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foundafreeusername t1_j39tqo3 wrote

Reply to ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware by mepper

If you couldn't get this from the headline already: it is just a clickbait article of course.

ChatGPT is really good at creating small code snippets for easy tasks such as iterating files in python or simple encryption/decryption. But so is google, stackoverflow, github, ...

If you really want to do something more complex or have very specific requirements (such as abusing a specific security hole) it is useless.

The focus on malware here is misleading. Any resources that helps with basic programming could easily be used for simple malware shown in the article.

Might as well make an article how ChatGPT can help with robbing items from a car because it can recommend to use a brick to break a window. This is just the programming version of it.

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foundafreeusername t1_itrw9nj wrote

Reply to comment by borkus in Oculus founder Palmer Luckey compares Facebook's metaverse to a 'project car,' with Mark Zuckerberg pursuing an expensive passion project that no one thinks is valuable by FrodoSam4Ever

A lot of the goals zuck is after only really make sense once the headset is small enough to be basically just glasses. The question is if they can survive that long.

Once they are small enough and comfortable there isn't much of a downside to VR. You can have remote meetings + VR/AR. You can have all the regular social media + VR.

Until then gaming probably will remain the main driver. With improved comfort, new pancake lenses and maybe close to 4k per eye VR headsets aren't much of a downside anymore even if you play 2D games.

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foundafreeusername t1_itj4aws wrote

Reply to This new farming robot uses lasers to kill 200,000 weeds per hour by GonjaNinja420

I still remember a comment from a few years ago about the first few experimental farming robots:

> There is no way robots can replace herbicides. How would a robot pull out each individual weed? This would take ages

I am curious if this ever gets widely adopted but good to see we might have another alternatives to herbicides in the future.

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foundafreeusername t1_itdgwf4 wrote

Reply to comment by RandomMiddleName in The Metaverse Is Failing, But It Is One Investment That Will Not Die by BiscuitOfGinger

If you are genuinely interested I am working on a list to counter the misinformation here. Here is what the media (and most r/technology users) get wrong:

  • Many here are convinced the billions of $ are spent on a piece of VR software while in truth it is mostly research for novel hardware, AI and a platform to run other software ... To compare it to Apple: They are trying to build an entire new device category and ecosystem like the iPhone once did not just another mobile phone. Also note: This is a goal they want to reach not a product they are selling right now.

  • Most headline and articles use the word metaverse wrong. It isn't a piece of software. You can compare it to a web standard like HTML5. Once it exists it is suppose to allow all companies and developers to build VR/AR software that can interact with each other. It comes from the book Snow Crash. It is a virtual world that is accessed through a headset. Imagine it as a Holodeck from Star Trek.

  • A lot of users here got mislead thinking Meta's software has only 30 users. That article was about an entirely different attempt to build a "metaverse" by a crypto company.

  • and the legs: A lot users here seem to think Facebook can't figure out how to render legs under their avatar. In truth they are working on a new technology that can track your entire body while wearing a VR headset. Similar to Kinect but without any additional hardware. And remember: This needs to work for all possible VR experience not just their own software. An walking animation wouldn't do the job if someone else wants to play football in VR.

  • Are they just building another Second Life? There are some similarities but a lot of differences as well: Second Life is just piece software and controlled via mouse & keyboard. It was never very useful as a platform for other companies to create new products. If you build a football game in Second Life you create animations to interact with the ball and other players, you decide on the run speed of the characters, you map keys on your keyboard to specific actions to control your avatar and you see your own camera in third person. It is a lot of work. In a proper metaverse all need is to drop a ball and start playing with your friends. Everything that had to be manually done in Second Life is done automatically by the VR headset, body tracking and physics simulation.

Edit: still updating it

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foundafreeusername t1_it48rdt wrote

Reply to comment by FreezingRobot in German leader warns against 'worldwide renaissance' for coal by Wagamaga

I wish once in my life I arrive to a discussion here and people use actual data instead of hearsay.

Germanys nuclear phaseout looks like this:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked?time=2000..latest&country=~DEU

They roughly halved coal usage since the nuclear phaseout began and replaced both with renewables.

For comparison here is the us:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked?time=2000..latest&country=~USA

They also roughly halved coal usage ... and replaced it with gas.

Notice the difference?

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