Daily Tech News 15 October 2024

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The Internet Archive is back online after the recent DDOS and data breach. (The Verge)

Currently it's read-only - that is, you can look up existing data but you can't request it to save new websites. But all the existing data is intact.

Work continues on restoring full functionality.

Tech News

A Nobel Prize winner (Geoff Hinton) has called out OpenAI for placing profits (the company is not remotely profitable) ahead of safety (what safety?) (WCCFTech)

I swear, ever prominent figure in AI appears to have performed an auto-lobotomy with a grapefruit spoon.
Google has signed a deal with nuclear energy developer Kairos Power to run its data centers using, well, nuclear energy. (CNBC)

Specifically using nuclear energy from small modular reactors which in turn use molten salt cooling. There are currently, let's see, zero of these operating in the United States and only three in the world.

The first reactor is planned to be online by 2030 but I suspect Elon Musk will have his Mars colony before that happens.
I do not know why they did that: The iKOOLCORE R2 Max is a mini-PC with maxi-networking. (Liliputing)

A 4 core Intel N100 or 8 core N305 CPU, up to 32GB (maybe 48GB) of RAM, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, HDMI, USB-C with DisplayPort, and two M.2 NVMe slots.

Here's the catch, though: Intel's N-series CPUs don't have a lot of I/O bandwidth, and after all the network ports are catered for, the M.2 slots get just one PCIe lane each... Of PCIe 2.0.

That's 500MB per second, when even a budget drive like Crucial's P3 Plus can deliver 5000MB per second.

The kicker is that the 2.5Gb Ethernet ports have PCIe 3.0 connections, when they max out at 250MB per second and cannot possible use that.
NASA's Europe Clipper mission is on its way to Europa - pure coincidence - courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. (The Register)

It is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2030, just like everything else.
If you are running Windows 10, a year from now Microsoft will finally stop bothering you with pointless updates. (Ars Technica)

I bet they don't though.

Disclaimer: I didn't order that. Did I? D-6.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 15, 2024 04:01 AM (sAmhv)

2 I did not order that. Someone tell Kmart that tablecloths are not commonly nailed to wooden frames.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 15, 2024 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

3 And mornin'.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 15, 2024 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

5 Pixy- Tje word Boomer came up yesterday, isn't it in Australian a male Kangaroo?

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

6 Skip - yes, specifically a large adult male.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 15, 2024 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

7
Good morning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 15, 2024 04:05 AM (diqAb)

8 I just bought a new laptop and to use it I had to agree Microsoft could watch everything I do. It's for my own good though.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2024 04:06 AM (WCWLA)

9 Evening and morning to all the far-flung outposts of the AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis Tuesday that's about to dawn, revealing 21 days till the Big Contest.

I'm up with coffee and a pipe, a Barnaby Jones from '77 or so, and cats snoozing on floor and chair. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2024 04:07 AM (omVj0)

10 My 20+ year old workstation finally gave up and died. RIP. Anyway, I still have 2 laptops and one of them is pretending to be a workstation, until I figure out what I want to do. No rush. I do like those mini-PCs. I really don't want MS Windows. Linux seems just fine. I've noticed some of the Beelink mini-PCs come with Ubuntu, so I do have options.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 15, 2024 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

11
Evening and morning to all the far-flung outposts of the AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis Tuesday that's about to dawn, revealing 21 days till the Big Contest.

I'm up with coffee and a pipe, a Barnaby Jones from '77 or so, and cats snoozing on floor and chair. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

===============

Checking in from Seoul, South Korea. Making an early evening of it (5:09p) after several half-manic days, and will probably have a very small dinner considering what's available in this apartment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 15, 2024 04:10 AM (diqAb)

12 Checking in from Seoul, South Korea. Making an early evening of it (5:09p) after several half-manic days, and will probably have a very small dinner considering what's available in this apartment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 15, 2024

***
What brings you there, Morticia? Work or vacation? Miss Linda visited there in late 1999. She said the oddest thing was that both men and women would go out to walk in the park wearing dress clothes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2024 04:13 AM (omVj0)

13 Hey Pixy, I was reading about the deserted town of Wittenoom. Have you ever heard of it?

Posted by: Mark in SC at October 15, 2024 04:16 AM (Sc9Ns)

