Posts by IGotOut

Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia

Re: WTF?

Please explain Jake, how you even think this is a war crime?

Please enlighten us.

I suggest you actually look up what constitutes a war crime before answering.

Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history

It's called the EU.

Those in the USA and UK, well unless you have a few hundred million (or in the UK went to Eton*) to force change, then forget it

*We all know that MPs are exempt from any laws regarding....well anything really

Guild behind actors' strike fears video game workers also at risk from AI

Learn to code!

Or does that only apply when the elites destroy blue collar jobs.

Odd seen so many bitching about AI coding on here

Give it 5-10 years and that'll be mostly obsolete.

Desk jobs are amongst the easiest to replace. Why employ 25 coders when you can get AI to do most of the work and just the odd person to check and ammend.

+1 for Cautionary Tales.

As he pointed out (backed by academic research), that it took over 100 years for average people to actually benefit from the Industrial Revolution.

Ignorant people go "it bought great benefits for humanity", ignoring the mass population were forced to live in slum housing, life expectancy DROPPED, horrific injuries were common place (think young girls getting their scalps ripped off as they crawled under looms, or people dying of chronic lung disease in their early 20s, due to toxic fumes).

The people that always benefit from massive change are the rich and powerful.

Want tunes with that? India-made POS terminal includes a speaker

Re: Nice adaptation

I'd rather a beep than someone forcing their taste in music on me

Re: A speaker and BluTooth in a PoS kit

Many POS kit already uses Bluetooth to connect to a smart phone or ipad to authenticate, so yeah.

Microsoft billing 3 cents a minute to revisit tedious Teams meetings via API

@that one...

This prices will be for human transcriptions and, in theory, should be 100% accurate.

You only have to watch something on Netflix with subtitles on (English / English) to see how terrible auto transcripts can be, and image how bad it gets when you have several people talking and even worse if they end up constantly over talking each other.

Attackers accessed UK military data through high-security fencing firm's Windows 7 rig

It probably wasn't on purpose. My guess it had something like uPnP enabled, punched a hole through a badly configured firewall and hey presto, easy access

Farewell WordPad, we hardly knew ye

@Dr Syntax

So you rage about the fee, but never thought of

a) claiming it back

b) buying a pc without Windows preinstalled

c) building your own.

Arm wrestles assembly language guru's domains away citing trademark issues

Am I the only one that read the article?

She was using Arm in the URL...yeah could get away with that quite easily but.

She was ALSO using the logos and other things to give the impression it was associated with Arm.

If I set up a website called Amazonsales.com, stuffed full of Amazon logos and sold stuff, I'd expect them to come down on me

Twitter says it may harvest biometric, employment data from its addicts

It's been full of shit since day one.

It's either "Look at me I post motivational quotes", or Recruitment agencies.

That's it.

It serve no real benefit, except to people that love "Inspirational" quotes (which in reality just piss everyone else off)

More UK cops' names and photos exposed in supplier breach

Re: IR35

So contractors never fucked up? New one on me.

OpenAI pops an enterprise sticker on ChatGPT to give big biz some peace of mind

Microsoft

Not sure MS will be worried about OpenAI putting it against their enterprise product, given the fact that MS is one of the largest investors. So if you buy from MS, or OpenAI, they'll be getting money either way.

Silicon Valley billionaires secretly buy up land for new California city

Something tells me...

this not going to be the next Bournville.

Taiwanese infosec researchers challenge Microsoft's China espionage finding

Interestingly...

...one of the uses of "AI" is replacing call centre staff (it's already happening in India).

So maybe a bit of self interest perhaps? Never saw him complaining about the loss of jobs when they were going their way.

On a serious note, it is a real issue. I'm fine, my job cannot be replaced, but so many can, and as the last massive labour shift (the industrial revolution) took around a hundred years or so for the benefits to filter down to the plebs, laws not on job protection (because it'll happen regardless), but on how to support those that lose their jobs, should be thought of.

Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment

Re: Irony..

I'd hardly call senior members of the SS / Nazi party refugees.

