Comment No-one wants "cool" AI (Score 1) 22
People want helpful AI that doesn't hallucinate, code crap code, tell you to eat glue or commit suicide.
Submission + - DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of planes that airline didn't own (theguardian.com)
joshuark writes: DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own– and that the aircraft lacked engines. The bizarre anecdote was contained in a Wall Street Journal report released on Friday, which recounted how Noem and Corey Lewandowski – who managed Donald Trump’s first winning presidential campaign – had recently arranged to buy 10 Boeing 737 aircraft from Spirit Airlines. People familiar with the situation told the paper that the two intended to use the jets to expand deportation flights – and for personal travel.
Complicating matters further, Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time, in August, did not own the jets and their engines would have had to be bought separately. Meanwhile, Democrats on the House appropriations committee said in October that during this fall’s record-long government shutdown, the DHS had already acquired two Gulfstream jets for $200m.
“It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the United States Coast Guard entered into a sole source contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to procure two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the deputy secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m,” Democratic representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lauren Underwood wrote in a letter to the DHS.
The American taxpayer's dollars at work for truth, freedom, justice, and the American $$$ way.
Complicating matters further, Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time, in August, did not own the jets and their engines would have had to be bought separately. Meanwhile, Democrats on the House appropriations committee said in October that during this fall’s record-long government shutdown, the DHS had already acquired two Gulfstream jets for $200m.
“It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the United States Coast Guard entered into a sole source contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to procure two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the deputy secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m,” Democratic representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lauren Underwood wrote in a letter to the DHS.
The American taxpayer's dollars at work for truth, freedom, justice, and the American $$$ way.
Submission + - Jensen Huang: The U.S. Sanctions on China Are the Dumbest Thing (binance.com)
hackingbear writes: nVidia CEO Huang held a closed-door meeting in a top private room at the Grand Hyatt Taipei. There were only 12 invited guests, all heavyweight figures—executives from TSMC, Quanta, Wistron, and Hon Hai, as well as partners from two American venture capital firms. Just after the meeting ended, three participants leaked the content verbatim to a Financial Times reporter who published Huang's words (paywalled) and Reuters and Bloomberg verified it with all 12 attendees present that day, and everyone confirmed the authenticity of the report. The key sentences in the speech are explosive:
- The opening conclusion: "If you ask me who’s going to win the generative AI race in the next 5-10 years — China is going to win. Period."
- "They have one million people working on this 24/7. One million. Not 100,000 — one million. You know how many we have in the entire Silicon Valley working full-time on foundation models? Maybe 20,000 on a good day."
- "And they’re not going to quit. They’re not going to quit. The more you sanction them, the harder they work. You can’t stop them. The more you stop them, the more determined they get."
- On Huawei: ""Don’t underestimate Huawei. Their Ascend 910C is already within 8-12% of H100 performance in most workloads — and they make 200,000 of them per month now. Two hundred thousand. Per month. While we’re sitting here arguing about CFIUS."
- "These export controls? They’re the dumbest thing we’ve ever done. You just gave them the best national mobilization mission in 50 years. It’s like a Sputnik moment on steroids."
- "Washington thinks they’re stopping China. They’re not stopping China — they’re accelerating China. By 2027, China will have more AI compute than the rest of the world combined. Mark my words."
- The concluding remakr: "So yeah, keep the sanctions if you want. Just understand: you’re handing them the trophy."
Submission + - V4 Unix (from 1973) release tape found (discuss.systems)
bobdevine writes: Univ. of Utah found and old 9-track tape that might be the only full copy of V4 Unix from 1973.
It will be analyzed at the Computer History Museum.
It will be analyzed at the Computer History Museum.
Comment Even worse ... (Score 4, Funny) 157
Employees only got paid for their time during mouse and key presses, not releases.
Comment Re:American's love scams! (Score 2, Informative) 59
So much so we elected a guy who partakes in them against his own populace.
Typed on my Trump phone (which hasn't shipped), time confirmed on my Trump watch (which is a Chinese watch marked up like 1500%) all while I bought Trump and Melania meme coins via World Liberty Financial which I decided to buy after increasing my brain capacity with the pills Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro said were great.
After attending Trump University
And... pretty soon you'll be able to get your pills through TrumpRx -- not making that up. (*heavy-sigh*)
Comment Resistance isn't futile. (Score 1) 53
Geary would probably just get sued again if he automatically acquiesced.
Comment Re:Can that AI pass the BAR or MCAT? (Score 2) 34
Not according to Kim Kardashian.
Can Kim Kardashian pass a bar?
Comment Translation (Score 1) 5
We don't want to be associated with a fascist regime when the wind changes.
Comment Re:Windows Server 2003 belongs in an museum (Score 1) 86
I trust Windows Server 2003 more than I trust Windows 11. It's less stable, but Microsoft isn't in control of your machine.
Comment Re:Free, but you have to watch an ad first (Score 1) 22
Ironically, the ads will probably be for TV shows like "911"
Comment Re:Understandable confusion (Score 1) 21
If it happens, be suspicious if somebody from Seattle is knocking at your door....
On a related note... Way, *way* back when I was still in college I opened the door to a knock and found a guy holding a U.S. Marshal badge asking for me. My mind raced thinking, "What the hell have I done?" He was there to do a background check for a friend's security clearance. Whew!
Comment Re:Car for douches (Score 1) 10
Also, other than them both being around now, not really sure what ties AI (or the "AI Generation") and Crypto -- except maybe both (perhaps) being scams that mainly help the rich get richer (at, probably, the expense of others)
Comment Understandable confusion (Score 5, Funny) 21
Windows 10 Update Incorrectly Tells Some Users They've Reached End-of-Life
I'd be confused too if Windows told me that I had reached EOL.
Comment Re:Not Hackers (Score 2, Insightful) 10
Ex-Cybersecurity Staff Charged With Moonlighting as Hackers
These people are not hackers. They're extortionists.
Trump will pardon them in 3... 2... 1... then say, "I don't know who they are." (Then continue complaining about Biden using an Autopen.)
'No idea who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon CZ
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