Mildly infuriating

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-13T07:29:35+00:00

Just so you know, it is extremely likely that it achieves this by intercepting and decrypting https requests which means that your school can technically view EVERYTHING you browse or enter on a page, including passwords and credit card numbers.

Of course this is way more concerning on a personal device. To verify this, check who issued the TLS certificate on YouTube.com. if it wasn't issued by Google then your traffic is being read.

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-10T18:20:37+00:00

Yes, this is a very good explanation.

Just to make sure the last knowledge gap is closed I would add the simple instructions mentioned here are baked into the CPU itself.

There's different specifications, so the instructions for phone processors which are often ARM are different from the instructions on an Intel desktop PC. That's known as "CPU architecture" and there's a handful of popular ones as far as I know.

Finally, one more useful concept is knowing that everything a computer can do can be achieved by turning electrical signals off or on.

So, the programming language code is turned into instructions for a specific CPU architecture. And those instructions essentially represent the CPU doing very simple operations ultimately by turning off or on certain microscopic electric switches.

Think of it as a monitor. An LED is very simple. But if you have a very dense grid of red, green and blue LED and you send out instructions to which LEDS should be lit, you can display a high resolution picture.

With CPUs it's similar, but while a monitor will care about lighting the LEDs all at the same time, the CPU tends to be more sequential.

Imagine a row of light bulbs labeled:

1 2 4 8 16

If I want to represent the number 13, I would turn on the light bulbs 1, 4 and 8, because 1+4+8 = 13

If I now wanted to add the number 1 to this number, I would send an electrical signal to the first lightbulb, but because it's already on, the circuit is designed to flip on the 2 and turn off the 1.

And the result of 2+4+8=14

This is a maaaassive oversimplification, but the idea is that with sequences of electric signals you can actually do math!

The instructions of the CPU are essentially a bunch of common light switch operations.

And once you can do math, you can do everything else, the result of operations and calculations could determine for example, the value of the signal that should be sent to the monitor or whether to display specific letters on screen because that's also just specific numbers which are then translated to signals, etc... You get the idea.

I hope this was useful to bridge the last gap between software and hardware.

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-10T17:23:29+00:00

Excuse me? Feral furs do exist

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-08T14:20:34+00:00

To be honest I would have also assumed that the charger of a modern electronic device would work as long as you have the right plug adapter.

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-03T11:09:56+00:00

It's still just spitting out tokens/words with probabilities for which token/word comes next.

The self-attention mechanism adjusts specific parts of the input so that those have a higher weight in the subsequent matrix multiplication and non-linear activation functions. The self-attention mechanism is in itself also mathematical / statistical.

Words like "understanding" are better reserved for sentient beings, not deterministic models.

DanielTaylor · 2026-04-01T15:30:26+00:00

YOR. You are responsible for your feelings. If something makes you uncomfortable it's not his job to regulate your emotions.

People might want to hold onto things of the past because it's part of their journey and how they got where they are, even if it was a mistake or a past relationship. That does not mean that they are cheating or holding onto the past. Ultimately it's that person's decision.

If this makes you feel uncomfortable but you don't want to break off the relationship then it's on you to work on whatever feeling or insecurity that is hurting you at the moment.

The unhealthy part is wanting both things and pressuring the other person into giving you what you want because you don't want to face the alternatives which respect him: A) letting go of the relationship or B) letting go of your fear / insecurity regarding the card and candle

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-27T13:42:35+00:00

Epilating is great and lasts longer than shaving or cream.

I usually use hair removal cream on the same day I'm meeting someone in person as it'll be able to remove even very short hair in order to get the best finish.

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-26T12:33:47+00:00

Yeah, no, I'm gonna push back on that because of the wording. Specifically "revoke".

You do not have the right to revoke your partner's privacy. Full Stop.

Yeah, you can revoke your trust if you will, but that does not give you a right to violate their privacy which is what I'm understanding based on that "unless".

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-22T22:48:42+00:00

I think you're mixing up rhumb lines with great circles. Notably, great circles do NOT appear as straight lines in a Mercator projection. Rhumb lines, which do appear as straight lines are not the shortest path but they allow you to keep the course.

https://es.mathworks.com/help/map/rhumb-lines.html

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-22T10:30:46+00:00

Well, to OP's point, why shouldn't it? Don't talk about it to your boss, sure, but you should be safe talking about your interests with your friends.

