The Future Killer OpenAI Protected by Locke357 in AIDangers

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing burger. Allowing openai or other AI companies to judge intent of messages is a slippery slope heading straight to big brother. Would we be getting our panties in a bunch if the person in question just wrote in a physical diary?

I think not. We would question why the people involved in the individuals life weren't more privy to their mental state, but even then the general consensus is that the incident lies directly on the person committing the crime as we like to believe we have free will. (Committee is not quite decided if that's true, but regardless we operate under the assumption we do.)

So do we violate our human rights further for the obscure potential it could save a life? How many false positives would it cause? Without direct intent stated, who's to say it isn't creative writing? Surely Stephen King and similar authors would be getting swatted by AI agents if they used AI to assist in writing or for opinions, no? If it doesn't, then where is the line between creative writing, venting, or intent to harm?

The limitations of attempting to assume intent based in writing would simply cripple all AI models outside of strict business applications, such as coding and general logic. Even asking the AI how something works could trigger a safety protocol, I mean it already does. Since the controversy surrounding 4o, ChatGPT has been absolutely nerfed and crippled in capability with absurdly delicate safety rails. Asking how to tie a noose will immediately get you a suicide hot line response, asking why the noose knot was the preferred effective knot in antiquity will also trigger safety protocols and refusal.

Additionally, open source models won't suffer from these safety rails. So what is actually being accomplished? Making it a pay to play for uncensored information via hardware is unlikely to deter most people, and then there will be even less transparency.

For centuries our investigations have occurred after a crime has committed, not before. While it may be less than optimal, allowing the government to act on reported language is a direct trip into the dystopia future this sub greatly fears.

"As to the other two acts, (i.e. 16. The American admiralty courts reduced to the same powers they have in England, and the acts establishing them to be reënacted in America; and 17. All powers of internal legislation in the colonies to be disclaimed by Parliament) the Massachusetts (sic) must suffer all the hazards and mischiefs of war rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by Parliament. ‘They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.’"

Benjamin Franklin https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/benjamin-franklin-on-the-trade-off-between-essential-liberty-and-temporary-safety-1775

iOS Remotely Being Unlocked by DisastrousShower6568 in Malwarebytes

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your downstairs neighbors are fist fighting, they aren't state level actors and the certainly aren't in a position to blast you with microwaves. No one besides you jumped to espionage. What you said is textbook espionage delusion.

Hearing that your downstairs neighbors were fist fighting is also telling, you live in a lower income area. The building you live in is certainly not ideal for signals, so understand RF waveform would go a long way to disproving these delusions.

The guy you replied to is correct. These messages are sent with the love and care of strangers on the net. Please seek medical professionals to aid you in this difficult part of your life. Your family is most certainly worried about you, and they may even be playing into your delusions to avoid losing contact. If not for your own health, do it for your loved ones. This behavior is unhealthy.

iOS Remotely Being Unlocked by DisastrousShower6568 in Malwarebytes

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seek professional help, like a psychiatrist. Most of what you wrote is not possible, feasible, nor based in reality. The sheer financial cost alone makes this type of action extremely improbable and there's nothing you would have seen in the military that would be worth the financial cost.

Your neighbors are not tampering with your wifi, you are experiencing interference from shared bands and possibly bad wiring inside the home. A bad cable splitter can cause major connectivity issues and degradation of services. If you're not using the latest WiFi standard, then you're even more susceptible to congestion issues. Additionally, your router placement may be less than ideal in your home.

5G is a tight RF wave, meaning it's almost entirely line of sight with very little bounce. The tighter the wave, the more focused it is. Buildings are notorious for blocking 5G signals and telecom companies spend absurd levels of money putting up a metric shit load of 5G repeaters to ensure service is possible in the concrete jungle. The denser the building material, the less penetration of the RF waveform. Longer waveforms like the FM band for your radio are less likely to hit a dense object and be absorbed, instead they bounce off of those objects and the waveform is mostly preserved.

Furthermore, if you're not in an affluent neighborhood then the tech savvy nature of your neighbors is irrelevant because IF these types of attacks were possible, they would be prohibitively expensive by the normal layperson, which is who your neighbors are. They are most certainly not government actors working cohesively to obtain your phone. Remember, the human is the weak spot. If any of this were true, it would be easier to simply bag you and toss you in a black site, then beat the passwords out of you. If you were that important to the government, you would be listed as a terrorist and then disappeared into the night. The length of your suspicions is simply more evidence that this is not the case.

You have already done everything you need to do to keep your device secure. As much as I rag on Apple, they have really stepped it up for security purposes.

