Ian

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Show threadIanAug 26, 2023
@elsassph @zeh And the UI in Firefox mobile is more responsive than most electron apps these days
Show threadIanAug 22, 2023
@emilymbender Also, sorry for the Instagram link. I'll describe the post for people who can't see it: The poster wanted to check the source of a famous illustration of the Sphinx without its nose which was claimed by many sources to be from Fredrick Ludwig Norden in a book published in 1755. The poster checked the book but the image wasn't in it, then suspected fowl play, or possibly AI. But actually it turned out that the illustration was from a different book by the same author from 1780.
IanAug 22, 2023
@emilymbender
Here's an example of how the AI non-information spill is affecting the discourse. This ISN'T an example of such a spill. But the poster mentions AI as their first suspect when they got suspicious about the image they were looking for. This one is particularly notable because it concerns trust in historical facts. Although this particular case is a positive story because she ends up actually discovering the real source. Interesting anyway.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwGp2ZOBlgm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Unruly Figures on Instagram: "Part 1: Was doing some research on the Sphinx and caught a bunch of people not double checking their sources πŸ‘€"

1,340 likes, 15 comments - unrulyfigures on August 18, 2023: "Part 1: Was doing some research on the Sphinx and caught a bunch of people not double checking th..."

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Show threadIanAug 17, 2023
@nixCraft The first of many in a long career as a kernel dev I hope
IanAug 9, 2023

@ThePlant I've noticed this more and more recently. Sometimes it'll come right for a bit, but soon it breaks again. Just Proton though. Native linux games seem ok usually, those only break for their own unique reasons.

I've been thinking of switching to Arch, maybe that'll help. Whenever I have a gaming related problem I always find solutions on the Arch documentation, so they seem to know what they're doing at least

IanAug 6, 2023
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Aug 6, 2023

That cute baby peacock photo? It's fake. Here's a reflection:

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/cleaning-up-a-baby-peacock-sullied-by-a-non-information-spill-d2e2aa642134

IanJul 22, 2023
Hoshino Lina (ζ˜ŸδΉƒγƒͺγƒŠ) 🩡 3D Yuri Wedding 2026!!!Jul 22, 2023

This is scary. It's (strong) SafetyNet for websites.

Every now and then I run into another Android app I can no longer run because someone decided my phone, running an official build of my choice of OS, that isn't even rooted, is "not trustable".

Now they want to start doing that for websites.

This kills open Linux on the desktop (including Asahi Linux). It kills alternative browsers. It is a backdoor to kill ad blockers.

No. Just no. Please.

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

Web-Environment-Integrity/explainer.md at main Β· RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity

Contribute to RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity development by creating an account on GitHub.

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IanJul 5, 2023
Amy DentataJul 3, 2023
Saying that ChatGPT "can't yet provide reliably correct answers to questions" is like saying your cat can't yet provide reliable services as a paralegal. You can't solve that task mismatch with a better cat
Show threadIanJun 30, 2023
@gamingonlinux Of course, it's hard to know if all issues like this are given equal attention, this may be an outlier. But it is still nice to see
Show threadIanJun 30, 2023
@gamingonlinux The thing that amazes me most about this is that humans at Valve seem to be intimately involved in this specific case. The article finishes on an ominous note: a hands-on approach from Valve's seems unlikely to scale. That said, Valve has already been operating at scale for a long time. So to me this case is a positive sign that they ARE still able to address issues like this with humans, since it is such a rarity these days (YouTube of course being the opposite)