simon1ltd · HackerTrans

letztes Jahrdiscuss

I've also experienced the same, except it produced the same stupid code all over again. I usually use one model (doesn't matter which) until it starts chasing it's tail, then I feed it to a different model to have it fix the mistakes by the first model.

simon1ltd

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Ukraine was guaranteed protection of its then current borders by the US, Russia, and the EU nations if it agreed to give up it's nuclear weapons.

A quick google gave me this as a top result: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082124528/ukraine-russia-put...

We should have given them this support when Russia took crimea, but didn't. The least we can do now is follow through on our agreement.

(Plus all of the other reasons in this thread -- there are fantastic reasons for the western nations to support Ukraine's defense separate from those I'm referring to here)

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I think the hunters safety courses should be a requirement for everyone, even those that aren’t buying a firearm — and should probably come around the age of 14/15 unless you’re going to be hunting earlier.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I looked up something quickly, to see if it was still true.

In the UK, where you're not allowed to use firearms to defend yourself, home invasions where someone is home is 64%. In the US, where it is permissible, home invasions where someone is home is 27.6%.

You're over twice as likely to be robbed while you're home in the UK as you are in the US. I'm sure the factors are complex, but knowing that you're actually risking your life when you break into a home in the US has to be one of the factors.

https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/home-insurance/burglary-statist... https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/burglary-statist....

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I haven't seen this video, but would like to -- It sounds right to me, which instantly makes me question it, but it does fit the information coming out of Ukraine re: Russian military and local population.

This is exactly the scenario the 2A is designed to thwart.

It doesn't guarantee a win, but it gives civilians a chance to group together to protect themselves. I've got friends from Hong Kong, and what the government did there to a helpless (disarmed) population in order to crush any unapproved views absolutely blew my mind. People being murdered, rounded up and vanished, thrown from buildings, beaten in the streets on a wide scale. If the troops are given false information, and move in to attack, then they're going to be made to pay dearly for every mile they advance. There's a lot more people out of uniform then in it, and I mean a lot -- winning against a mostly disarmed population (in the middle east) is more than we can handle. Attacking a heavily armed population in its home area is suicide for the attacking forces.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Gun registration wouldn’t have done anything to stop this shooting. A legal adult with no criminal record purchased the guns in advance of his rampage. A waiting period wouldn’t have worked, and his registration would have gone through because he hadn’t done anything yet.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

That’s what high explosives are made for.

To use a real world example: Columbine was a failed school bombing because their detonators didn’t work because the product they used for the detonator’s changed between their testing and when they purchased the final “real” devices.

The guns were intended to keep everyone terrified and in place until the bombs could kill everyone.

A fluke manufacturing change to the product (I think a clock) between their detonator tests and their actual attack is the only thing that stopped nearly everyone in the school from being killed that day. They even set a bomb outside of the school to kill the first responders when they arrived — again, it was a horrible tragedy, but what happened was so much less than what was intended.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I know you’re being facetious, but It’s fun to point out that you can purchase an Apache if you can find a government to tell you one.

The missiles are separately regulated, and likely not legal for private ownership. Missiles and high explosives are licensed and legislated for separately.

Any weapon that’s part of a standard infantry soldiers load out should be available, new from the manufacturer. I don’t have a problem with the background checks that are required for a class 3 weapon, like an m16 or a Thompson sub machine gun (https://dealernfa.com/product-category/machine-guns/all-tran...), but as it stands only wealthy people can still afford to purchase them.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I would also like to see my children grown up. I’m aware that insane/evil people will do awful things, but that you don’t suppress the rights of everyone to stop one or two bad apples.

In my local community groups I see people demanding metal detectors be installed in our schools.

This is in response to: An attempted murderer being chased by police, going into a school he doesn’t belong in, barricading himself inside and murdering children.

It’s feel good security theater. If you’re in the middle of a killing spree you’re not going to stop because of a metal detector. If you’re dealing with kids bringing weapons to school, that’s different — but the responses to this event from people local to me are about 90% make-believe security.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I think we'd need to be honest about it and compare individual European countries to individual US states. New York and California are NOT like Alabama, Texas and Florida.

California, Illinois and New York have different populations and different issues than Ohio, Texas, and Alabama for example.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I don't want gun violence, but I 100% want the 1986 National Firearm Act repealed.

I believe fully automatic assault weapons and machine guns should be available for purchase, new, just like any other weapon. (Fully automatic weapons are legal to buy and own right now in the US, if you pay a $200 stamp tax and wait 9 months for the ATF to process the paperwork, but you can only buy "NFA" regulated machine guns that were registered in 1986 or before ... which means they're all collectors items now, and the cheapest machine guns are $15-20k and up).