War Criminals, yes.

No unfortunately, it's the continuation of the dumbing down of the US language. Why write two words when you can create a dumbed down single word?

US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed

Re: No bias found, but…

LSD is shown to improve people's mental well being, not turn them into a bunch of whining little brats.

Europe's tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready?

Virtue signalling?

Given they have the biggest companies in the world change their behaviours, it's a little more than that.

The EU has proven they have the balls to take on big tech, unlike the US government that is owned by them.

Netflix flinging out DVDs like frisbees as night comes for legacy business

DVD are a bargain.

A friend recently picked up over 1000 for £15.

A lot were just crap, but even so.

It's pretty easy to pick up 250 - 500 for a similar price.

Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro

I'm sorry...

...but that article has far to many links and formatting issues. It just made me look at it and go, nope, not reading.

If you want emails to look professional, just learn the basics of typography.

IBM shows off its sense of humor in not-so-funny letter leak

Really?

"Packing it in" is a British idiom for concluding a day of work."

As a Brit, I've NEVER used or heard it in that context. I've only ever heard it as "I'm giving it up completely"

Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind

Re: Our satellites are more affordable than the missiles that you need to shoot them down?

Yes, because nuclear blasts are known for their very target specific capability. In no way would they knock out everyone else's satellites, including your own.

ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance

So ICANN

An incredibly corrupt and opaque organisation, is worried about losing its monopoly?

Maybe if they weren't such a bunch of self centred cowboys, then it wouldn't of come to this.

Can we do the same for the IOC, FIFA and the FIA?

Version 5 of systemd-free Debian remix Devuan is here

Re: Not my experience...

"which refused to offer me a German keyboard layout when selecting the UK locale. "

No such issue with MS Windows <dives for cover>

Re: Your correct.

"Also, downvoted for dropping the W-bomb."

They complain about grammar in the USA and then, as usual, misuse the term "woke".

Last rites for the UK's Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it's dead

This is government.

Government "We will listen to science"

Science "Cannabis and LSD have proven positive health benefits and them being illegal is a stupid idea, the same for many recreational drugs"

Government "We listen to scientists, except those that upset the Daily Mail readers"

South Korea's biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise

Wait, what?

You mean people don't care about having UHD videos with 7.1 sound on a 7" screen?

People really don't want to walk around with augmented reality goggle's on?

Next you'll be telling me no one really notices the difference between 4g and 5g.

BOFH: Zen and the art of battery replacement

Interestingly

....a claims investigator told me how to get around get clauses for water leaks.

Many insurance companies want cover loss of water, or damage caused trying to find the location of the leak, only damage caused by the leak.

He kindly told me that, if I say had been fitting a new bath panel, dropped it, smashed several of the tiles and hit the water pipe causing the leak, then EVERYTHING was covered. Not just the ceiling below.

Lovely guy.

Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank

This is nothing new.

Google+ (remember that?) used to recommend all kinds of crap back in the day, and, and no one used it, it was REALLY easy to fudge.

I did it, for good, to make a small charity cafe, appear on the first page of Google results when searching for food within 10 miles. But equally there were places that never served food, places that made commercial foods for other retailers and even one off charity events.

So yes, you don't need AI for shit results.

Former DEC employees to rally against stagnant pensions post-HP

Re: Drivel

I'm also confused. Was there no way to transfer out? I've had a few pension funds and I've transferred them around and consolidated a few times when I've found them to be stagnant/ underperforming over a few years.

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that

Re: Sleazy ads

Turning off personalized ads is just bullshit. They share info regardless.

Example. I added a track from a really obscure 90s dance band to my Spotify play list (Sheep On Drugs if you need to know). Less than a week later, their tour popped up in one of my FB feeds. There is no way on this planet that was coincidence.Yet everything has "personalised ads" turned off.

I know what you did next summer: Microsoft to kill off Xbox 360 Store

Ffs

People are a bunch of MS bashers and whiners here.

