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Traffic / Re: significant increase of Reddit posts in Google search results over the past yr
« on: Today at 06:33:31 PM »
> people looking for other people's opinions, maybe in part trying to ignore the AI

Exactly this. I've seen several articles over the past 2-3 month saying that more & more review searches are specifying 'reddit' since G serps have gone to crap with AI.  Here's one from 2023...

https://www.vox.com/technology/23962999/best-product-reviews-shopping-reddit

Black Friday: Why Reddit is such a trusted product review site - Vox

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Hardware & Technology / VASA-1 - Microsoft Research
« on: Today at 01:16:59 PM »
scroll down to "Realism and liveliness"

"Our method is capable of not only producing precious lip-audio synchronization, but also generating a large spectrum of expressive facial nuances and natural head motions"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/vasa-1/


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Traffic / significant increase of Reddit posts in Google search results over the past yr
« on: Today at 01:21:28 AM »
https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1cgyi2y/latest_data_shows_the_significant_increase_of/


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Water Cooler / Re: Companies lie
« on: April 30, 2024, 04:14:20 PM »
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/razer-forced-to-pay-more-than-dollar1m-in-refunds-for-its-rgb-surgical-n95-respirators-that-were-not-n95-respirators/

Razer billed the Zephyr as an N95 mask, and the FTC says that was a lie.

Razer forced to pay more than $1M in refunds for its RGB 'surgical N95 respirators' that were not N95 respirators | PC Gamer

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Web Development / The Turing test of online reviews:
« on: April 29, 2024, 11:10:33 PM »
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-024-09729-3

 Can we tell the difference between human-written and GPT-4-written online reviews? | Marketing Letters

TLDR; No.

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Water Cooler / Re: Companies lie
« on: April 29, 2024, 11:08:11 PM »
lie repeatedly...

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

The Federal Trade Commission said the retailer violated a 2020 order it settled that made the same allegations.

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Water Cooler / Re: PFAS
« on: April 29, 2024, 10:29:52 PM »
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/29/pfas-death-cardiovascular-disease

PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows | PFAS | The Guardian

"For the first time, researchers have formally shown that exposure to toxic PFAS increases the likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, adding a new level of concern to the controversial chemicals’ wide use."

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Traffic / US Post Office phishing sites get as much traffic as the real one
« on: April 29, 2024, 02:10:08 PM »
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-post-office-phishing-sites-get-as-much-traffic-as-the-real-one/


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Water Cooler / Re: Bird flu: First human case reported in Texas - transmitted by cows
« on: April 27, 2024, 09:25:21 AM »
Make that 9 states.

https://www.denver7.com/news/state-news/bird-flu-confirmed-in-colorado-dairy-cows-joining-8-other-states-with-confirmed-outbreaks

Bird flu confirmed in Colorado dairy cows, joining 8 other states with outbreaks

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Water Cooler / Re: AI Audio used to retaliate against school's principal
« on: April 27, 2024, 02:44:32 AM »
>stop adjudicating everything by social media mob

But... but...  There's no justice like angry mob justice!  --Principal Skinner, The Simpsons

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Water Cooler / US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much
« on: April 27, 2024, 01:31:55 AM »
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/uss-carbon-emissions-drop-slightly-mostly-due-to-using-less-coal/

 Ars Technica

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Water Cooler / Re: Bird flu: First human case reported in Texas - transmitted by cows
« on: April 26, 2024, 04:57:16 PM »
https://www.newser.com/story/349564/fda-1-in-5-milk-samples-has-traces-of-bird-flu.html

Milk Tests Suggest Bird Flu Outbreak Has Spread Widely

"Bird flu has been confirmed in 33 dairy herds in eight states, officials say, but the results of a nationwide Food and Drug Administration analysis suggest the virus is far more widespread. In an update Thursday, the agency said inactive fragments of the virus were found in one in five samples of retail milk in the nationally representative study"

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Water Cooler / AI Audio used to retaliate against school's principal
« on: April 26, 2024, 11:46:21 AM »
Worth a watch even though th3core has known for a long time where deep-fakery was headed.  Remember kids, faking digital stuff is *EASY* now and could be used to defame you.

https://old.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1cd9bq4/we_can_no_longer_trust_audio_evidence/


https://abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-high-school-athletic-director-ai-create-fake/story?id=109638535

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police - ABC News

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Traffic / FCC Reinstates Net Neutrality In A Blow To Internet Service Providers
« on: April 25, 2024, 09:40:18 PM »
https://deadline.com/2024/04/net-neutrality-approved-fcc-vote-1235893572/


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Water Cooler / Re: Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way
« on: April 25, 2024, 08:47:43 PM »
residential. 

Started here.   I picked itup in diysolarforum

https://old.reddit.com/r/solar/comments/1btok7q/conscious_citizen_corrupt_politics/?share_id=oEVrffK4V7aR6DBVEmU_J

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