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bysilentbozo
28, 2026 @09:46PM
(#65955796)
Attached to: 'Clawdbot' Has AI Techies Buying Mac Minis
There's also the impact of the rampocalypse.
As expensive as Apple originally priced the ram used on Mac Minis, it looks darn right reasonable right now with the surge in DDR5 prices.
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bysilentbozo
0, 2026 @01:06PM
(#65937598)
Attached to: Crypto News Outlet Cointelegraph Loses 80% of Traffic After Google Penalty For Parasitic Blackhat SEO Deal
Is this news because this happens often, or not often enough (the google manual death penalty)?
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bysilentbozo
15, 2026 @09:11PM
(#65928166)
Attached to: New York Introduces Legislation To Crack Down On 3D Printers That Make Ghost Guns
Ok, the proposed law is even more about thought control than just imposing a censorship regime on the printer:
"It would also make it a crime to possess or share the digital design files used to produce 3D printed firearms unless the individual has appropriate authorization."
In other words, it would defacto impose a gun manufacturing license requirement on anyone who even wants to have a cad file for a firearm.
So, some questions (not having read the actual text of the law) - would this then be applicable to a digitized schematic drawing of a firearm with the correct dimensions - since, theoretically, that's what you'd need to create a frame/receiver in many cases.
I guess you'd then need to restrict access to calipers, in case someone decided to measure up and publish these evil dimensions...
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bysilentbozo
15, 2026 @08:56PM
(#65928132)
Attached to: New York Introduces Legislation To Crack Down On 3D Printers That Make Ghost Guns
A firearm is a machine made up of discreet parts, many of which can either be sourced online without restriction in the United States (barrels, springs, slides, non-receiver frame, stock), or manufactured in a basic home workshop (basically just the receiver).
Other countries ban all firearm parts, or critical parts like barrels. The US has a particular regime that only recognizes the receiver as the actual "firearm" at a federal level. I'm not up on the current ins and outs of state laws, but to the best of my knowledge, you can basically buy and sell everything aside from the receiver without a federal firearms license in the USA.
There's a whole subculture of gun modders who have taken to 3d printing like ducks to water, who've pushed the boundaries of what is possible with the various printing filaments, post-processing, etc., and have generated a number of remixed open gun designs.
The only way to fully comply with a law that forces the printer to be a censor, is basically to have it phone home every time you want to slice and print a design. This is the antithesis of free (libre) 3d printing, and requires that someone pay for the censorship infrastructure, and someone to maintain the database of what is, and what isn't allowable to print.
Once a censorship infrastructure is in place, what then stops a politician to then ban "hacking tools", such as customized wrenches to open certain types of proprietary equipment, or ban "infringing content" such as replacement cartridge shells for a Super Nintendo system?
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bysilentbozo
2026 @07:24PM
(#65919634)
Attached to: Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division
They *were* taxed on the money.
They paid employment taxes (social security, unemployment insurance, medicare) on behalf of the employee, along with health insurance, and other benefits.
The employees, in turn, were taxed on the income they drew from being employed by Meta, which includes both federal and state income tax (in states with state income tax) but also the employee share of things like social security, unemployment, and medicare. They were also taxed on RSU exercise.
In addition, sales taxes were paid on the equipment that was issued to the employees, and if you want to go even further, property taxes were paid via the rent that was paid on the offices.
It's not like a billionare can spend money and not get taxed in some way, shape or form. The government skims their share, one way, or another.
Zuck took a big swing on the metaverse, and put his money where his mouth was. Now he's taking a swing at AI/AGI and redirecting his money accordingly.
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bysilentbozo
2026 @01:32PM
(#65912902)
Attached to: Craigslist at 30: No Algorithms, No Ads, No Problem
While there are some outstanding bugs, and occasional floods of spam, the site mostly just works as intended. They only recently (maybe in the last year ?) made javascript required.
I just wish more people would use it instead of defaulting to stuff like Facebook marketplace, but that's a personal convenience thing...
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bysilentbozo
2026 @09:12PM
(#65904701)
Attached to: 'Godfather of SaaS' Says He Replaced Most of His Sales Team With AI Agents
This is a wild ass guess but maybe something like 60k base salary plus 30k in bonuses, 65k worth of overhead...
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bysilentbozo
2026 @12:52PM
(#65903523)
Attached to: 'The College Backlash is a Mirage'
The point about foreign students is a good one. Colleges can be granting more degrees in total, but still have falling domestic enrollment.
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bysilentbozo
2026 @12:47PM
(#65903513)
Attached to: 'The College Backlash is a Mirage'
The "evidence" that the article cites that the turn away from higher education is false is as follows:
1. More people are getting degrees over time
2. The amount people pay is less
I actually look at it this way: People who can afford to pay full freight now refuse to pay because the perceived value is less, so to make up the difference in enrollment, they have to discount the price to attract more people to enroll. There's also the possibility that the rigor necessary to get a degree has been reduced, in order to make their customers happy.
Unfortunately, there isn't enough data provided to say whether the author's argument, or my argument is correct.