Most people I know would like to see the existing laws enforced, and don't want anything new passed or put in place.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

The conservatives I know believe everyone should know how to handle a firearm safely, and believe people have a right to defend themselves from criminals, as well as the government. It appears to be liberals trying to disarm fellow citizens and make sure the government has all encompassing powers.

To state that differently: one side appears to believe that if we pass law "A" or ban object "B" that everything will be better. The other side seems to believe "bad" or "evil" people/governments will always exist, and that everyone has the right to actively defend themselves and their families. Including the people that don't like "B".

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Except the National Guard are actually part of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

"The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions."

It may be organized by state, but it's a federal force.

The 2A exists to give people tools to fight the government (or support it), it's not a gun fetish, it's literally a tool to empower citizens. If you doubt that people armed with rifles, shotguns, and semi-automatics can overcome the Worlds Biggest Armed Forces(tm), then look at the most recent example: Afghanistan (repelled the US -and- the USSR).

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

You can have multiple echo chambers. Just because they’re different doesn’t mean they’re not all echoing garbage from their biased view points.

Fox News is the echo chamber of the right, while everything else is either extremely left or mostly left echo chambers. CNN, NBC, NPR, ABC,CBS spew just as much trash, however it fits the politics of the left.

It’s all biased, it’s all garbage. The only different is the politics of that channel.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Something I’ve wondered: Since website access is a pull (client initiated) action, can you straight up decline a visitor if you aren’t allowed to track and capitalize on them?

I have run ad supported services in the past, and I could easily see how non-identifiable traffic might actually have less than a zero value to my operation (as in, they’re costing me money to service).

The biggest difference between a spam e-mail and website access is the client is actually making the request, the website isn’t pushing itself on you.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Yes, it is possible to have it both ways. Your reliance on something isn't material when trying to get support from someone you're not paying. Full stop.

Maybe it's important to you and maybe people you support -- but that has nothing to do with your right to make demands against someone who put their work out there for free.

If you need a guaranteed support model, you either do it yourself or hire a company to provide that for you. I've used _supported_ commercial software that's garbage, and I've used FOSS software which has been absolutely rock solid. Also, commercial or not, just because it's supported doesn't mean the problem will be fixed or a feature added.

If you aren't directly paying someone to be there for you, then you're trusting goodwill and/or the community at large to fill that role for you. If you need that assurance, pony up to one of the consultancies like IBM which will support "X" for price "$Y". That support you're referring to is available, at a price -- but doesn't necessarily involve the original contributors.

I've had far better luck with FreeBSD on servers for the past 20 years than I have with Microsoft Windows, but I also understood the deal: "Fix it yourself, or submit a bug report and see if anyone else wants to work on it."

The corporate software method: "Pay us lots of money to look into the bug report, and maybe we'll fix it, maybe we won't -- but you'll need to pay hourly until we determine if its a bug. Then MAYBE we'll refund your money."

The primary difference is that OSS gives you the source and the ability to fix problems on your own, without any involvement from the original contributors/projects. You can also hire any number of other companies to provide support. With a traditional commercial model, you're entirely at the mercy of the company which originated the software, and you likely have no rights to the source or tools which would enable you to fix the problem yourself.

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I just had a discussion with a friend about this last week.

Some people (we call it addictive personalities, not sure if there’s a better term) seem to get hooked almost right away. Others, can stop whenever they want with little trouble.

The problem is that you don’t know which of those possibilities applies to you without trying it, and then it’s too late. Since my immediate family members have had issues with substances, I assume I would be one of the people with a problem.

That’s the message I’m trying to pass along to the next generation too. You might not have a problem, but you won’t know if you do until it’s too late.

YMMV

simon1ltd

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

That's also been my experience. Teams is absolutely awful. It looks like it's a sharepoint messaging client (you can store files in it, make group pages), which is.. insane.

I dread seeing a Teams meeting put together, because almost always, at least 1/2 of the people on it will struggle with sound, video, random crashes, and inability to share.

Zoom, for the same people, on the same equipment, doesn't have any issues. It's night and day.

simon1ltd

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

It’s getting there.

From 1995-2000 (maybe -2002, -2003), it was absolutely relevant, even prevent in the industry.

After that point, it felt like Java/PHP/Asp took the lead.

simon1ltd

vor 5 Jahrendiscuss

I can't find the article, which I read years ago. Some quick googling did turn this up:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-the-right-thing/2...

Which discusses the fact that the abuse isn't any more prevalent than with school teachers or other denominations.

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