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jacksilver

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  • What form of entertainment, movie, music, tv, video game etc that you were excited about only after it came out did you realize it was trash?

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  • Is there an app like Shazam or Soundhound that could tell me if or how much AI has been used to make a song i am listening to?

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  • It's not really possible, especially given that most music is touched up post production to begin with (so isn't "natural" anyways).

    Much like detecting LLMs or AI photos/videos it's mostly heuristics and so it can only give you a probability something was AI generated. Even worse, any improvement on detection can be used to improve the models that make the content.

  • Can modern LLMs count the number of b's in "blueberry"?

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  • There is definitely more going on with LLMs than just direct parroting.

    However, there is also an upper limit to what an LLM can logic/calculate. Since LLMs basically boil down to a series of linear operations, there is an upper bound on all of them as to how accurately they can calculate anything.

    Most chat systems use python behind the scene for any actual math, but if you run a raw LLM you can see the errors grow faster as you look at higher orders of growth (addition, multiplication, powers, etc.).

  • Spotify to raise prices in September

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  • I mean, you could just pay the artists for their music.

  • Sweaters

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  • If it's cold too cold to be outside, it should be cold enough inside for a sweater inside. What are you keeping the heat at in the winter?

  • 'The revisions are hard evidence': White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers

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  • The other side is that tariffs and trade "negotiations" are all over the place. You can't really integrate that into your model when they're changing on a day to day basis.

    I suspect that Trump's screwing with the economy is so bad that it's messing with their models.

  • Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?

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  • They probably want that, but also at the same time, that would kill software development.

  • Trump to blame for high cost of living, Americans say in new poll

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  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • Thanks for the info.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • Wow! I appreciate your thoroughness.

    After hearing you found it in a setting I went looking around again, and while I couldn't find any official Kubuntu documentation, it does seem like Flathub has a setup guide that mentions it as a setting config.

    Also, I generally lean towards Ubuntu as most support I find online leans Debian, but curious what distro you use.

  • Thanks, I hate it.

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  • Pretty sure it's AI as the faves also look off. I had to look up the original photos, but Patrick Stewart looks noticeably different and William Shatners is too high Def.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • My example was just to highlight that the "average user" may not be as technically capable as many in this thread propose. But that's also why I called out I may be underestimating the average user.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • It's possible that I underestimate the average user, but I did work IT at one point in my life and I still vividly recall needing to point out to someone that their computer wasn't turning on becuase it wasnt plugged in.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • I just looked it up again and it seems like they require you run a command in the console to enable flatpak. I'm not sure if it's cause they use snaps, given it's an Ubuntu derivative. I suspect as flatpak continues to win out it'll all tend that way.

    However, the fact this its even a discussion is kinda my point.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • I feel like clearly everyone here is smarter than me or something.

    I've been running Kubuntu for a while and here is a recent anecdote and you can tell me if I'm just an idiot. I went to install an application so opened up the software store. After installing I found out it was an out of date version of the software. I went to the companies site and they recommended a flatpak install. Kubuntu doesn't have flatpak enabled by default, so I have to lookup how to install flatpak and could then install the flatpak. However another piece of software recommends using the apt install, and another the Kubuntu store is fine. All of this is okay, but now there are three different ways I have to manage my software.

    Its fine for me, but if that's really the case, you'll loose the average user at using the command line to install flatpak.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • Cause there is literally nothing stopping the average user from trying, and yet they typically choose windows or macs.

    But also, let's be honest, most people just use a tablet or their phone now anyways. If you believe these numbers, people are choosing even more locked down OSs like android and IOS. Trying to get them to use linux just isn't likely.

    I'm not anti Linux, I use it all the time. But trying to convince the average user to change their OS is an uphill battle.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • I wasn't asking for guidance, I'm just pointing out that these are all things that reduce usability. While you're right that some of these issues also exist on the windows side, it's not as prolific.

    If more people grew up using Linux it might not be as bad, but even still Linux can still break easily and in many ways offers too much freedom for the average user.

    I think that a lot of technical people forget that the average user is quick to give up and has a knack for breaking things. Many of the restrictive elements in Mac and Windows are to protect the average user, usually to the bane of the super user.

  • How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.

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  • Usability.

    Windows and Mac are both easier to use for the standard user.

    I'm a technical person and even I struggle with what/how the hell I'm supposed to even install applications on Linux:

    Should I download the binaries? Should I use snap/flatpak/etc? If I do one vs the other which is more up to date? If I can't find it in the software store can I trust random online sites?

    And that's just finding applications. Most people don't have hours of free time to read forums to understand how to fix something that broke (assuming the distro they choose even has a thread relating to the issue).

  • What's the most "oof" or wtf fact you know about an everyday object?

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  • Yeah, a little research online says it's likely only used in perfumes due to expense, but technically it could be used in food.

    Most foods though will just use raspberries in some form or another.