Posts by FuzzyTheBear 720 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Feb 2010
is attention. just ignore him. Major media is turning their backs , the man's gone the deep end and digging. All he craves is attention. No matter how outrageous , all he wants is his name on front pages. Stop , ignore him. Pretty soon the USA will get rid of him and things will eventually get back to normal level of sanity. Do yourselves a favor , ignore him.
For one i stayed away from being exposed to chatbots etc. When i see AI , i don't see a human and at my age , human contact and expertise is what i look for and go to.
That security has been an afterthought does not surprise me. 27 years on Linux has thaught me a few things ( yeah , already ) if it's not in mind from the start it will always be catchup
and mostly like windows. Catastrophe one after the other, All the time having to watch our backs is tiring and i have the same " deja vu " feeling with AI : full steam ahead and " icebergs ? what icebergs ? " Odd but i don't want any part of it. I do not find the advantages in having a machine thinking for me , i code , i code. It's mine , like a painting , my work , my intellect and finding solutions to complex problems is what drives me. When i see machines fighting machines , machines penetrating and hacking other machines and sontrol hardware to infrastructures like water plants , electrical plants , all i see is a complete lack of guardrails. None at all seem present. Too late ? Might be .. all i know is that it's another man's problem. The problem of a whole industry that wasd driven solely by cash and not on solid well thought of science. Good engineering provides worst case scenarios , tries to make sure what is done won't create problems elsewhere down the chain. If at least we'd see real efforts being made , but my feeling is exactly your's , the train's gone out the station . Good day.
Meanwhile .. some say it's out of control .. that it's , within a year , headed to major disasters , infrastructure etc .. ok .. we get it .. but why not just pull the plug ?
Needs power to run , cut it .. If you can't switch it off i know a few demolition tricks that will turn it into a pile of useless junk in a matter of minutes. ( yes these do involve a rather large quantity of high explosives , assorted wiring and for good fun a sizeable amount of festive fireworks for the event but the BOFH assures me he's got us covered ) Why ? What would prevent if we see it misbehave and go off rails , why not just open the power switches .. End of story. What prevents people from just turning them off ? .. If it's so dangerous , shut them down.
Simple things are the best . Want security , look at the old , at the forgotten ways of yesteryears.
That old modem card is gold. Point to point , no internet. I call you , you answer , we're connected ? good :)
The time honored fax machine sitting in a corner .. need to send a sensitive document , better this than the internet.
Keeping passwords in a little book in my pocket ? Been at it since 2002. Same book.
Advice ? Keep good strong passwords. I never changed mine and i never been in trouble.
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Trump is an imbecile .. if you have a more polite way to say it . let me know. Everything he touches turns to sh** . Everything. Name one decision he took that brought on any progress .. Vaccines . back 50 years , science ? let's defund , education ? close the board of education , social net ? who needs it ? Everything he does goes against and defies all logic. There's no progress , it's all backpedaling and goimg back to the misery democrats fought so hard to get rid of , against all republican interference. I am so fed up that i truly hope Iranians will get him and rid the world of this idiot.
Yes. Don't touch the OS , leave it be. If there's anywhere you need to check it's the application that accesses the websites/content. My approach is to educate the kids . If they want they will find a way to cheat and access the content, The decision has to be theirs, The " think of the children " is par with trickle down economics .. it's bull .. Take the time to educate , i believe the kids will find their own way and impress us .
Remember when the first 3d printers were self replicating home made units ? With such a law people that insist on making weapons will simply go back to the old ways and do it anyways. Laws are not the answer here. They will simply make a market for devices that won't be checking if it's ok to print a part.
I'd rather have the pleasure and priviledge of getting roasted by Linus / nuked from orbit than by an IA . Being corrected by an hallucinating IA is way more humiliating and to be honest , i wouldn't be able to wear that new flashy " Linus kicked my b*** " t shirt come next dev conference :)
For Americans , it's all about distracting them from the Epstein files. On top of a very bad idea. Educate the kids and teach them to be responsible adults and behave like one ans leave Linux alone. Better yet , let the OS distributions decide , i am all for forbidding at the licence level the OS being installed in those nanny states, Grow up and educate the kids first,.
