Comment NEWS AT ELEVEN! (Score 1, Funny) 36
Toxic asshats hate new system!!!!
Shocking really.
Comment Re:Is IBM even relevent anymore? (Score 2) 31
Your first two points are valid but the third, no what you really meant to say is there paper mill degree was easier/cheaper to get without needing to know anything relevant for the H1B six month contract job.
Comment Re:Looks like the end is nowhere near. (Score 2) 20
The missing peace is it's easier to suck all your data out of an Andriod based OS than a pure Linux OS.
If you strip out the Java and app based code there isn't much left to steal all your analytics to sell to the highest bidder.
It might as well be a dumb TV (GASP!) at that point.
Comment Re:Looks like the end is near. (Score 1) 20
https://f-droid.org/en/package...
There you go, F-Droid apps inside a linux container.
Comment Re:Starting a social media platform (Score 1) 80
Yet Kevin Rose can't restart Digg without per-funnded accounts going for $5 each?
Comment Re:Careful what you wish for (Score 1) 29
"To me it sounds more like a quick way to make a CS degree even more worthless."
Fixed it for you.
Comment Re:Google is enslaving the next generation. (Score 0) 29
"anthropomorphize the computer" let me take a wild guess at what you do for a living.
"This will allow those people to stay in the program, and graduate with a CS degree." The only worse degree to graduate with is English.
The only thing a CS degree tells me is your not able to do college level math and your not capable of real world engineering.
Submission + - Youtube now home for so many scammy ads
NewtonsLaw writes: YouTube is very quick to demonetize or delete videos it considers to be a scam or deceptive. In fact it will also delete such videos or even entire channels simply because its AI has sometimes erroneously decided something is a scam or deceptive and this can happen within seconds of upload.
However, it's time YouTube itself was held to account because an increasing number of the ads it shows are outright scams and, even after many people have reported those ads, they continue to run — defrauding an unknown number of visitors to the site.
This hypocrisy is outrageous but now more than half the ads I see on YouTube are scams for things such as fake laser welding torches, worthless EMF stickers for phones, drones that don't have the advertised features, devices that allegedly use Starlink to provide limitless *free* internet from a one-time purchase with no monthly or data fees, etc, etc.
Surely, at some stage, YouTube has to be held accountable for effectively being a willing accomplice in such scams and opting to continue taking ad revenues from these scammers rather than taking down fraudulent ads when they're reported.
However, it's time YouTube itself was held to account because an increasing number of the ads it shows are outright scams and, even after many people have reported those ads, they continue to run — defrauding an unknown number of visitors to the site.
This hypocrisy is outrageous but now more than half the ads I see on YouTube are scams for things such as fake laser welding torches, worthless EMF stickers for phones, drones that don't have the advertised features, devices that allegedly use Starlink to provide limitless *free* internet from a one-time purchase with no monthly or data fees, etc, etc.
Surely, at some stage, YouTube has to be held accountable for effectively being a willing accomplice in such scams and opting to continue taking ad revenues from these scammers rather than taking down fraudulent ads when they're reported.
Comment Re:Bold strategy (Score 1) 108
Unfortunately that comment proves my point about there user base.
Comment Re:Bold strategy (Score 0) 108
I doubt it hurts there bottom line all that much.
Synology understands there user base, which is primary the less technically inclined Apple type person. Smart enough to know they need onsite and offsite backups but not technical enough to easily wing an opensource nas with enough disposable income to buy an incredibly overpriced hard-drive caddy that needs to constantly phone home.
That's not a dig on there userbase there's times when I wish I could be that blissfully happy but alas I'm to much of an asshat for that.
Submission + - This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops (404media.co) 3
samleecole writes: American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications ,a href="https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/">404 Media obtained via public records requests.
Massive Blue, the New York-based company that is selling police departments this technology, calls its product Overwatch, which it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.” According to a presentation obtained by 404 Media, Massive Blue is offering cops these virtual personas that can be deployed across the internet with the express purpose of interacting with suspects over text messages and social media.
Massive Blue, the New York-based company that is selling police departments this technology, calls its product Overwatch, which it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.” According to a presentation obtained by 404 Media, Massive Blue is offering cops these virtual personas that can be deployed across the internet with the express purpose of interacting with suspects over text messages and social media.
Comment Good thing (Score 2) 21
any kid by now knows to create online accounts as 18+ from the start.
Comment You know it's the end times (Score 1) 9
When the ghost of msmash is duping him/her/they/them self in back to back posts.
Submission + - Vendors Vote to Radically Slash Website Certificate Duration (computerworld.com)
itwbennett writes: In a move that will further overburden IT staff, members of the CA/Browser Forum voted to cut the lifespan of the web certificates to just 47 days by 2029. The changes, which have been debated over a year, were expected and will be phased in gradually. But Jon Nelson, a principal advisory director at Info-Tech Research Group, questioned the motives of the group: "They are doing this under the auspices of reducing risk, but I question if that is the real reason. Do the people making up this group have a conflict of interest in that this move could generate additional revenue for their companies?”
Comment Re:Agreed, but... (Score 1) 45
A special kind of mind to code? No it just means they can't do math and never got past Calc 1 in whatever paper mill they attended.
80% of programmers suck, 18% is at best mid the remainder actually have a math degree and know what there doing.
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