Posts by larsmb@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #Arl1IStCcWUkvPya9o by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-03-05T21:49:31Z
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@foone that's roundabout the last time period I felt I had a clue as to how my computer actually did things.
(DIR) Post #As9neCcVFTkIQmdOEq by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-03-17T20:43:10Z
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@foone KDE Connect.
(DIR) Post #AsKvmEZILSeLNkFqUa by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-03-21T10:23:21Z
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Confused by the #OSI election results.How are @bkuhn and @downey not even in the lists? Am I misunderstanding their processes?
(DIR) Post #Asc41HKpYRqocKbv16 by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-03-29T18:16:28Z
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“It’s cold as shit here! Nobody told me.”That's how unprepared and uneducated the *Vice President of the USA* is.For a supposedly important mission. To a region in *checks notes* the Arctic circle. Doesn't anyone brief them?Don't call it a clown show. Clown school is actually thorough and tough. Clowning needs talent and effort.#Greenland #uspol #JDVance
(DIR) Post #At9LO1AEEHwAzjpa9g by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-04-16T13:16:51Z
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How many wars do you think we'll have before the recession ends?#depol #eupol #uspol #recession #politics #TheOnlyWinningMoveIsNotToPlay
(DIR) Post #Atj6bmrOo0PHohKdBg by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-03T13:59:09Z
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Suggestion: if your support process starts with telling your customers they shouldn't - and thus cannot - trust your answers, you should, JUST PERHAPS, reevaluate.#Miles #AI #Chatbot #wtf
(DIR) Post #Atj6deRX4UdoI47byS by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-03T14:02:20Z
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And of course, later on it said that I told it that I didn't want credits (with a 10% bonus) but rather direct cash, a question it never asked - and when I then said that credits would be fine, proceeded with assuming that that was my name and asked me for the IBAN.Truly, AI is so human it reminds me of that guy I've always wanted to strangle.
(DIR) Post #AuFZCXVjj3JhLf22ee by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-18T12:33:58Z
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Of all the apps & (cloud) services - unless your life is extremely boring - the highest ROI is taking ownership of your photos and videos.Some legislations mandate scanning & many providers do it anyway: you risk awkwardness, loss of data or even all associated accounts with uncertain appeal process outcomes, plus potentially legal action.Even if all your data *is* boring, false positives are highly likely.-> https://immich.app/#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalDetox #Immich
(DIR) Post #AuFZCeVdhoOl3O2YyW by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-18T12:36:25Z
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At the very very least, you should have an encrypted(!) backup of your data *on another provider*.Ideally, your data isn't just hosted in your legislation, but on storage media you physically control and own.No, another virtual server at some other cloud provider isn't enough; unless your data is truly end to end encrypted, it *will* be scanned (and accessed).At least then they require a warrant to search your home/premises.
(DIR) Post #AuFZCkmAPHBSUNoqZM by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-18T12:39:39Z
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Of course none of this resolves the worrying trend/direction of on-device scanning where the device you own but do not control snitches on you with a non-zero chance of (falsely) accusing yourself.That requires a third party OS and possibly a third party camera app.#1984
(DIR) Post #AuFrlcNVQ4ktkp3gY4 by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-13T18:52:08Z
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I was asked what my exit condition for my rather stringent #nocovid precautions are, or whether I'd be living in fear forever? When they have proven treatment plans for #LongCovid that are at least as effective as chemotherapy.That'd be a turning point for me.#CovidIsNotOver #covid19 #MasksWork
(DIR) Post #AuS8AfBJKTm8x1UspE by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-05-25T11:47:24Z
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@fireborn @mpldr Allowing a user to install third party apps from another source is substantially legally different to bundling/aggregation/distribution of a mix of licenses. I'm amending this post with saying that I'd hope they could find a work-around - merely pointing out that the example cited doesn't imply they're being malicious, because they're not the same thing.
(DIR) Post #AvHy1EoHyMPr2aQEFs by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-06-19T12:12:22Z
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It's been awhile since I ran a poll like this.What's your status?#Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #BoostsAppreciated
(DIR) Post #AvKBmsgNEWRS27giKO by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-06-20T14:38:47Z
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@wolf480pl @wez @Sobex @ariadne Yes. And if it is regulatory pressure, THEY are also on the hook for support and maintenance and liable, so them building up the required capabilities inhouse (or outsourcing them) is unavoidable.
(DIR) Post #AvSMT1yyEmwJDbcrj6 by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-06-23T18:26:59Z
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@b_rain I've had to explain that LLMs are nothing at all like search engines to friends who are highly educated and, overall, likely smarter and more capable of complex thought than myself.They're just not computer science educated, and understand computers as good at numbers and large database retrievals. Which is the exact opposite of #LLMs.Society isn't ready for them at all.
(DIR) Post #AvSMsYNSvkWuvhFlXk by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-06-24T08:06:39Z
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@ridscherli @dalias @b_rain Nobody knows that immediately when confronted with a completely new tool, especially one that behaves very differently to all other tools that looked the same before, and when they've been lied to by almost everyone (not just for-profit corporations) about the capabilities.I think it is very important that we understand why LLMs are so often misunderstood so we can fix it — not be condescending to our friends is probably helpful in that regard.
(DIR) Post #AvyvruCzTl6BZBqyVU by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-07-08T12:29:53Z
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We deserve a web browser that's part of and owned by the public commons.To be frank, I believe we deserve, need, and could easily fund two: Firefox and Servo/Verso.The "Open Web" does not exist without a truly open browser. Most digital sovereignty initiatives collapse without one.Mozilla is not the organizational entity to lead this.https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/#Firefox #Servo #WebBrowsers #DigitalSovereignty
(DIR) Post #AyXbuUhr42vvyVHSzY by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-09-24T11:48:55Z
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Similary, I see people push #Omarchy as if politics were irrelevant.They are VERY MUCH relevant, and we absolutely should not give people who are "borderline far-right" (I'm not going to write what I want to write, because I can't afford those lawyers, form your own opinion and all that) more influence.At a stretch, tech might be somewhat neutral.Who we chose to be in a community with fucking isn't.https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-problem#DHH
(DIR) Post #B258QS03WadYPB8bwG by larsmb@mastodon.online
2026-01-08T17:00:10Z
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@zkat What counts? If you scan GitHub et al for the existence of AGENT.md and variants, LLM-based review bots and workflows (which, uh, kinda includes dependabot at this point), the list is extremely long.
(DIR) Post #B2BoU0WayqvNNFUp7Y by larsmb@mastodon.online
2026-01-11T20:55:19Z
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Civil war in the US within:#uspol #ICE