I loved the idea of Pebble watches, but I found them too bulky for what they offered. I hope the relaunch focuses on the same core functionality in a much much sleeker design.
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cantsingh commented on Narrative Jailbreaking for Fun and Profit interconnected.org/home/2... · Posted by u/tobr
I've been playing with the same thing, it's like a weird mix of social engineering and SQL injection. You can slowly but surely shift the window of what the bot thinks is "normal" for the conversation. Some platforms let you rewrite your last message, which gives you multiple "attempts" at getting the prompt correct to keep the conversation going the direction you want it.
Very fun to do on that friend.com website, as well.
cantsingh commented on Google banned me from Google Voice dannyguo.com/blog/google-... · Posted by u/petemilly
Yeah, this is a nightmare scenario for me and why I moved off of Google Voice after using it nearly my entire adult life (shoutout GrandCentral!). Google is just not reliable anymore.
In early 2020, I had an aging 2011 Air that was still struggling after a battery replacement. Even though I "knew" the Apple Silicon chips would be better, I figured a 2020 Intel Air would last me a long time anyway, since my computing needs from that device are light, and who knows how many years the Apple Silicon transition will take take anyway?
Bought a reasonably well-specced Intel Air for $1700ish. The M1s came out a few months later. I briefly thought about the implication of taking a hit on my "investment", figured I might as well cry once rather than suffer endlessly. Sold my $1700 Intel Air for $1200ish on craigslist (if I recall correctly), picked up an M1 Air for about that same $1200 pricepoint, and I'm typing this on that machine now.
That money was lost as soon as I made the wrong decision, I'm glad I just recognized the loss up front rather than stewing about it.
Exact same boat here. A friend and I both bought the 2020 Intel MBA thinking that the M1 version was at least a year out. It dropped a few months later. I immediately resold my Intel MBA seeing the writing on the wall and bought a launch M1 (which I still use to this day). Ended up losing $200 on that mis-step, but no way the Intel version would still get me through the day.
That said...scummy move by Apple. They tend to be a little more thoughtful in their refresh schedule, so I was caught off guard.
cantsingh commented on BrainGPT turns thoughts into text iflscience.com/new-mind-r... · Posted by u/11thEarlOfMar
Automatic logs would be cool. It’s not only introspection itself that is hard but also that you have to remember to introspect and write down events for further analysis. Assuming you can trust the precision.
Ugh, exactly. I'd kill to get a stacktrace of the mind.
cantsingh commented on That Time I Posted Myself Out Of a Job cohost.org/stillinbeta/po... · Posted by u/luu
Yeah, I agree with the author's moral stances, but I'd fire them too.
nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
I loved this piece; sometimes I think of reviewing past memories as akin to rewatching a familiar show. There are no surprises, so even the hardest plot-twists have less anxiety associated with them.
cantsingh commented on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely old.reddit.com/r/technolo... · Posted by u/rajeevk
The biggest issue is that it doesn't seem like these subreddits are doing anything beyond closing down.
Point people to an alternative. Not just in the vague direction of The Lemmiverse or Squabbles or whatever; if your sub is going dark, you should have somewhere to receive all your refugees.
Even better if the mods coordinate so that all subs are pointing to the same place(s).
Even a shared Discord would have been a big step up imo.
This protest was just gone about the wrong way.
cantsingh commented on Livestream of Reddit subreddits going private in protest twitch.tv/reddark_247... · Posted by u/minimaxir
As I have expected r/ExperiencedDevs did not go dark. Devs just can't figure out things together.
They appear to have gone dark for the rest of the month, unless I'm missing something.
cantsingh commented on Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing old.reddit.com/r/apolloap... · Posted by u/robbiet480
This is where Apollo builds their own reddit clone, implements reddit's API, and starts their own competing social network. Use the ~$5/month to pay for server costs, or run an ad supported variant.