14 If you are running Windows 10, a year from now Microsoft will finally stop bothering you with pointless updates. (Ars Technica)

I bet they don't though. - Pixy

I agree with this assessment. Currently about 2/3 of Windows PCS are running Windows 10, presumably many of them not able to upgrade to Windows 11. The public, government, and corporate uproar over Microsoft single-handedly obsoleting something like half the PCS on the planet at the exact same moment simply isn't going to fly. My current desktop PC will be 8 years old when the shut-off date hits. It's more than ready to be replaced. But being at a point in life where I don't want to deal with building a PC, I'm waiting for Intel to get their act together so Dell can sell me a proper PC that doesn't blow up its CPU after a few years and/or has hyper threading. I've been holding my breath now for a while and I'm about ready to turn blue and pass out unfortunately. What a mess!. It's almost enough to make me want to buy an Apple PC. I said almost.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 04:17 AM (qCsD2)

15 Hey Blond Morticia!

I am also in Seoul for a few days, speaking at a conference tomorrow. Leaving Thursday. Drop me a line at my webite at the "Contact The Gweilo" tab at the top. Website is at the URL below and perhasp we can share some Soju!

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 15, 2024 04:18 AM (sx9W7)

16 Mornin' Horde.

"I swear, ever prominent figure in AI appears to have performed an auto-lobotomy with a grapefruit spoon."

*heh*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 15, 2024 04:20 AM (O7YUW)

17 Apologies Blond Morticia - URL fixed - I think?

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 15, 2024 04:21 AM (sx9W7)

18 13 Hey Pixy, I was reading about the deserted town of Wittenoom. Have you ever heard of it?

Heard of it, but didn't really know much about it except that it was in the arse-end of nowhere in Western Australia.

Just looked it up, and it was abandoned because the entire area was contaminated with asbestos from an old mine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 15, 2024 04:21 AM (BLOW1)

19 I'm invited to a book presentation later today with the founder of Centurion Ministries, an organization that investigates wronful convictions and works to free those people from prison, often after decades in confinement. The founder (now in his 80's) has written a book with John Grisham, ten true stories from Centurion's history. The book is called "Framed" by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, if you are interested.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2024 04:21 AM (ZbyVB)

20 Gmorning all from sunny Baltimore

On the road in a minute to head home.

Talk to you all in the PM.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 15, 2024 04:42 AM (oeJyF)

21 The WSJ reports today that China has 90 million empty housing units with a nominal value of $18 trillion (with s "t"). That means the Chinese real estate implosion has a long way to go, with bank failures and all the fixings. Hint: Don't be fooled by the stimulus the government just tried, and don't invest in Chinese stocks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2024 04:45 AM (BNHnQ)

22 It is chilly out, guess in 30s
Forward Dog 9 hitting the long road back to Biden country

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2024 04:46 AM (fwDg9)

23 "What I’m so proud of is that we stood up, we didn’t step back. Everybody here had the courage of their convictions, and they stood tall,” Newsom said. This comment was in response to a new California law that puts the state in charge of managing oil refinery reserves in an attempt to avoid price hikes. This is insanity. For years, the state of California has restricted and driven refineries nearly out of existence and by doing so created shortages and exorbitant prices for fuel. Once again government creates the problem and solves it with more government which will create more chaos. If Harris gets elected she's bringing that same courage of a convictions to the White House.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 04:56 AM (qCsD2)

24 Good morning, good people, from the now resplendent Adirondacks where leaf raking is the newest rage. Seriously, some areas are breathtaking in their splendor.

Best of all, this happens each year.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 15, 2024 04:57 AM (hKoQL)

25 Best of all, this happens each year.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

That damn Climate Change!!