Every decade or so the USA needs it's nose bruised and a bit bloodied. This is one of those times. They will not learn nuch and forget about why it happens in a matter of days which is why they need to be reminded that in order to survive they need partners and allies. Iran this time landed the role , Irak ,Afghanistan , Vietnam should have been enough but no, They need to be reminded again. We can always hope they learn their lesson this time , but i doubt it,
Taxpayers in the USA always gets the cleanup bill , the investors all cash in the profits but those who actually financed the cleanup , in part or in full will never see a penny. That's the US version of the world. The small people foot the bills , the corporates endorse their fat checks. Same happens here in Alberta. Oil wells .. once the company is done with them , they abandon the wells , it makes a mess and who pays for the cleanup ? Taxpayers. Taxpayers never see their money come back to them for cleaning up , noooooooo .. the Albertans and Canadians ( directly ) pay for the abandoned ecological disasters / mess. Companies are made for that , set of wells belong to them , once spent the company closes , abandons the wells and the taxpayers foot the bills. There's tons of examples worldwide of that. You and i are the cash cows and nothing more.
We need a new vaccine and here's how you can help world : we need an anto moron vaccine. Prevents people from becoming morons .. There's a dortune to be made :) I know , i know don't thank me fhis idea .. you will become rich and all i ask in return oifc your everlasting gratitude .. Enjoy your newly found fortune :)
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Everthing that can be done to leave the US behind must be done. They are unreliable and untrustworthy. They're proving it daily. Anything that can be done to free the world of Americans and their products is a good idea. Us , in Canada .. well .. were opening mew markets , make new deals with solid partners and as citizens do everything we can not to buy anything made in the US. From produce to cars. The faster we cut ties the better we feel and our Prime Minister , Carney , does a great job at opening our country to the world. I urge everyone and every government to do the same. Turn to other options. There's plenty. I for one as much as is possible , will never buy anything american. Travel is out the question. Ill never set foot there ever the hell again. They elected a madman and keep him there. Hellbent on ww3 and destroying the economy. Time to look elsewhere .. more than time.
Not a plan , it's a concept of a plan .. like replacing the ACA .. there is no plans .. concepts. With him there is no real plans. He's not intelligent enough to make one. Proof ? His " all american " Trump phone .. yet another business fail of biblical proportions .. it's all concepts of plans.
They don't need small power .. it's in the gigawatts .. It's not up to the utilities to pay for the generation and transport lines for them Utilities , it's you , me , and everyone that pays for the kit. Every bit of it. It's simple , they want power ? Ok they can have whatever green energy they make. Simple. No connection to the power grid period. The bubble is about to burst and it's cracks are showing on the markets. Why should we invest big time in an industry that will be gone or deeply reshaped very shortly ? Already in the US there's several data centres that are idle because they have no power. So .. let the bros pay their kits. Green power generation being part of the costs of their business. I got no part of the profits , why should i pay for them to make some ? .. The world is waking up. Let the bros pay their own tickets.
yet another failed business for Mr Art of the Deal. Should write a sequel to it : The Art of Bankruptcy. Was there ever one successfull business that still exists in his portfolio ? I won't spend the evening waiting for an answer .. good day and to the idiots that believed in the great leader , well i hope you don't get your deposits as a lesson never to believe Trump. He's a conman and you fell for it.
No you shouldn't . Trump has 6 bankruptcies . All his businesses have failed. Miserably. He's done what few ever could achieve : bankrupting a casino .. a CASINO .. He's trying to go for the gold and bankrupti the whole USA .. He's almost succeeded .. a little more effort and he will . I looked up the word incompetent in the dictionary .. besides the definition there's a photo of Trump .. so i checked for moron .. same .. again his photo ..
as they already do pick up the tab. Trump , as usual , makes big talk then forgets. Like his 2000 $ checks for tariffs he promised every American. 2 days ago .. he denied ever saying that. Trump is Trump and noone should ever believe what he says. He's good for the retirement home . Hopefully Americans will get rid of him and the sooner the better for them and the whole planet. On top of this , Trump cancelled almost every green energy project there was. He's creating the shortage then complains about the shortage. The usual republican nonsense. So tired of having that as our neighbor's President.
Yet another mess of the Trump administration. They do things without the knowledge or common sense required to make decisions. T'is but scratching the surface of the huge problems he creates daily for Americans. Everything he touches will need an overhaul once the USA gets rid of him. At the end of the month we're looking at another government shutdown , i mean .. everything he touches becomes a mess. Sorry for the pollitical angle to my comment but things must be said. Trump should have to pay for this from his own pocket. In fact politicians should foot the bill of any mess they create. This one's just 4.5 billions .. Pocket change for the man.
