Posts by LosD

OpenAI-Hugging Face attack doesn't mean agents are evil – unless you tell them to be

Isn't pursuing your goal with no ethical or moral constraints kinda.... What being evil is?

Sure, it would be more evil to do harm for the sake of doing harm, but some of the worst people in history just didn't care about consequences for others.

Ukraine puts its Russian war trophies online for allies to pick apart

Step 1: Loosen all the T90 bolts on the top of the flange just below the turret.

Step 2: Twist the turret 45 degrees to the left

Step 3: Force the turret off with a REALLY BIG spudger

Alternatively use a perfectly placed drone strike. This may make re-assembly harder.

PowerPoint punishment sent users into an infinite loop after lunch

Our company encouraged shaningans (an email promising cake for everyone was the standard. You were very much expected to honor that promise) . The one not locking his/her computer would be in greater risk of security if they kept not locking it. As it should be.

You'd have gotten a middle finger and "Then lock your damn PC, you effing moron" from me if you started yelling. Just own it when you've been dumb instead of getting pissy.

Doesn't matter if you're discarding a peel. Not in front of your PC: Lock it, or expect shenanigans.

GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks

Re: LOL

They clammed up about what actually happened after a few weeks, kept fighting losing court battles, pretended that keeping backups in the same room as the servers was a-ok, ruined one of the surviving harddrives by installing it in a running server AND shafted most of their customers.

Not entirely sure I'd call that "handled it well".

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/ovhcloud-fire-france-data-center/

Marketing 'genius' destroyed a printer by trying to fix a paper jam

Sounds like the Xerox solid ink printers (Xerox bought the tech from someone else, I do believe it's kinda ancient), essentially melted wax printers

Those are (were? I'm not sure if they are made anymore) quite good looking compared to the color lasers. Nice and glossy finish, a bit like inkjets, and it didn't need photo paper for the glossiness. Though for photos, inkjets were still better.

Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators

As they already once has used that kind of gift as a commodity, it should be stipulated _very_ clearly in any documents, that any attempt of selling addresses would revert the ownership.

... Yeah. I know that it is highly unlikely ever to become an issue. But so was 2^32 addresses once, yet here we are.

Another chance for JPEG XL? PDF will support format as 'preferred solution'

Re: Hopefully better than JPEG2000

What does that have to do with jpeg2000? That's an OCR problem.

The only real problem with jpeg2000 (beyond not really being THAT big an improvement over jpeg) was patents.

Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority

In Denmark, a Microsoft-backed think tank ("Digital Dogma") is pressuring women to use more AI "so they don't fall behind the curve".

https://ing.dk/artikel/advarer-kvinder-mod-ignorere-ai-i-risikerer-blive-haegtet-af-arbejdsmarkedet (in danish and paywalled unfortunately. Just wanted to link my source. It's a pretty useless article anyway, they're just parroting Digital Dogma)

Nabiha Syed remakes Mozilla Foundation in the era of Trump and AI

Just make an effing good browser and mail client, and stop wasting resources (natural and the foundations) on AI and other bullcrap. It is actively making Firefox worse, and it's ability to do the job of being an alternative is actively harmed.

As usual, it seems like the primary job has become getting funding and then finding stuff to do with that funding, instead of the proper way around: concentrate on doing the main mission, and find enough funding to keep it going. You're not a for-profit company. You do NOT need to grow anything.

DoorDash sued for allegedly branding customer a fraudster after delivery photo query

Re: Two acounts?

> The other thing that no comment addressed is DD not having a data retention policy for the pictures, and in some countries this is against the law.

This is not the law anywhere (and _was_ mentioned in earlier comments). This is a picture of a public place, not PII. Maaaaaaybe if the house number or name(s) on the door was visible. But I highly doubt it.

Free95 claims to be a GPL 3 Windows clone, but it's giving vaporware vibes

"It is a little premature to be discussing releases and how lightweight this implementation is."

Nah, I can for sure say that currently it is _very_ lightweight.

Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway

Re: Tracking

A combination would have been perfect, as an addendum to the current EU consent regulation: If DNT is set, you _cannot_ show a cookie banner, but most consider it as a "Reject all" click.

EU irate about geo-locked Apple IDs

If your lose all your content, you are not changing country on your existing account. You are essentially making a new account.

That is not "... to change your account's registered country"

Majority of Redis users considering alternatives after less permissive licensing move

You'd think they would learn from Terraform, but nooooope

CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made

They didn't test the tester! Or the tester tester! Or the tester tester tester!

Typical *eyeroll*

Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4

Not the only thing they did recently. Teams now have a new setting that auto defaults to open links in Edge instead of your preferred browser. I guess we should be happy that you can change it this time.

Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge

Accessing files? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.

Accessing network? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.

Accessing memory? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.

Showing anything on screen? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.

Hell, starting your application? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.

Yes, high-level languages and frameworks hides the details, but the kernel beneath touches everything your application do. An unsafe system is an unsafe application.

Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor

All good points. Except vertical tabs, those can go die in a fire.

Another redesign on the cards for iPhone as EU rules call for removable batteries

But, but, but, but, (butt), BUT! Being able to bring extra batteries for when you're long away from a charger (festivals etc), instead of being tied to a powerbank will be _wonderful_!

Not sure it will change much for the environment, though. I don't think the environment cares if extra batteries are in the phone or in powerbanks.

Microsoft finally gets around to supporting rar, gz and tar files in Windows

"The apps often demand acquisition of a paid license after a few days' use. Also, criminals noticed the constant demand for decompressors, making them a target for ridealong adware and malware. Many a download site also tried to confuse those who sought decompression tools with dark patterns, luring users to unintended downloads.

But if you managed to find a legitimate download that didn't infect your computer, enslave you to the criminal underworld or harass you with advertising, the ads mostly worked just fine.

All of that will soon, hopefully, be behind us."

This seems unfair. 7-Zip is free and open source, available at 7-zip.org. No malware, no ads, and the first thing that pops up when doing a Google search (yes. also in Incognito mode, so not an artifact of my search history).

WinRAR OTOH is of course trialware, and should have been dead years ago. I have no idea why anyone would ever recommend it.

Two signs in the comms cabinet said 'Do not unplug'. Guess what happened

Re: Don't forget mischief

If you're willing to suffer one more press, it might be a good idea to wait with announcing it until after the idiot is identified and fired/billed/mocked.

Re: Physical Methods Trump Signs in Any Language

#metoo

Cloudflare hikes prices by a quarter, blames the accountants

Not reeeeeeeaaaally a price hike, unless you want to stay on a monthly cycle.

Firefox points the way to eradicating one of the rudest words online: PDF

You seem to have turned stuff on its head. It's a blessing when documentation is in a proper PDF instead of god-awful HTML documents (and worse, when there is no single-page version of that HTML)

Why the end of Optane is bad news for all IT

Amazing... But also a bit stupid

It's of course an amazing thing. But putting hardware on the market without a clear way towards using that hardware is rather dumb. You can't expect all abstractions to change immediately just because your have this REALLY COOL THING.

It was always going to bomb.

Problems for the Linux kernel NTFS driver as author goes silent

Re: Light on the issue?

BS. Garbage is garbage.

Should I also thank you if you dump a ton of manure in front of my house? It certainly has value to some, so I guess I should be grateful...

If you want code into the kernel, make an effort, don't just throw code over the wall and expect others to fix the mess.

Locked-in and hungry, Shanghai residents can't complain online

Re: Why are we blindly letting this happen?

Ah, yes. 100 year old events are very relevant today.

I guess Germany has no right to condemn anyone's behaviour today by your standards?

US, UK, Western Europe fail to hit top 50 cheapest broadband list

Re: Since when did a lot of Europe and the U.K.

Does it really matter? As long as it is the same currency used for all countries. This is like me whining that they're not using Danish Kroner.

There's plenty of issues with the study (not adjusting for income, not mentioning speeds), but the currency used is not one of them.

Square-shaped hole in workers' wallets after payment system fails at peak tip time

Re: I never get tired of saying it

Great, thank you. Saved millions over the years.

A bunch of apps will be able to bypass Microsoft's new store and use own update methods

Re: What could possibly go wrong?

I'd expect a certificate to be involved, so that won't pose a risk.

Not for children: Audacity fans drop the f-bomb after privacy agreement changes

Re: Depressing

"However, that's not a good model for larger systems that run continuously, are non-interactive, or span dozens to thousands of machines."

... Which in most is either under the ownership of the provider, or data can be assembled at a local node, that can in turn notify and request an admin if it is okay to send the report to the provider.

There is never a valid reason to just automatically track what is happening on other peoples devices.

Bribery charges against Apple's global security boss dismissed in iPads-for-gun-permits case

Re: Wow....

"Since when does feeling have anything to do with justice? I just listened to an interview of an attorney, who actually said that "unless you can be proven to be guilty you must not be convicted - even if you are guilty, and everybody is sure of that, including the judge". Nor should a feeling of "well, the transaction is there and took place, but I'm sure that it was in no way linked to the gun permit" make the judge sway."

Actually since most of time. Intent is one of the most important parts of many criminal cases.

In your examples, the core is that they're opposite situations. That there is a tiny chance that they wasn't linked should ALWAYS make the judge sway.