Posted by: Bruce at October 15, 2024 05:01 AM (ins2D)

26 Ars Technica: Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities

Lol. No shit.

https://tinyurl.com/2ctk3pfe

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 05:03 AM (qCsD2)

27 I'm invited to a book presentation later today with the founder of Centurion Ministries, an organization that investigates wronful convictions and works to free those people from prison, often after decades in confinement. The founder (now in his 80's) has written a book with John Grisham, ten true stories from Centurion's history. The book is called "Framed" by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, if you are interested.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2024 04:21 AM (ZbyVB)

Jim McCloskey fought for years to prove Roger Coleman, executed by VA for rape/murder, was innocent. Roger was strapped into the chair in 1992 and said as his last words 'you murder an innocent man'. A decade later, VA did DNA testing (the case was originally from, 1980-81). Guess what? McCloskey was played. Coleman raped and killed his sister-in-law, Wanda Jean. Supposedly, Coleman 'still haunts' McCloskey.

Posted by: RickZ at October 15, 2024 05:06 AM (gKDq2)

28 Kamala is negotiated with Joe Rogan for a interview slot on his show. Does she realize his show goes on for like 2 to 3 hours? She cannot talk extemporaneously or in depth about anything for 20 minutes without exposing she is the definition of the shallow end of the pool. Please make this happen.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 05:10 AM (qCsD2)

29 - **sigh**

Well, I guess it's buh-bye to the less than $90 total per/mo (gas and elec) utility bills.
Had to turn on furnace last evening. Likely shut it off around noon then same pattern next couple days. Off for a few days then, 24/7.
Guessing around $450 per/mo through winter. Maybe more.

So thankful my God provides.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 05:16 AM (/vvA5)

30 Tuesday … Afternoon …

somewhere …

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 15, 2024 05:19 AM (TX4bP)

31 Sweaters, TeeJ. Lots & lots of …

: -)

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 15, 2024 05:20 AM (TX4bP)

32 @ 29
So, Teej, how is setting a T-stat to a specified degree not achieving your goal (a comfortable temperature) and leaving it alone?

No sarcasm intended here, this is an honest question.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 15, 2024 05:22 AM (hKoQL)

33 My heating and cooling cost in Las Cruces, New Mexico are extraordinarily inexpensive. Peak summer cooling costs when it's consistently around 100 is about $125 whole gas runs me under $20. In winter peak gas and electricity costs run less than $100.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 05:24 AM (qCsD2)

34 - @30

Here ya go. Great concert. Have dvd.

https://tinyurl.com/2jd6a4vd

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 05:28 AM (/vvA5)

35 Kamala is negotiated with Joe Rogan for a interview slot on his show. Does she realize his show goes on for like 2 to 3 hours? She cannot talk extemporaneously or in depth about anything for 20 minutes without exposing she is the definition of the shallow end of the pool. Please make this happen.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 05:10 AM (qCsD2)

Probably negotiating for chaperones. She'll bring the best 'talent' from MSNBC and CNN to help her through difficult questions.

Posted by: RickZ at October 15, 2024 05:29 AM (gKDq2)

36 Good morning! Last month the temps were pretty damn hot and the electric bill was $425. Looking forward to being able to shut the AC off and run the whole hose fan starting this evening.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 15, 2024 05:29 AM (3Ope8)

37 - sweaters...

Long undies and sweats through the winter.

One temp and leave on...
Eventually, yes. For now, couple nights below freezing ahead.
I can handle nights in low to mid 40's without it. But soon those will be but a memory. It'll stay on 24/7 then.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 05:34 AM (/vvA5)

38 $425 power bill. Yikes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2024 05:35 AM (dR6yv)

39 I cant do a/c. My neuropathy wont take the artificial temp inside. I use fans and keep the windows open. I survive okay, I suppose.

Don't like closing up to turn the heat on either. Same problem.

What I need is some way to keep the air pressure inside the house the same as outside.

Posted by: Run with it! at October 15, 2024 05:42 AM (89Sog)

40 Last week ac. This week woodstove. Am delighted to have the woodstove going again, stoked with hickory.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 05:44 AM (Jfw7U)

41 Had to turn on furnace last evening. Likely shut it off around noon then same pattern next couple days. Off for a few days then, 24/7.
Guessing around $450 per/mo through winter. Maybe more.

So thankful my God provides.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024

***
TeeJ, how far north are you, and how many square feet does your house have?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

42 - Not to worry about the power bill folks.
Over 100 yr old farm house is paid off. As are 20+ yr old vehicles.
Only have to make 30 mile drive to the city once per mo.
And the most important one....
Have enough coffee to get me through to July.

