Interesting findings on the internet

[bd139]

Incidentally this will go, as all these things do, absolutely fucking nowhere other than on the unemployment statistics when the tech firms move out of the UK.

[tggzzz]

Incidentally this will go, as all these things do, absolutely fucking nowhere other than on the unemployment statistics when the tech firms move out of the UK.

It won't Save The Children^TM as claimed, but why would twatter/farcebook/etc removing an encrypted service have any affect on the number of people employed?

[bd139]

Incidentally this will go, as all these things do, absolutely fucking nowhere other than on the unemployment statistics when the tech firms move out of the UK.

It won't Save The Children^TM as claimed, but why would twatter/farcebook/etc removing an encrypted service have any affect on the number of people employed?

Well the thing is they won't be removing the service. They have said that. WhatsApp and Apple for example said they won't be compromising end to end encryption because if they do that for one country they have to do it globally and that would affect their market position as well as shitting on the users. That means that the local subsidiaries in the UK are now subject, as registered offices, to prosecution for violation of the law. The answer is likely that they will be withdrawing the aforementioned offices from the UK. Anyone who doesn't want to go with it or is ancillary will be kicked on the street.

[tggzzz]

Incidentally this will go, as all these things do, absolutely fucking nowhere other than on the unemployment statistics when the tech firms move out of the UK.

It won't Save The Children^TM as claimed, but why would twatter/farcebook/etc removing an encrypted service have any affect on the number of people employed?

Well the thing is they won't be removing the service. They have said that. WhatsApp and Apple for example said they won't be compromising end to end encryption because if they do that for one country they have to do it globally and that would affect their market position as well as shitting on the users. That means that the local subsidiaries in the UK are now subject, as registered offices, to prosecution for violation of the law. The answer is likely that they will be withdrawing the aforementioned offices from the UK. Anyone who doesn't want to go with it or is ancillary will be kicked on the street.

I was under the impression that they would remove the services in the UK, and presumably that would be sufficient to avoid illegality.

Not sure what will happen when constituents complain to their MPs. It wouldn't be the first time a law hasn't been enforced. Corporate manslaughter? Never heard of it?

[mnementh]

It might turn out to be still profitable to just pay the fines as "cost of doing business" and simply pass that cost onto the customer.

mnem
Business as Usual is killing us all.

[tggzzz]

It might turn out to be still profitable to just pay the fines as "cost of doing business" and simply pass that cost onto the customer.

mnem
Business as Usual is killing us all.

"A breach of the law can result in an online content provider being fined up to £18 million or 10 percent of its annual global turnover, whichever is the greater."

But, quite rationally, the death penalty isn't a deterrent if you don't think you will be caught. Faites vos jeux, mesdames et messieurs.

[BU508A]

This is supposed to be interesting findings on the Internet. Not horrifying findings on the Internet!

I hope, this is better.

https://onlyfans.web.cern.ch/

[bd139]

It won't Save The Children^TM as claimed, but why would twatter/farcebook/etc removing an encrypted service have any affect on the number of people employed?

Well the thing is they won't be removing the service. They have said that. WhatsApp and Apple for example said they won't be compromising end to end encryption because if they do that for one country they have to do it globally and that would affect their market position as well as shitting on the users. That means that the local subsidiaries in the UK are now subject, as registered offices, to prosecution for violation of the law. The answer is likely that they will be withdrawing the aforementioned offices from the UK. Anyone who doesn't want to go with it or is ancillary will be kicked on the street.

I was under the impression that they would remove the services in the UK, and presumably that would be sufficient to avoid illegality.

Not sure what will happen when constituents complain to their MPs. It wouldn't be the first time a law hasn't been enforced. Corporate manslaughter? Never heard of it?

Yes that's the real outcome I expect to see. It will not be enforced until they need someone's data and then it'll be a quick earner on the fines.

[bd139]

This is supposed to be interesting findings on the Internet. Not horrifying findings on the Internet!

I hope, this is better.

https://onlyfans.web.cern.ch/

That's perfect!

[mnementh]

This is supposed to be interesting findings on the Internet. Not horrifying findings on the Internet!

