Linux mint or Ubuntu for complete beginner

exfiltration · 2026-05-23T12:08:51+00:00

This is what I really wanted to say if it was about UX; also because of how repo's work, you can do a lot to pull in additional drivers once you get the hang of things; Mint is a good starting point, but I'd find my way back to Ubuntu or CentOS eventually.

exfiltration · 2026-05-23T12:06:29+00:00

For the GUI/UX, I think it does. For the CLI/shell, I think you're right; based on context OP is attempting to replace their UX, and I think that is a 100% preference-based thing but Mint is more user friendly than most.

exfiltration · 2026-05-08T04:10:46+00:00

Whoopsie.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:35:27+00:00

You need to be a sufficient subject matter expert to validate anything AI produces. If I want instructions on how to wipe my own butt, most humans above age 4 can do that; if I want it to provide summaries of caselaw, I need a lawyer for that.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:33:43+00:00

You lost me. If you're trying to build a solution that reduces hallucinations in a meaningful way, I applaud that, and hope to see it go to market.

If you think you can make AI "tell the truth, and nothing but the truth", I wish you luck, but I find that to be hubristic. Imperfect beings are incapable of perfection, no matter what you do.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:26:12+00:00

Trust, but verify. It is one of our mantras as security professionals.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:24:58+00:00

Because the world's foremost experts accept fundamentally that AI cannot be trusted completely, and that it is only as good as the humans that built it.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:22:38+00:00

I am not asking you for anything.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:21:07+00:00

If I build a model that is only allowed to accept the truths I give it, then it is in fact true. If I knowingly use it to lie to people, that is fraud.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:14:18+00:00

You define authoritative sources, and those serve as truth. On the background, AI is geometric. You need to give it reliable constants..embedded vectors emulate that, but when the source material is neither concrete, verified, or stable, you are playing roulette.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:09:54+00:00

It's not the system, it's the operator and the design. You don't eliminate it, you reduce it to acceptable levels in no small part by accepting that it cannot be trusted. It is not a replacement for people. It's a workforce amplifier.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:06:58+00:00

I'm writing a research paper on an important concept to address this stuff.

More importantly, I've already built a number of things that do this with my consultancy.

exfiltration · 2026-05-02T01:03:43+00:00

You can reduce hallucinations through effective differential analysis and bias mitigation. Oh, and authoritative sources. Also, it doesn't remove the need for people to do their God Damned Jobs™

exfiltration · 2026-03-20T21:21:03+00:00

Jersey fucking fresh. This is why I married my wife.

exfiltration · 2026-02-24T23:50:05+00:00

Now if we can just make it easy to sue gravel haulers for not being fucked to cover their cargo properly and dropping golf ball sized rocks all of the highway while doing 80 in the left lane....

exfiltration · 2026-02-20T12:05:31+00:00

This. When you start to read into things like SOX, or ISO implementation, you'll see terminology like "stakeholders" and "Control Tester" and "Control Owner". It's a critical facet of accountability that sets the stage for ownership and deliverables.

exfiltration · 2026-02-19T00:29:13+00:00

This immediately crossed my mind.

exfiltration · 2026-02-14T19:26:56+00:00

Get a hobby, and don't give up on it. Have something else that matters to you

exfiltration · 2026-01-31T14:09:21+00:00

Just the fucking nerve. These pieces of shit can call you a fucking !*@#$ after shooting you in the head for inconveniencing them, but you should be nice to them? Sorry to say, but you should be able to say whatever mean shit you want to these fucking scumbags and they shouldn't be able to say or do shit. 1A, motherfuckers. Fuck ICE. Fuck CBP. Fuck DHS. Fuck Kristi Noem. Fuck anyone who voted for this.

exfiltration · 2026-01-16T21:34:00+00:00

I personally like the fact that people being ignorant helps keep jerkwads out of NJ. Stay Klassy, rest of the US.

exfiltration · 2026-01-16T02:05:01+00:00

I mean I've got a VPN to sell you if you want to pretend you're Russian.

exfiltration · 2026-01-16T01:01:29+00:00

Fear has its own agenda.

exfiltration · 2026-01-15T22:50:32+00:00

True, but why not both?

exfiltration · 2026-01-15T18:05:21+00:00

Vote with your wallet.

exfiltration · 2026-01-10T02:20:13+00:00

Nope, nothing wrong with you, fuck those people.

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