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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I thought the orbs were supposedly open source and not actually transmitting/collecting any biometric data, just using it to create unique ids? But these quotes and articles seem to be taking it as a given that the scans are in fact collected. It feels like a really crucial part of this story is completely missing here; if there's some evidence that they are in fact collecting the data despite claiming not to, that should be worth mentioning. It would also be something to mention if there is no such evidence and the Spanish regulators here are implying risks that aren't actually there, but expect it to be a popular move regardless because the public generally hates cryptocurrency, AI, and Sam Altman.

I'm also wondering how they feel about all the various phones and other devices that use fingerprint and face scans for authentication, public facing cameras transmitting to the cloud that can have face or gait recognition algorithms attached, the scanning done in airports, etc. There's a bunch of reasons to dislike WorldCoin but this seems maybe not well thought out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Best way to describe the resulting texture is "slimy", it's pretty gross

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

More of a cooking technique than a recipe. I wanted to make a stir fry more substantial so I added flour to it. Strongly recommend against ever doing this.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (15 children)

If you happen to forget the -m though, you may also need to have mastered exiting vim

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

That's perfect since I use FF anyway, thanks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

The browser had a built-in RSS button that would display in the browser location bar when any website you're on had an RSS feed available. Clicking the button would then take you to the RSS feed for that web page

How would this work? Do websites with rss feeds normally publish the url to that feed in some standard place? Are there any third party extensions that do it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The historical snapshot is not worth that much because it is already available for free, there are torrents etc. The deal is iirc an ongoing payment for access, which will be relevant because AI trained on old data is always going to be stuck in the past.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They will be the only way to transact without being surveilled or without requiring the permission and approval of banks, payment providers, and governments. They will continue to displace banking systems in parts of the world where those are corrupt and do not have basic functionality. They will continue to enable people to do business and cooperate across borders. If we remain long enough without a unified world government, I believe the credible neutrality of cryptocurrency, which is higher than any fiat currency can have, will likely cause one of them to become the global reserve currency.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What a lot of people forgot is that this was the whole point of cryptocurrency to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

At least local LLMs are getting better

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wonder how this thing holds up against strong winds

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