Like I said,,, God provides.
Always has! Always will!

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 05:46 AM (/vvA5)

43 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 15, 2024 05:49 AM (gbOdA)

44 Happy Trash Day Eve!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 15, 2024 05:49 AM (qCsD2)

45 Poor IA.
My Lost In Space episodes are lost in space....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 15, 2024 05:50 AM (TGPs7)

46 I had a fascinating conversation with a very sharp HVAC person long time back about managing a home HVAC system efficiently, and he mentioned specifically lowering the temp when you were away then a reset when you got back, and why over time it results in increased fuel cost.

Comfort is achieved when the ambient temp is at a level where you are just that--comfortable. This means when the air and all objects within a living space are at or close to the same. Thus if the temp is at a lower level than is tolerable, raising it until things "warm up" means then the heating unit will run correspondingly.

Hence the increased cost.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 15, 2024 05:50 AM (hKoQL)

47 Might buy a half a cord of firewood for this winter. Probably only have 7-10 nights, if that where we have a fire. Out on the patio, sweats, wool socks and throw blankets usually do the trick. I'd like to have a fire pit or a table with a gas flame but the patio is pretty low.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 15, 2024 05:51 AM (3Ope8)

48 A disciplined life in God- a reflection on 1st Corinthians 9:24-27

https://tinyurl.com/2p9keter

And JFTR, for the people who repeatedly need to tell me what an awful person I am, I do not think I have all this faith stuff worked out . I post these things as an encouragement to myself as well as others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 05:52 AM (DxKYp)

49 We're working on winter '26 wood right now. Splitting, stacking. Good fun, and good exercise.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 05:54 AM (Jfw7U)

50 - About the middle, Wolfus.
Sq ft? Dunno. Old, two story farm house. 4 gables, I guess you'd say. Lap siding, original windows and insulation in attic only.

Have gone without a/c for four summers now. Only really bad part about that is when it gets 90+, and working outside, when I've had enough there's no coming in and cooling off for a bit. Then back out. Done is done.
Have pretty much decided next spring, for 70th b'day gift to self, get it fixed.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 05:55 AM (/vvA5)

51 Combination of hymn, "Amazing Grace" and a sing by "The Eagles":

https://tinyurl.com/52nyxj75

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 05:56 AM (DxKYp)

52
Comfort is achieved when the ambient temp is at a level where you are just that--comfortable. This means when the air and all objects within a living space are at or close to the same. Thus if the temp is at a lower level than is tolerable, raising it until things "warm up" means then the heating unit will run correspondingly.

Hence the increased cost.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 15, 2024

***
I've noticed that over the years with my central air unit; I've left it at about 74-75 while I'm gone, not 78, and edged it down to 72-73 when I come home. Not sure if this applies the same way to the window unit I've been running instead since July. It has an "ECO" mode that cuts the unit and compressor off when the inside temp gets to the set figure.

My power bill has been about $15-20/month less this summer compared to the central unit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2024 05:57 AM (omVj0)

53 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 15, 2024 05:59 AM (hoCmQ)

54 College students sing acapella version of hymn, "I need thee every hour":

https://tinyurl.com/mua37cx2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 06:00 AM (DxKYp)

55 I never see a power bill, as hubs pays those. We use a big window AC for the main living area of our house.

Bought a portable for my upstairs office, which was too hot to use in summer. That thing worked a treat, and it was marvelous to be here in my 'upper room' all summer long.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:00 AM (Jfw7U)

56 Nice thing about the portable...I can install it and take it out as I like, all by myself. It's sitting in my closet here, ready to go next summer.

I had heard the things don't work that great, but this one kept me very frosty all summer long.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:03 AM (Jfw7U)

57 I keep seeing this clip of Harris in Scottsdale on Friday standing in front of a backdrop with the logo

Country
Over Party

But this would have been more appropriate

Country-Over
Party

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 15, 2024 06:05 AM (JRP2U)

58 The prevailing wisdom years ago, especially for large buildings, was to turn the hvac into an "unoccupied" mode when physically unoccupied overnight or on weekends, essentially turning the unit off and only using it if the space temperature gets way out of range, say below 65 or above 80. Then put the unit into a warm-up or cool-down mode to quickly recover back to a comfortable setpoint.

