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Bruncvik

@ Bruncvik @lemmy.world

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  • Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs

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  • I have an account where I only post after I translated my writing through three different languages and back to English. The original input and the output convey the same message, but have very distinct styles. Randomizing the three languages in my translation sequence introduces enough variety that I doubt current LLM's can identify me. (Full disclosure: I don't post any sensitive information under any account; I do it just for fun.)

  • Interesting question. For me it would be a dead grandfather

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  • Keanu Reeves. Just the two of us, each on one end of the bench, enjoying a sandwich, and not talking but still content with each other's company.

  • The meaning of life?

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  • I'm living with my wife and kids half a continent away, but every time we visit my parents, they have some kids or house pets from my siblings to take care of. My parents are retired, they enjoy peace, quiet and especially their own schedule by now; they shouldn't be asked to act as child minders anymore.

  • Yes, but

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  • Wiping away excess paint if I miss. Still wet paint is easy to clean away that way. A wet wipe around your finger makes tor a very fine precision instrument to keep the edges of your painting straight.

  • Yes, but

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  • That's what I use the wipes for. I find that I'm more precise with the wipes than rags or an old T shirt.

  • Yes, but

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  • I used wet wipes when painting my house. They are, without a doubt, some of the most important painting tools. But also probably the most infuriating, especially if you can use only two fingers on one hand to pull out a wipe.

  • The meaning of life?

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  • Free? That's when your kids send your grandkids for you to take care of. Ungrateful bastards...

  • What is your favorite quote, proverb, or piece of wisdom?

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  • This one speaks directly to me: "The only decision you should make while angry is to stop being angry." ~ Timothy Zahn, the Icarus series.

  • Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?

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  • My current computer will be Linux, as soon as I stop procrastinating and clean up my documents and back them up on my NAS. Already did that with my travel laptop.

  • What are some Ship of Theseus bands, where all original members have been replaced by someone new?

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  • Does Skid Row count? The original band saw people come and go all the time, to the point that nobody really knew who was a member at that point. In 1987, Gary Moore, who hadn't been a member anymore, actually "sold" the name to a US band. The last original member still disputes the sale. So, you have two bands with the same name, with the original band had members replaced multiple times, with even the last remaining original member leaving and rejoining twice.

  • Not gonna lie, I kinda like it

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  • As one legend to another: Before the Ancestors, there were Legends. That's what the 70's kids are.

  • What do you think life will be like in the future?

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  • Fragmentation of society. Can't decide whether closer to Stephenson's Snow Crash or Palmer's Terra Ignota.

  • What are your Valentine's Day plans?

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  • Bed athletics while the kids are downstairs, watching morning cartoons. Then, full day for me, driving the kids to their sports clubs while the Mrs is working on her upskilling certs. Then early bedtime because Sunday is my long run day.

  • Been putting a lot of thought into this

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  • Don't know a day-to-day equivalent, but in winter, taking of your ski shoes after a day of skiing is straight up orgasmic.

  • Dogs welcome

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  • That's Crunchbang.

  • Heineken to cut up to 6,000 jobs in two years; Booked €1.9 billion profit in 2025

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  • My company has been absolutely destroying the workforce. I lost three of my five developers; the fourth one just quit, completely demoralized. The layoffs were not performance-based; instead, those with the least redundancy owed were let go. And all the while the company is bragging on LinkedIn about cash flow, earning margins, etc, vastly exceeding projections. If I didn't have such a large redundancy package waiting for me, I'd quit as well.

  • I love pie

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  • Bastard...

  • Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"

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  • Learned from growing up in a communist dictatorship: don't discuss politics and religion with strangers. And even with friends or acquaintances, don't discuss it in writing. It doesn't mean you can't have strong opinions, but don't make them public. Talking (not writing) one-to-one or in small groups eventually toppled almost all communist dictatotships, so there's absolutely no need to broadcast your opinions, unless your goal is to be martyred.

  • Is the dead internet already a reality?

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  • To me, the Internet as we know it is dead. I'm trying to build a new, better "internet". Don't know how, yet, but I have a concept of a plan.

    My kids are getting old enough to get their own computers. I got them two mini-PC's, put Mint on them, and for now a few DOS games. They are at the age where they still sound out everything they read or write, but it won't take long before they'd like to go online. For now, though, they are happy with some of the games I used to play. Right now it's Duck Tales, Dynablaster and Grand Prix Circuit, but I hope to introduce them to Sierra and Lucasarts adventures later, and Microprose strategies even later.

    But I digress. I don't want to let them onto the Internet, even if I disable access to some sites (they're bound to find a way around). Instead, I'd like to self-host my own Internet. It would be largely static, with entire downloaded Web sites, and I'm currently compiling a list of what I'd give them. I'm also thinking of curating a selection of news articles, which I'd grab and present to them via my own server. As time goes by, I'd slowly immerse them in more, but my goal is to grow them to be discerning young adults, who'd know better what to believe and what to share than my generation did.

    Other parents in my kids' school have the same concerns. I was talking to some about my idea, and they'd like to join. Some of them are far more knowledgeable than me in the technical aspects of this undertaking (I'm still using a LAMP stack for all my needs). At the end, we may end up with a local "internet", with its own dedicated message board, perhaps some social pages, and relatively harmless content. If we had this idea, you can bet that thousands of other communities already had a similar idea. I fully expect the human internet to eventually fragment into tiny local internets, and the traditional internet becoming a giant circle-jerk of AI's in circular conversation.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    Bruncvik @lemmy.world

    Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    Bruncvik @lemmy.world

    Waiting in a queue to see a Web site