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Deebster

@ Deebster @infosec.pub

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Mostly a backup account for now, other @Deebsters are available.

  • xkcd #3082: Chess Position

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  • Can't the/a bot post here where everyone's already subbed? If you give me a bit of time, I could get one written.

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • I'm not understanding why that's an appropriate name, but maybe I need to learn more about butterflies.

  • Do British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R?

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  • Tbh, I don't think you really understand how the non-rhotic accent works. In this case, the /r/ would be fully pronounced, as it would be at the start of a word. Say bread, elongate the r and skip the ed part and you have what it sounds like.

    If you're very used to hearing the bunched r, the British version still might sound softer, but even in the USA (where most people use bunched r) it's still common to hear an r made with the tip of the tongue behind the teeth (upper or lower).

    I'm ignoring the other r sounds, but you do find a lot of them across the various regional English accents.

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • This is a great example - it kinda makes sense if you skim read it but butterflies have nothing to do with butter, just like hotdogs have nothing to do with dogs.

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • FiveSixElevenSeventeen downvotes and counting...

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • LLMs are already being used for policy making, business decisions, software creation and the like. The issue is bigger than summarisers, and "hallucinations" are a real problem when they lead to real decisions and real consequences.

    If you can't imagine why this is bad, maybe read some Kafka or watch some Black Mirror.

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • My friends would probably say something like "I've never heard that one, but I guess it means something like ..."

    The problem is, these LLMs don't give any indication when they're making stuff up versus when repeating an incontrovertible truth. Lots of people don't understand the limitations of things like Google's AI summary so they will trust these false answers. Harmless here, but often not.

    I'm not counting the little disclaimer because we've been taught to ignore smallprint from being faced with so much of it

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • I found that trying "some-nonsense-phrase meaning" won't always trigger the idiom interpretation, but you can often change it to something more saying-like.

    I also found that trying in incognito mode had better results, so perhaps it's also affected by your settings. Maybe it's regional as well, or based on your search result. And, as AI's non-deterministic, you can't expect it to always work.

  • What's a God to a Kirk?

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  • And it's can't bear to (bear as in carry, not bare as in nude).

  • WhatsApp now lets you block people from exporting your entire chat history

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  • “We think this feature is best used when talking with groups where you may not know everyone closely but are nevertheless sensitive in nature,”

    Sounds like Meta wants to be used for the next Houti strike coordination group chat.

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  • Everyone complained about the nonsensical AI version, so now we have a sane version to share. This is a good thing.

  • This Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)

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  • I had "install Linkwarden" on my todo list; Hoarder/Karakeep seems very similar, does anyone have opinions on which is better?

  • This Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)

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  • Not your post, either ;) We're c/selfhosted around these parts.

  • PUT. HIM. BACK.

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  • For the first few words I thought it was in Klingon.

  • logs are for quitters

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  • Maybe it's like a yellow card and they've been booked.

  • TIL - Caddy

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  • I think it's more that using tho instead of though is quite casual, but then you use thusly, which is rather formal. The change of register is surprising/funny.

    Like if someone wrote "Indeed, it is most unexpected lol".

  • US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals

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  • Ok, but is there a possibility of there being a loophole here? Could you transfer cargo without a port? Is it required to use a different ship to be considered as coming from that island, or is there something equivalent to changing the flag and sailing onwards?

    I'm assuming that the explanation is just covering up incompetence (and providing an excuse that passes if you don't use critical thinking skills), but that's only my assumption. Much of my knowledge about international shipping comes from Wendover videos, so I know I'm no expert.

  • US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals

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  • I'm assuming that these uninhabited islands don't have a port and so this is an impossible scenario, but I don't know enough about international shipping to be sure.

  • I just wanted another folder at /

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  • It feel like so long since I've seen someone use this template correctly, so you've got that going for you 👍