restingOface

@ restingOface @quokk.au

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4d ago

Stop the datacenters
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restingOface @quokk.au 4d ago
NIMBY

4d ago

Phishing attempt

Are you sure this example is just training? This definitely seems like something that could be a genuine scam attempt.

4d ago

Reminds me of the COVID relief payment simulated phishing emails that made headlines. People complained that they had to take additional training after clicking some "Click here to retrieve your COVID relief funds" link during the early days of the pandemic that turned out to actually just be their corporate IT team sending a simulated phishing attack. They expected that this was the official government relief page that they have been waiting for, and were excited for the financial relief. Many people claimed that it was not okay do "prey" on people's desperation at this point, but these simulated phishing emails were just getting people wary of the real thing. Actual scammers who were actually attempting to steal your money were absolutely sending these types of COVID relief phishing emails for real. So, these simulated emails were just preparing users in case one if the real spam emails happened to slip through the filters.

5d ago

Cultural impact

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restingOface @quokk.au 5d ago

it pushed for better facial animations

It genuinely pushed for a lot of technical achievements. Knowledge/skills that will be able to improve future films. Sure, the Avatar films may not be good films on their own. But they are being used to develop technologies which will make for better films from other people who actually want to make good films.

5d ago

IIIIItalian

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restingOface @quokk.au 5d ago

Please do not share AI slop

5d ago

We were the best of friends

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restingOface @quokk.au 5d ago

It gives you the hunger

5d ago

We were the best of friends

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restingOface @quokk.au 5d ago

I imagine stuff like that goes on all time. I mean, I don't give a shit. If I was dead, you could bang me all you want. Who cares? Dead body's like a piece of trash. I mean, shove as much shit in there as you want. Fill me up with cream. Turn me into a cannoli. Make a stew out of my ass. What's the big deal? Bang me, eat me, grind me up into little pieces, throw me in the river. Who gives a shit? You're dead, you're dead.

6d ago

Gurll

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restingOface @quokk.au 6d ago

I'm a rock, so uhhhh kick rocks

6d ago

Must have apps

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restingOface @quokk.au 6d ago

What feature from Directory Opus is unavailable in Linux? I assume you can find a plugin or something to make Dolphin (the default file explorer for KDE Plasma, but you should be able to install it pretty much anywhere) do just about anything you need.

6d ago

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restingOface @quokk.au 6d ago

While Ventoy is technically open source so the code can be verified, the source also contains a number of binary blobs. As these blobs are already compiled, there is no way to verify what they actually do. Ostensibly, these blobs are just drivers and whatnot that are taken from the official upstream sources and are used by Ventoy for good reason to install things. But because they are already compiled blobs, no one is able to actually verify that. It is possible that they can also do something else nefarious, like secretly install some hidden spyware in your new OS that you are installing using Ventoy.

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224

ELI5: Imagine you like a particular restaurant because they post the ingredients list on their menu. That way, you can tell if a dish fits your dietary requirements. But you notice that while one of their salads lists ingredients that make sense like "ICEBERG LETTUCE" and "CHERRY TOMATO", one of that salad's other ingredients is just "CANNED FOOD PRODUCT". Well, that is incredibly vague and not all that helpful. You can't really tell what that ingredient is or if it is something you are allergic to. For most people, in most situations, it is entirely fine. They can probably eat the salad with no problem. But some people would rather not risk the potential problems that come from not knowing for sure.

It was also strange that after this issue was brought up about Ventoy, it took quite a long time for the developer to actually respond. I believe they eventually came up with a good idea for a solution (using GitHub build actions or whatever to build the blobs from source), but mentioned that will be a big effort to actually switch to. So, they have not actually done that yet. I believe the unverified blobs are still in place in the source right now.

7d ago

Must have apps

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restingOface @quokk.au 7d ago

Is that still using sketchy precompiled blobs? Or was that situation handled?

7d ago

Must have apps

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restingOface @quokk.au 7d ago

Sure, you could technically just do that manually. But using a purpose-built app designed for that task is just so much less work. Even a veteran Linux user is likely to use an app like dd instead of creating a boot disk manually.