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bysilentbozo
2, 2025 @06:29PM
(#65876017)
Attached to: Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Exec Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident
As I suspected, this crash happened on the Angeles Crest Highway.
https://ktla.com/news/local-ne...
"Multiple media outlets reported that Vince Zampella was in a Ferrari that hit a concrete barrier while driving on Angeles Crest Highway and subsequently caught fire. The California Highway Patrol, in a statement to KTLA, was only able to confirm the incident took place on Sunday at 12:43 p.m. at mile marker 62 on Angeles Crest Highway. "
Angeles Crest is a windy mountain road (one lane in each direction) popular with motorcycle riders and car enthusiasts out for a drive. Elevation goes up to 6000ft. You'll also get hard core cyclists doing the hills as well. This is the main road for access into the Angeles National Forest. There have been sections that have been washed out and repaired over the years. They finally reopened the entire stretch (there was a section out that cut LA off from the high desert) earlier this year:
https://www.sfgate.com/la/arti...
"A roughly 10-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway, which runs roughly east-west through the national forest for over 60 miles from the wealthy suburb of La Cañada Flintridge to the small mountain town of Wrightwood, reopened with little notice on Friday after being closed for several years. Before the surprise return on Friday, the portion of the two-lane highway had been closed since the winter of 2022-2023, when “relentless storms” collapsed roadways, caused rockslides and damaged retaining walls, according to Caltrans.
Angeles Crest Highway (also known as State Route 2) connects Interstate 210 with State Route 138, providing access to ski areas, hiking trails and picnic areas along the way. But for the past few years, areas along the closed stretch of roadway were inaccessible, and Southern California residents were required to drive in a giant circle along busy urban and suburban freeways to reach recreational opportunities near Wrightwood on the other side of the closure. "
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bysilentbozo
18, 2025 @07:01PM
(#65867943)
Attached to: North Korean Infiltrator Caught Working In Amazon IT Department Thanks To Lag
That would be my question. Who is fronting for this guy when he's required to go into the office?
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bysilentbozo
11, 2025 @05:52PM
(#65852215)
Attached to: Rivian Goes Big On Autonomy, With Custom Silicon, Lidar, and a Hint At Robotaxis
I'm wondering if their new model performs better than the experimental aftermarket upgrade:
https://www.rivianforums.com/f...
https://comma.ai/
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bysilentbozo
11, 2025 @05:35PM
(#65852169)
Attached to: Disney Says Google AI Infringes Copyright 'On a Massive Scale'
In California it's $15/day. And it doesn't include the first day.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/ca...
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bysilentbozo
8, 2025 @06:49AM
(#65842959)
Attached to: College Students Flock To A New Major: AI
It's an actual "AI" related term. It was just very short lived.
https://aws.amazon.com/what-is...
https://cloud.google.com/disco...
https://www.ibm.com/think/topi...
https://www.salesforceben.com/...
"A 2023 McKinsey Global Survey revealed that 7% of organizations adopting AI had already hired Prompt Engineers, indicating early adoption of this role across various industries, and Anthropic were advertising Prompt Engineering roles with salary offers as high as $375K â" which didnâ(TM)t require in-depth technical knowledge or even a tech degree.
It was touted as the job of 2024, and a year later, research suggests that the role is no longer attractive to companies. Per a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft, 31,000 workers across 31 countries were asked what roles their companies are prioritizing, and Prompt Engineer was ranked second to last among new roles companies are considering adding in the next 12 to 18 months."
https://ai.plainenglish.io/why...
"The Rise of Prompt Engineering 2020â"2024
When generative AI burst onto the scene, prompt engineering became an essential skill for anyone looking to leverage AI to its fullest potential.
Early on, AI models like GPT-3 and GPT-4 had limited capacity to understand vague or unstructured input, which made prompt engineering a specialized skill to ensure the AI generated the desired output.
Slight variations in wording, phrasing, or structure could result in drastically different AI responses, and organizations quickly recognized the potential of prompt engineers to maximize the power of these models.
Tech companies and startups recruited prompt engineers at a rapid pace, and soon bootcamps and certification programs emerged to cater to this new demand."
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bysilentbozo
7, 2025 @07:15PM
(#65842221)
Attached to: College Students Flock To A New Major: AI
I get the feeling that many people who will be opting for AI/cybersecurity are hoping to somehow get the gold star of approval that allows them to get a paycheck for not actually doing work.
Kind of like how a lot of people wanted to get hired by the big tech companies (meta, alphabet, apple, amazon, netflix, etc.) and draw a 6 figure salary for basically doing nothing - except maybe video blogging about how they were making a 6 figure salary for basically doing nothing.
I would caution people trying to treat this as the new MBA with an observation - if there's sufficient supply of "AI" degree graduates, then the individual value of that degree drops, same as with the MBA. The people getting wealthy at this stage of the game are the ones starting their own companies, or who already have established research pedigrees that make them prime poaching material.
Anybody trying to get a degree in "AI" right now that takes them out of the workforce for 4 years is going to get an incredibly rude shock when they graduate and find that most everything that doesn't relate to fundamentals (like data science, OSI, etc.) they learned is no longer relevant. Remember how hot "prompt engineering" was at one point? Yeah...
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