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What’s the 5 year running total for Meta settlements of this sort?

Credit Reporting business started before the internet existed, so probably not.

TrueWork exists, but they have a shitty privacy policy.

It shouldn’t. I’m not sure what I can do to change it.

I’ve got bad news for you about cars being sold over the last 15 years.

For $24 a month I can keep you safe from the worst ones.

For those that are questioning what the point of the lengthy article is because the title doesn’t help much, here’s the explanation:

Imagine it this way: let’s say every time you stepped outside your front door, you decided you want to be safe, so you dressed head-to-toe in full combat gear, complete with bulky full-body kevlar, a helmet, safety glasses, steel-toed boots, and gloves. I can stop the scenario here: even for those of us living in the roughest places, that’s a silly visual because it’s overkill. To be a little detailed, it also goes back to that word I used: “you want to be safe.” Safe from what? The sun? Then just put on some sunscreen and a hat. The cold? Put on a jacket. Danger? Keep your eyes up, headphones out (or low), and be aware of your surroundings.

Yet, many of us do the equivalent of overdressing in our digital lives because, as I said, we don’t always see it right away. Most people can instantly tell when they might be putting on too many items of clothing. Even something as simple as a jacket – when you feel the weight and restriction of movement – makes you pause enough to go “how cold is it really outside?” With the digital world, it can be much harder to notice the added weight, at least for a while. This makes it easier to overdress and not notice for a long time – or to dress up in full armor except for going barefoot (like I said, inconsistent action). In the past, I’ve compared some of the easier cybersecurity strategies with locking your front door: it’s technically inconvenient but we accept that inconvenience because the dramatic increase in security and safety outweighs it. This is comparable to things like using a password manager and 2FA or making the upfront switching cost to another service.

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Once [people] understand the concept, they quickly start to realize where they can safely dial back to something less stressful without risking themselves and where they should instead focus more attention to improve. You don’t need the entire suit of body armor, you just need to put on a jacket.

I had a phone die in me

The phone being inside you is probably why it died 😂

But on a serious note, I haven’t switched to passkeys because I don’t have a clear mental model of how to recover from losing both my phone and computer at the same time.

Are you in my head? Is this an alternate account that my subconscious self uses? What is real?

The bill in question is H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act: To reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

The concerning section of the text of the bill in question.

Elizabeth Goitein’s claims are not correct as the amendment is more narrowly defined than she has claimed. But the amendment is still overly broad and an inappropriate overreach of government surveillance.

Elizabeth Goitein is Co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.

FYI, the article got the date of the House vote incorrect (it was Friday April 12, not Saturday April 13).

I’m not reading that because you clearly would rather argue than have a conversation. Enjoy the rest of your day.

I think you’re not seeing the nuance in my statements and instead are extrapolating inappropriately, perhaps even disingenuously.

Yes, it’s an example of how there are claims being made that don’t hold up.

I’m interested in LLMs and how they are being used because that’s what large sums of money is being thrown at with very uncertain future returns.

Some companies are using them to find new and better drugs, to solve diseases, invent new materials, etc.

I have seen the claims of this sort of thing be refuted when results of the work using LLMs is reviewed. For example.

I’d like to read the research you alluded to. What research specifically did you have in mind?

Today AI is fully self-sustaining, meaning companies using AI are making a profit

How can I verify this?

This is an independent research project of yours in which you can write a summary of your findings with citations using a standardized formatting. Make sure you relate your findings to business administration in some way. If you do a good job with it you might stand out as exceptional.

Linux certainly has the possibility of being cutting edge in the consumer market but isn’t and there’s disincentive from a social and economic standpoint to make me confident that it will likely never be. Companies like System76 give me a but of hope though. (Although I suspect that they have long-term plans to adopt RedoxOS as their primary OS eventually.