JRaccoon

There should be a pro dom(me) who first ties you up AND then puts you through hardcore needle play... by making sure you're current on your vaccines.

Someone would pay for that.

I think it's written that way because the instructions are meant to work on Windows too. But it still doesn't make much sense. I think just saying "Install CMake" and letting the agent figure it out for the current environment would be a much better approach.

Also, I think the model they were using was working with outdated data. Why specifically require Java 21 when Java 25 is the latest LTS? And furthermore, why even link to a specific JDK implementation when it surely works with almost any implementation? Probably just makes the agent install the Temurin implementation even if the system already had a working java.

My point being if the author's idea is to let AI handle the installation to avoid writing environment-specific instructions, it shouldn't then have these hardcoded assumptions about the environment. So yeah, it seems they (and the AI that wrote it) didn't really know what they were doing.

I have had this blog post about SDRs (Software Defined Radio) bookmarked for a couple of years now:

https://blinry.org/50-things-with-sdr/

Apparently the basic models only cost around 30-50 dollars. I've been thinking about getting one, but I haven't had the time to dive into it yet.

Yeah, but I would never let an AI agent run commands on my machine without verifying each command. And at that point I would just rather copy and paste commands by hand, takes about the same time.

If the installation for example required creating some complicated host specific config files, then sure, I could see how that kind of a "runbook" could maybe be useful. But that doesn't seem to be the case here.

It's real

https://github.com/0xeb/ghidrasql#install-with-an-ai-agent-recommended

Haha, reading some of the responses in this thread actually reminded me of that xkcd but I couldn't immediately find it. Thanks!

Oh wow, things really have gotten bad over there. For me personally, the much greater risk is that I forget my phone somewhere or someone steals it and in that scenario a weak password is the larger issue.

It seems there isn't a single correct answer here. The threat model is different for everyone.

Yes, but that's besides the point. If the convenient options for a normie user are

• Having a weak password
• Having a strong password and a fingerprint

Out of those the fingerprint with a strong password is way better option, imo.

In the USA, they can legally force you to unlock a device using biometrics.

Also, how does that work? Can't they legally force you to enter your password too? Or can you claim you don't remember it? If that works, can't you just have a band-aid on your finger or something? Surely they cannot force you to take it off and risk getting an infection on the large wound you just happened to get yesterday...?

Where I live they recently implemented a minimum age of 15 years for riding e-scooters that can exceed 15 km/h and I think it's a very sensible change.

I think it depends. Some people might be inclined to use too short or simple password because they don't wanna constantly be typing a long password. It's much better to have a strong password and fingerprint/face rec for convince than just a insecure password.

I was going to agree to disagree, but I couldn't resist biting one more time because the link you posted turned out to be really interesting, but probably not for the reasons you were expecting... It's past midnight where I live and I have work tomorrow so I'll keep this one short.

Two things. First, just a reminder that like I wrote in my last message, I'm not arguing for any instance to re-federate Hexbear or Lemmygrad. It's clear even just from reading this thread that most users don't want to see them, and that's actually a perfectly valid reason to maintain the status quo. But at this point it's also pretty clear that ideological reasons and personal opinions are part of why those instances are so widely defederated and we are lying to ourselves if we insist otherwise.

Second, let me prove it by using your alt's post you linked. I'll be really frank here as you seem like someone who won't take it personally. It's obvious you feel very strongly about this matter, you're good with words, and you're not scared to influence others to adapt your ideals. Your post on discuss.online is honestly very well written if that was your goal. It's manipulative, but not in instantly obvious way. It's a textbook case actually: (All quotes below are directly from the post)

• Starts with an appeal to fear ("...we don’t even know how many users this is turning away from us...")
• Overgeneralization from anecdote ("...Though I am by no means the only one that this has happened to - it seems to continually occur for each new user that joins here...")
• Poisoning the well ("...at which point any further communication to them is already known to be in bad faith...")
• Appeal to social proof ("...Many of the largest instances across the Fediverse have eventually already defederated...")
• Loaded language ("...troll instance...", "...flooding over here...")
• False consensus ("...most of us...")
• Shifting the burden of proof ("...the case for defederation from hexbear.net seems much more clear and straightforward - and really, why not?...")
• Flattery ("...Discuss.Online’s much better admin practices...", "...you are doing a fantastic job of being admins...")
• Strategic concessions ("...That one I understand may be more problematic...")

I could go on, but it's late and I'm tired...

Then add what looks like a mountain of evidence, but is mostly a handful of trolls and douchebags, something you can find from almost any larger instance. Most people aren't going to dig through the "evidence", and just like that, discuss.online defederated Hexbear. It's not my place to comment on the decision itself, especially since it doesn't affect me. I'm just pointing what happened there.

blahaj is in the black box (has defederated fedinsfw.app), in the blue box (has defederated Lemmygrad) and in the red box (has defederated Hexbear). No one on this graph has defederated pawb. The graph is a bit confusing on the first look.