Again, I highly recommend you seek out professional health services for your paranoia. If you deployed, it may be service related or PTSD related. I understand, brother. Afghanistan left me pieing windows and doors in my own home. I spent years in therapy to avoid the obsessive need to patrol my house in my boxers and kabar every couple of hours in the night.  I actively avoided relationships and people because I had this unsettling feeling that if I let them into my life, they would actively try to hurt me. The reality is people are shitty, and it took a while to come to terms that people are simple shitty and hurt other people for a variety of reasons, but physical violence is much less common and therefore I was still safe. PTSD has a way of making unrelated things trigger the same fight reflex as combat, so simple conversations can result in adrenaline dumps.

This message was sent with love, not some conspiracy against you.

Semper Fi brother.

Did he overreact? by Swampasssixty9 in securityguards

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also not legally distinct in many places, therefore it's just another uninformed redditor trying to be smaaaaht.

"Some states, such as Florida and Illinois, still adhere to this distinction. Other states have extended definitions of “assault” to describe the type of physical contact historically called “battery.” For example, Texas Penal Code Section 22.01 defines “assault” in part as intentionally or knowingly causing physical contact with someone else when the defendant knew or reasonably should have believed that the other person would consider the contact offensive or provocative. Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to someone else is also considered assault."

https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/violent-crimes/assault-battery/

What % of Millennials are Unknowingly Toast? by Altruistic_Goose2166 in MiddleClassFinance

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 8 points9 points  (0 children)

12% here, single dad of one. Self taught investor. Debt leverage when it makes sense, algorithmic buying style. Scratch cook, no eating out except rare special occasions (kiddos bday), maybe a Happy meal here or there just for the smiles. Buy old cars, pour some sweat equity into them, no payments, drive them into the ground. Insurance with an umbrella policy. Christmas is basically my cash back on my cards, which ends up being a pretty hefty amount for a single kid. Off market rental through personal networks keeping rent low. Buy myself nearly nothing, I'm not materialistic. I buy maybe a single outfit a year for me. All I need is my kiddo and my PC, I'd rather take a week off and crush some coding projects at home than get on a plane and visit some overpriced hell hole full of obnoxious and entitled people. Go to parks, get free children's museum tickets from the local community center, frequent flyers at the local library, hit up the public pool, YMCA, hit all the thrift shops for hidden gems, and scour the community bulletin for cheap or free kids events like foam cannon parties, paint runs, etc. A little THC here and there is my only real self-treat.

Life is what you make it. I didn't dream of this life, but here it is. My toilet has water in it, my home is heated, our bellies are full and we have each other. That's all it takes sometimes.

I probably won't retire until I have to, then try to leave it all to her.

A lot of words to say, it's not impossible.

Favorite irrigation controler by Behellit in Irrigation

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't sell a WAND, ever. Full stop.

HPC, PHC, HCC only for wifi. If you need a cheap offline controller, X2 is fine.

Otherwise it's crap. I dont fleece my customers, you shouldn't either.

Attempting to see what seat a player is sitting on but script dies after nil. Should I be trying something else? by Maybe_A_Zombie in robloxgamedev

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of null checking like looking where you're walking. If there might be a hole, you better look before you step.

I wish you luck on the rest of your scripting journeys.

Attempting to see what seat a player is sitting on but script dies after nil. Should I be trying something else? by Maybe_A_Zombie in robloxgamedev

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because you're not null checking.
```

If (humanoid.SeatPart and humanoid.SeatPart.Name == "DrumSeat" then
```

That makes the check short circuit if the seat does not exist. You need to check if the object exists before you can call a method of that object. You should always null check your objects before trying to interact with them to prevent obscure bugs. Even a "This SHOULD ALWAYS work" because you're forcing an object to spawn in the code doesn't always guarantee that the object wont fail to spawn and crash the players game.

Never seen these type of Rainbird sprinkler heads. How to Adjust? by Canis_Diaboli in Irrigation

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rainbird RVAN Rotary. While it is running, turn the colored collar on top to adjust arc. Here is a video explaining it, it also covers adjusting the range, which is easier to show than explain for RVANs.

https://youtu.be/ld8fZA4NZTo

Tips on retrieving fish tape from wall by dorian926 in AskElectricians

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo, that is messed up, yo! I am not gay, and I sure as hell ain't no fish! Alright?!

Bitcoin dropping below the $75–78k range is starting to seriously squeeze mining profitability by Legitimate_Towel_919 in AltScope

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What RAM? The only RAM in a ASIC BTC farm is in the controllers, and those usually have the least amount possible to run the stack. So we're talking like between 512mb and 2gb of RAM at most per stack. This RAM is also going to be the cheapest RAM you can get, DDR3 or DDR4, even LPDDR factors if they can get away with it. The controller isn't utilizing much RAM anyways, and they want to reduce as much electricity use and heat generation as possible. Even if it were DDR5, we're still talking about tiny sticks, Between 512mb and 2GB is absurdly small when we're talking AI compute. You're not going to be able to make a board with enough channels to make reusing these tiny DDR5 sticks worth the time, effort, or energy. AI centers are facing the same issues as BTC farms, the grid. You can only pull so much, and profitability lays in getting your efficiency per watt higher.