However, it turns out that's not terribly efficient anyway, buildings aren't really "unoccupied" as long as they used to be anymore, and engineers started designing units that were a bit undersized for the space even normally meaning there's no hope of recovering from setup or setback in a reasonable time anyway.

I've personally been working towards a softer kind of unoccupied state in the buildings i control, essentially the same but not as aggressive. I think some other companies are too, and calling it "standby" instead of "unoccupied" mode.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:05 AM (DDGz9)

59 Something about schadenfreude...

Boston Mom
@LaGrecca333
I went to Dicks Sporting goods with my sons because they have been saving their money and wanted to buy a Nike Tech jacket ( apparently it’s all the rage) when we asked if they had any in stock the young man at the door said they will only be selling them online for the foreseeable future due to overwhelming theft. He said they will be hiring private security because at least once a week kids go in and steal armfuls of merchandise and walk right out of the door. This is obviously not sustainable. I don’t understand why this is tolerated and allowed to happen.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 15, 2024 06:12 AM (TGPs7)

60 Good morning, one and all. It's a nice cool morning in the GPROMD and I had a rather nice extra day off yesterday.

Now back to being a grownup and earning dog food money.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:13 AM (BpO1e)

61 I was in a spot with no cell service or unreliable for a while camping.

I’ve quite a few tunes I purchased on iPhone, all were downloaded onto my iPhone. I noticed about a third of the tunes won’t play, or only intermittently.

What I’m getting at, it looks a lot like my tunes won’t play without cell service? This doesn’t make any sense, I downloaded the data onto the phone. Man that pissed me off. “Well, at least I can listen to tunes ….” Yeah, guess not.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 15, 2024 06:13 AM (A9Xvb)

62 Everybody's got their thing. Some drop links to hymns and nice stories. Some give a running diary of their morning's goings on. Some drop rants about how stupid everyone here is and how great they are and then flounce. Some (rhymes with Shmaraishmotoko...) make stupid jokes and drop completely irrelevant information that has a 30-40% chance of being wrong.

We all got our schtick.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:16 AM (DDGz9)

63 - lizabth, sounds like you've got a great setup all the way around.
Glad to "hear" it.

What they can do with heating and cooling nowadays is something.
Old frontman had a separate unit installed just for 3rd floor which is total music dedicated. Keeps temps and humidity perfect for the guitars,,, and people.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 06:18 AM (/vvA5)

64 The Internet Archive is back online after the recent DDOS and data breach. (The Verge)

Ah, that must be why the link Eris posted to the Book Thread wouldn't respond. Here it is (Gardner Dozois's Recommended Reading List)

https://is.gd/JWdxYY

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 15, 2024 06:18 AM (PiwSw)

65 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:16 AM (DDGz9)

I think you're a delightful person and enjoy your contributions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 06:21 AM (DxKYp)

66 Time for me to launch toward the electron mines. Later, folken!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2024 06:22 AM (omVj0)

67 Had fun over the week watching "The Ossan Newbie Adventurer."

Fantasy setting about a man who decides at 30 to become an adventurer. He is looked down on for his age but he underwent training by the most powerful adventuring groups in the world.

One of the things that got my attention was that he was constantly sparring against people who were prodigies. Because of their skill level, they were never defeated. The main character had a lot of practice and constant improvement to overcome them. It's a bit like my Aikido teacher talking about "try to improve by 1-2% with every practice."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:23 AM (BpO1e)

68 It's a bit like my Aikido teacher talking about "try to improve by 1-2% with every practice."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:23 AM (BpO1e)

The strongest force in the universe is compound interest?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:25 AM (DDGz9)

69 68 The strongest force in the universe is compound interest?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:25 AM (DDGz9)

...I am man enough to admit that your analogy never occurred to me. Well done.

But the best example for myself was when I was preparing for my black belt test. Two years long, three days a week, 1.5-2 hours/session.

