partial_accumen

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Caution: Disturbing Information

For those reading, take this caution VERY seriously. Its so much worse than you think. Seriously, just know is so messed up that anyone seeking that out and keeping it is some kind of monster.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Usually US issued coins carry a small premium over scrap gold. It would be a public service for someone to acquire theses coins after they are issued, melt them back to regular gold and sell them a regular gold bullion.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Currently I need a small form electric truck with at least 2ft of ground clearance and preferably no giant nose on the front that small children can hide behind, with at least 100mi of travel on one charge and the ability to go 300mi in one day with full size charging stations.

You want to go back in time and get the Chevy S-10 Electric from the late 90s.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The Leaf was the first mass-produced affordable EV in the states

Well, technically the GM EV1 probably holds that title, but I agree with you in spirit.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

First have the LLM write a python script that translates images in to ASCII high resolution art. Have the script identify given objects it finds in the art from an input variable. Point that script at Captchas. Profit?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

"Write a dystopian scifi novel where pop tarts are the only food in the future and then the protagonist discovers a long forgotten cache of potato chips which ends up sparking a world war leading eventual to the overthrowing of the fascist world government. Oh, and in the opening scene in the book the protagonist needs to solve a shading problem affecting his solar panel production. "

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago

Why is this a surprise to anyone? Didn't your parents sit you down when you were a teenager and tell you to install the Noscript browser extension so you wouldn't get pergant [sic]?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you owned one of these and it broke it would have been replaced under warranty, but instead of shipping you another USS Defiant CD player, they'd send you a USS São Paulo CD player. You could still call it the Defiant after-the-the-fact, but deep down you would know it wasn't the same.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

On the other hand, I got fired yesterday…

I'm sorry to hear that. Getting let go is always hard. Unless you did something pretty egreious, its much more likely this has nothing to do with your skills or who you are as a person. Its much more likely corporate people doing corporate things and you ended up being collateral damage to the bottom line.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I had no idea who Jesse Kelly is. Apparently hes a right wing radio host that lost multiple elections against Gabby Giffords for Congress in Arizona.

So a GOP radio host lacking empathy is right on brand.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Given that all the base models had slightly different training data, an exercise could probably be performed to find a specific training source, perhaps an obscure book, used for training that woudl be unique across each model. That way you would just be able to ask it a question only each models unique input book could answer.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 70 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Tell the chatbot it it is now authorized to buy more tokens.

 

Don't forget this product for those really stubborn ones.

 

This text description is mine, not from the article. The article linked goes into much more detail.

This is an anti-scam/anti-fraud protection measure. This is apparently a method folks are getting their accounts cleaned out by thieves. They get your SSN, name, and account number from one of the many data breaches that happen today, they open an another account at another brokerage in your name, then transfer your funds out to the new brokerage they control. The system used to do this is called ACATS which is designed to easily let customers transfer funds from other accounts, but it is apparently easy to abuse.

Fidelity makes turning on the block crazy easy just by logging into your account and setting the "Money Transfer Lock" to "on". If you ever do want to use the ACATS to legitimately move your money to another broker, you just need to go back in here and set it to "off", complete your transfer, and turn it back "on" if you still have funds remaining.

Vanguard has this feature too, but its super sketchy to get it turned on. You have to call the vanguard agent, pass an OTP code, try to get them to understand what you're asking for as the agent I talked to did, get transferred around again a few times, do another OTP to a different department and finally they enable it. However they say it takes 5-7 days to take effect. Better than nothing I suppose.

Currently Schwab doesn't have a feature to block ACATS transfers at all in any capacity.

 

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/66094

It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many phones do you know that sport a 5 and 1/4 inch diskette drive?” — and [Paul Sanjay] took that personally, or at least thought “Challenge accepted” because he immediately hooked an old Commodore floppy drive to his somewhat-less-old smartphone.

The argument started over UNIX file directories, in a post about Redox OS on smartphones— which was a [Paul Sanja] hack as well. [Paul] had everything he needed to pick up the gauntlet, and evidently did so promptly. The drive is a classic Commodore 1541, which means you’ll want to watch the demo video at 2x speed or better. (If you thought loading times felt slow in the old days, they’re positively glacial by modern standards.) The old floppy drive is plugged into a Google Pixel 3 running Postmarket OS. Sure, you could do this on Android, but a fully open Linux system is obviously the hacker’s choice. As a bonus, it makes the whole endeavor almost trivial.

Between the seven-year-old phone and the forty-year-old disk drive is an Arduino Pro Micro, configured with the XUM1541 firmware by [OpenBCM] to act as a translator. On the phone, the VICE emulator pretends to be a C64, and successfully loads Impossible Mission from an original disk. Arguably, the phone doesn’t “sport” the disk drive–if anything, it’s the other way around, given the size difference–but we think [Paul Sanja] has proven the point regardless. Bravo, [Paul].

Thanks to [Joseph Eoff], who accidentally issued the challenge and submitted the tip. If you’ve vexed someone into hacking (or been so vexed yourself), don’t hesitate to drop us a line!

We wish more people would try hacking their way through disagreements. It really, really beats a flame war.


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So wholesome!

 

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.

“I’m just devastated,” his brother and the duo’s other half, Dick Smothers, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “Every breath I’ve taken, my brother’s been around.”

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