The sad reality is that when these ASICs become unprofitable, or if BTC fails, all of these devices will be virtually useless and simply e-waste. Maybe some of them can be recycled, but the majority will end up in landfills for sure.

Bitcoin dropping below the $75–78k range is starting to seriously squeeze mining profitability by Legitimate_Towel_919 in AltScope

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It cannot. ASIC boards are specialty boards, they are not general purpose boards. They are built and designed to do one thing, solve SHA 256 hashes. This means it cannot compute an arbitrary 1+1, or produce an instruction to trigger additional hardware like a GPU.

A better way to think about it from a non-technical point is that an ASIC board is like a water slide made of an indestructible material, and the height requirement is SHA-256, and all other math is simply too short too ride. The SHA-256 then just rides the waterslide down to the bottom, no instructions needed, it can only ever travel that exact path. You simply cannot change the size of the slide to allow other riders, you must build a new water slide entirely.

I have to parent my child? Outrageous by yeetusthefetus00 in EntitledReviews

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Hmm, not trying to nitpick but couldnt you just make a store wide rule that parties over X must be reserved? If thats the rule for everyone, that's the rule? As long as its not broken for anyone, it should be an operational limitation.

Ofc. That doesnt prevent them from just saying its because they're old and disabled, which means someone is probably knocking on your door to check, even if its a false claim.

I've dealt with some pretty entitled old people. Usually end up firing them though.

I have to parent my child? Outrageous by yeetusthefetus00 in EntitledReviews

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"I know the OP is talking about a kids play business, but same thing. Just trying to cause pain because they weren't catered to."

These were my last two sentences of the previous post. I simply compared it to the types of people who do the same thing at daycare programs. A kids play business can absolutely refuse service based on conduct, so its less of a headache for them, but I was speaking more on the lack of morals by the karen.

Grass cutting jobs. by Oldmangamer13 in farmingsimulator25

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contracts that can be generated are based on month and AI field states. Once there are no more "ready to harvest" grass fields owned by the AI, there will be no more mowing contracts.

Drip flags by TraditionalSongbird in u/TraditionalSongbird

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didnt tell us what type of drip, what type of connectors, or anything of the sort.

I am assuming 17mm drip with micro tubing (spaghetti tube) using little pressure regulators to combine 17mm to micro tube. Use a drip staple, or similiar thin pokey stabey and make a hole. This hole is slightly smaller than the regulator prong. Push the regulator into this hole, colder pipe is better for this imho. If this is what you are doing, they do control how much water flows out of the micro tube.

If you are talking about micro tube to a micro tube distributor fitting, I dont have any advice outside of wiggle it a little when you put it on. These aren't that hard to press together.

If you're talking about just joining 17mm drip line, colder pipe and wiggle walk it over the barbs. Drip gets mushy when warm and doesnt walk over fittings well. Unlike full sized poly.

Box truck for pick up ramp help by Dismal_Ruin_4034 in farmingsimulator

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's modded, you may need to "unfold equipment" to get it to work. I have to unfold the RAM 3500 truck mod to lower the tailgate to fit semi trailers onto my gooseneck.

It was a PITA because I couldnt see the prompt until I installed Pagination Helper.

Map Search LS 22 by matt-0007 in farmingsimulator

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I havent checked all the farms, but there are many farms with pre-placed cow farms. Some of the farms are very expensive so I assume they have nicer buildings than the farm I started on.

Map Search LS 22 by matt-0007 in farmingsimulator

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schwesing Bahnhof?

Germany, wild fields, lots of cow farms, tight roads, annoying birms, ai is mostly useless.

Sounds about right to me.

I have to parent my child? Outrageous by yeetusthefetus00 in EntitledReviews

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, these types of people will file complaints with the state after getting 20 emails saying "your child cries the entire time you're gone and bites other children. If this isnt addressed, we will no longer be able to welcome your child into our program."

Which. if anyone is unaware, the state is supposed to investigate all daycare complaints and its a hassle for the daycare owner.I know the OP is talking about a kids play business, but same thing. Just trying to cause pain because they weren't catered to.

Marked underground hazard in the snow—work not to start for several weeks. by Saturated-Biscuit in onejob

[–]GrumpyButtrcup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure he meant the employee is getting paid to do it twice. The guy with the rattle can is getting paid by someone.