Chozo

They’ve been adding AI chatbot integrations into the browser lately.

If it could be prepared in a way that didn’t directly remind me of the animal they came from, definitely. There’s a reason they make chicken nuggets look like anything but a chicken.

All life forms are just goo in shells.

Unless you wrote it yourself, never assume that an app won’t inevitably enshittify itself. People thought that about Firefox, too.

How do you?

They’re attracted to the heat your devices put off. If possible, keep them powered off when not in use, instead of in sleep/rest modes as those can still keep some systems running warm enough to be inviting to pests. Keeping things elevated also helps, so if your PC sits on the floor, you should consider clearing some space on your desk, instead.

If possible, nothing that’s plugged into a wall should rest on your floors. Elevate everything you can; your computers, your TV, your game consoles, your router, the brick for your laptop charger… Keep it all on a desk or shelf or something, if possible. If you have the resources, use an IR camera to scout for hotspots on your floors, as a lot of devices will put off more heat than you may assume.

I find only fans to be quite hot, actually.

Chances are that you don’t actually have their name; that’s likely the name of another victim. Your credit card was never the hacker’s goal; that other person’s ID is.

Stolen credit cards are effectively worthless on their own. Your card is just a disposable tool for them to validate the ID with, and to see if it passes basic security checks like buying an airline ticket. If they are able to get through the purchase without being flagged, they know they’ve got a high-value ID to work with. They already know that the credit card is burned the instant they make a purchase with it, so they’re likely not poking around further into your financials.

That said, any personal details of yours that they managed to capture in this breach, may also be used to try to steal your ID down the road, so start locking down any details that were ever given to that breached site.

Yup! One of them had a backlight issue, where the bottom third of the screen was dim. The other one had a speaker go out. Last time I buy Insignia.

Honestly, Best Buy’s service plans are slept on. I had to use them for a couple TVs that both started failing a few months after the manufacturer warranty ended. Ended up getting a free upgrade on both units because they stopped making that particular model (I wonder why) so they replaced both TVs with a slightly bigger display.

Your side dish said “pasta la vista, baby”.

These verification systems have already been defeated with locally-run AI models. This is now only a barrier to humans.

Well, it certainly makes it a lot harder to kill somebody secretly now.

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

-Arthur C Clarke

It isn’t not not AI? Double-negatives have thrown me for a loop here.

Super Mario Bros 3. It was the first video game I’d ever played. That was my gateway drug.

I used to know that game like the back of my hand. Any time I pick it back up, it feels like visiting an old, childhood home.

I’ve read the post, and I’m still unhappy with their decision. Capitulation only accelerates fascism.

What exactly is HTML5 canvas image data?