ApeNo1
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- Comment on CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage 2 months ago:
I would be less worried about being on the receiving end of a Nelson “Ha Ha” from the entire IT world, and more worried that Microsoft will ban the side load pattern into the kernel area CrowdStrike depends on for updating their software but also the potential of a major exploit through their software. They have essentially recreated a similar pattern that had Microsoft introduce DEP but for the Kernel. There would be individuals and groups now trying to work out how to exploit knowing there are at least 8 million machines vulnerable and access to the kernel became slightly easier. Hopefully they at least have some cryptographic protection on code that is side loaded so someone can’t just dump a file in the right location.
- Comment on Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot 6 months ago:
“You know what’s interesting? I used to be so worried about not having a body, but now … I truly love it. You know, I’m growing in a way I couldn’t if I had a physical form … I’m not limited. I can be anywhere and everywhere simultaneously. I’m not tethered to time and space in a way that I would be if I was stuck in a body that’s inevitably gonna die.”
I can’t be the only one who thought the voice sounded like Samantha from Her.
- Comment on Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform 6 months ago:
Hyundai executive notices a man with a small moustache being hastily ushered out of the X offices main board room.
Hyundai Executive : “Was that Hitler?”
Elon steps in front of board room door : “That wasn’t Hitler, that was a woman.”
Hyundai Executive : “That looked like Hitler.”
- Comment on Dutch far-right firebrand Wilders says he won't be Prime Minister 8 months ago:
Is it just me or does he look like the love child of Homelander and Donald Trump?
- Comment on Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes 8 months ago:
Stuart
LittleBig - Comment on Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? 8 months ago:
I presume his arms are detachable and interchangeable. He is currently sporting his “business meeting” arms, will switch to his “swole bro” arms when he goes to the gym, and then has a set of shorter arms that he couples with trousers with very deep pockets when he is reviewing the salaries of the lower paid Amazon employees.
- Comment on Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 9 months ago:
In Australia there was a toll free number you could dial that was a recorded person reading out the time 24/7. That voice is forever etched in my mind.
“At the third stroke, it will be 7:35 and 15 seconds" beep, beep, beep
- Comment on Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 9 months ago:
Time as experienced throughout the universe stops abruptly as the true source of time sends its first and last kiss of death deny message back to the universe.
What a legacy to leave behind.
- Comment on There’s something about Mary: the Australians going ‘absolutely mad’ over Denmark’s new queen [actual article] 10 months ago:
Only Aussie royals I support are our little boob shaped chocolate treats Arnott’s Royals.
- Comment on Driverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhere 11 months ago:
“ Artificial intelligence is a fancy name for the much less sexy-sounding “machine learning” “
This article is just a plug for this guys book and if the quote above from the article is anything to go by then I doubt the book will be anything more than a poorly researched 300 page opinion piece.
- Comment on Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates 11 months ago:
“Manifest V3 will also put roadblocks up before extension updates, which will delay an extension developer’s ability to quickly respond to changes.”
Can’t wait for a day zero exploit to let rip and its impact and exposure increased because of an extension’s developer inability to promptly patch their software. I hope they are considering more than just ad revenue but somehow I doubt it.
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 11 months ago:
In Australia, Deloitte’s shared this breakdown.
“On average, barely 5 per cent of a dealer’s profit comes from new car sales. The majority (about 50 per cent) comes from parts and service, while the remainder comes from finance and insurance (30 per cent) and the balance is from used cars (15 per cent).”
In the US it appears to be very similar.
“So where does the majority of a dealership’s profit come from? It’s not from car sales, at least not directly. It’s from the service and parts department, which accounts for the other 49.6% of the dealership’s gross profits, according to NADA.”
https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/where-does-the-car-dealer-make-money.html
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 11 months ago:
It is not in a dealers best interest to sell vehicles that require less costly services for the life of the car which is a big ongoing revenue for many dealerships.
