bitteroldcoot

@bitteroldcoot@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla announced "Thunderbolt", their open-source and self-hostable AI client⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So I read there article and all I can think is….

  Run AI with their choice of models: as long as it’s on our approved list and you pay for it.

  Connect to systems and data: Uses your data to train our system so we can sell your knowledge to your competitors.

  Automate workflows and recurring tasks: Completely removes your ability to make decisions and understand what is happening.

  Work seamlessly across devices with native applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android: Until we decide it doesn’t, or maybe it will only be window. Either way you’ve lost control.

  Maintain security with self-hosted deployment, optional end-to-end encryption, and device-level access controls: While allowing us to monitor your whole work flow remotely and monetize everything you know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The unAbomber. Otherwise, I agree.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is exactly the picture I flashed on when I wrote the comment. I’ve always wondered why they took the cabin prisoner. Probably because they didn’t want it to become an object of hero worship.

  Or it Is an scp, and anyone who lives there becomes the Unabomber. Secure, Contain and protect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The unAbomber. Otherwise, I agree.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  but if you was just a peaceful crank on the street corner hold a sign people would have ignored him. Nobody listened till the bombs went off. And when he was caught all they did was make fun of his cabin. Personally I thought it was a nice cabin in a nice location.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you didn’t even look at the link I provided?

  It lets you select the warhead size and whether it is an air burst or ground burst. Also since the Cold War ended, most countries, except china, have opted for smaller warheads and better precision. Most rogue states can only manage a fission bomb not a fusion devices, the same goes for India and Pakistan. And a fission device is what is used as a tactical nuke by the major powers. It is what Russia is threatening Ukraine with.

  So the most likely device to go off now, is about the same yield of one of the original ones used on Japan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I suggest playing around with this.
  https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
  it’s a nuclear weapons detonation simulator.

  You need to understand that it’s profitable for the media to overly dramatize what nukes can do. Modern media profits from fear. In reality the destruction is very localized. Think of an area you are knowledgeable. Does the media portray anything you do correctly? As long as you are not in major target city or military base you will be fine. I had a 20 minute commute to the base I worked on. Turns out my house was outside the blast radius if the base was nuked. It wouldn’t even break the windows.

  FYI: I use to work for the army, I was on the peripheral of their prep for nuclear war. When you actually dig into the effects, it just a big boom. Meanwhile you have trucks and rail cars full of toxic material and poisonous gas driving through your town every day and for the most part nothing ever happens.