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The Individualization of Responsibility – Masterclass in Deception
https://www.bespacific.com/the-individualization-of-responsibility-masterclass-in-deception/
Published: October 17, 2024 03:27
The Climate Historian: “…In the mid-20th century, as evidence mounted linking smoking to lung cancer, the tobacco industry didn’t just fight back—they mastered the art of deflection. Instead of outright denying the dangers, they funded research to stir…
WildChat: 1M ChatGPT Interaction Logs in the Wild
https://www.bespacific.com/wildchat-1m-chatgpt-interaction-logs-in-the-wild/
Published: October 17, 2024 03:10
WildChat: 1M ChatGPT Interaction Logs in the Wild: “Chatbots such as GPT-4 and ChatGPT are now serving millions of users. Despite their widespread use, there remains a lack of public datasets showcasing how these tools are used by a population of users in…
FTC Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier to End Recurring Subscriptions, Memberships
Published: October 17, 2024 02:31
“The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that will require sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up. Most of the final rule’s provisions will go into effect 180 days after…
The illusion of information adequacy
https://www.bespacific.com/the-illusion-of-information-adequacy/
Published: October 17, 2024 02:13
Gehlbach H, Robinson CD, Fletcher A (2024) The illusion of information adequacy. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0310216. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310216: “How individuals navigate perspectives and attitudes that diverge from their own affects an array of…
Voting early or by mail is getting more popular. See the data by state.
https://www.bespacific.com/voting-early-or-by-mail-is-getting-more-popular-see-the-data-by-state/
Published: October 17, 2024 01:53
Washington Post unpaywalled: “Election Day in many states now stretches over multiple days or weeks. Across America, jurisdictions have adopted an array of policies that allows for ballots to be cast by mail, in person at early voting sites or that…
How social media distorts perceptions of norms
https://www.bespacific.com/how-social-media-distorts-perceptions-of-norms/
Published: October 16, 2024 03:16
Claire E. Robertson, Kareena S. del Rosario, Jay J. Van Bavel, Inside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms, Current Opinion in Psychology, Volume 60, 2024, 101918, ISSN 2352-250X,…
Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners
Published: October 16, 2024 03:08
Washington Post – [unpaywalled] This article includes searchable databases as follows: Find your county’s climate risk. AlphaGeo, a climate modeling group, analyzed the risks in every county. Type in your county below to see which exist in your area.…
The 7 Best Private Search Engines That Respect Your Data
https://www.bespacific.com/the-7-best-private-search-engines-that-respect-your-data/
Published: October 16, 2024 02:49
MakeUseOf: Finding a search engine that’s both effective and not hell-bent on selling your information is hard. Fortunately, they do exist, and there are plenty of them for you to choose from. DuckDuckGo; Startpage; MetaGer; Qwant; Mojeek; Kagi and…
Guide to effective searching on ebay
https://www.bespacific.com/guide-to-effective-searching-on-ebay/
Published: October 16, 2024 02:43
Thread by derek guy via Twitter – I want to show you how to get some deals on eBay. Since I write about menswear, this thread will be focused on men’s clothing and accessories. But my guess is that you can apply these tricks to other categories…So my first…
Marching Toward Violence: The Domestic Anti-Israeli Protest Movement
https://www.bespacific.com/marching-toward-violence-the-domestic-anti-israeli-protest-movement/
Published: October 16, 2024 02:40
Over 150 groups involved in the disruptive anti-Israel protests on college campuses and elsewhere in the United States are “pro-terrorism.” The vast majority support Hamas and/or the October 7 terrorist attacks. The movement contains militant elements…
Google’s Illuminate PDFs to Podcasts
https://www.bespacific.com/googles-illuminate-pdfs-to-podcasts/
Published: October 16, 2024 02:36
Joshua Kubicki – This video gives a quick overview of Google’s latest experimental tool called Illuminate, which transforms research papers into audio content. It’s similar to Google’s Notebook LM, but instead of turning documents into cheery upbeat…
Comics art against Project 2025
https://www.bespacific.com/comics-art-against-project-2025/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:45
“Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. You matter, and you have a voice. Project 2025, also known as “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” is a document created to be a roadmap for a second Donald Trump presidency.…
Stream More Than 30,000 Movies for Free With This One Simple Item
https://www.bespacific.com/stream-more-than-30000-movies-for-free-with-this-one-simple-item/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:42
CNET – “When I was an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I decided to add a concentration in film studies as part of my English degree. This choice exposed me to the marvelous world of film scholarship, adding to my…
Gmail Account Takeover: Super Realistic AI Scam Call
https://www.bespacific.com/gmail-account-takeover-super-realistic-ai-scam-call/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:38
New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed – Sam Mitrovic: “This is a story of a super realistic AI scam call that could trick a vast number of people. Don’t be one of them. Read on. The Scam: How It Works. Recently I received a…
What If Google’s Biggest Problem Isn’t AI?
https://www.bespacific.com/what-if-googles-biggest-problem-isnt-ai/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:27
New York – Intelligencer [unpaywalled]: “Let’s say you represent the most powerful government on Earth and would like to convey some information to the citizens of your country in a moment of crisis. We’re talking pretty basic stuff: How to apply for…
Zendesk fumbles software vulnerability
https://www.bespacific.com/zendesk-fumbles-software-vulnerability/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:23
“hi, i’m daniel. i’m a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here’s the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies: say hello to zendesk – If you’ve…
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 12, 2024
Published: October 15, 2024 02:15
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 12, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a…
‘Alarming’ decline of seed-dispersing animals threatens Europe’s plants
https://www.bespacific.com/alarming-decline-of-seed-dispersing-animals-threatens-europes-plants/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:14
Science: “When hunters wiped out most fruiteating birds in the tropical forest of Lambir Hills National Park on western Borneo by the 1990s, the skies grew duller—and in a few years so did the forest. Without birds to spread their seeds, the diversity of…
What Do Climate Risk Indices Measure?
https://www.bespacific.com/what-do-climate-risk-indices-measure/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:07
Liberty Street Economics, New York Fed, October 7, 2024: “As interest in understanding the economic impacts of climate change grows, the climate economics and finance literature has developed a number of indices to quantify climate risks. Various…
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
Published: October 15, 2024 02:07
The Atlantic [no paywall]: ” I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis. By Charlie Warzel. The truth is, it’s getting harder to describe the extent to which a…
LLMs don’t do formal reasoning and that is a HUGE problem
https://www.bespacific.com/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and-that-is-a-huge-problem/
Published: October 15, 2024 02:03
Marcus on AI: “A superb new article on LLMs from six AI researchers at Apple who were brave enough to challenge the dominant paradigm has just come out. Everyone actively working with AI should read it, or at least this terrific X thread by senior author,…
Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information
https://www.bespacific.com/best-active-forums-internet-today/
Published: October 11, 2024 02:02
Aftermath: “When I want information, like the real stuff, I go to forums. Over the years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the internet just got bigger. Reddit, Discord and Facebook groups have filled a lot of that space, but there…
FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives
https://www.bespacific.com/ftc-findings-on-commercial-surveillance-can-lead-to-better-alternatives/
Published: October 11, 2024 00:24
EFF: “On September 19, the FTC published a staff report following a multi-year investigation of nine social media and video streaming companies. The report found a myriad of privacy violations to consumers stemming largely from the ad-revenue based…