Comment Re:Second mail (Score 1) 65
Bugger the collectivist trash that shite on everyones table.
Comment Re:Second nail (Score 0) 65
Both systemd and AI-coded software threaten non-IT home users. Both industrializations remove agency from individual coders/users. If you don't accept the personal threat of well-funded monopolies then you probably should pay higher real-estate taxes.
Comment Re:why is it all these earth like worlds but no li (Score 1) 37
The "building blocks" of life are about [ 10^115 ] times away from the production of life. No reason to be optimist ... better to judge life simply cannot exist. Makes you pretty humble about the value of human life.
Submission + - First Evidence Of Atmosphere On Potentially Life-Friendly Planet Found (studyfinds.com)
alternative_right writes: The planet sits in the zone around its star where liquid water could, in theory, exist on its surface, making it one of the more promising nearby candidates for conditions that might support life.
Comment Re: But what about transistor size? (Score 1, Funny) 39
Seems the radius of silicon "electron-shells" would place an ultimate limit on transistor size. Unless you can build "logic" structure directly into the electron field of QED. Not sure that last sentence means anything.
Comment Re:why is it all these earth like worlds but no li (Score 1) 37
You seem to be implying a form of the WEAK ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE. Why not the "strong" version ... that the existence of the universe predicates on the existence of humanity. If you take the QM "measurement" principle at face-value, then a round peg finds a round hole. In SiFi I feel a similar theme is played-out in some Star-Trek episodes.
Comment Re:You have to be a narcissist (Score 1) 152
Optimism fails in post-modern times. Those 20-th Century rom-coms never got digitized; sad, but true. In these decades of ruthless self-interest , Betty will only talk to Chad ... and Chuck will only talk to Lady-Jane. If memory serves that's ( 1/635 ); for most what's left, but another H200 ?
Comment Re:Testing... (Score -1) 152
What kind of toxic-scabs assign KARMA=0 to this well-spoken post ? Does a klan of </.> incel "vampires" exist ; a group demanding sociopath behavior become the norm? Wimpwist/globalist/greenbeaning/white-guilt affinity-groups already infest </.> and badly distort karma-ratings like zombie apocalypse would distort a neighborhood ! Most readers/posters are simply not SanFranni pedophyles , crack-dealers or shills for TenCent ; much like SILVERGUNS ccp sock-puppets . Really this site needs a serious re-evaluation of post MODERATION procedures.
Comment nope (Score -1) 82
Mostly I approve of THEDONALDS actions , but this classic bit of RepubliFat pimping tastes like fermented toilet-bowl cleaner. More different owners of property/industry means more competition, more business, lower profits for investors and higher wages for workers. Better main streets bitch-slapped Wall Street. Greater likelihood of finding a media-source closer the facts . More media owners is all good --- Trump sadly spits on that.
Submission + - China — New law bans AI companions bots (scmp.com) 1
schwit1 writes: Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to disable customised agent features, as new rules on humanlike AI interaction services are set to take effect, part of Beijing’s push to build a broader regulatory framework for the fast-growing sector.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Submission + - Physicists create first room-temperature quantum material (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for quantum computing, secure communications, sensing technologies and advanced energy systems.
Submission + - Physicists create first room-temperature quantum material (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for quantum computing, secure communications, sensing technologies and advanced energy systems.
Submission + - Elon Musk: We Are Making The X Codebase Open Source (x.com)
alternative_right writes: Once we have completed our review for security vulnerabilities, we will make the entire codebase of ð open source, with no exceptions.
Moreover, we will invite third party reviewers to examine the system that is running to confirm that the open source code is what is running.
Trust through total transparency is the only thing that should be believed.
Moreover, we will invite third party reviewers to examine the system that is running to confirm that the open source code is what is running.
Trust through total transparency is the only thing that should be believed.
Submission + - Records Are Made to Be Broken: Patch Tuesday Raises Triage Stakes (darkreading.com)
schwit1 writes: When Microsoft vice president of engineering Tom Gallagher warned in May that the company's monthly patch releases could soon grow larger because of AI-driven vulnerability discovery, few likely expected the numbers would surpass 600 just two months later.
But with fixes for 622 unique CVEs, Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday update is the largest by far in the program's history and offers a preview of the growing prioritization challenges organizations face as AI dramatically increases the volume of flaws requiring attention.
July's update contains fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which attackers are already exploiting and one that's publicly known but remains unexploited. The patch update also includes fixes for more than five dozen critical vulnerabilities, many of which Microsoft identified as flaws that attackers are more likely to exploit. The total includes 416 vulnerabilities in Windows, 82 each in Office and Office 2016, 46 in Edge, 27 in Microsoft Developer Tools, and 17 in SharePoint Server.
"If people want a severity hook, July has 26 vulnerabilities with a CVSS base score above 9.0, and 13 of those sit at 9.8," said Josh Taylor, lead cybersecurity analyst at Fortra, in an emailed comment. "That matters, but CVSS is still only one part of the risk story. The real triage problem this month is the mix of exploited issues, a publicly disclosed BitLocker flaw, and a massive concentration of vulnerabilities in Windows and Office," he said. And rather than focusing on volume, patching teams need to prioritize the exploited vulnerabilities and their exposed infrastructure first, Taylor added.
"Today, July 14, 2026, marks a pivotal moment in our industry," researchers from Nightwing said in a statement. "We are officially moving past the traditional 'Patch Tuesday' approach and entering an era of continuous, high-volume security updates" and continuous patching.
But with fixes for 622 unique CVEs, Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday update is the largest by far in the program's history and offers a preview of the growing prioritization challenges organizations face as AI dramatically increases the volume of flaws requiring attention.
July's update contains fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which attackers are already exploiting and one that's publicly known but remains unexploited. The patch update also includes fixes for more than five dozen critical vulnerabilities, many of which Microsoft identified as flaws that attackers are more likely to exploit. The total includes 416 vulnerabilities in Windows, 82 each in Office and Office 2016, 46 in Edge, 27 in Microsoft Developer Tools, and 17 in SharePoint Server.
"If people want a severity hook, July has 26 vulnerabilities with a CVSS base score above 9.0, and 13 of those sit at 9.8," said Josh Taylor, lead cybersecurity analyst at Fortra, in an emailed comment. "That matters, but CVSS is still only one part of the risk story. The real triage problem this month is the mix of exploited issues, a publicly disclosed BitLocker flaw, and a massive concentration of vulnerabilities in Windows and Office," he said. And rather than focusing on volume, patching teams need to prioritize the exploited vulnerabilities and their exposed infrastructure first, Taylor added.
"Today, July 14, 2026, marks a pivotal moment in our industry," researchers from Nightwing said in a statement. "We are officially moving past the traditional 'Patch Tuesday' approach and entering an era of continuous, high-volume security updates" and continuous patching.
Comment probably not (Score 1) 27
"This report investigates how AI itself might continue to develop in a post-AGI world along the continuum of machine intelligence. The endpoint of this continuum, Universal AI, is theoretically well understood, "
Really ? When the string of AI-exclusive Anna der Phys & Phys Rev papers becomes continuous I will bite my tongue. Until then Godel says this machine-intelligence is bullshite and those who pimp it liar-liar-pants-on-fire.
Really ? When the string of AI-exclusive Anna der Phys & Phys Rev papers becomes continuous I will bite my tongue. Until then Godel says this machine-intelligence is bullshite and those who pimp it liar-liar-pants-on-fire.