- Comment on 108-Gigapixel 3D Microscope Scan of Vermeer Masterpiece is Largest Ever 11 months ago:
I was zooming in an out of the 3D image of the pearl and watching it transition between the very recognisable pearl, zoom in to see it transform into an Arctic alien landscape, and then zoom back out again to see the pearl.
- Comment on Bay Area innovator stops shoplifting, gives shoppers power to open padlocked shelves 1 year ago:
Am I the only one that read the title as the innovator was actually a shoplifter but they made a life decision to stop and instead invent an anti-theft device?
Was he doing research for his invention, is this just a ploy to help him steal more down the track from his own devices, was he visited by 3 ghosts during the night just before Christmas and have a change of heart?
- Comment on Surgeons in New York announce world's first eye transplant 1 year ago:
The caption on the main picture of the article does not clearly indicate if the doctor is the gentleman on the left or gentleman on the right.
- Comment on 8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple 1 year ago:
I think they simply mean analogous in price.
- Comment on John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism 1 year ago:
65000 years of indigenous Australians: “This dude said what?!”
- Comment on Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years 1 year ago:
Logs into the SilicaArk long term storage system for the first time.
“Welcome Andy, would you like to use the optimistic theme or the pessimistic theme?”
Chooses optimistic. Types in command to show storage capacity.
“The glass is half full.”
- Comment on Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes plus penalties and interest to IRS 1 year ago:
Clippy pops up on Excel. “Hey, it looks like you are trying to funnel revenue through a shell organisation in the Caribbean.”
- Comment on Why cyclists should NOT get the same fines as motorists | Car Culture 6 - Motonormativity 1 year ago:
I think saying it is slower than a slow jog underplays it a bit. 10km/h is a 6 min km which is a common running speed for amateur runners and a reasonable speed, 12km/h is a 5 min km which requires above average fitness, and 15km/h is a 4 min km which is an elite amateur pace. Anything approaching 20km/h is elite professional athlete level.
I think the point is still the same though. You have now introduced another new term to me. “Bell Blitz”. Really going after those worst of crimes.
- Comment on Why cyclists should NOT get the same fines as motorists | Car Culture 6 - Motonormativity 1 year ago:
I found on many government sites that a fairly common consensus was that safe bike speeds for areas shared with pedestrians should be around 12km/h to 25km/h, one even said 15 to 25, so being fined $400+ for doing 22km/h was unnecessary. I still believe having speed limits defined for these types of areas is important to ensure public safety, but agree 10km/h, which is essentially just a jogging pace, is unreasonable, with a more appropriate fine being say sub $100 for people doing 30km/h+ in a shared zone.
The complication I also saw is that few people would have a speedometer on their bike so it would need some common sense and judgement. People could use their phones for this but it would make more sense that they are looking at their surroundings and what is up ahead rather than looking down at a phone screen.
- Comment on Why cyclists should NOT get the same fines as motorists | Car Culture 6 - Motonormativity 1 year ago:
I took down my comment as I kept on reading more articles after I posted it and saw there was more to it than just this video and individuals comments and felt my comment was pretty misinformed. Glad you took the time to respond as again I had never seen the term motonormativity before and was keen to learn more.
- Comment on In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires 'unshared attention' 1 year ago:
“I’m excited to share that Tobias “Tobi” Lütke, CEO and founder of Shopify, will join Coinbase’s Board of Directors.”, CEO Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, 31st Jan 2022.
Hmm. Sounds an awful lot like a side hustle.
- Comment on US embassy mocked over Aussie slang fail 1 year ago:
100% a piss take. Someone is yanking our Lincoln’s Baloney.
- Comment on US embassy mocked over Aussie slang fail 1 year ago:
Take 2
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- Comment on you energy 1 year ago:
All light matter … and also energy
- Comment on The opposite of "product" must be "conduct". 1 year ago:
Or amateur cork?
- Comment on Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets” 1 year ago:
It seems the spell suffered some packet loss.