The end result was the chief instructor telling my teacher "He's doing the techniques at a bit higher level than what I was expecting."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:28 AM (BpO1e)

70 This is obviously not sustainable. I don’t understand why this is tolerated and allowed to happen.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 15, 2024 06:12 AM (TGPs7)

No one is going to sit on their hands and lose money on purpose. If they're tolerating it, it means they're protecting some income stream that's more important to them than selling merchandise.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:29 AM (DDGz9)

71 The end result was the chief instructor telling my teacher "He's doing the techniques at a bit higher level than what I was expecting."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:28 AM (BpO1e)

They say practice makes perfect, but that I'll never be perfect, so i stopped practicing.

(Steven Wright, i think?)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:30 AM (DDGz9)

72 Also on Arse Technica site was an article about Apple testing of LLMs showing they all suck:

"Other recent papers have similarly suggested that LLMs don't actually perform formal reasoning and instead mimic it with probabilistic pattern-matching of the closest similar data seen in their vast training sets"

Well no shit, Sherlock.
A. that's the entire design of all LLMs
2. that's what computers do
iii. artificial intelligence (AI) is really just Bayesian Stupidity (BS)

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 15, 2024 06:32 AM (0RiBv)

73 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 15, 2024 06:32 AM (U1w17)

74 TeeJ, yes...it all works well for us.

Hubby just left for work into the cold, dark and wind. I am here sitting pretty fireside, thinking of what I might make him for dinner.

Many, many blessings in our simple lives.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:32 AM (Jfw7U)

75 Tech joke:

Why do they call it hyper text?... Too much JAVA.

And now, I'm off to the store where I can get a pumpkin spice flavor coffee ( everybody insert suitable groans here) and it's not Starbucks..
and later if she's feeling up to it, to see our 98 year old matriarch and bring her communion. She just had her birthday and although she walks with a Walker and says her eyes are dimming, has a very sharp mind. She and our former organist have been friends since they were schoolgirls and did 4-H together .

Consider your blessings and keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 06:33 AM (B0gD0)

76 Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:32 AM (Jfw7U

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2024 06:34 AM (B0gD0)

77 The strongest force in the universe is compound interest?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Sorry, runs a low fifth after
1) Stupidity
2) Petty jealousy
3) Love of Boobs
4) Walking past a Parisian bakery …

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 15, 2024 06:34 AM (TX4bP)

78 Back at'cha, Felon. Have a marvelous morning!

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:35 AM (Jfw7U)

79 Well no shit, Sherlock.
A. that's the entire design of all LLMs
2. that's what computers do
iii. artificial intelligence (AI) is really just Bayesian Stupidity (BS)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 15, 2024 06:32 AM (0RiBv)

In a sense, that's what humans do, to. People very rarely use pure unfiltered logic, even when they're trying to. We slap together busted syllogisms that "look like" logic and pat ourselves on the back for it, but I've had a sneaking suspicion that some of the shortcomings of what they're calling artificial intelligence are starting to butt up against the shortcomings of actual meat-based intelligence.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:35 AM (DDGz9)

80 LOL..can't believe I did that. Fenelon.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:35 AM (Jfw7U)

81 Clearly I should be joining you for more kawfee.

Posted by: lizabth at October 15, 2024 06:36 AM (Jfw7U)

82 Don't nobody tell Perfessor Squirrel, but it appears that we're in Squirrel Awareness Month.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 15, 2024 06:36 AM (U1w17)

83 "Hey we made a fake brain. It actually kind of sucks."

"No, no, that's pretty accurate, actually."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:38 AM (DDGz9)

84 It's ironic that we have brains and intelligence that are flawed and unreliable, so we invented computers to be rigidly algorithmic to make up for it, and then we used those computers to make algorithms that are intentionally flawed and unreliable so that they Look Like Us.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2024 06:41 AM (DDGz9)

85 Just because there are no reactors operating in the US with molten salt really means nothing. The US really has a number of blind spots in it's technological development and because of Big Reactor, small-scale nuclear power is one.

Read up on the Topaz reactor the Soviets designed and built. It a good starting point if you want to go down this rabbit hole.

