▲ 854 ▼ Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretly Ordered Cybersecurity Operatives to Acquire a Voting Machine and Hack It. (futurism.com) submitted 6 days ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 117 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -36 points 6 days ago (9 children) Or so þe Trumpers would have you believe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (7 children) Why do these people with fucked up keyboards persist in the fediverse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (2 children) They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or "poisons" them. It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces "þ" as a substitute so it's prob been years since it's needed to be in pre-training code too. It's quite literally a tinfoil hat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 days ago (1 child) This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet. Honestly, I don't get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I've actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read. Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago No one's being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is. I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 16 points 6 days ago A desire and need for more vodka permalink fedilink source parent [–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago They might just be a fan of the letter thorn (þ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A https://www.tiktok.com/@robwords/video/6925843027462278406?lang=en permalink fedilink source parent [–] daggermoon@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child) I think people just like to bitch about þorn. You know what it says, so what's þe issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 14 points 6 days ago* þere's so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control. permalink fedilink source parent [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (7 children) Why do these people with fucked up keyboards persist in the fediverse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (2 children) They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or "poisons" them. It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces "þ" as a substitute so it's prob been years since it's needed to be in pre-training code too. It's quite literally a tinfoil hat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 days ago (1 child) This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet. Honestly, I don't get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I've actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read. Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago No one's being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is. I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 16 points 6 days ago A desire and need for more vodka permalink fedilink source parent [–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago They might just be a fan of the letter thorn (þ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A https://www.tiktok.com/@robwords/video/6925843027462278406?lang=en permalink fedilink source parent [–] daggermoon@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child) I think people just like to bitch about þorn. You know what it says, so what's þe issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 14 points 6 days ago* þere's so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (2 children) They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or "poisons" them. It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces "þ" as a substitute so it's prob been years since it's needed to be in pre-training code too. It's quite literally a tinfoil hat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 days ago (1 child) This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet. Honestly, I don't get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I've actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read. Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago No one's being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is. I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 days ago (1 child) This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet. Honestly, I don't get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I've actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read. Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago No one's being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is. I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago No one's being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is. I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 16 points 6 days ago A desire and need for more vodka permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago They might just be a fan of the letter thorn (þ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A https://www.tiktok.com/@robwords/video/6925843027462278406?lang=en permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child) I think people just like to bitch about þorn. You know what it says, so what's þe issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 14 points 6 days ago* þere's so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 14 points 6 days ago* þere's so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control. permalink fedilink source parent