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BolexForSoup

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Former landed gentry.

  • Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

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  • I said:

    I don’t think these people should be locked up or all AI usage banned. But there is definitely a middle ground between absolute prohibition and no restrictions at all.

    I have used AI tools as a shooter/editor for years so I don’t need a lecture on this, and I did not say any of the concerns are new. Obviously, the implication is AI greatly enables all of these actions to a degree we’ve never seen before. Just like cell phones didn’t invent distracted driving but made it exponentially worse and necessitated more specific direction/intervention.

  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • If you use a reputable VPN like Proton or Mullvad to torrent the occasional movie/show and don’t torrent without it it’s incredibly unlikely you’ll get caught. Beyond that it’s completely about what you’re doing online and VPN’s are not magic bullets for all things. But for torrenting, it’s good enough 99.99999% of the time.

    If you’re constantly torrenting hundreds of things a month, especially new releases, yeah you should do more. But that’s not some dude grabbing a 60 year old movie one time. For your example a VPN will get the job done and their ISP will be none the wiser.

    If someone bases their entire piracy knowledge on my one liner that’s on them and I’d be shocked to see that on this instance. I’m all for making sure we acknowledge all experience levels but you’re taking that a little too far here. I made a condom joke dude.

  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • My dude you are over interpreting this. It was just a fun little joke. I have a lot more than a VPN guarding my system.

  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • A condom also doesn’t solve all your problems but it’s a good foundation lol

  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • “I’m going to offload my need to be technically literate in order to pirate to my local library and let them deal with the problem because I’m an entitled asshole who shits where I eat and doesn’t realize I’ll get in trouble anyway.”

  • Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk?

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  • VPN’s are the rubbers of the internet

  • Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

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  • Now that is interesting, I've never heard this consideration before.

  • Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

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  • I can't control that you saw my comments seconds after they were posted but before the 20-30s it takes for me to edit them. There is nothing i changed that drastically for you to imply I was being deceptive.

    Have a good one.

  • Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

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  • And your comment was unnecessarily patronizing IMO. Do you think they needed that today?

    If you don’t want people to respond to your takes then don’t post them in public forums. I am critiquing your stance. If it’s overly aggressive than I apologize for the tone.

  • Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

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  • I understand AI evangelists - which you may or may not be idk - look down on us Luddites who have the gall to ask questions, but you seriously can’t see any potential issue with this technology without some sort of restrictions in place?

    You can’t see why people are a little hesitant in an era where massive international corporations are endlessly scraping anything and everything on the Internet to dump into LLM’s et al to use against us to make an extra dollar?

    You can’t see why people are worried about governments and otherwise bad actors having access to this technology at scale?

    I don’t think these people should be locked up or all AI usage banned. But there is definitely a middle ground between absolute prohibition and no restrictions at all.

  • Wanting to dual boot Windows with Kubuntu. Am I fine getting a Windows 10 key instead of 11?

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  • Yes actually. It’s what you should have done in the first place.

  • Wanting to dual boot Windows with Kubuntu. Am I fine getting a Windows 10 key instead of 11?

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  • Like I said, it's a stretch. But this isn't some rampant issue or particularly time consuming. They should just ignore the question if they don't want to answer it. People online just have such a hard time ignoring things.

    And before someone else feels clever: Yes you could theoretically levy the same critique at me (though I'd disagree), but I would rather skip that part of the conversation as it is equally unproductive.

  • Wanting to dual boot Windows with Kubuntu. Am I fine getting a Windows 10 key instead of 11?

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  • Unnecessary and unhelpful. Plenty of Linux users dual boot with removed/Windows. It’s a stretch sure but come on.

  • For 'Cheap' Labour, Google Fires Its Entire Python Team: Report

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  • Because a lot of people depend on references from their previous job, including their managers and such, for the next one. Burning that bridge because you wouldn’t spend your last few weeks at the company doing what was asked of you is not a good look. It makes you appear difficult/like you hold grudges. It also might cost you things like your severance.

    If it’s that important to you to flip a middle finger to your previous employer then go ahead, but I think most people will decide the cons vastly outweigh the pros. Especially since that person will get trained anyway so you can’t even meaningfully change things.

  • Let's discuss: Mass Effect

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  • Explosive ammo on a pistol is so broken. It’s ridiculous lol

  • Let's discuss: Mass Effect

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  • One thing that really soured my taste with Andromeda was the very clunky, but for some odd reason still necessary platforming. It always ground things to a halt for me and reminded me I was playing a video game, which is not a fun feeling. Like recognizing that actors are on a set in the middle of the movie.

    They also did not really explore what different species could look like. It just felt like any group I could’ve seen in the Milky Way when they had given themselves an excuse to do literally whatever they wanted. Like halo 4 choosing to have me fight the not-covenant again after 3 rounded the story out and gave them a mechanism for dropping the chief literally anywhere at any time.

    I also found most of the squadmates to not be very memorable. It felt like they were going out of their way to make sure they didn’t resemble any of the previous ensembles.

    That being said, I think the game did an incredible job of not falling into the usual paradigm of “this is the good option, this is the bad option.” There was a lot more nuance to some of the decisions and it really had me stopping and thinking about how I wanted to proceed.

    Still, I never finished the game. Got several dozen hours and it was enjoyable enough, but a lot of dropped balls.

  • its true tho

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  • Fair enough. Text is complicated, i probably read a more sarcastic tone where you weren’t intending. Have a good weekend my friend! (For real no tone implied lol)

  • its true tho

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  • I’m not loving the condescension here lol but ok

  • its true tho

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  • I’ve never heard someone fight against right to repair in my life. This is not challenging you, that’s just WILD to me

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
    BolexForSoup @kbin.social

    Dave the Diver isn't holding my attention.

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    Financial woes in the video game industry

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
    BolexForSoup @kbin.social

    What has everyone been playing?

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    What are you playing this week?

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    What are you playing this week?

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    What are you playing right now?

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    What are you playing?

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
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    The future of FMV's

  • True Gaming @kbin.social
    BolexForSoup @kbin.social

    Where is the line between "suggestion" and "hand holding"?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    BolexForSoup @kbin.social

    Looking to dip my toes into Linux for the first time. I have a 2016 Intel MacBook Pro with pretty solid specs collecting dust right now that I think I’m going to use. Research so far has indicated to

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    BolexForSoup @kbin.social

    It says something about the current relationship of large corporate apps and users when Slack makes an update - of particular annoyance is that the search bar at the top basically eats the entire bord