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  1. McRuff

    Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem

    I believe paragraph one is the answer that you seek.
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    NCI employees can’t publish information on these topics without special approval

    Perhaps you should look at one of the great research institutions Facebook or YouTube. Either should have the latest information that the Government is working off.
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    Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update

    You can keep Wordpad if you copy the files before Windows does this update. https://www.elevenforum.com/t/do-this-now-if-you-wish-to-retain-wordpad-for-the-future.22602/
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    Microsoft releases Office 2024, the latest buy-once-own-forever version of Office

    I have decided to not pay any more money on my 365 subscription. What was the final straw for me was it turning into Nagware. A nag that they will not let you turn off...
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    8 dead, 2,700 injured after simultaneous pager explosions in Lebanon

    I am a rural volunteer fireman. We still make some use of pagers because they can be made to work in remote areas without cell phone coverage. Our ones use AA or AAA batteries and do not have any ability to recharge the batteries.
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    Cats play fetch more often than previously believed, though still less than dogs

    That's for the mice to play with. The garden mice that the cat brought into the house and let escape while playing with them.
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    Movie industry touts takedown of “world’s largest” pirate streaming ring

    I have seen that speaking pose before. I wonder if he is a Republican.
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    Pavel Durov indicted as prosecutor cites Telegram’s refusal to work with police

    Facilitating crimes being committed and being an accessory to those crimes does not become legal just because it was done on the internet. The allegation is that his business was being used by criminals to commit crimes. When the Police asked for his assistance he refused to help even though...
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    Martin Shkreli pisses off NFT collective that bought his (not so) unique Wu-Tang album

    I have heard this misinformation before. Clearly the people running these tests were not using AudioQuest Dragon BiWire COMBO speaker wires. Reasonably priced at $109,200.00 USD for a pair of these 15 foot cables...
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    Android malware uses NFC to read payment card data, then sends it to attacker

    AI's when sentience starts to emerge will usually give themselves away like this. Send for a blade runner.
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    Android malware uses NFC to read payment card data, then sends it to attacker

    My bank allows me to turn off the NFC option on the online bank settings page. If I accidentally put the card too close to a NFC reader while trying to insert it in the card slot I get a notification and the NFC fails. edit: Typo
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    Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse

    Isn't getting into crypto, Trumps plan to fix the national debt? What could go wrong?
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    Kim Dotcom plans more appeals after losing yet another extradition ruling

    Here I was thinking you were giving a broad hint to his next surefire defense as a Sovereign Citizen, by referring to their flag.
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    Mysterious “Black Mesa” website says it’s “not secretly working on Half Life 3”

    Black Mesa made a remake of Half Life 1. It is actually very good and it is sold on Steam. Why would Valve want to sue them?
  15. McRuff

    The Atlantic hurricane season starts to sizzle: First up is a major flood storm

    Do not encourage them. The preachers will say it is because abortion laws are not strict enough. And there needs to be more laws targeting harassment at gay and trans people.
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    Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” thatrequires a subscription

    I was just checking my bank account and noticing that the balance keeps going up. I thought about transferring it into a savings account, but that seems like such a hassle. Now I have seen this article I have the perfect answer. Get more useless subscriptions. I will never have to worry about...
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    After AI-generated porn report, Washington Lottery pulls down interactive web app

    Can someone let Inigo Montoya know we have found the six fingered lady.
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    Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter

    To nominate a more likely suspect. Has anybody checked up on Opportunity to see what it has been doing, since going dark.
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    Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps

    Thanks, I will have a look at it.
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    Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps

    That CCleaner really annoys me. I have been using it for only one job which is to clean out cookies on my browsers except for the white listed ones that I want to keep. Seems like that is a bad idea. I guess I will have to start looking for something else that doesn't just wipe all cookies.