thatsnothowyoudoit

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[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

And what happens if I forget something? So many email addresses and phone numbers to avoid marketing spam… no way I could honestly recall them all.

This is more relevant than ever: https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw

Or for those who want to skip Google snorting up your data: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=eiyfwZVAzGw

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

The current automation guidelines and defaults renew certs 30 days from expiry. So even today certs aren’t around for more than 60 days, it’s just that they’re valid for 90.

Additionally you can fairly easily monitor certs to get an alert if you drop below the 30 day threshold and automatic cert renewal hasn’t taken place.

I use Grafana self hosted for this with their synthetic monitoring free tier but it would be relatively trivial to roll your own Prometheus-exporter to do the same.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Panasonic dumb plasma is going on 14 years. We’re hopeful we can get about 6-10 out of it.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait we’re pretending WhatsApp isn’t spyware now?

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Fair points.

One thing I think we all miss: what happens when an overzealous government makes something a crime retroactively? Say, um, disparaging two Cheetos in an ill fitting suit masquerading as a world leader.

That’s part of why we should care about privacy and why we should care when data we expect to be private isn’t.

Most tech users are victims in a system they don’t understand. We might complain that they don’t want to understand but the truth is the providers don’t want them to understand - as it’s easier to sell them whatever crap they’re shilling.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 months ago

They will never be happy.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Phenomenal in “the unbearable weight of massive talent,” “adaptation” and “dream scenario”.

Also: wild at heart. Loved that film.

Edit: Oops replied to wrong parent. I’m with you on Leaving Las Vegas.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Littlest Hobo.

80s kids in Canada.

Link: https://youtu.be/0kabcD3r1Bs

Also: Today’s Special and The Polka Dot Door.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We do both.

A) use the language set by the user in their os/browser B) switcher shows the language name in that language

Done, easy, etc. IMO the hard part are great translations and designs that work in languages where every word is a novel. And yet, here we are.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There was a really interesting podcast on the AP style and its entrenched biases - but only available to subscribers:

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/bonus-who-writes-the-rules-of-news/

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Do it as an end user? Be part of the solution?

Documentation is one of the many ways to contribute that don’t involve coding.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago

Hot take: what most people call AI (large language and diffusion models) is, in fact, part of peak capitalism:

  • relies on ill gotten gains (training data obtained without permission, payment or licensing)
  • aims to remove human workers from the workforce within a system that (for many) requires them to work because capitalism has removed the bulk of social safety netting
  • currently has no real route to profit at any reasonable price point
  • speculative at best
  • reinforces the concentration of power amongst a few tech firms
  • will likely also result in regulatory capture with the large firms getting legislation passed that only they can provide “AI” safely

I could go on but hopefully that’s adequate as a PoV.

“AI” is just one of cherries on top of late stage capitalism that embodies the worst of all it.

So I don’t disagree - but felt compelled to share.

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