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New comment by underseacables in "FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities"

underseacables — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:38:04 +0000

This seems lite on facts. Even if I wanted to arrest a sitting judge, it would have to be an act of gross malfeasance to motivate me to even consider arrest. The only thing I can think of… Is, if the judge swore under oath, affidavit, or something like that, that she did not do something when in fact that she did. But even then…

If Patel does not come back with some thing on that level or better, then this was a horrible farce.

New comment by underseacables in "Privacy folks – what's your take on using LLMs at work?"

underseacables — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:09:29 +0000

I asked an LLM if it would keep my data private and it said absolutely. It wouldn't lie to me would it?

New comment by underseacables in "Should We Respect LLMs? A Study on Influence of Prompt Politeness on Performance"

underseacables — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:38:32 +0000

It's almost a little bit of psychology. If someone says please and thank you, it might give them better responses, but to not say it might get less better responses. I don't think it should matter...

New comment by underseacables in "Thieves took their iPhones. Apple won't give their digital lives back"

underseacables — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:37:28 +0000

I think corporate responses to most things like this is to deny and avoid until forced to get involved. It should not take WaPo getting involved but it seems to be the norm for big tech companies.

New comment by underseacables in "4Chan was hacked and has been down for 4 days"

underseacables — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:33:57 +0000

How could you tell?

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underseacables — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:36:40 +0000

I think this is bombastic. What information could they have that Meta, data brokers, and companies have about us already? I just don't see the concern. No one has privacy

New comment by underseacables in "4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak"

underseacables — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:01:05 +0000

I have been to 4chan maybe 4 times in my life. The first was like ok.. Then I visited /b and LOL'd for a couple of hours. Then it just got redundant and depressing. It really is the arsehole of the internet, but some people seem to find it useful.

New comment by underseacables in "She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said"

underseacables — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:36:11 +0000

Alright then, deleting my Lyft account.

We've always heard stories that your phone is listening to you, well, it is.

New comment by underseacables in "RFK Jr says Deep State 'is real,' called FDA employees 'sock puppet' of industry"

underseacables — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 02:35:02 +0000

They really should be two separate agencies. There should be one agency that is just for drugs, and another agency for food.

New comment by underseacables in "Bluesky's Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media"

underseacables — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:58:36 +0000

To a worm in horseradish the world is horseradish.

New comment by underseacables in "Bluesky's Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media"

underseacables — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:57:30 +0000

It's an echo chamber for the left, the same as X is now for the right. Ideas and opinions unchallenged or questioned is what people want.

New comment by underseacables in "Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back"

underseacables — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:31:01 +0000

I missed the social spontaneity of office life, despite the negatives.

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underseacables — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:52:45 +0000

I disagree with Ars view and think they were saved by Dragon. Starliner was a failure, and it was a political decision that kept them up there.

New comment by underseacables in "Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence"

underseacables — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:03:29 +0000

Really don't like this. It's smacks of corruption. I don't really care for Le Pen, she's not a good candidate, but the court should not be allowed to suspend someone from running for office. That's the voters job.

New comment by underseacables in "Aptera's First Solar Road Trip. 300 Miles, One Charge"

underseacables — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:33:56 +0000

I have always adored Aptera, but BYD and Tesla will always eat their lunch. I've been out to the factory in San Diego and driven Luna. It was awesome, but sadly I just don't think it will get funding. The government REALLY screwed them over, not once, but twice with the vehicle loan program. Really wonderful people and an amazing car.

New comment by underseacables in "Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account"

underseacables — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:48:37 +0000

Windows needs to be taken away from Microsoft and made into its own company. It's the same anticompetitive monopoly tactics from the past.

New comment by underseacables in "I asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car"

underseacables — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:01:25 +0000

You can make your own ALPR, it's quite easy.

New comment by underseacables in "Are Levi's from Amazon different from Levi's from Levi's?"

underseacables — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:00:37 +0000

I noticed that in the early 00s, GAP would produce a product, then use cheaper materials and sell it through Old Navy, and use more expensive material the sell it through Banana Republic. Same style, different materials.

New comment by underseacables in "Colorado's Experiment with Psychedelic Mushrooms Begins"

underseacables — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:58:36 +0000

FYI. They have been decriminalized in the District of Columbia for a while now.

New comment by underseacables in "German electrical engineer with green card stripped and 'violently interrogated'"

underseacables — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 03:13:19 +0000

Well, Bill Bryson wrote about it in his book down under. Also, when I was in Sydney last September, I asked the tour guide about it, and she confirmed that it was true. He never got to see his creation because he was turned away at the border.