Th4tGuyII

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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 127 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What?? But the FBI called dibs on that backdoor! /s

It's almost like putting backdoors into software as a whole is a bad idea cause anyone who knows of it can use it, not just "tHe GoOd GuYs"

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

At that point I'd just backup my data and do a fresh install - would probably take less time too

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 88 points 1 month ago

Xitter is basically Truth Social Lite at this point, so of course Musk would abuse his ownership to promote Trump's Super-PAC

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago

If you put that in the mirror it's kinda true, except that it's also on a Thursday this year haha

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 21 points 1 month ago

Imagine being more willing to stoop to bartering for Mandarins than to stop invading a sovereign nation cause "Muh Ex-Soviet Territory"

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 52 points 1 month ago

Man, my brother is the worst for this. Has multiple pairs of headphones, usually at least one on his person, and STILL will blast his Instagram reel on speaker as if everyone around him wants to hear his doomscrolling and brainrot memes

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 104 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Honestly 5 days out on the counter was asking for trouble - that long is tempting fate even when stored properly in the fridge

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

As someone who has worked with academics, the more specialised the person, the less common sense they seem to hold onto.

As such, if this was outside their PhD specialisation, then it'd absolutely make sense that this wouldn't occur to them.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

So the profit cap has been removed and the non-profit has been kicked out of the control seat. Sounds like they're taking off all the safeties in the name of money.

Goes to show the money always wins, and if AGI comes true, humanity will pay forfeit.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

From a pro-privacy standpoint changing your passwords to something you can't remember is absolutely the right thing to do to prevent yourself from being compelled to give up any passwords...

But in light of him being a government official tampering with his government issued phone to "accidentally" prevent it being used to investigate official wrongdoing, that act becomes highly suspicious, and (in the FBI's shoes) would only give more incentive to hack into his phone.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My first instinct is to say "No shit Sherlock", of course people who get paid more for their projects can afford to contribute more time to them...

but I do understand that having empirical documented evidence of something, even of it should be common sense, is really important, cause common sense isn't as common as people think it is (especially when a lot of people in power seem to quite intentionally lack it)

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 124 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Man that bird was living a straight up nightmare.

And from the comments I saw it gets worse for this bird - apparently after the bird flew off, the scientist who captured this call played it back to check they had recorded it properly, only for the bird to come back and start calling again.

These scientists accidentally played the cruelest prank imaginable on this poor bird, and it was likely not smart enough to ever realise it.

Like imagine living years of your life desperately calling out to someone, anyone, and you finally hear someone - you desperately rush over, but there's there's nobody there. You're sure you heard someone, but there's nothing, except you.

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