sheepcow
Re:DraftKings Is Using AI to Behaviorally Target Chronic Gamblers
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:47PM (#49911316)
I think the blame falls much more squarely on powerful individuals like Adam Silver[1] and the companies that lobbied for this[2] than on society as a whole.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/opinion/nba-commissioner-...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-l...
Re:What will our economic future look like?
on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:54AM (#49627650)
Hmmm, I wonder what they'll do if they discover the transition is bad for workers? Pack up and go home I reckon!
Re:Making the Internet Boring
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @05:00PM (#49542498)
I configured uBlock to hide comments and suggested videos from YouTube. Couldn't recommend it enough. I don't miss either of them and now (usually) only go to YouTube to do something useful.
Edit: Forgot to mention I also blocked Shorts. In fact, I forgot they even existed. I guess the medium is the message. Short and forgettable.
Re:My LSM tree was slower than a B-tree. Then I profiled it
on Thursday June 18, 2026 @04:11PM (#48590860)
> A few weeks ago I wanted to understand how the storage engine inside RocksDB actually works. Not read about it. Build it.
Immediate tell that this was written by AI. Another thing I've noticed lately - AI's overuse of "every":
> Every batch of writes called `file.Write` on the write-ahead log.
> Every read was scanning entire SSTable files.
> Every bit is set.
> Every value matches.
Re:Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lo...
on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:01AM (#47962655)
If you want to read more about how unsavory aspects of AI-training are off-loaded onto poor workers in third-world countries, would recommend Karen Hao's "Empire of AI". These workers are paid pennies an hour for unstable jobs that expose them to some horrific material.