wewbull
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- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 6 hours ago:
Oh. It’s more dangerous than a gun then!
- Comment on Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover 6 hours ago:
I don’t know how much he has liquid. The article says that “most” of his 814B is tied up in Tesla stock. Selling a couple of billion worth of stock isn’t trivial.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 1 day ago:
So it’s on the same scale as buying a gun in the states.
I didn’t realise it was so dangerous.
- Comment on Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers 2 days ago:
Signs your business model has truly failed.
- Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over 2 days ago:
Ain’t that the tragedy!
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 4 days ago:
It absolutely is. They’re sociology problems. Observations can be made on causal factors in society, changes made, effects observed, results shared.
Have a read of the book “The Science Of Racism” for how science can give a insight into dealing with a social issue.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 4 days ago:
May the Reverend Magnus Pike be forever remembered.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 4 days ago:
…with a bit of technology just for spice.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 4 days ago:
Playing devil’s advocate: science hasn’t cracked any of those yet either.
- Comment on ‘It beggars belief’: Ministry of Defence(MoD) sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security 4 days ago:
Thatcher, but it also happened elsewhere under different names, and the New Labour response to it. And then technology outstripping the intellect of politicians.
Basically the introduction of private industry deep into government became commonplace under Thatcher. Blair didn’t roll it back, and transitioned labour into a party that also invited private money. It was a transformation spearheaded by one Peter Mandelson. You may know him from such hits as “My best friend is Epstein” and “I was a US ambassador”.
He seems to be the the introduction conduit for companies like Palantir into government.
- Comment on We don’t have room in the carbon budget for a world war. 6 days ago:
…or AI.
- Comment on Iran includes American tech giants on list of new targets 1 week ago:
I wouldn’t say I’m rooting for Iran, but I’m not rooting for the US either. I’m just observing a massive case of FAFO.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
No he doesn’t. The redundant 1,600 are only 10% of the workforce. 16,000 total.
- Comment on Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down 1 week ago:
Certainly things can be open to abuse, and different regulatory systems have different loop holes. However I have seen examples where it’s been a good thing.
- Comment on Meirl 1 week ago:
I just can’t remember which country I’m in sometimes.
- Comment on Call off King's US state visit over Iran war, urge Lib Dems 1 week ago:
- Comment on Australia expands age checks to AI chatbots, app stores, porn sites and more 1 week ago:
Pretty sure all AI chat bots will be under 16.
- Comment on Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down 1 week ago:
Which is why “Not for profit” organisations are such a good thing. They are harder to get going but because they are not investment vehicles in the same way you don’t have CEOs installed just to maximise share value. Decisions are focused on what the company needs to perform its mission.
- Comment on Causes of death, or track list for latest black metal album? 1 week ago:
Rising of the lights!
Apparently any condition that caused lots of coughing.
- Comment on Causes of death, or track list for latest black metal album? 1 week ago:
It’s ageneric term for an open hole between two spaces where there should be a wall. The two spaces might include “outside”, but could be two internal spaces (e.g. between the intestine and abdominal cavity)
- Comment on Causes of death, or track list for latest black metal album? 1 week ago:
It’s never lupus.
- Comment on New York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice 2 weeks ago:
There are billions being sunk into AI. How much health care could that buy? Your logic only makes sense if AI is free. It’s not.
- Comment on Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant 2 weeks ago:
Retaining data can mean violating legal obligations. Hidden backups can be a lawyers playground.
- Comment on We messed up with the Windows 12 article. What we got wrong and how it happened 2 weeks ago:
Not with general purpose LLMs. They start off ok, but become much more interested in continuing the text they’ve already translated, rather than looking back to what it is they’re meant to translate. So they drift off course as the translation gets longer.
- Comment on Assuming an average value of $500k per-house, a millionaire could own two houses and a billionaire could own the entire neighborhood 2 weeks ago:
Once you start trying to do anything that involves employing people (e.g. running a small business) you start realising how far a million goes. 5 software engineers in an office with equipment for a year? In a European country or USA/Canada, you’ll need the best part of a million. It’s not just salaries. There’s also employment taxes and other costs to consider.
A billion and it’s now more like 750 engineers for 15 years.
- Comment on Leak from secret UK meeting on US attacks on Iran an ‘absolute travesty’, says Lammy 2 weeks ago:
Not only that. It’s your home secretary, foreign secretary, treasurer and energy minister. There couldn’t be 4 more relevent people.
- Comment on Leak from secret UK meeting on US attacks on Iran an ‘absolute travesty’, says Lammy 2 weeks ago:
Is it just me that always reads the word “travesty” with sarcasm.
Oh, yeah. Sure. You’re so upset it leaked.
- Comment on UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide 2 weeks ago:
When there’s no support system, there’s no benefit to reporting it. Only risk.
- Comment on UK parliament to debate whether all suicides linked to domestic abuse to be investigated as homicide 2 weeks ago:
…protect women
Can we please stop gender-ising these things? Anyone in a domestic abuse situation needs help. Anyone committing domestic abuse needs repercussions.
- Comment on Met Chief admits he 'can see why women don't trust police' but ignores minorities 2 weeks ago:
Solving one will help with the other I’m sure.