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GossiTheDog, 9 hours ago to random

Google search thinks you should use glue to stick together a pizza as its AI is trained on Reddit, where 11 years ago a user called “fucksmith” posted suggesting it was a good idea.

benroyce, 15 hours ago to ai

this is not #AI

this is not a scene from a movie

this is simply a one in a billion video shot at the right time at the right angle by a teenager in #portugal a few days ago, may 18/ 19

fucking amazing! positively biblical

#space #meteor

experts say it was a #comet fragment, a few feet wide

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/blue-meteor-falls-through-the-sky-over-spain-and-portugal/news-story/7bd39d794d6a5e79feade5723e4d4787

amazing meteor video

thomasfuchs, 4 hours ago to random

1980s: Personal computers! So you don't have to use a mainframe! Independence!

2000s: Web services! So you're dependent on a handful of mainframes! Annoying if one is offline, but you can still get stuff done.

2020s: AI! So you're dependent on a single mainframe that serves everyone world-wide! Too bad if it goes down.

bastardsheep, 8 hours ago to random

15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.

The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.

Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.

The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.

We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.

https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

dalias, 5 hours ago to random

OMG! TIL there's a way to add back the long-since-removed capability to add your own custom search engines to Firefox.

In about:config, add a new boolean key browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh = true.

Then the "Add" button is available in search preferences (put %s where the query term goes).

Source: https://superuser.com/questions/7327/how-to-add-a-custom-search-engine-to-firefox/1756774#1756774

mhoye, 1 day ago to random

As always, domestic abuse is the flagship infosec threat model, the one where the victim has the least resources, the least recourse, where they're closest to immediate physical harm.

That this industry has failed at and mostly abandoned the idea of even pretending to try dealing with a threat model that's difficult and unprofitable and mostly hurts women is not news, but this new Windows Recall feature is next-level professional negligence.

jwcph, 9 hours ago to microsoft

OK - but the problem is, they're going to lend credence to #Microsoft's claims that they're "dedicated to #privacy/#security", even though we know that A. it's lip service, and B. secure, private systems are currently not technically possible at all, let alone with MS products.

The proper regulatory response would be "No & we're going to need 3rd party documentation for privacy & security before you launch anything like this again & this goes for the entire industry".

https://mastodon.ie/

lwpembleton, 9 hours ago to linux

Although some will be fortunate enough to escape the perils of MS #Recall and move to #Linux we have to accept for the vast majority this is either simply not allowed by their IT departments or not possible due to the heavy reliance and integration with other Microsoft products that aren’t truely available on Linux. Whilst we should embrace an uptake of Linux we should continue to fight for #privacy and just common sense in Windows.

RanTLaw, 1 day ago to random

Data retained by MS recall will absolutely be subpoenaed. It will also likely be discoverable by litigants.
I might have to amend my usual warning to clients to not write anything they would not want to have to explain to a court to not doing anything on a computer they don't want to explain under oath.

nixCraft, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow. Sama took down sky’s voice because of legal notice. This guy is really pushing boundaries 🤣 Source: NPR tech correspondent- This statement was provided exclusively to NPR by Johansson's publicist, Marcel Pariseau. https://x.com/bobbyallyn/status/1792679435701014908?s=46

Javier, 2 days ago to random

Saw some text online that made me want to turn it into signage. What good are graphic design skills if you can't have a little fun with them.😜

camwilson, 2 days ago to random

can't make it up: a plan to push up the minimum age of social media to 16 gets immediate support from political leaders. meanwhile a long-running campaign to increase the age of criminality to 16 has stalled.

imagine believing that children are too young for Facebook but old enough to go to jail

guffo, 2 days ago to random

At this point, you’re less likely to be catastrophically owned by downloading a cracked copy of Windows Vista from a Russian torrent site than buying a new copy of Windows 11.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112475611939997391

ryanfb, 2 days ago to random

Are people generally aware that these OpenAI clowns are also seriously trying to get $7 trillion to pursue the dream of…building out fab capacity? https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/09/openai-ceo-sam-altman-reportedly-seeking-trillions-of-dollars-for-ai-chip-project.html

dvshkn, 2 days ago to ai

Just realized that Microsoft Recall is totally going to be sold as an enterprise product for spying on employees. MS has been looking high and low for a way to sell enterprises on AI subscriptions and this is it. They cracked the code. Fuck.

#ai #llm #privacy #surveillance

Taco_lad, 2 days ago to random

If I can't turn the new Recall feature off using InTune or group policy, along with any and all 'AI' on Windows 11, it's time to chuck 20+ years of Windows out and move to Linux.
MS is really leaning into the "every other Windows OS is shit"

drrimmer, 2 days ago to Pubtips

Wiley's 'fake science' scandal is just the latest chapter in a broader crisis of trust universities must address https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-21/wiley-hindawi-articles-scandal-broader-crisis-trust-universities/103868662 #publishing

driusan, 3 days ago to random

I'm going to start using the verb "Googled it" to mean "to take a widely used and well liked product and turn it into something horrific beyond HP Lovecraft's wildest imagination while coasting on inertia and the nostalgic memories of my users"

Neil1808, 3 days ago to auspol

It seems that there's no limit to the amount the party formerly known as the financial managers will do to avoid renewable energy.

#auspol #climate

https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-option-costs-six-times-more-than-renewables-study-finds/

mvyrmnd, 4 days ago to random

If you're in Naarm/Melbourne you can now drop your unwanted IT gear/phones/tablets/consoles to Core Roasters at 14 Barkly Street, Brunswick East (and grab yourself some excellent coffee and pastries while you're there)
https://aus.social/@mvyrmnd/112461337522433908

luckytran, 5 days ago to random

The US government is ending the program that provides free COVID vaccines to people who are uninsured and underinsured.

This is a public health failure that will further decrease already low vax rates, and puts marginalized communities at greater risk.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/

kcarruthers, 5 days ago to random

If you haven’t noticed that many of the big data breaches are now often via third parties then you aren’t paying attention. Third party risk is super high now. You need to pay attention to their cybersecurity now! https://infosec.exchange/@DevaOnBreaches/112459561750731967

evacide, 6 days ago to random

When I talk about digital privacy, there is always some smug genius who shrugs and tells me, "Who cares? We all know we don't have any privacy anyway." Nothing could be more wrong. Convincing you that the fight is already over to the way people in power get you to stop resisting.

davej, 6 days ago to Portraits

It transpires that there’s not one, but TWO #Namatjira #portraits that #Australia's richest person #GinaRinehart wants taken down. I include them herein for your artistic critique.

A colour, painted portrait of Gina RInehart, with “Gina” written above it. Here, she’s shown with a receding hairline, broad forehead, a more slender face, but again, multiple chins.

arcadiagt5, 6 days ago to random

This is probably the first of several #ausvotes toots I’ll be making over the next several months. FYI there is a maximum of 365 days to the next Australian Federal election. By my calculations/experience 17/05/2025 is the last Saturday that would enable full Senate counting and return of the writs by 30/06/2025, which is constitutionally required to enable the new Senators to take their seats. The earliest election date of 3/8/2024 is 78 days away.