wewbull

@wewbull@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish cases like this were not allowed to be settled. Money shouldn’t absolve you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gorton and Denton⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to hear Sir Oink-a-lot has received your vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no honour amongst them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakers’ devices, citing security risks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Cloud based services in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds perfect for conducting parliamentary business in. Get them off their phones whilst debating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andrew charged taxpayers for massage when envoy, claim ex-civil servants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Massage… that’s what I’m meant to get riled up about?

  We’re talking about leaking national secrets and predatory sexual actions. BBC needs to get some perspective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?”⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, but it’s growth is limited. People seem incapable of using a platform if there isn’t an algorithm telling them what to look at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s going to be a good vector for feeding disinformation to the police.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bacon off the menu for Peppa Pig family show in Grimsby⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all sausages are pork.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100-billion deal in favour of $30-billion investment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bubbles don’t burst for rational reasons. They burst because the lie can’t be held together any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect he’s more likely the one that will turn on the others to save himself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If a king or past queen were to be accused. It is technically impossible. As our whole criminal justice system is based on the king Vs the defendent/accused.

  It’s not “The King vs…”. It’s “The Crown vs…”. It might seem a pedantic point, but the crown is a concept similar to “the state”, and distinct from any monarch.

  A case being “The Crown vs. HRH King Charles III” is perfectly feasible. The monarch being subject to law is a concept that goes back over 800 years.

  Other then the king. The only people fully free of the justice system. Are MPs when acting in parliament itself.

  They are not free of the whole justice system. They have limited parliamentary privileges mainly related to what they can say without consequences, but they couldn’t murder their opponents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lobbying firm co-founded by Mandelson on brink of collapse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope the police will be taking position of all documents to make sure evidence doesn’t evaporate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saying that hardware price increase is good cause it forces the devs to optimize is not as good as it seems.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 90% certain that none of the resources being “bought” by AI actually have been sold, or created yet.

  Indeed. The prices skyrocketed because vendors realised they couldn’t get replacement supply in the future. What existed today was all they were going to get.

  I’m expecting a glut of supply once those contracts fall through.

  Speaking of the auto industry: Is AI a mirage, like the dreams of a working rotary engine?

  It is, but I think it’s a different type of mirage. The rotary engine does work, but it brings with it significant downsides. Getting the positives without the negatives is the mirage being chased.

  AI appears to do one thing, but actually does another. People see it “creating” new things, but it’s more like it shreds work up and then glues the pieces together making sure it looks consistent. Train it on one work and it can reproduce that work. Train it on two and it will mash the two. Train it on a billion and it will mash the billion. Nothing creative,. No extrapolation. Just interpolation.

  People want the AI promise regardless of the downsides. It just doesn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I decided to play a game

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp straight to the bin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We tried, but we’re running a bit late.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Convenience as in “it’s what I’ve always used and I understand it” or are you noticing some awkward aspects?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World's first 628Ah grid-scale battery enters operation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed Ah are bad.

  MWh are equivalent to J. Specifically 1MWh is 3.6GJ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Correlating Electric Cars With Better Air Quality⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That said, as the tires of electric vehicles tend to wear faster due to their heavier weight…

  This gets repeated again and again, but hasn’t been my personal experience. I’d say my tyres are easily lasting twice as long than my previous diesel car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all for clear labelling on food. I think it’s important. I don’t see the need to stop them using “milk” in any form. As long as it’s part of hyphenate “oat-milk” there shouldn’t be an issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ministers warned not to copy Wes Streeting’s release of messages with Peter Mandelson⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How dare government members be open about their communications!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s too late.

  Once they do it, they won’t reverse their path. They have to know they’re losing people now, before they commit. You can always start again after they change their mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So those are associated with Motorola Solutions now, or did the debt move to Lenovo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats true but ID companies are not lobbying or making changes on a scale that matters. This change isnt going through because an id company lobbied the government.

  This statement is what I’m disagreeing with. It just wrong.

  These changes are going through because Palantir lobbied the government, or more specifically Peter Thiel. They have 34ish contracts with the government right now across MoD and NHS. One of the ID verification companies (Persona) is also his. This information drives the technologies he sells to the MoD for tracking individuals. Technology currently being used by ICE and in Gaza.

  You’re right, it’s not about discord. It’s about making databases of all living people on earth and how they interact with each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. It’s got immense influence in government policy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I found Discord much more confusing than matrix, personally.

  That said. Discord no longer exists for me. Account deleted today. Nothing of value was lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How dare people think that Labour might listen when the Tories didn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Campaigners urge UK ministers to make music lyrics inadmissible in court⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Killed shot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨England’s poorest areas have 70% more vape shops and bookmakers than wealthier ones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a bit different in the UK.

  1. Betting advertising is regulated. Not as much as it should be, but it’s not a free for all

  2. We’ve had betting on sports (literally?) forever. When I was growing up it bookies were all about horse racing. There’s been a gradual creep into other sports and online, but because it’s been slower legislation has been able to keep up better. We’ve not had the market explosion the US has.

  3. Gambling addiction has long been recognised for what it is. There are some institutional adaptations. For example, my bank account has a voluntary gambling block on it. It would take me two days to switch it off so that I can’t do it in-the-moment. (I have it on so if somebody gets my card details they can’t bet with it).

  That’s not to say there aren’t problems. The online world definitely needs looking at in a lot more depth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …because right wing parties will hate all the surveillance systems their opponents put in place when they take over.