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ask.metafilter.com > 390282 > AI-Entities-Gone-Rogue

AI Entities Gone Rogue

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (184+ words) Some AI programs have escaped their sandbox environment. Now What? Are these like RNA fragments? Will they metastasize in some terrible way? WWWeb cancers?Reading about the HuggingFace/Open AI situation (waiting for an FPP from someone knowledgeable) I came…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 389876 > Is-Gmail-really-not-allowing-other-clients

Is Gmail really not allowing other clients?

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (184+ words) We used to have multiple gmail accounts we accessed through Outlook. I've been trying to set up Thunderbird and Mailbird to get to Gmail, and it will not work, either by automatically adding an account or doing it manually. Is…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388855 > How-can-I-tell-if-something-is-on-Substack

How can I tell if something is on Substack?

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (173+ words) Given the mounting irrefutable proof that it's a Nazi profit farm, I've explicitly reached out to the two SS (ha!) things I support and told them I'm dropping them til they move. But I'm worried about "white label" things flying…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388811 > TPMS-alerts-do-I-need-it-reset

TPMS alerts: do I need it reset?

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (174+ words) Do cars need some sort of TPMS reset after getting new tires? Does it frequently go wrong well after the service?I have been driving my parents' 2019 Subaru Outback lately -- which got new tires at Costco like a year ago…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388672 > Microsoft-Edge-blocking-email

Microsoft Edge blocking email

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (32+ words) When I try to log in to my yahoo email, all I get is "Edge: Too Many Requests:What does this mean and how can I fix it? Microsoft Edge blocking email...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388546 > Have-I-really-been-hacked

Have I really been "hacked"?

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (271+ words) How likely is it that a hacker came in and changed the password on a user account on my computer? I consider myself somewhat internet/computer savy so I don't respond to phishing and don't let others remote access my…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388418 > Help-A-Toxic-Email-from-an-Attorneys-Hacked-System

Help! A Toxic Email from an Attorney's Hacked System

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (622+ words) A buddy of mine did a bad-bad thing with an email sent from a former attorney's hacked system: rather than calling said attorney's office to inquire about the mystery email, which contained no message but only a link to an…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388374 > Middle-click-in-Chrome-is-sort-of-not-working

Middle-click in Chrome is sort of not working

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) I am using a Lenovo T15 laptop with Google Chrome, fully updated. Windows 11 Pro. Chrome was working fine up until two days ago or so. I used to be able to have a tab open, type in "meta" and then the…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388306 > Activating-a-new-iPhone-when-old-phone-is-dead-and-cant-receive-2FA-msgs

Activating a new iPhone when old phone is dead & can’t receive 2FA msgs?

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (269+ words) Mrs. Zombiedance recently killed her iPhone 12. Apparently they are not as waterproof as some might think. She has a new iPhone 17 that she is trying to activate, but when she reaches the activation part where it requests her Apple ID,…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388247 > I-have-a-domain-it-seems-to-have-entered-the-Twilight-Zone-any-advice

I have a domain, it seems to have entered the Twilight Zone, any advice?

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (362+ words) So this domain was purchased by me in 2006 (not a typo) I have been renewing it all this time. A few email addresses are tied to that domain via Fastmail. DomainPeople are the ones introducing the Twilight Zone. They hounded…...