Notices by Matt Hall (401matthall@mastodon.xyz)

@mhoye

I used to feel slightly paranoid when chat/video services would ask, "How was the video/audio quality?"

I'm now completely convinced this is used as a metric to throttle bandwidth on future calls when a sufficient number of participants register the call as "good" quality.

The users would literally _tune_ the bandwidth over time to the lowest bearable quality.

I don't even _feel_ crazy for thinking this anymore.

Everything is awful.

EVERY...

SINGLE...

PART...

Of this training is about creating...

DETERMINISM...

Where it _CANNOT_ exist.

The logical fallacy here is _SO_ wildly significant, the literal _crux_ of the entire discussion around _usefulness_ or _usability_.

This is so wildly exhausting.

This is expecting the results from decades of learning and practice in a given skill from a machine that is _incapable_ of providing consistent results.

(I'm haven't even gotten to the theft and environmental violence.)

Does anyone else think that whomever came up with the MCP acronym _actually_ was thinking of the Master Control Program from the _original_ TRON movie?

The _literal_ badguy in the film.

I do. I think it's exactly what they were thinking of and came up with Model Context Protocol later in order to disguise their original "clever" reference.

You... You've met nerds, right? We think we're _very_ clever.

#ai #llm #claudecode

There's no way I'm the first person to realize the context of LLMs/AI is _literally_ remote code execution on your device.

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This is a thing we've been trying to prevent for _decades_. Everything we do is just awful.

@skinnylatte

I haven't been a big Trekkie (Trekker) in a hot minute but this is nice.

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Did... Did the nerds move into SF and Silicon Valley because they thought they'd build Starfleet Headquarters?

Or is that all just a coincidence?

@skinnylatte @ekuber

Wait... Are you telling me that in the rest of the world... They... They just keep doing things even though it's Vampire Hours?

@Lana

Riiight?!

@Lana

I'm just saying I'm CIS-99% straight (I will always make an exception for Henry Cavill and I _will not_ be judged for it) and this is like the least threatening thing to talk about with a child.

It's not war, it's not famine, it's not injustice, it's just _love_. Love's easy. There's even a fairly decent description of it in their damned _book_.

@GossiTheDog

When is everyone going to accept that Facebook/Zuckerberg didn't _create_ the next big thing in social media... He stumbled across it?

He _found_ it. He didn't _build_ it. He _monetized_ it, for certain. These things aren't the same, however.

@randahl

"Chaaiiinaaaaaah."

He's a repugnant man and his followers _are_ worse.

His incentives are _clear_. Their incentives... Are... What? Collective fear manifested as hate.

We're all animals but we don't have to be _dumb_ animals.

@skinnylatte

I kinda feel like we could stand that kind of biological openness in the States. We're really prudish about stuff that _everybody_ absolutely _must_ do.

@_L1vY_

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Well, he's bought and paid for not to mention "bros-before-hos" bullshit.

No person... I mean _no_ person that breaks down in tears during their confirmation hearing deserves to be a Supreme Court Justice.

@dalias

Oh, it hurts so much.

@botvolution @MLE_online

Really? I block _all_ the time. I'm getting old. I'm not dying in the middle of an internet argument.

@mcnado

This is a smidge of a segue but related... Are there funds or any organization around purchasing things like gas masks, real ones not homemade ones, portable video cameras, etc for folks in Occupied Zones?

The goodsquad is taking phones because people are recording them and they don't understand how cell phone networks work. So... Seriously, let's get folks ruggedized GoPros. I'm not rolling in cash or anything but point me at the thing.

@StillIRise1963 @WarnerCrocker @calum

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I'm already whimpering and whining.

<sigh>

@FeloniousPunk @Gargron @cmconseils

This might sound snotty or obtuse, I don't mean it to, I understand the appeal of fresh honey (it's my preference) but I still can't quite grok the utensils... What's the advantage of the wand over say... A spoon or just pouring from the jar and wiping the lip of the jar when finished?

I feel like I'm genuinely _missing_ something.

@Gargron @cmconseils

This is interesting to me. I grew up and and live in the US. Honey is most often acquired at a supermarket in a plastic container shaped like a bear.

You _squeeze_ the container to dispense the honey.

No spoons, no wands. Just honey.

So... The wand seems _amazingly_ superfluous to me. I literally don't understand the appeal.

@Gargron @cmconseils

Even if it was... Using reddit has been an absolute pain since they locked everything down and... You didn't answer the question. ;)

@paninid

Into the forest? I've heard about the chocolate that's not _just_ chocolate... Is that what we're referencing or are they _literally_ running ICE agents into the forest?