Comment Re:Not laying off anyonye (Score 1) 56
Now do the percentage of moderators on reddit that use the 3rd party apps...
Comment The Web3 Fraud (Score 4, Insightful) 65
What is
Hype.
"So why this hype? Because the cryptocurrency space, at heart, is simply a giant ponzi scheme where the only way early participants make money is if there are further suckers entering the space. The only âoeutilityâ for a cryptocurrency (outside criminal transactions and financial frauds) is what someone else will pay for it and anything to pretend a possible real-word utility exists to help find new suckers."
Comment Re: If Xianjing is a workers paradise (Score 3, Insightful) 156
Ah yes, the disgusting and false refuge of Chinese (and Russian) apologists and propagandists to the worst abuses of authoritarians: âoethe US does it too.â
Comment Nice job slipping pro-CCP propaganda into the summ (Score 5, Insightful) 156
These abuses are not âoeallegedâ; they are happening, and they are not based on dubious âoeresearchesâ [sic]:
https://www.propublica.org/art...
There is a genocide happening in Xinjiang; one that is erasing an entire culture, language, religion, and history of a people.
https://www.nytimes.com/intera...
Comment Want to *actually* resurrect RSS? (Score 4, Informative) 16
When Google killed Reader, I did, and never looked back.
Submission + - Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors (zdnet.com)
AmiMoJo writes: Members of the intelligence-sharing allianceFive Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India, have published a statement over the weekend calling on tech companies to come up with a solution for law enforcement to access end-to-end encrypted communications. The statement is the alliance's latest effort to get tech companies to agree to encryption backdoors. The Five Eyes alliance, comprised of the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, have made similar calls to tech giants in2018and2019, respectively. Just like before, government officials claim tech companies have put themselves in a corner by incorporating end-to-end encryption (E2EE) into their products.
If properly implemented, E2EE lets users have secure conversations — may them be chat, audio, or video — without sharing the encryption key with the tech companies. Representatives from the seven governments argue that the way E2EE encryption is currently supported on today's major tech platforms prohibits law enforcement from investigating crime rings, but also the tech platforms themselves from enforcing their own terms of service.
If properly implemented, E2EE lets users have secure conversations — may them be chat, audio, or video — without sharing the encryption key with the tech companies. Representatives from the seven governments argue that the way E2EE encryption is currently supported on today's major tech platforms prohibits law enforcement from investigating crime rings, but also the tech platforms themselves from enforcing their own terms of service.
Comment Re:Rian Johnson (Score 1) 80
I love this obsession with whether or not something is SJW. Shit shows existed long before the SJW came along.
University of Michigan Study Advocates Ban of Facial Recognition in Schools (venturebeat.com) 18
University of Michigan researchers recently published a study showing facial recognition technology in schools has limited efficacy and presents a number of serious problems. From a report: The research was led by Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the university's Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program, and finds the technology isn't just ill-suited to security purposes, it can actively promote racial discrimination, normalize surveillance, and erode privacy while marginalizing gender nonconforming students.
The study follows the New York legislature's passage of a moratorium on the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022. The bill, a response to the Lockport City School District launching a facial recognition system, was among the first in the nation to explicitly regulate or ban use of the technology in schools. That development came after companies including Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft halted or ended the sale of facial recognition products in response to the first wave of Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S.
Submission + - Woz Turns 70th Birthday into Charity Event (wozbday.com)
NoMoreACs writes: Join Apple Computer inventor and co-Founder Steve Wozniak for "11 Days of Wozdom", a social media "Scavenger Hunt" featuring creative challenges that speak to the things he values most: Happiness, creativity, ingenuity and fun.
The challenges will officially begin on August 11th, but you can get a head start by going to WOZBDAY.COM for details.
The first challenge will be to help Woz spread the word about his birthday party and fundraiser on August 11th. All challenges will be due on August 21st at 11:59pm PDT. Challenge winners get special prizes!
Woz also stated:
"Iâ(TM)m lucky to be able to do this for a foundation oriented towards helping children, especially ones in need of finding themselves."
A livestream featuring a star-studded list of performers (see list at the birthday site) and other guests will begin on August 11, 2020 at 5 pm, PDT.
Come celebrate the life of one of the true pioneers in the Personal Computer Revolution. Listen to some music, hear some great stories, and maybe even help some kids in need!
The challenges will officially begin on August 11th, but you can get a head start by going to WOZBDAY.COM for details.
The first challenge will be to help Woz spread the word about his birthday party and fundraiser on August 11th. All challenges will be due on August 21st at 11:59pm PDT. Challenge winners get special prizes!
Woz also stated:
"Iâ(TM)m lucky to be able to do this for a foundation oriented towards helping children, especially ones in need of finding themselves."
A livestream featuring a star-studded list of performers (see list at the birthday site) and other guests will begin on August 11, 2020 at 5 pm, PDT.
Come celebrate the life of one of the true pioneers in the Personal Computer Revolution. Listen to some music, hear some great stories, and maybe even help some kids in need!
Comment Re:What's the use? (Score 1) 108
Star Wars? Did that star Mel Gibson or something?
Comment Re:Ok, now what? What's gonna be done about it? (Score 1) 74
Maybe do some fact checking next time? Been posting for years under this account.
Comment Re:SABRE is ... more than that (Score 0, Troll) 74
American government asks for cooperation = that's cool.
Chinese government asks for cooperation = muh civil rights!!! Let's ban Chinese companies!!!
Comment Re: Secretely does not matter much (Score 2) 74
US government gives no shits about people in concentration camps. Your supreme leader, when told about it said "cool". This is just fake outrage to justify q course of action the US government wants to take. Much like the WMD were in the early 2000s.
Comment Re:Ok, now what? What's gonna be done about it? (Score 4, Insightful) 74
Funny how outraged American government gets at the possibility China MIGHT ask a Chinese company to share info on an overseas civilian. But then turns around and actually does that precise thing.
One rule for America. One rule for everyone else huh?
Comment Re: I'm not an Elon Musk fan (Score 1) 206
It was. Look at other places which had just as much warning and nowhere near as many deaths because they took action. Let's say Australia for example. Less than 100 deaths. Go on. Feel free to adjust for population differences. Still not going to get anywhere near 60,000 people.