You can't buy online games or movies for a twenty year old console. Wow. Last time I looked it was really hard to go and buy brand new physical media for the 360 or PS2 as well.

If you're that worried, go and pick up a second hand disc for a couple of quid.

I'm all for bashing companies that get everyone on something then close it 2 years later, but fuck me, this is not one of them.

Re: In other news

You could always buy the titles. 360 games tend to go for £1 or £2 these days.

Sextortion suspects on trial after teen victim dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Re: Maybe parents needs to go back to school

My parents taught me what to do, where not to go etc, etc.

I was clubbing at 14, drinking, fucking if to London at 16 (while at my friend's), going to illegal races and enjoyed sex, drugs and acid house

I'd say I'm more well adjusted as an adult than those that led a more sheltered life

Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds

Just remember...

....this farce is happening on US roads.

Wait until they try these shitty things in Europe and Asia, then you will see real chaos.

Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy

Re: Hacking this kit would be prohibitively expensive due to the high cost of ground stations

I'd be very surprised if the Russians didn't know this already.

Co-founder of Yandex – Russia's Google clone – denounces war on Ukraine

Re: He may not agree with….

He left Russia, moved a lot out of gear out of Russia, he supports the workers left behind (he tried to get many out).

Remember, if he had spoken out earlier, he or his family may find themselves falling out of a 5th floor window.

If you want a real villain company, can I introduce Unilever?

New Zealand supermarket's recipe-generating AI takes toxic output to a new level

It should have a threshold....

A drop down list of food for ingredients.

Student.

Contains Rice, Pot Noodles and Tomato ketchup.

Hipster

Quinoa, Oat "milk", Avocado and some beer that tastes like piss

Single bloke.

Microwave meal, left over microwave meal, pizza, left over pizza.

Drunk person.

Anything goes, so long as it's not to far past it's use by date.

Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older, female engineers

Screwed stats...

Those figures are skewed.

If you sack 1 out of 10 people of category A, you've sacked 10%

You sack 5 out of a hundred of category B, you've 5%

That doesn't mean Cat B had less sackings, although if you just went by percentages, it seems that way.

Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks

Am I missing something?

In order to use this, you have to use an exploit that can extract data, in order to extract the same data?

I"m sure I missed something in the article.

Re: Just when I thought about upgrading...

Why even worry? Unless you are going to do a very complex exploit to extract your own passwords, it, like nearly all of these attacks, is a non-event.

Most are only a concern for shared computers

X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises

"....Apple threatening to pull out FaceTime and iMessage from the UK because of proposed spying powers for the UK government..."

It was reported on the Reg at the end of June. Do keep up.

Pope goes fire and brimstone on the dangers of AI

Mmmm 'kay

"so that a logic of violence and discrimination does not take root "

Has he actually read the Bible?

Northern Ireland police may have endangered its own officers by posting details online in error

Re: Police service or occupying force?

When them and their families are being targeted and murdered at home or just going about their daily business and you wonder why?

Throw in the fact it disclosed their roles, going after DC Plod of the anti-terrorist squad, is a bit more juicy than Mrs Miggins the cleaner.

We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA

Time to re-release...

....Whitey on the moon?

Europe sticks a monopoly probe into Adobe-Figma merger

Re: Adobe are already

Yes and no.

It's similar to MS office Vs Libre Office

It's only a monopoly is because people learn on it, then have to deal with others using and are scared to try anything new.

Affinity make some cracking tools. Yes they don't have all the bells and whistles and not all RAW formats work well, but I'd say for amateurs and semi-pros who don't have to pass files around, they just like Libre Office, are good enough for most.

TV and film extras fear generative AI will copy their faces and bodies to take their jobs

Re: Extras but not script writers

"The text it writes tend to be without cohesive theme or nuance. "

You've just described Fast and Furious 5+

FAMILY!

Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons

Re: Showing my age

To be fair to Brit cars, the only reason US cars didn't rust quite so badly is the water had so many gaps to escape from.

Re: Dire Straits

They have to take the sacks of cash in brown envelopes to the bank in the afternoon.