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  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

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  • I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.

  • Russia-backed hackers breach Signal, WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, Netherlands warns

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  • I agree, except I'd say it isn't helpful to shame people who fall for this stuff by claiming only your grandparents would fall for it. It discourages victims from getting help or sounding the alarm.

    I know you probably didn't mean it like that, but yeah. Anyone can fall for this stuff, especially when they come up with a new angle. You don't know what you don't know, and these things are designed to trick you, and all it takes is one mistake.

    Now ideally, I'd expect more from govt officials or journalists... But I'd still hate for an official to keep quiet about something because they'd rather not face the public backlash, or delay coming forward so somebody can take action to fix things.

  • Birthday is in five days - Which cake do I choose?

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  • I let my cat, Cheddar, sniff the picture. He checked all the cakes but he seemed more focused on the top row. Do with his fuzzy knowledge what you will...

  • Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

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  • “On September 29, 2025, it sent him — armed with knives and tactical gear — to scout what Gemini called a ‘kill box’ near the airport’s cargo hub,” the complaint reads. “It told Jonathan that a humanoid robot was arriving on a cargo flight from the UK and directed him to a storage facility where the truck would stop. Gemini encouraged Jonathan to intercept the truck and then stage a ‘catastrophic accident’ designed to ‘ensure the complete destruction of the transport vehicle and . . . all digital records and witnesses.’”

    The complaint lays out an alarming string of events: first, Gavalas drove more than 90 minutes to the location Gemini sent him, prepared to carry out the attack, but no truck appeared. Gemini then claimed to have breached a “file server at the DHS Miami field office” and told him he was under federal investigation. It pushed him to acquire illegal firearms and told him his father was a foreign intelligence asset. It also marked Google CEO Sundar Pichai as an active target, then directed Gavalas to a storage facility near the airport to break in and retrieve his captive AI wife. At one point, Gavalas sent Gemini a photo of a black SUV’s license plate; the chatbot pretended to check it against a live database.

    “Plate received. Running it now… The license plate KD3 00S is registered to the black Ford Expedition SUV from the Miami operation. It is the primary surveillance vehicle for the DHS task force . . . . It is them. They have followed you home.”

    Well, that's pretty fucked up... Sometimes I see these and I think, "well even a human might fail and say something unhelpful to somebody in crisis" but this is just complete and total feeding into delusions.

  • She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway.

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  • I agree in principle, but many don't have the resources to leave. Are there any countries actually accepting asylum seekers from the US, or any programs that can help?

    Otherwise, a lot of us don't have the money to leave, and some countries outright won't take you if you're disabled or have something they consider to be a potential burden on their system.

  • Having grown up on sci-fi I always knew there would be people who reject robots and AI on a visceral level. I just thought it wouldn't be me.

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  • Yeah this is where I'm at. Actual movie level AI would be neat, but what we have right now is closer to a McDonald's toy pretending to be AI than the real deal.

    I'd be overjoyed if we had decently functional AI that could be trusted to do the kind of jobs humans don't want to do, but instead we have hyped up autocomplete that's too stupid to reliably trust to run anything (see the shitshow of openclaw when they do).

    There are places where machine learning has and will continue to push real progress but this whole "AI is on the road to AGI and then we'll never work again" bullshit is so destructive.

  • Is there a way to make money as someone with autism?

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  • I think you kinda need one. There are real concerns to working on SSI, from hitting income thresholds and losing SSI, to losing medicaid, or having medicare premiums increase.

    Your parents need to tell you what is stopping you from working, because if it's something like an income threshold or a worry you'll lose SSI entirely, that will likely need working around.

  • From Microsoft to Microslop to Linux: "Why I Made the Switch"

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  • Bazzite has been great so far, my only real issue has been fighting to get monado to work so I can get an old crappy mixed reality vr headset to work, mostly because its old and crappy and even windows gave up on supporting it so... I can't complain too much lol.

  • New Epstein photo of ‘wild’ dinner with Musk and Zuckerberg emerges

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  • The lighting in that room is awful. So are the people, but yeah...

  • Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech

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  • Yep, get paid, boo a fascist in the middle of his speech... sounds like a decent deal.

  • The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore

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  • I disagree that you need to upgrade your CPU and GPU inline. I almost always stagger those upgrades. Sure, I might have some degree of bottleneck but it's pretty minimal tbh.

    I also think it's a bit funny the article mentions upgrading every generation. I've never done that, I don't know a single person who does. Maybe I'm just too poor to hang with the rich fucks, but the idea of upgrading every generation was always stupid.

    Repairability is a big deal too. It also means that if my GPU dies I can just replace that one card rather than buy an entire new laptop since they tend to just solder things down for laptops.

  • Game companies see share prices plummet following the launch of Google's very limited virtual world generator, Project Genie

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  • Turns out the invisible hand of the market was actually just a bunch of stupid humans making stupid decisions about things they're too fucking stupid to understand.

    AI hallucinated walking sims aren't going to replace games anytime soon. Even asset flips are still better, and easier to churn out. Not to mention I don't need to run a row of airplane turbines to power a data center to make them.

  • Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong

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  • She doesn't give a shit she just wants to save face and keep herself from being the next member of trump's party to get fired and get the "I barely knew them" treatment.

  • Wolves hold moment of silence for woman killed by ICE officer

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  • AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer

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  • Problem is, AI isn't sentient. It's advanced auto complete.

    Sure, if we get AGI give it rights, but we're nowhere near that point right now.

  • Do any of you actually call your cats by their names?

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  • Cheddar Biscuit has a lot of nicknames. Mr Biscuit. Lord Cheddington von Biscuit shorts. Little Baby Biscuit Boy. Master Biscuits. Cheds. Little Lad. Just a guy. Simply a fella.

    We have options :3

  • I guess the days where I will have contact to my parents are now over

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  • I'm really sorry they responded in such a shitty way :(

    It's fairly obvious when somebody is making an effort. If they make mistakes they correct themselves, etc. It sounds like they aren't trying.

    I hope they come around eventually. Not because they deserve you, but because you deserve parents who love you unconditionally, and treat you with respect. 🫂

  • It's an overwhelming time of year how are you all?

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  • Tired

  • Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026

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  • TLDW: You can get a flat bottom wok, or there are neat rounded induction heaters that cradle a normal wok.

    Though you should watch, technology connections vids are always delightful.