Posts by KittenHuffer

Lawmakers take pick to ICE's warrantless location tracking purchases

That is .... interesting! Don't people find that .... interesting?

Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz

Wherever there's a scheme ....

.... there's scum .... I mean a schemer!

Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction

Re: Reset buttons should be VERY well recessed

Special equipment required if the culprit is Buster Gonad (the boy with unfeasibly large testicles)!

Re: Probably my first diagnosis in anything resembling tech support was something similar.

And whenever they do it you can be sure it will be a cat-astrophe!

BOFH: Nobody would be stupid enough to go live with the mirror system, surely

If they get the Tesla to move then that'll be a start!

And when it comes to rest that'll be a stop!

But then they're just going through the motions!

NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing

Re: "too many firsts in Artemis III mission"

Not if you believe the "Moon Landing" conspiracy theories!!!!

Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphones – memory is too expensive now

Re: Recycle / re-use?

My last refresh cycle involved a Fairphone 4, and a Framework 13 inch laptop ...... both user maintainable and with replaceable batteries!

I do not believe I will need to replace either for several years.

</smug mode>

Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values

Is this the first sign ....

.... of the bubble bursting?!?

UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze

Re: Too Expensive?

And salary increases below!

Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons

Re: Octopus and APKWS II

"I bet MoD procurement could screw that up too...."

Yeah, they'll end up paying extra for the dolphin friendly nets!

Desktop tech sent to prison for an education on strange places to put tattoos

Pictures!

Or it didn't happen!

UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours

I've already said that I've had second thoughts about IMMEDIATELY.

I'm happy for it to happen your way, because within a week someone will have automated (and weaponised) the take down request process. And if 'Social Media' have properly implemented a take down process then it will not be long before they are unable to serve the addicts with their daily pap, and the whole edifice of profit sucking shite will start to collapse.

There is nothing more that I would like than 'Social Media' as it exists today to become a fading memory that the world can slowly forget and recover from.

I have experienced the lose of family members to substance abuse, and it is not pleasant. At the moment I am seeing the loss of many members of society to addiction to 'Social Media', and I wish for nothing more than for there to be a way back for them.

I never said how long the 'review' should take, and I have no preference.

I merely pointed out the problem with your suggestion.

I also assume that you down-voted me because I did not 100% agree with your position. If so then that is a really mature response.

Thinking about this again I think it is a wonderful idea!!!

1. Wait for 'Social Media' to put in place automated take down processes.

2. Create scripts to randomly flag something on their systems for take down.

3. Repeat randomly but in large quantities.

4. ???

5. Profit! Or at least the eradication of a number of 'Social Media' sites as more and more of their content is taken down!

The problem with IMMEDIATELY is that this leaves zero opportunity for any sort of review ..... which means that the take down process would have to be automated ..... which means that it instantly becomes a method by which anyone can have anything taken down that they want removed, regardless of whether it should be taken down or not.

We have already seen plenty of these automated take down (or under reviewed) processes being abused by those that want things taken down that should be left in place. Copyright holders have used these sorts of processes on things that qualify as 'fair use'. I'm sure it would not be too difficult to come up with plenty of other examples.

You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief

ALIS? ALIS?

Who the fsck is ALIS? - KBW

£111M later, frictionless post-Brexit border dream 'brought to early closure'

I suppose that we should be thankful that it is only £111M that they have managed to spaff up the wall before 'cancelling' the project.

We've seen other UK Gov projects just continue to accumulate overspend into the billions, and still produce a result of little to no value.

All the world's a stage – except this deputy federal CIO job

"candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin."

Does that mean that if a Nork* candidate applies that they will have the same opportunity as other candidates?

Asking for a friend!

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*North Korean (rather than Nork, Surrey!)

Final step to put new website into production deleted it instead

Re: Delete

TLDD - (Too Long, Don't Delete!)

The secret to intelligent tinkering .... is to keep all the pieces!

This wasn't a mistake ..... it was an M&S mistake!

It was only a Lidl mistake but it had huge consequences!

After working Aldi I'm not surprised he was too tired to stop the mistake.

He should Tesco and get some sleep!

BOFH: Loss adjuster discovers liability is a two-way street

Re: Waterproofing your car.

I can tell you now that they actually have two seasons, wet rugby .... and not quite as wet rugby!

Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers

Re: Nuclear Powered Bacon!

They don't have a "best before" but they do have a "half-life"!

Nuclear Powered Bacon!

What's not to love?!? I'm drooling already!

---------> Bring it on!

Apple, Google agree to loosen grip on UK app stores

I shall not hold my breath ....

.... waiting for any significant change.

If past 'changes to comply with the law' are taken as examples, then they will be slow and to the letter rather than to the spirit.