Posted by: pawn at October 15, 2024 06:41 AM (QB+5g)

86
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 15, 2024 06:43 AM (tljrc)

87
Some drop rants about how stupid everyone here is and how great they are and then flounce.

The FB group for thd community in which our Sussex County place dwells has a dedicated group to exchange information and the like.

It allows one to post anonymously. I do not know how, nor do I care.

However, most anonymous posts are either barbed remarks -- directed at whom, you cannot tell -- or inane observations posted, I think, because their owners believe themselves to be profound, deep thinkers.

A commonly posted rejoinder to such nonsense is, "Well, that's what you get when you allow anonymous posting.".

It is time to start asking, "If you do not like anonymous posts, then why don't we insist that the site moderator(s) turn it off?" Problem solved.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2024 06:44 AM (xG4kz)

88 The U.S. Navy operates lots of small reactors.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 15, 2024 06:44 AM (+H2BX)

89 - NR Pax
Congratulations!
Long story behind my journey. Original instructor literally lived with Sil Lum master for 6.5 years till joining service. While in, he "borrowed" techniques from any style that worked and were practical. Spent 6 years under him.
When I moved back to home state I visited a number of dojos looking to continue but always left, just shaking my head.
Finally found a guy, another noncommercial school, with 3rd to 6th degree rankings in judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido and karate.
He'd be asking how I did this or that when it was stand up but, when he did get ahold of me,,, ow!! My knee, wrist, finger...

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 06:45 AM (/vvA5)

90 Even though I've been using 3D printers at work, having one in your home is awesome.

If I could 3D print toys when I was a kid, it would have been mind blowing.

Sure it probably would have been just printing Lincoln Logs and Erector Set Pieces, still, it would have been pretty sweet.

These kids today do not understand how good they have it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 15, 2024 06:47 AM (XV/Pl)

91 - artificial intelligence

Had a thought (uh-oh) the other day that it is people, who God created, trying to create God.
Yeah, um, good luck with that.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 06:50 AM (/vvA5)

92 Don't nobody tell Perfessor Squirrel, but it appears that we're in Squirrel Awareness Month.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 15, 2024 06:36 AM (U1w17)
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Hee hee hee....*twirls mustache sinisterly*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2024 06:51 AM (BpYfr)

93 - time to get this phone on the charger.
Love each other fellow babies

Posted by: TeeJ at October 15, 2024 06:52 AM (/vvA5)

94 89 Congratulations!

Thank you. It's been just over a year and I don't feel strange wearing the black belt.

While in, he "borrowed" techniques from any style that worked and were practical.

That's a smart approach. I have both LINE training and MCMAP courtesy of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children to borrow from myself.

Finally found a guy, another noncommercial school, with 3rd to 6th degree rankings in judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido and karate.

We're definitely noncommercial as well. My teacher has groused about the fact that some of the flaws in Aikido is we generally don't advertise and that a lot of demo videos look choreographed. I'd like to help him get some more practical stuff uploaded without it running afoul of Japan.

but, when he did get ahold of me,,, ow!! My knee, wrist, finger...

Let me guess; you barely saw him move as well?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2024 06:53 AM (BpO1e)

95 JJ has arrived.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 15, 2024 06:55 AM (IUd0M)

96 "Had a thought (uh-oh) the other day that it is people, who God created, trying to create God.
Yeah, um, good luck with that."

A more useful analogy would be to approach it idea of AI as Man creating a machine similar to God creating Man.

Whereas the machine could be theoretically "perfected".

Posted by: pawn at October 15, 2024 06:57 AM (QB+5g)

97 "I just bought a new laptop and to use it I had to agree Microsoft could watch everything I do. It's for my own good though."

And people ask why the first thing I do when I buy a computer is nuke Windows and install Linux.

Posted by: Nemo at October 15, 2024 09:01 AM (S6ArX)

98 You'll be able to get support for Windows 10 after 2025, you'll just have to pay for it. Microsoft has always been happy to extend support for legacy OSes if you purchase the appropriate support plan.

Microsoft isn't exactly on the side of the angels but it no longer matters what they do, people are going to bitch and complain anyway. People complain Windows is virus bait, so they tighten up the security model and then people complain that their ancient software that writes directly to protected system directories won't work any more.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 15, 2024 12:58 PM (FMBjj)

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