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boatswain

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  • Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto

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  • I'm still hopeful about https://veilid.com/ but I suspect that's a long way out; the protocol is still in development stages, let alone implementations of it.

  • Smithsonian's Giant Skeletons and Destroyed Artifacts

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  • Your formatting makes this wall of text even worse

  • The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about

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  • [citation needed]

  • Does anyone have a good suggestion for a markdown note organiser?

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  • Just use Obsidian without using folders, then? They're completely optional.

  • Everyone is stealing TV

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  • Does anyone have a good suggestion for a markdown note organiser?

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  • Can you clarify what you mean about the folder structure? As far as I know, Obsidian doesn't change up the directory structure at all; it just uses what's already there: if you've got folders, you'll see them in Obsidian. If you don't, all the notes will be in one big directory.

  • You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

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  • Syncthing is great for syncing things like keepass dbs

  • What's yours?

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  • Either adopted heir of a wealthy uncle, or gardener.

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • It's absolutely feasible; it's just not painless. The network effect is real. This is something most of us here on the fediverse should be well familiar with: I'd wager we've all left a big proprietary centralized platform for a smaller one with less content that doesn't exactly fit our needs. Yes, it can suck; yes, you'll miss out on content and discussions that you would have seen before; yes, you'll be fine in a year anyway.

    That said, it sounds like Discord is doing some backpedaling at the moment, and that the vast majority of people won't have to do this. If that's so, there's some time before it enshittifies further. I'm going to use that to check out alternatives. My first step will be spinning up Matrix and a Discord bridge to see if that meets my needs. Then some of the other platforms, probably Stoat and Spacebar. I'm going to treat them as beta tests and give lots of feedback to the dev teams, which I hope will help incentivize development. I might even throw a few bucks at promising projects.

    The ultimate end of centralized platforms is decay. It's time to get serious about Discord replacements, at least for me.

  • As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

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  • Yes?

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • Sounds like it's experimental at the moment:

    Voice/Video when?

    Currently there is experimental voice/video WebRTC support in Spacebar. UDP connections are not currently supported.

    This is a very difficult feature to get working, especially given that we must implement it the exact same way as Discord.com for client compatibility, so if you find any bugs please open an issue in Spacebar server.

    We would also be incredibly thankful for any assistance.

    https://docs.spacebar.chat/faq/

    So might not be ready for primetime. Voice is pretty critical to how I often use Discord. Video less so, but still important.

  • As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

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  • The article is primarily about one particular machine learning powered device that is making a lot of mistakes. It explicitly includes the above paragraphs to explain that it's not talking about LLMs for the most part (though it does start to mention their increasing use later)

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • There's also https://spacebar.chat/, which I've been hearing some buzz about, but not really here; not sure if that's because there are known problems with it or what.

    Edit: it looks like voice and video are just experimental right now, so might not be a good replacement for many: https://docs.spacebar.chat/faq/

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • Last time I tried to play around with Stoat, I never even got a verification email, so taking an hour sounds like progress I guess? I'll have to try again.

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • I've been hearing good things about https://spacebar.chat/. Stoat (formerly Revolt) is out there as well. Matrix is another possibility, but it's more for individual channels rather than whole servers, so doesn't fit some use cases.

  • As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts

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  • Crazy, it's almost like LLM's aren't doctors...

    Directly from the linked article:

    AI encompasses more than LLMs, however, and the technology made its way into medicine long before AI bots appeared. The field dates back more than 70 years: A key moment was when British mathematician Alan Turing asked in a 1950 paper, “Can machines think?”

    The FDA authorized its first AI-enhanced medical devices in 1995 – two systems that used pattern-matching software to screen for cervical cancer. The type of AI used in medical devices today is often called machine learning, along with a subset known as deep learning, which are trained on data to perform specific tasks. The technology is used in radiology, for example, to enhance and analyze medical images. It can help diagnose cancers by identifying tumors that doctors may overlook.

  • Discord to Require ID or Face Scan Next Month for Full Access

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  • I get it, but if bigger projects don't move to alternatives, those alternatives have a lot less pressure to evolve. If a big project bites the bullet and moves, then there are more technically minded folks with a vested interest in making the platform better.

  • thoughts on this insider threat case?

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  • The IT guy wasn't a trainee; the trainee is the one who noticed him.

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    Trump is the new 9/11 - in a decade, we will be looking back with nostalgia to a world before international rules and standards were still valid

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  • There's a typo in your headline; you probably mean "a world when... were still valid" rather than "before".

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    New HHS nondiscrimination guidelines on AI use in Healthcare