Posts by khjohansen

Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project

Even older ...

https://explaininghistory.org/2025/09/30/ibm-and-the-holocaust-technology-as-a-force-multiplier-for-genocide/

*Sigh*

Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more

"American" language

¿No debería ser el idioma más hablado en las Américas?

User found the perfect formula to make Excel misbehave

Re: 1/60 sec...

FFF(reedom!) Units?? Imma steal that!

Re: Analogue clocks

.. The US has managed to *double* the issue by persisting in the use of an archaic system - 12:30AM is when exactly? Is it the same as 00:30PM?

UK govt dept sent a document 'in error.' Now it's being used in a £370M contract lawsuit

Re: No speaka da lingo

Should the entire sentence start with "They," and then proceed along standard parenthesis rules?

Badge

Badger Badger Badger ... !

Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on people in London, say judges

"100% correct results"

... Joyce Gilchrist?

Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war

Far too r4nd0m

*Sigh* - I miss the stability of the AutoPen! < the clock needs to be ++stopped++ to be correct twice a day!>

You too can build a nuclear battery from junk you have lying around the house

Re: Anyone tried smoke detectors

OMG!!1! Would the radiation be like - if ... there was a smoke detector in every home?

Server-room lock was nothing but a crock

.. A hammer??

You absolute brute! Try CH751, A126, 501CH or C415A ... from your "junk" keyring ;)

Not LPL

... Deviant Ollam, here to inspect your elevator (allegedly)

Raspberry Pi OS ends open-door policy for sudo

Re: Obligatory

This incident will be reported logged!

I vibe coded a feed reading web app. It was enlightening and uncomfortable

> "not physically demanding"

A cashier may lift 1-1.5 tons of groceries during a shift ...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169814117301117

RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets

How drones @50mph end up in jet engines (300+mph)

You'll find that your very fast jet have to be pointed vaguely in the direction of the target at some point - thus it is not the drone catching the jet, it's the opposite!

Sticky-note security turned gym into hall of '80s horrors

Re: Bike!

Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I like

Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions

Re: S3 is not a filesystem

Glaciers?? I just get the faint smell of boiling frog!

How Nvidia learned to embrace the light in its quest for scale

"Gamers" are a diminishing market share

When I tell people I used to build my own desktop PCs, they give me looks - the gamers of today are on mobile or consoles!

(I know, these platforms need GPUs as well, but don't carry the premium or the replacement schedule of video cards)

AI/LLM, on the other hand, has massive venture capital ...

AI will make anyone a 10x programmer, but with 10x the cleanup

Re: What's code got to do with programming?

[Old acquaintance, commenting on being rewarded by "lines of code contributed"]

"Well, the code you *didn't* write does *not* need to be documented, nor maintained, has zero vulns ... etc!"

AI will write code, but prepare to babysit it – and be sure you speak its language

Re: Of course I want to fire all of the developer!

... Well, 0 lines of code means 0 errors ... ;>

Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer

Re: Dunning–Kruger is an offline problem, too

Well, when the vaguaries in US politics has immediate consequenses in the daily lives across the globe (e.g. fuel prices) ... BTW we are ALL very tired!!

Elon Musk wants to build 50 times more chips than the world currently produces, using 'new physics'

Re: A Terawatt of compute.. In Space.

If they were to be launched ... straight into the Sun ... wouldn't the solar panels be significantly smaller ??

NASA sets 'impossible' ground rules for relocation of 'flown space vehicle'

An ... Orion Project?

I feel that this problem could be solved by the detonation of a few tactical warheads (Prior art by Freeman Dyson)

UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything'

Re: Easy fix?

"Oh Hi, Bobby Tables!"

Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

Re: invented (!)

[chuckles in north-germanic]

Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read

Re: What protection policies?

Items marked as "Confidential" are obviously extra-valuable and will be itemised as such when we sell on your data ...

US tech giants open their wallets for AI-friendly politicians

"States Rights" and "Small Guv'nment" are GOP core tenets!

... Until the Hyperdonors bring out the checkbooks - legislation à la mode

for the price of a few weeks PR budget.

Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips

RE: Chatty GPT

I'd suggest they've been using employer-supplied devices (!)

Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign

Re: QR Codes

Hmmm can you make QR codes that are IR (or UV) -only visible?

ICE knocks on ad tech’s data door to see what it knows about you

Re: Hmm

I feel old - Remember the outrage over Obama's FEMA camps??

Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment

What with grocery prices these days ...

You might want to update the prices of apples AND potatoes on the hour - every hour!

Engineer used welding shop air hose to 'clean' PCs – hilarity did not ensue

Re: "a large US-based aircraft company"

"Locjkheed and Northrop" more likely to have their failures covered up by the DoD - TFTFY!

Re: FOOF

I'm getting some .. 1930es *German Rocketry* vibes ... here!

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info

Re: “Smeared with Jam”

All Mod Cons!

GNOME dev gives fans of Linux's middle-click paste the middle finger

Re: Re middle finmnger

Former leader of Uganda ... but, well :>

Re: Can't remember keys...

C is copy, X is cut! ;)

Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first

Re: Bond movie

Does the villain cover the White House in gold as part of some sinister plot?

MI6 chief: We'll be as fluent in Python as we are in Russian

Re: Thank goodness she said Python

Isn't the relevant profession "universal exports"??

Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us

Re: If you own the meaning of the words

Tautological Gobble-de-gook ... See, I also know words!

Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

Re: Yet another one

Unlikely - all the phat ones go through the UK:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/submarine-cables/

ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software

Re: Apple Store is not a speech platform

Ahh Yes ... But as the AG is ON RECORD as directing Apple to remove the app, it's not about Apple policies, but Gov. overreach!

Re: Not a good situation

"Open Borders" my ... backside!

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/biden-deportation-record

The current ICE theatre (for some reason mostly in areas with "majority Democrat voters") is about provoking a "state of emergency"

Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus)

Re: different results over time for exactly the same prompts

Rupert Hine ??

It's a good time to be the arms dealer for the AI boom

Re: Bubbles are great ways to get rich...

Selling shovels during the Gold Rush ... !

Alibaba releases chatbot that produces error when asked about Tiananmen Square

Re: Which famous politician resembles Pooh Bear?

Mud Grass Horse??

From Intel to the infinite, Pat Gelsinger wants Christian AI to change the world

Chapter 13??

RaaS

Religion as a Service??

Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won't need security teams

Quality training

Where will we find the "best practice" software on which to train AI ?

Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and started smashing hardware

Re: Non-Union

Not buying it!

Student employees would be covered by the Collective Agreement, surely! Or would this be one of those fake "this workplace only" unions, in the pocket of the employer?

AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move

Batteries ... for the weak!

You can still get those - where the "smart" functions are a trigger, actuated by paper (or any object!!), and a "almost out of staples" light!

https://www.lomax.dk/kontorartikler/skrivebordstilbehoer/haeftemaskiner/rapid-r5080e-el-haeftemaskine--80-ark--graa-8401124/

Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work

Re: Disguised recession

"Money thrown at net zero" - I dunno about UK, but in Denmark it means real money/jobs putting up solar/wind turbines