Posts by Theodore.S

Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card

"We've seen a similar mess recently on YouTube, where the platform took down several Windows 11 workaround videos".

I like the way Windows 11 are described here as what they really are: a malfunction needing a workaround.

The Chinese Box and Turing Test: AI has no intelligence at all

Philosophy vs the Terminator

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/626

NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls

Arthur C. Clarke

"There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum;" - Arthur C. Clarke

AI can spew code, but kids should still suffer like we did, says Raspberry Pi

Re: The AI coding fallacy

> It's still more productive, used properly, than just writing the code - just think of it as a higher-higher level langauge

A higher level language with a non-deterministic compiler.

AI can't replace devs until it understands office politics

Very good article.

This is the kind of stuff I'm reading The Register for (and BOFH of course).

On the other hand, artists are much more negative (to put it mildly) on AI, especially after the Miyazaki case. This is the latest t-shirt design from my favorite cartoonist.

Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim

Re: "Winter is coming."

| do less thinking.

Use it or lose it... :-)

Musk's move fast and break things mantra won't work in US.gov

Re: You're overthinking it

Oh, c'mon, the guy is on the spectrum.

The fascism spectrum.

Windows 10's demise nears, but Linux is forever

Interface changes...

My last major interface change was going from Blackbox to Fluxbox...

If you're using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately

Re: Most antiviruses do not flag it

On the other hand, it is already blocked in uBlock Origin.

systemd 256.1: Now slightly less likely to delete /home

Re: Too complex!

I believe that we can't talk about "Linux Distributions" anymore. It's a matter of conceptualization. There are two different families of operating systems now, "GNU/Linux" and "Linux/systemd", both Unix-like but less and less compatible now.

Spam blocklist SORBS closed by its owner, Proofpoint

Not true.

I operate a personal domain (with a single e-mail user, me) for the last 15 years. I never had a problem running my own (very low traffic) SMTP server with SORBS (or Spamcop or Spamhaus).

The biggest problem with SMTP was a few years ago, with the "guilty until proven otherwise" attitude of Microsoft controlled mail services. It took me some days to be removed from their blacklist.

Google policy on the other hand seems to work much better - my only problem was caused by my own mistake, leaving a Mailman subscription page without captcha. That's when I learned what "subscription spam" means.

Windows 11 and Linux gain ground among Steam gamers

Re: They could do more

After many years where I would not play games just because I was too bored to reboot my dual boot desktop in Windows 7, I discovered how good Wine has become. Many games, especially older ones from GOG, are running fine. I'm cyrrently (re)playing Skyrim. Under Slackware! :)