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They also gave him a fake line to deliver and didn't reveal that Darth Vader was actually Luke's father during the filming of that scene: https://www.soundandvision.com/news/100104hamill/

It's such a great moment! The fake line that was put in there just to try and keep the secret was "You don't know the truth: Obi-Wan killed your father!" But as much as I enjoyed leaking false information, it was a wonderfully hard secret to keep because (Irvin) Kershner, the director, brought me aside and said "Now I know this, and George knows this, and now you're going to know this, but if you tell anybody, and that means Carrie or Harrison, or anybody, we're going to know who it is because we know who knows.". -Mark Hamill

I personally like the fan theory that Padme's life force was transferred to Anakin with the help of Palpatine.

https://retrozap.com/padme-didnt-die-of-a-broken-heart/

I initially think this same thing every time I see someone mention MTG on here, glad I'm not the only one.

I don't think this is specifically an "AI" problem as much as it's a privacy issue with the way companies are buying and selling our info for targeted advertising. These models are definitely enabling them to do more with the data that they have as well as to collect more information from us in new ways.

Yeah, the other thing I could see happening is a similar tactic used by scammers where they use Mules who pick up mail from various Airbnbs throughout whatever country, but this would definitely limit most bot operations... Unless some organization specializes in this and just offers some service to create a bunch of accounts for anyone willing to pay.

Also, how many accounts would you limit to a single address, and how long would you lock up an address before it could be used again (given that people do move around from time to time).

edit:typo.

That's a good point. I didn't know about the USPS Form 1583 for virtual mailboxes... Although that is a U.S. specific thing, so finding a similar service in a country that doesn't care so much might be the way to go about that.

Yep, exactly this. It might deter some small time bot creators, but it won't stop larger operations and may even help them to seem more legitimate.

If anything, my favorite idea comes from this xkcd:

Easy way to get around that with "virtual" addresses: https://ipostal1.com/virtual-address.php

Just pay $10 for every account that you want to create.... you may as well just go with the solution of charging everyone $10 to create an account. At least that way the instance owner is getting supported and it would have the same effect.

"Just download our app on the Microsoft Store/App Store!" /s

Yeah, a decision to modify copyright so that it affects training data as well would devastate open source models and set us back a bit.

There are many that want to push LLMs back, especially journalists, so seeing articles like this are to be expected.

edit: a word.

All ice cream (and related desserts) will get harder as they get colder.

It feels like you're comparing ice cream/desserts that are completely frozen to ice cream/desserts that are partially frozen, which is not what this post is about...

Although if the ice cream does get slightly liquidy before re-freezing, it will be much harder than it was before. This is why one of the most important factors when making ice cream is to continually mix up the ice cream while it freezes.

I think the going saying at this point is "2 more years".

They've definitely continued to pump out more features over the years. And some players have finally gotten to test out jump points to the next system "Pyro"... But I could easily see them continuing to develop this game for another 3-5 years before we see it in beta.

Star Citizen is another game that has implemented this level of detail, you just can't smash the screens, yet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elsYrQ0uPKc

That's a big misconception with what quantum internet is (and what quantum entanglement actually allows for) as explained by this physicist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-j8nGvYMA8

Quantum Internet doesn't mean that you can transmit data faster than the speed of light.

Quantum Internet just means you get an ultra secure connection, but it's super susceptible to noise (in other words, you can't send a lot of data reliably and it would be terrible for that).
At best this would be useful for being absolutely sure that some encryption keys were sent successfully without being intercepted by anyone else.

"Stealth" is a useful tool for visiting Reddit. It's available on F-Droid. https://gitlab.com/cosmosapps/stealth

Otherwise using old.reddit with a browser has been a decent fallback.

What do you mean by outdated? Most captchas are there to help them train their next ML model. Relevant xkcd:

https://xkcd.com/2228/

Best exchange I heard about this topic:

Person 1: "Stop being such a smart ass"
Person 2: "I will when you stop being such a dumb ass"

Did you open the same websites (same number of tabs) at the same time across all of the browsers?

From the screenshot it looks like you have a different number of tabs open in each one.

This sounds more useful to apply to specific, small portions of the sand, rather than applying it to an entire coastline.

"We can use it to strengthen the seabed beneath sea walls, stabilize sand dunes and retain unstable soil slopes. We could also use it to strengthen protection structures, marine foundations and so many other things. There are many ways to apply this to protect coastal areas."

Isn't the whole point of something like End-to-End Encryption so that not even the company themselves can read your messages?

In that case it wouldn't matter even if they did turn the info over.

Edit: I read more into the page you linked. Looks like those NSLs can't even be used to request the contents either way:

Can the FBI obtain content—like e-mails or the content of phone calls—with an NSL?

Not legally. While each type of NSL allows the FBI to obtain a different type of information, that information is limited to records—such as “subscriber information and toll billing records information” from telephone companies.