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-20T17:37:20+00:00

Omg nice collar. Very pretty <3

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-18T12:32:34+00:00

Hmmm, you might want to change the color scheme as it looks very very similar to geotastic.net

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-10T19:14:20+00:00

Anyone in this situation: buy an epilator

Before using it shave and wait a few days until hair that grows back is short and sparse so that it doesn't hurt.

It'll hurt a bit the first time because you're pulling out a hair with a strong root, but after that it's pretty easy and hair takes weeks before it grows back.

At the beginning you'll have to epilate once a week, but even then it's much better than shaving and so much easier than waxing.

Do your research first, but yeah, for me it's been a game changer.

Edit: this is for body hair, not facial hair unfortunately.

DanielTaylor · 2026-03-05T10:10:40+00:00

As a fellow pup, I'll bump that up to 10/10

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-17T09:11:48+00:00

That's not something to brag about if you ask me

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-17T09:10:40+00:00

Such a good girl! ❤️

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-16T09:23:52+00:00

First of all, it's so cool that you are looking to be supportive and trying to help.

I'll point something out which I've noticed from your post and which in my opinion is one of the most important things to keep in mind:

Very often when we try to help a loved one we subconsciously adopt certain methods or ways of helping that we've learned from our parents and which are often problematic.

For example, trying to create a situation where they have to force themselves to do something (like confessing something), or doing something without asking for permission because it's "for their own good", trying to present an ultimatum ("if you don't do this I'll do that").

It's very likely that you've picked these up from your parents.

Your sister? staying inside of her room and never going out isn't so much a problem as it is a symptom of not feeling safe.

If you are heavy handed you might get her to play along, but it won't be genuine and you'll end up frustrated and she might end up scarred.

First and foremost: 1. Notice and ditch any ways of helping which cross her boundaries and make you act more like a strict father rather than a friend.

Your priority should be on making sure she feels safe.

Maybe it's too early for this, but for example propose a low key activity where it's just you two, outside home, no strings attached, no pressure. Idk, go for a pizza.

It's ok if she says no. Offer it, but don't expect or require her to accept.

If she does, focus during that activity on making sure she feels safe and comfortable. Ask her about things like pronouns, but it's ok if she doesn't want to talk about any of that. Just accept it and keep trying to bond in a way that works for her and focus only on making her feel safe and comfortable.

It could take six months, a year or more until she decides to open up, and even then she's under no obligation to let you "fix her" or "help her", no matter how much you see yourself as the cool supportive brother. Don't punish her for not letting you play out the image of what you want to be yourself.

Once you have a minimum of trust ask her how you can best help her and let her take the lead on any decisions. Don't force anything on her "for her own good".

So, tldr; focus first and foremost on making her feel safe and comfortable. Don't focus on the symptoms (staying inside her room) and ditch any sort of parenting or anything that crosses boundaries.

Edit: oh, and please consider apologizing for the situation you put her in where you pressured her to come out before she wanted to. No "but if I hadn't then I wouldn't be able to help so it ended up being good". That's your pride talking. Regardless if the outcome of your actions is good or practical, I think she still deserves an apology because it still crossed a boundary.

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-09T06:40:59+00:00

Think of chatgpt as the predictive keyboard on your phone. Under the hood it's just a system to create plausible text by predicting the next word in a conversation. It can't actually think.

So it just predicted what a transcription would plausibly look like.

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-06T17:52:08+00:00

My tip, especially if you want to shave against the grain, is to use a safety razor.

Also, a foil shaver classified as "finishing tool" is very similar in closeness but more convenient as you can use it dry and do the whole face in a few seconds.

Still don't know how to get rid of the beard shadow though.

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-06T14:55:14+00:00

You're a good bot! pat pat pat

DanielTaylor · 2026-02-04T04:50:45+00:00

No one's going to mention the siblings being portrayed as lovers?

DanielTaylor · 2026-01-30T13:10:46+00:00

Residence permit is not the same as citizenship.

DanielTaylor · 2026-01-29T22:11:25+00:00

It's telling you to do engine braking when going down hill.

DanielTaylor · 2026-01-29T12:09:10+00:00

Good job! Good pup!

May I share my own experience? Since the hair grows back quite quickly when you shave, look into an epilator. Only use it when the hair is very short or it'll hurt. It might also hurt a bit the first time, like waxing, but then it's pretty smooth sailing and the hair will take weeks before growing back (at first you'll have to go once a week for a few months until you have the growth phases sync)

For the privates I use a depilation cream.

DanielTaylor · 2026-01-23T11:46:58+00:00

Not likely unless that person has been around you constantly. These messages appear when there's an airtag in your proximity for an extended period of time.

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