Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only
  • flumph flumph 4mo ago 91%

    The library hadn't had any updates in 2 years before this. Clearly it wasn't maintained. If you're a user and bothered by this super edge case "vulnerability", fork it and take on the responsibility yourself.

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  • How is everyone handling the 2FA requirement for GitHub?
  • flumph flumph 5mo ago 100%

    2FAS is open source and doesn't have a cloud presence to store data. You can use it to add 2FA to your other services as well.

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  • Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira
  • flumph flumph 5mo ago 100%

    I switched all my domains to Porkbun. No way I'm hanging out in Squarespace land.

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  • Men and women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study suggests
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    Both female and male patients had a lower patient mortality when treated by female physicians; however, the benefit of receiving care from female physicians was larger for female patients than for male patients.

    Of note, the study was conducted on 800k senior citizens.

    The findings may not be generalizable to younger populations.

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  • Fallout Show, so bad that no one will remember it in 3 months
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    It's a video game show that uses the rules of the video game world.

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  • VPN by Google One is shutting down for good
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    I use it when I'm traveling and am on insecure WiFi.

    However, it doesn't let you pick your egress location,.so if you're trying to get to PornHub in Texas, it won't help.

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  • AI Could Soon Replace Entry-Level Wall Street Analysts
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 66%

    Again, you're putting words in my mouth. I'm done engaging with you as I don't think you're conversing in good faith.

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  • AI Could Soon Replace Entry-Level Wall Street Analysts
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    No one said anything is beneath senior employees.

    It's a lost opportunity when you, a staff engineer, spend your time doing something that a junior engineer could do -- instead of doing a task a junior engineer can't do.

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  • AI Could Soon Replace Entry-Level Wall Street Analysts
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    It's faulty, short-sighted logic though. If every company trained juniors, only for them to jump ship in two years, there'd be a pool of trained juniors to hire from. Yes you wouldn't get your investment out of that particular person, but you'd be hiring someone else's investment.

    Beyond that, there's work that is better suited to more junior employees because it's literally a waste of the senior employees' skills.

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  • AI Could Soon Replace Entry-Level Wall Street Analysts
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    Too many industries are shitting on entry level employees now.. They're easy targets for layoffs and easy targets for AI, apparently. Now they're already complaining about the lack of quality talent.

    The Great Resignation is effectively over. We’re now in the Great Talent Stagnation, where employers’ biggest concern is the lack of qualified applicants

    If you don't invest in the next set of entry-level employees, you won't have the next set of qualified employees.

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    Angry Robot launches open submission period with AI... and quickly reverses course due to community blowback
  • flumph flumph 6mo ago 100%

    AI and LLM have earned a bad reputation in creative circles because of the push to eliminate creative jobs. Companies that want to build tools for creative communities should know this and not lean on AI-hype marketing.

    That being said, in my opinion, Storywise looks fishy as heck. It's probably a few tech bros using Azure's DIY GPT. They pinky promise not to use your manuscripts in training data, but there's no contact info on their website, including in the ToS. So when they inevitably break their promise or have a data breach, how do you sue them?

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  • Lawnchair 14 is here! | Lawnchair Blogs
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 100%

    Am I missing it, or is there no way to organize the Drawer, either by folder or tab?

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  • You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 100%

    Checkout https://infosec.exchange instead of blocking Threads, the admin made a second instance for people who wanted Threads blocked. Like 40 people migrated, lol

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  • George Carlin Estate Settles Lawsuit Over AI-Generated Comedy Special
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 100%

    What is missing is that the podcast originally claimed it was entirely written and generated by AI. They only changed the story when they were sued.

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  • Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 50%

    And I don't think any of their nude photos are appropriate for academic papers (unrelated to nudity research) either?

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  • New Discord TOS binds you to forced arbitration - Opt-Out Now
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 100%

    Yeah. The arbitration section of the agreement specifically says it only applies to US residents.

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  • Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 83%
    1. "Run around" = Respond to a thread that appeared in my subscriptions.
    2. "Must lick Meta's boots" = Let users decide for themselves to block Meta.

    Your hyperbole makes it obvious you have no place in a reasonable debate about this topic.

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  • Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"
  • flumph flumph 7mo ago 100%

    I love when people conflate rights and ethics. I agree with you that no one has a right to be listed on Fedi Garden. And I still think it's not nice to pressure admins into taking choice away from users.

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  • whyy.org

    They encourage all worshipers to understand how to stop the bleeding if someone is shot or stabbed.

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    www.humblebundle.com

    Lose yourself in the visionary fiction of Cory Doctorow, the celebrated author and digital rights activist known for his masterful explorations of the intersection of tech and society. And help support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with your purchase.

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    store.benbrainard.com

    Sourcebook for D&D 5e that introduces a new subclass for every single class in the game, focusing on using hit dice to power abilities.

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