It's a PITA in many cases, as in this (I'm pretty effing sure that it was bribery), but it's the only way to have fair trials.

Big red buttons and very bad language: A primer for life in the IT world

Re: RM05s

The RM03s, also mentioned in the same paragraph, were 67MB. I guess it was those he was thinking of.

Google to revive RSS support in Chrome for Android

Re: forgive me

It's both, by most dictionaries:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disinterest

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disinterest

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterest

Is this something that comes from long misuse? Maybe, probably. But it IS now the norm, even if you may not like it. Language evolves.

Open-source JavaScript project Babel 'running out of money' after employing paid maintainers, sponsors pull out

'A large part of Zhu's work was in publicising and raising funds, Ribaudo explained. "Henry is the one who contacts companies trying to explain to them why they should support us, the one who gives most talks at their internal events: he's the one working on fundraising for the team."'

And what a stellar job he's been doing!

'Funds to run out at end of 2021'

Oh... Nevermind.

Sitting comfortably? Then it's probably time to patch, as critical flaw uncovered in npm's netmask package

Re: Not NPM again!

Sure, what I meant was that _this_ (netmask) issue has absolutely nothing to do with NPM. Left-pad is pretty effing irrelevant to this article.

Re: Not NPM again!

It has nothing to do with NPM. it's a package with a problem. Do you really think that third party Go packages has less issues?

You can bet your ass that most do simple string parsing, and has exactly the same issue.

While that may be true, it is also very standard across a lot of (most?) programming languages.

Yeah, because people aren't much more likely to make an error like that themselves... Now all those that DOES use netmask doesn't have that issue anymore(if they actually update their packages), but many of those that doesn't will not be protected.

The only real factor here is how quickly the package maintainers respond. And in this case it was quickly.

It's not easy being green: EV HTTPS cert seller Sectigo questions Chrome's logic in burying EV HTTPS cert info

"Newsflash: Seller of X doesn't like that no one cares about X"

Chin up, weary key workers: Google's pushing out a Workspace for frontliners

I just want my Chrome for Android to be able to use passwords and links from both my personal and work accounts. Not necessarily at the same time, but at least in an easy-to-switch way...

(you can add multiple accounts to Chrome on Android, but only the first seem to really _do_ anything)

NHS COVID-19 app is trying to tell Android users something but buggy notification appears stuck on 'Loading...' screen

Not only UK. I'm sitting with the exact same issue for the Danish Covid-19 app.

Red Hat defends its CentOS decision, claims Stream version can cover '95% of current user workloads'

Re: The RedHat corporate spinners won't fix this

90% of the difference on a server is the package manager (yum vs apt), the rest is rather minor. A few differences in default packages, and a few different configuration helper programs. Maybe also a few differences in how they structure larger service configurations, like the nginx folder.

Switching difficulty is down to how you use it. If you're just using e.g. a web server with PHP, it's pretty simple, especially if you have no special configurations. Just install the new server and copy over your stuff (this is definitely the best way for cloud services, if you're looking to do auto instantiations, where setting up a new server must be scripted).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the more complicated your setup and customizations, the more trouble changing is, and the more you will realise the differences.

Is Google fudging search rankings to benefit pages that embed YouTube vids? Or is this just another ‘bug’?

Re: "How I long for the old days when content was king..."

(Original title became too long with Re: and the quotation)

I, for one, has no issue with the web requiring JavaScript. But it needs to be safe, and the generated HTML should always be available and understandable to screen readers (both are mostly up to the developer)

Dumping old clients is a feature to me, though.

Ready to slip into your suitca... or not: Logitech wheels out new 'travel-sized' version of MX Master 3

So... The universal works with a Mac (I know. My boss uses the old Anywhere for his Mac), but they made a special version ripped out the USB functionality.

Why isn't it cheaper? You lose functionality (granted, that you might not use) and gain nothing. Why buy a limited-functionality version for the same money? Or am I missing something?

GitHub to replace master with main across its services

You seem to be the sensitive one here.

Bose shouts down claims that it borked noise cancellation firmware to sell more headphones

Anyone that has experience with in-ears, also expensive ones, would not blink before buying quality third party foam tips. They are a gazillion times better than anything that comes with the earphones (except many are now shipping Comply tips with their earphones). So buying third party cushions and expecting an improvement is not that far fetched.

Of course, tips are different since they can fit a large variety of earphones, while cushions has to be made specifically for the earphones, so it's hard to get anything quality from anyone but the original manufacturer.

Artful prankster creates Google Maps traffic jams by walking a cartful of old phones around Berlin

Re: Knew it.

You knew what was common knowledge ever since Google started tracking traffic? Well done!