I suggested that forever. 40 years ago i was dreaming of electric cars and swapping batteries like we do for drills etc. Go to station , robot takes battery out , sends it to charge station , takes a fresh one , puts it in the car and off you go. So simple .. yet .. every automaker insisted on creating their own standards and never had the brains to see that for a successfull crossover from oil to electrical you NEEDED to be able to change the battery and keep going in no longer than it takes to fill at a station.
I got a focusrite 18i20 and it works out the box , we even have an alsa scarlett panel that gives all internal / external routing options and levels and they are massive. jack has no trouble routing signals aat all from app to app and hardware to hardware. bit of research will come up with the answers you seek.
republicans screw everyone , including their own military. No matter if it's efficient or not. It's just a matter of breaking , destroying everything that works in the military and civil society for the benefit of Russia. They're the only ones that benefit from the dismantling. Imagine .. you're in a tank , you got trouble in a war zone and all of a sudden you got to take the phone , call a help line , ask for a service call after going through level 1 and 2 customer service all this while you're being shot at .. Good luck America.
that invested has an interest in making you believe it's not a bubble and no it won't go down with infinite growth and profits .. They do like in the days of the dotcom and many other failing tech companies and insist all is fine and unloaad their shares before they really start going down leaving smaller investors buying and getting their rearends cleaned and their pockets emptied.
it IS popping and investors are aware if this .. THey build data centers that they can't power up for lack of power .. lines are not coming in the buildings. Stupidity has a limit. IT's reached that limit and racks full of silicon that have no use bwcause they can't turn them on are a loss. In a year it's going to be old tech and all the money is going to be totally wasted. The bubble is blowing up and it can't come fast enough. I got a question : What has AI done for you lately ? .. I never used any part of it and never will .. i hate the idea behind it. HAL related brain freeze something .. When it started to get used for war by armies , that was the end of it .. there , imho , was nothing intelligent about it. Just more tech to murder maim and kill.
To get further away from the USA is a good thing. They declared economic war on us. They threatened us with taking our land , by force if necessary , The f-35 program ? They keep the keys and we need their permission to use the planes. Every Canadian chooses produce and products made anywhere but the USA. It's a fact. This week the Kind of Sweden was on a visit. Ties grow with Europe on every level for they are more reliable partners. Contributing to the ESA and cutting back on NASA is ok in my book. Why should we as a country , fill American pockets ? Our attitude towards the USA and Europe has changed due to the actual US Government. These are all facts. Maybe in a few decades the relationship between us and the USA will be mended but this treachery will forever stay in our minds. For now we open up to the rest of the world. That is all good. We can thrive without the USA and they can go to hell with their internal problems , they did vote for this. Investing more in the ESA is the right idea and we, Quebecers , are encouraging the Canadian government to go with more Europe ties. Specially with Sweden and SAAB. We do hope for the best , and the best we do is in the aerospace industry. Full steam ahead.
I told you so just dosen't seem to cut it. Nothing good overall is coming out of so called AI. AI us bumb beyond. " Please break in the NSA and install spyware " Does not even raise an eyebrow.
Leaving machines talking to machines just spells " Colossus : The Forbin Project " all over. Watch it again if you haven't recently or have a first .. Anywho .. when you're done all that's happening will start to make more sense. Time to get seriously loaded .. enjoy the weekend :)
Canadians like me are completely refusing to put ANY data on American infrastructure. They're not trustworthy. Their clown they dare to call a president is a baby that wants nothing but revenge and hate. So let the whole USA be hated. They are doing nothing good in this world but spreading misery upon all. The ICC is leading the way : drop american goods and services and choose alternative products , for IT choose local storage and keep what's your's your's. Why should Americans have access to your data and control your access to it ? It's ridiculous.
If you think about it , sending your data anywhere but an internal server or storage exposes it to corporate greed. Corps have no interest in keeping your data safe , even less from them. There's regulations , laws and all your files / data on any server anywhere on the planet is subject to being searched. Why on earth would anyone want private patient data , or corporate documents be anywhere but on their internal private network ? It's totally idiotic to think your data is safe as soon as it leaves your building. Even inside the building it ain't. The Desjardins leak in Quebec is an example. Not only does one have to fight greedy corps outside but we have to deal with inside threats also. Even if MS swears your data is safe with them we all know it's a boldface lie.
China is making good use of the opportunity Trump is giving them. While he cuts research budgets and imposes restrictions on funding , China is going full steam ahead and is the new leader in all fields of science. Scientists are flocking to China and leaving the USA and other countries to join them. China is the new leader and the USA lost the race. I do not doubt a second that China will land on the moon or do things the USA just can't do for reasons of infighting. The finger is pointed in one direction.
