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New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware"

redsocksfan45 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:28:53 +0000

He would not have succeeded in making a real reactor even with AI, because AI can't magically give you a large quantity of uranium metal! JFC the AI hysteria is unreal.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:37:56 +0000

Simon's pelican is in fact routinely criticised for exactly that.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste"

redsocksfan45 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:48:48 +0000

You're wrong. Japan does do their own enrichment, 150k SWUs at Rokkasho with plans to bring that up to 500k SWUs a year soon. If they chose to make.bombs instead of fuel, they could make dozens a year.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools"

redsocksfan45 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:29:39 +0000

> South Korea was the first country in the world to implement an internet censorship law. There is a historical record of censorship, regardless of which administration—left or right—was in power.

South Korea has spent a large portion of its history under military dictatorships (yes, South Korea) and while the last generation or so has known democracy, its been shakey. This this kind of national background, when liberties are abridged it probably doesn't seem like a huge departure from the norm.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

redsocksfan45 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:37:52 +0000

Tech corp execs also read the rest of Snowcrash, unfortunately, so besides the metaverse crap we also got Snowcrash's "gig economy" labor hellscape.

See also, Jennifer Government, numerous works of PKD, etc.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai"

redsocksfan45 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:39:19 +0000

My take is I've never heard of Flux but I've repeatedly heard of Adafruit getting into drama, so the bayesian in me is definitely not prepared to jump on whoever Flux is. Better to wait for the facts, than give Adafruit the benifit of the doubt.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "OpenRCT2 v0.5.1 "Swamp Castle" released Last version to support Windows 7"

redsocksfan45 — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:48:28 +0000

These sort of windows users have been drawing lines in the sand at every version of windows thusfar, when push comes to shove they always fold and accept the new thing they resisted for years, declaring that to be their new line in the sand. They come up with all manner of innane cope like "every other version of windows is good", but take a step back and its obvious they're getting slow boiled. The ones dying in a hill for Windows 7 now were once dying on a hill for 2000 or XP, refusing to use 7, and in a few years they'll be dying on a hill for windows 10 or 11.

These aren't serious people. Serious people have either gotten off windows, or have made peace with sleeping with microsoft. Those clinging to the past can't bring themselves to do either, and therefore must not be taken seriously.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Investigating how prompt politeness affects LLM accuracy (2025)"

redsocksfan45 — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:33:58 +0000

It would be rude if you said it to a person, so it counts as rude. If it isn't rude simply because its directed at a LLM, then the entire premise of being rude or polite to LLMs evaporates, but that's not useful.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

redsocksfan45 — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:47:21 +0000

There are virtually no combinations of food which are toxic, you can mix any food with any food and, while it might not be good, it will still be food. (The only exception I know of is alcohol and mushrooms containing coprine, e.g. inky caps)

Point is, unless you're stupid enough to add glue or broken glass to your meal just because a recipe told you to, it's perfectly safe. More than just safe, LLM recipes these days are utterly boring in their normalacy, and, unlike cookbook recipes, can dynamically adapt to what you actually have in your pantry.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

redsocksfan45 — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:32:34 +0000

Reddit has been botting since the very beginning and never stopped.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal?"

redsocksfan45 — Sun, 17 May 2026 10:55:14 +0000

You're being sarcastic, but aren't you accidentally right? Swiss watchmaking started because local bible-thumpers banned jewelry but made an exception for watches, thus creating demand for watches that fill the role of jewelry. Once established, the industry maintains itself.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app"

redsocksfan45 — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:31:52 +0000

Guy tries to drive courtously around you and this is how you take it? You're unhinged.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:59:21 +0000

Every payday loan company, the "we buy houses for cash" companies, rent-to-own companies, title loan companies, the entire buy-now-pay-later ecosystem, the timeshare industry.

Seriously dotancohen, get your people under control.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:09:18 +0000

Not when half those "advertised services" are in fact scams.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Gen Z Resentment Toward AI Grows as Adoption Stagnates and Workplace Fears Mount"

redsocksfan45 — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:41:33 +0000

Nobody will sue you for that. In every age we have had people like you, wishing things would go back to "normal", and w.r.t. technology you lot never get your way, but neither do you cause problems for anybody else. All you're doing is pissing into the wind and getting yourself wet, as is your right.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Wolfenstein 3D for Gameboy Color on custom cartridge (2016)"

redsocksfan45 — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:42:32 +0000

Related from back in the day, a Doom style (BSP) engine for the z80 calculators: https://www.benryves.com/journal/tags/Nostromo/all

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "I am worried about Bun"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:49:19 +0000

Which of the two is responsible for it ignoring being in Plan mode and trying to implement shit instead of just writing up a plan?

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:14:34 +0000

Veritasium sold out to some rich fuck investors who're turning the channel into a slop factory (slowly phasing out Derrick's presence in the process, transitioning to hired actors and lame scripts.)

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Metal Gear Solid 2's source code has been leaked on 4chan"

redsocksfan45 — Sun, 03 May 2026 23:09:41 +0000

That stuff is just silly mostly-self-aware camp to keep the setting entertaining, don't overthink it. Everybody already knows and acknowledges that the series is absurd.

New comment by redsocksfan45 in "Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good"

redsocksfan45 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:38:46 +0000

Every damn time anybody has trouble with an Apple product, we get this "Well that hasn't happened to me." Great for you, go get yourself a cookie and cram it up your ass.