[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

This evidence (measurements of low-enriched uranium) is interesting, and concerning, but there must be more plausible explanations than this.

What about contamination from spent fuel (accidental or intentional)?

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago

Yeah well they're also a long way from accomplishing the things that we imagined they were trying to do, so really who can say who has been owned

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

And what exactly am I looking for in wireshark? A few KB of encrypted text data occasionally sent to who-knows-where? Mixed in among a flood of other tracking bullshit and general wasteful bloat? Yeah lemme go check real quick.

Computationally, we've had low-quallity speech to text on home PCs for like 30 years, and we've had OK-quality NN implementations for like 15 years. Yes it would be a bit wasteful, but a trimmed-down NN could easily hide among the general bloat of modern software.

Yes it would be kind of a clunky and impractical way to collect data compared to other methods, but it's definitely plausible that an adtech startup could hack together a semi-functional version of this and then slap it in a slide deck. It would let them say "AI" more times during their pitch.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

Eh, I dunno. I remember making exactly those points 20 years ago, but I think it's pretty feasible now. There are open source NNs that look like they can do this locally on mediocre phones. And if the output is garbage quality, that's ok, it just has to be good enough to sell some ads. I think it's largely feasible, although I'm sure it's inflated by startups looking to impress clients and investors.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

TOS says it's all fine though

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Eventually you run out of other people's land

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

More like Elon sinking twitter amiright?

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 40 points 1 week ago

There is no heart attack gun, they actually installed an anti-pacemaker in him, back in the mid 90s

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

And don't let them swap VPs

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

Democrats pass regulation to impose $800 fine on operating non-ADA-compliant gas chambers

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Sad to see random sailors get killed, but regardless still have to hand it to the Houthis for an extremely successful ongoing campaign. Shipping volumes passing through are down dramatically, and alternate routes are adding a lot of delay and expense. It's costing Egypt a lot of money in lost transit tolls as well. And shipping was in a less-than-ideal state to begin with, due to the Panama canal drought and issues with shipbuilding.

Insurance rates were already keeping most higher value cargo out, it's currently mostly bulk goods, crude oil, and some refined petroleum products still transiting; that's why we never hear about container ships being hit, they were generally the first to leave.

This attack will further increase insurance rates and further increase pressure on the west to "do something" but other than a ceasefire they don't have a lot of good options.

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