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  • It may very well be the former; but I don’t believe ‘ethically trained’ and ‘useful’ is an achievable combination in AI models, particularly within our capitalist world/society.

    Even if such a thing was created; it’d be impossible to verify and distinguish among the flood of media produced by those that just don’t care about the broader picture and those effected. The detrimental effects of global AI infrastructure has greatly overshadowed the potential for ‘ethical’ AI implementation; and now we just don’t have the means to sort through ‘ethical’ vs not, leaving no option but to reject it outright.


  • AI is being forced into EVERYONE’S lives, whether we want it or not, and to make that happen; land and ecosystems are being destroyed, people’s lives are being upended, resources are being made more expensive and less obtainable for everyday people, people’s creations are being stolen and morphed into this machine that erases any nuance, self-expression, or human connection, while disconnecting people that enjoy art from those that pour their heart and soul into creating it.

    AI IS bad, and no that fact is not up for discussion/debate. Every use of AI is detrimental to human expression and connection, while further harming the world/environment we all exist in. We’ve done enough harm as a species.



  • Or at the very least; turn your phone entirely off (shutdown) whenever you expect or encounter police contact.

    Biometrics only work when the device is already running. Mobile devices are in their most locked down/secure state when ‘at rest’, ie shutdown.

    In android; there is also a ‘lockdown’ mode you can quickly activate from the power off screen, that disables Biometrics until next unlock with a pin/pattern, but doesn’t fully shutdown so you can still quickly access things like the camera. This has to be explicitly enabled in settings first and will not offer much protection from various lockscreen bypass software available to law enforcement.











  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.catoCool Guides@lemmy.caScrews
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    Robertson on it’s own, yes. As long as you use the proper size driver before you round out the square.

    When you start carving out space for additional drivers though, the screw head becomes much weaker. The combo Robertson/Slotted/Philips screw heads will not standup to the same forces.


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    A good portion of these are ‘security’/anti-tamper fasteners, which basically just means they’re intentionally weirdly shapped and uncommon so people aren’t likely to be carrying the screwdrivers to tamper with stuff.

    Stops things like bored crackheads disassembling the toilet stall in a public bathroom.


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    who the fuck outside of Japan has a JIS driver lying around, then they strip real easy. Ask me how I know.

    Funnily enough, I only know about these because I’ve got one of I Fix-It’s screwdriver sets with 70 driver bits.

    I was wondering why there were two sets of what looked like Philips and went looking for info.


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    6-lobe, star, and Torx are all names for the same somewhat common screw type. Torx is a trademarked brand name however.

    Separately there’s a 5-lobe screw called ‘pentalobe’ that’s looks just like the 6-lobe but with, well…, 5 lobes. It was developed by Apple iirc, to keep people out of their products and make repair harder.


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    Philips/Square/Slotted (all three combined) is really common in North American electrical. Switches, outlets, breakers; all commonly use them for terminal screws.

    Great for lower torque applications; you certainly wouldn’t use them for like a deck/structural screw.