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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • In some ways, it’s like Wikipedia but with a gigantic database of the internet in general (stupidity included). Because it can string together confident-sounding sentences, people think it’s this magical machine that understands broad contexts and can provide facts and summaries of concepts that take humans lifetimes to study.

    It’s the conspiracy theorists’ and reactionaries’ dream: you too can be as smart and special as the educated experts, and all you have to do is ask a machine a few questions.


  • Use your own router. ISPs often have special access or metrics shared with them for “ease of support” when using their router, but as you found out, that just amounts to letting them spy on your network.

    So at a minimum, you need to have your own router with your own login and password. Disconnect theirs and put yours after the modem. If you have a traditional cable connection, you could even go a step further and use your own modem, though you’d have to verify it works with your ISP, and you’d have to call to get them to allow it to access the cable connection.