non-disabled people to understand that some people literally cannot do a thing sometimes no matter how hard they try is a key challenge of disability activism. Because if they accept that, they'd have to challenge core beliefs about society and capitalism working

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Software architecture hot tips:
- Good things are better than bad things, except when they're not
- Also nothing is good or bad
- It depends
- The answer to every question is "it depends", except for when it doesn't. It depends
- Name three things you like. You can't have them at the same time
- No.
- There are many definitions of software architecture, but none of them are correct
- There's no such thing as software architecture
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Phil M0OFX hometown (AP)
@nonspecialist I thought you were describing moderating a chat group for a moment there...
Clone Pianists mastodon (AP)
@philpem there are several similarities, yes

Una Panthera mastodon (AP)

Let’s go enjoy the nice weather together! ^^

📸 by CaffeineRed_ on X

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Pippin friendica

This is pretty amazing, actually. Now that I've caught up, that's gone straight into my RSS aggregator, that has. And an update every day? Wow.


Okay, putting it out for all who want to read:

I'm writing a fantasy novel. It's very isekai, inspired by countless anime I love to watch.

Currently at 36 chapters and will continue with a new chapter EVERY SINGLE DAY forever, or until I stop.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/90726/last-infinity


Axiom mastodon (AP)

Thanks! Yep, EVERY DAY, minimum 500 words, often far more.

At least, that's the goal. Glad you're enjoying, have a blast. :)

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Jarrett Walker mastodon (AP)
If there are going to be climate-justified subsidies for owning electric cars, there should be subsidies for not owning cars at all.
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TundraWolf mastodon (AP)

Content warning: UK Politics

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A kindred spirit right here, lads.
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MAGIC____ mastodon (AP)
As an ex-librarian, yes please. go support your local libraries. they've only evolved in the decade+ that i've been in that job.
cy ActivityPub

Just wish they hadn't evolved into glorified child care centers. They've been doing more in recent years, but they still have that ball and chain, which really makes things difficult.

CC: @CyberpunkLibrarian@hackers.town


kcarruthers mastodon (AP)
🤦‍♀️ «Boris Johnson apparently had no clue what Brexit actually was until 25 September 2020» via Julien Hoez
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#ai #generativeAI
Edit: went back and found my friend that originated the quote from Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/sQGLoN9wumXfgqHU/

This entry was edited (9 months ago)
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Finny 🔜 Furvana mastodon (AP)

i’m working on de-optimizing a project

the original dev built it with this ridiculous idea that we’d have millions of total users and tens of thousands of simultaneous users

in actuality it’s an internal tool used by like three people, and that’s all it was meant to be

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Andrew mastodon (AP)

The English water companies are demanding more money from the public after decades of neglecting infrastructure, taking on huge loans and paying out equally huge dividends.
What the water companies have done is taken away our human right to clean drinking water and in the process essentially committed theft at a large scale

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lgl9kypno

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Finn Voorhees mastodon (AP)

Apple Repaired My iPhone Screen, But Now My Social Media Account Is Banned

How taking my phone in for an AppleCare-covered replacement got me banned from Snapchat, and how it could happen to you too.

https://www.finnvoorhees.com/words/banned-iphone

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Never forget what they’ve taken from you
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Stephanie King mastodon (AP)
UPDATE: Yes, I have now officially cited "ChatGPT Is Bullshit" in my scholarly work
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Q ✨ mastodon (AP)
wonderful!

Queen Calyo Delphi mastodon (AP)

Have a meme I made myself a long time ago

#UI #UX #UXdesign #UIdesign

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Hilyas mastodon (AP)

Evening

Say hi to the newcomer to our fandom! This is my commissioner's first art he got!

#furry #art #furryart #artwork #avali

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AeroFox mastodon (AP)
Fox in the woods at sunset, but he looks kinda hungry🤔
#TummyTuesday #furry
📸: @shaun & @coltofox
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Kaynon mastodon (AP)

Don't mind us, just enjoying this #TummyTuesday 💙🧡

📸:
@KivuliTiger &
@coltofox

#Furry #Fursuiter

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Štejf mastodon (AP)

What is your purpose, funny numbers stick?

We came across it on our recent spontaneous outing to Kallmünz, a small town in the area.

#furry
#fursuiteveryday

📸&🪡 @Areksim (Vino Studios)

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Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
Is there a river there? If there is, maybe it's for measuring the level of flooding?
uvok mastodon (AP)
@CheetahObscura that's what I would expect, I've seen it in this context

My wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing him.

Went out. Had a few drinks. Nice guy. He's a web designer.

Specialises in debugging.

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Kakurady (🔜AC) mastodon (AP)

The Rocket City Trash Pandas were featured on the English Wikipedia's front page yesterday.

Their mascot is amazing?? https://www.milb.com/rocket-city/community/mascot-appearances

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Snow Foxx 🦊 mastodon (AP)

W-where did all the beautiful days at #EAST go? This thing was over so fast, I can't believe it :neofox_melt_sob: At least I came back with a lot of stunning memories and wonderful new friends.

Thank you so much @Argon1001 and Maru for making this con such a special and unforgettable experience. You guys are the best :neofox_heart:

🐕: Maru
🗺️: EAST 12, Suhl - Germany
📷: @Argon1001

#fursuiteveryday #furry #furryfandom #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #east12 #furrycon

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A whopping 80% of new US electricity capacity this year came from solar and battery storage

The number is set to rise to 96% by the end of the year

https://www.techspot.com/news/104451-whopping-80-new-us-electricity-capacity-year-came.html

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Axiom mastodon (AP)

Okay, putting it out for all who want to read:

I'm writing a fantasy novel. It's very isekai, inspired by countless anime I love to watch.

Currently at 36 chapters and will continue with a new chapter EVERY SINGLE DAY forever, or until I stop.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/90726/last-infinity

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Fesshole 🧻 mastodon (AP)
When I'm feeling down and in need of cheering up, I watch thd old comedy dvd's that used to belong to my parents. Dad's Army, Rising Damp, Blackadder etc. They always make me laugh and I can still hear my parents laughing at the same jokes as before. Miss you both x.
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🆎 mastodon (AP)

Amazon is convenient. But multiple times recently I've discovered stuff; ordinary stuff, cheaper elsewhere.

Example today:

Patterson & Ilford Film Processing Starter Kit

£99.00 on Amazon

or you could go (as I did) to a non-gigantic behemoth company, Bristol Cameras, who are literally a camera shop... in Bristol, and pay £81, including delivery, for the exact same item. And give the business to a small firm who might possibly appreciate it.

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🆎 mastodon (AP)
I should add that I have also found products that mysteriously and suddenly get cheaper than anywhere else I can find, on Amazon. And if I spot one that happens to, and it's something I need or want, I will take advantage. But more often than not (at least more generally, ignoring flexible pricing) other places are cheaper than Amazon.
RevK :verified_r: mastodon (AP)

Sadly it is often the case Amazon prime free delivery makes the difference to make Amazon cheaper. Not always, I agree.

Also, the Amazon "comes on Saturday" and "comes on Sunday", and "comes on bank holiday Monday" factor that few others manage, sadly.

I have moved on from Whisky from Amazon now, though...

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Binding arbitration clauses are the new "Get out of lawsuits free" card for businesses. They're leaning on them like never before, and I'm willing to bet that you've probably seen a slew of emails in your inbox over the last couple months with subjects like, "We're updating our terms of service". Where if you weren't already bound by one of these, you will see that you are now.
Companies should not have a go to solution for getting out of virtually any responsibility for their actions.
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