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  • Oreo O's. Easily the best.

  • The World Cup and the fallout from the coup in Niger.

  • No, sometimes disclosing the fact of an investigation can compromise it. They often won't say one way or the other.

  • Mate, good tip for internet use is knowing that law enforcement absolutely uses the same forums you do. There's always a chance none of them sees your post or if they did, they won't do anything, or if they do, their supervisors won't move on it... But as much as people like to paint LE as a block completely removed from society, they're really not. They routinely suck both at their jobs and as people, but that doesn't mean they're not still people with interests. And sites like Lemmy cater to pretty common interests, so naturally LE is going to be on them, especially the more tech inclined.

    Anyway, if you've filed a report with the local PD there, it's possible to figure out this case and who you are for people with the right tools. Regarding your question in your post, if you think this case involves murders across state lines or where the locals clearly won't do anything, contact the state police and the FBI (or your country's equivalents, if they are safe authorities). Depending on the office, they can sometimes do a better job of keeping you anonymous, especially if you express that you're afraid for your life. If that hits a dead end, start contacting the press. Reporters love this sort of thing.

    Frankly, I recommend pursuing this, but don't contact the locals again. Go to the feds or state. Assuming this is real and you're not just having fun with creative writing, it sounds like the community knows what's up but is being blocked by the local government. Since you're on the outside and essentially have a "deathbed confession," you're functionally a witness to what happened. I'm not strictly sure if you have an actual duty to report this, I don't know you, but seems like it would be nice if you did.

  • The whole series is just what Bran sees but is unable to communicate with anyone as he's staring into a snowglobe after sustaining debilitating injuries from being pushed off the window.

  • Most likely. The allegations appear to be at least partly disputed, but not really clear if it's all going anywhere. His journalism is pretty solid despite his personal conduct, at least what he's admitted to, being fairly shitty and/or gross.

  • The journalists, sure. The company, less so.

  • Adam Something - Mostly about civil engineering and public transportation, but also a ton of commentary on the right wing from a European leftist perspective.

    Ladyknightthebrave - Film theory and criticism.

    King Arthur Baking - Just solid baking videos.

    Tasting History with Max Miller - Cooking show about historical foods with brief dives into the dish's history.

    Oversimplified - Short animated videos on history.

    F.D. Signifier - Black leftist takes on society, politics, and pop culture.

    Lindsay Ellis - Now retired from YouTube due to harassment, but excellent film theory and criticism, originated the current film theory video format.

    Chinese Cooking Demystified - Chinese cooking videos that focus on how it's actually done in China.

    All Gas No Brakes/Channel 5 - Modern gonzo documentary news.

    Breadsword - Film theory and criticism.

    Contrapoints - Leftist trans commentary on philosophy, political theory, pop culture, and basically everything.

    Luetin09 - Incredibly deep dives into Warhammer 40,000 lore.

  • It's still important to note. These workers provide a broader economic benefit, this isn't just about them working for their own sake.

  • They publicly threatened to make writers and actors homeless. He's just being more direct about it.

  • Odd, I read the opposite somewhere else but perhaps that's wrong.

  • Not sure about the specifics but it might not be enforceable. Just because a company says something in their TOS doesn't mean it's true.

  • Conventions are still happening, but actors can only talk about old work, nothing active. That makes sense, but curious if actors will just refuse to go altogether. Would be wild for SDCC to become an actual comic book convention again.

    Edit: Maybe not? I've seen conflicting sources on that.

  • Yeah but they literally can't make you work, so...

    Labor has more power than it realizes and should weild that power more often.

  • No? The person I replied to listed business people and lawyers, generally people who wear suits to conduct their business. If they're wearing a suit, I don't assume they're performing surgery.

  • Not really, it says those are people you should take seriously, which, depending on context, is true.

  • A security camera is to document crimes and such, not to help you answer the door.

  • This really isn't a helpful answer. People don't get a Ring for the doorbell, they get it for the camera. This post is requesting a good private security camera that can also record and maybe allow you to talk to whoever is at your door. Your answer is the equivalent of:

    Q: Gasoline-powered car - what are the easiest hybrid alternatives?

    A: A normal goddamn bicycle

  • You're making a hasty generalization here

    I'm really not, though I'll readily admit I'm simplifying things. An LLM can only create something it's been given. I guess it can generate a string of characters and assign a definition to it, but it's not really intentional creation. There are many similarities between how a human generates something and how an LLM does, but to argue they're the same radically oversimplifies how humans work. While we can program an LLM, we literally do not have the capability to replicate a human brain.

    For example, can you tell me what emotions the LLM had when it produced the output it did? Did its physical condition have any effect? What about its past, not just what it has learned but how it was treated? What is its motivation? A human response to anything involving creativity factors in many things that we aren't even consciously aware of, and these are things an LLM doesn't have.

    The study you're citing is from Google, there's likely some bias and selective reporting. That said, we were talking about creativity, not regurgitating facts or analyzing data. I think it's universally accepted that as the tech gets better, it's preferable to have a computer make the first attempt at a diagnosis, especially for a scan or large data analysis, then have a human confirm.

    For the remix example, don't forget that samples get attribution. Artists credit what they sampled and get called out when they don't. I'm actually unclear as to whether an LLM actually can cite to how it derived its output just because the coders haven't revealed if there's some sort of derivation log.