Supermarket sorry after facial recognition alert flags right criminal, wrong customer

Re: Ban it

"Society functioned for thousands of years"

Yes, but what was in a time where there was little 'movement'. People would be born, live, and die within a 10 mile radius, so most people knew the people they saw day to day. And strangers would be treated with caution because people didn't know them.

Today you have scrotes that can can jump in their car, and 2 hours later be 100 miles away, where nobody knows them or recognises them. Allowing them to lead a life of crime that wouldn't have been possible for them for most of those 'thousands of years'.

Society has changed, so we must expected new things to appear in that changed society.

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This in no way condones the private use of surveillance cameras. I am merely pointing out that the basis for your argument to ban cameras is not really that strong.

I was thinking about wearing one of these!

New hire fixed a problem so fast, their boss left to become a yoga instructor

Re: Quite a rare sight

We recently had our lock screens changed to say "All your passwords must be strong".

But when I tried to change my password to 'Strong' it wouldn't let me!

Re: Many moons ago now

I got tired of coming up with last-minute desperate solutions to impossible problems created by other fscking people.

Extra points for remembering the film and/or actors without practicing your Google-fu!

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

Re: Updated Saying

And a 'tool' for a lawyer!

UK's 'world-first' deepfake detection framework unlikely to stop the fakes, says expert

And of course ....

.... this detection system will be powered by AI?!?

Italy claims cyberattacks 'of Russian origin' are pelting Winter Olympics

Re: Russia

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes

Re: He posted this?

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!

Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server

Re: No Capes, No Scarves, No Ties, No Necklaces, No Watches, No Bracelets, No Rings

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women

No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark

Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

Re: It is unfortunate, but true

"Perhaps he needs to open his eyes. Carney said nothing when the USA illegally invaded Venezuela and carried out a kidnapping."

That was because the Orange one went on his 'I want Greenland' rant. Did you not realise the timing of that? It was timed to make everyone indignant about that, it was ramped up and up, until what he had done in Venezuela had dropped far enough out of the public eye ..... then all of a sudden he backed off as if he never meant it.

Wait until the next thing he does that the World would get indignant about, and then there will be another 'Greenland' that will be used to distract everyone.

If you look back you will find a number of 'Greenland' like threats that have come and gone (mainly tariffs), and you will normally find something that he wanted to distract you from just before or right at the start of the threat.

Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan

Re: yur-a-nus

They're funny cos they're the source of all fart jokes!

-------> Mine's the one with the mesh panel at the back!

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

Re: Dumb move

Pursued by bear?

Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark

I figured he got out of IT to chauffer a limo for a high-born lady spy!

Or he had been bitten by a radioactive spider living in one of the PCs!

Royal Navy's helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight

[Austrian Accent] Get to the chopper! [/AA]

Re: Unmanned take-off/landing on ships?

With the right sensor package it may actually be easier for the drone.

It would be able to react to ship movement far faster that a meatbag would be able to, as it would be able to monitor all of its sensors all of the time. And then take the required action(s) to maintain its position relative to the ship far faster and more accurately.

ATM maintenance tech broke the bank by forgetting to return a key

Re: The Key to Everything

Get one of these!

They're the best quick release key system I've ever found.

I'm on my second one now, as two decades of use wore the first one out!

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

Re: BS

I may be wrong, but I believe that one type of electric motor utilises electromagnets for both the stator and the rotor. For these you need to energise one of the sets of magnets, otherwise there is no magnetic field for wires to be moving through.

I full expect to be corrected if I have misremembered.

Re: BS

Not all electric motors can be used as generators.

Re: BS

My brother had a wasp enter the sleeve of his denim jacket, then proceed to sting him several times between forearm and arm pit! Emergency stop followed by discarded jacket!

Mine was hitting a wasp at low speed, only to have it make its displeasure known stinging me through my denim jeans about two inches away from my lower brain!

Another time I must have had one hit my neck at low speed. The first I knew was when it crawled up my visor ..... on the inside!

Re: BS

"In 2017 I used a workshop to spin up a fidget spinner. Got it up to quite a few thousand rpm, made an excellent noise. I eventually dropped it when it started getting hot..."

I had a friend who had a Snoopy / Red Baron dog house (complete with propellor) attached to the handle bars of his motorcycle.

One day he caught something in the corner of his eye and felt a slighty bump on his arm. It was only when he arrived at his destination that he realised it was the propellor that had melted and fallen off.

Trump says Americans shouldn't 'pick up the tab' for AI datacenter grid upgrades

Re: And

My reply to you was actually an experiment.

The fact that you replied shortly after a reply to one of your posts that was more than 2 days old implies that you have some script (or other process) that is set to tell you when someone has replied to one of your posts, and that you spend all of your time trolling anyone that does reply to your posts.

This kinda implies that you are a professional troll.

US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking

Re: Privacy respecting safe driving or economical driving app?

50% of drivers are of below average ability!