I hope, this is better. https://onlyfans.web.cern.ch/

This is both amazing and disturbing. Enough fans that they had to get a new PSU.

mnem

[Specmaster]

This is both amazing and disturbing. Enough fans that they had to get a new PSU.

mnem

Well thats a novel way to keep a bench fed with cool air, could be quite effective.

[mnementh]

Talk aboot "rough carpentry" approach to electronics; this guy is doing everything with home-made instruments and equipment. He's like the bd139 of hollow-state !!!

mnem

[tggzzz]

Talk aboot "rough carpentry" approach to electronics; this guy is doing everything with home-made instruments and equipment. He's like the bd139 of hollow-state !!!

My father had a (?1920s?)book (well, series of books) about how to build a car. It started by telling the reader how to build the tools to build a car.

[bd139]

He ambled into the woods, clad only in his birthday suit with an idea in his mind. First he needed to collect some dried moss and locate a suitable flint. Several days later, he was on 80m complaining about his newly acquired gout.

[Cerebus]

He ambled into the woods, clad only in his birthday suit with an idea in his mind. First he needed to collect some dried moss and locate a suitable flint. Several days later, he was on 80m complaining about his newly acquired gout.

I think I'm rubbing off on you.

[mnementh]

Would you two get the fuck outta my TV? no matter what channel I put it on, there you are...

mnem
dammit, I need a longer wire on muh clicker...

[tggzzz]

Excellent.

Where can I get the "HAL-9000" or "Marvin the paranoid android" personalities? (Obviously farcebook already has too many "Parry" personalities)

"Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality'"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66941337

[bd139]

Excellent.

Where can I get the "HAL-9000" or "Marvin the paranoid android" personalities? (Obviously farcebook already has too many "Parry" personalities)

"Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality'"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66941337

I made one of them years ago:

Code: Select all

10 PRINT "BBC Computer"
20 PRINT
30 PRINT "Acorn DFS"
40 PRINT
50 PRINT "BASIC"
60 PRINT 
70 PRINT ">";
80 A$=INPUT$
90 PRINT "FUCK OFF!"
100 PRINT 
110 GOTO 70
* KEY 0 OLD; RUN

You can type it in here: https://bbc.godbolt.org/

[BU508A]

"I Gambled in MGM's Hacked Casinos"

https://www.404media.co/inside-mgms-hacked-casinos/


Quote:
"Overall, six days in, the hack was still a big topic of conversation. People in every line I stood in and at every table I sat at were talking about the hack, and while I was there, Larry Flynt’s Hustler strip club began offering “free lap dances to those affected” by the hack."

[BU508A]

Recently, at the MIT:
"Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-des ... eaper.html

[mnementh]

I think you can retire now, Mounty... these guys have all the dad jokes: https://twitter.com/NatlParkService

mnem
I tripped over that whole Gurrgling for Fat Bear Week: https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

[BU508A]

Hahahaha, that's a good one!

Forwarded it to some of my friends.
I think, I should avoid to meet them in personal for the next time.

[BU508A]

NSA, customs and Co. do really like this:

"Apple readies system to load up latest software onto unopened iPhones. "

Source:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newslett ... ify%20wall

[BU508A]

"Prompt-Specific Poisoning Attacks on Text-to-Image Generative Models"

Quote:
"Data poisoning attacks manipulate training data to introduce unexpected behaviors into machine learning models at training time. For text-to-image generative models with massive training datasets, current understanding of poisoning attacks suggests that a successful attack would require injecting millions of poison samples into their training pipeline. In this paper, we show that poisoning attacks can be successful on generative models. We observe that training data per concept can be quite limited in these models, making them vulnerable to prompt-specific poisoning attacks, which target a model's ability to respond to individual prompts."


https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13828

[BU508A]

RFID tags without electronics, just made out of paper by using a laser.

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/25/pulpa ... rfid-tags/

Quote:
"A group of design graduates from London's Royal College of Art have come up with a way to make RFID tags entirely from paper, with no metal or silicon components in a bid to cut down on waste from single-use electronics."