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New comment by joerambo in "Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982"

joerambo — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:51:17 +0000

My first computer was an IBM 5150 clone that my grandparents setup in our living room. That was my gateway into computers. I was fortunate to find out about the C64 years later and jump into basic programming.

I still have an original C64 on my shelf beside me. Think I'm going to hook it up and play some games in honor of its 44th birthday.

New comment by joerambo in "SynthID watermarking and removal methods are a joke"

joerambo — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:26:43 +0000

SynthID or text watermarking are being looked at the wrong way if you are calling it a joke. Like the article says they are open about the limitations. It was not meant to be a universal "this is AI generated" detector.

It could be really useful for preventing synthetic data from accidentally contaminating your real datasets down the line. It's not perfect, but it's a start.

New comment by joerambo in "MatrAIx: Simulating the World with 8.3B Persona Agents"

joerambo — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:05:42 +0000

Interesting idea. I can see synthetic survey data or user testing being useful if it can represent regional differences that correlate with personas or demographic characteristics for that area.