Comment Re:A 2 euro box of wooden toothpicks will do (Score 1) 108
just fine, thanks. Who needs this crap?
But we need instructions for toothpicks. AI robot flossing requires no instructions.
Comment We no longer need instructions for toothpicks. (Score 1) 108
Wonko! Come back! We're sane now!
Comment Re:Block AI in schools (Score 4, Informative) 83
Wikipedia was "banned" in schools because it's not a primary source. Just like how all other encyclopedias were banned from being listed as sources for papers. You're supposed to use the encyclopedia as a link to the primary source. Encyclopedias were just pre-Internet search engines for books, usually listing a little summary. Wikipedia being on the internet makes it convenient, but no different than book encyclopedias with regard to how papers should list their sources.
Comment Re: Block AI in schools (Score 1) 83
This is the equivalent in teaching people how to machine an engine, place piston rings, and service a transmission, when they need to just be able to drive.
No, I think it's closer to teaching people how to drive on city streets and highways, possibly even on the "wrong"-side, when all they think they need is to drive on a race oval. Sure, oval track learning will get them the concepts of acceleration, braking, and turning with the wheel, but they won't learn actual vital skills they should have for maneuvering the car from the garage to the track.
Comment Boss' Boss says (Score 1) 66
I don't need to come into the office just to click some buttons. Give me remote access. Don't give me any of that 2FA shit either it' always hassling me. Don't give me any of those long ass passwords nobody can remember. Make it 123.
Boss' Boss: "Why are we paying him to remote in when we can hire an international team to remote in for 24/7 redundant button clicking at half the price of one person?"
International team: "North Korea is willing to pay us to do the job we were hired to do. Sounds tempting..."
Comment But (Score 1) 22
Isn't it still a civil suit about using Google against their tos?
Comment Israel probably (Score 5, Interesting) 147
Israel has been known to abuse the ss7 network in the United States and spying on our own government personnel. I doubt Iran did this. I'm far likely to believe it was an Israeli attempt to get the United States to strike Iran.
Comment Re:Is the main actress "barely legal" (Score 1) 172
We talked about Transformers. [...] I never talked about "Super Girl" in this article.
"We"? fafalone discussed Supergirl (in which Milly Alcock is the lead actress) because you were first talking about Supergirl.
TFS: "... Supergirl
angel'o'sphere: "Is the main actress 'barely legal' As in Sexy, young like 16 or so? [shift to summer blockbusters like Transformers to make a point]"
fafalone: "The lead actress is Milly Alcock who's 26. You ok there?"
angel'o'sphere: "[I only remember Transformers, so I don't understand the flow of the discussion]"
Milly Alcock is not in any Transformers movies or television shows as actress or voice. That should have been clue #1 that fafalone was talking about the first thing you mentioned: the Supergirl movie which is the primary subject of TFA and mentioned multiple times in TFS.
Comment Re:Is the main actress "barely legal" (Score 1) 172
The lead actress is Milly Alcock who's 26. You ok there?
She was not 26 when the first movie was made
Do you have reading comprehension problems?
And looking at her pictures, she did not play in the first Transformer movie, she would have been 7 at that time. (And she is blond, but brown haired)
The lead actress of Supergirl is Milly Alcock who's 26. She was either 25 or 24 when the first movie was made. She's 26 now in Supergirl. What the hell does Transformers have to do with anything involving this Supergirl movie?
Comment Re:redundancy (Score 1) 92
Falling and burning satellite release particles of aluminum oxide cause chemical reactions that destroy stratospheric ozone. And the nanoparticles continue to do so while they drift down, which takes about 30 years. A typical satellite contains 30% aluminum.
I hear they replaced aluminum with aluminium. Problem solved.
Comment Re:What is it with surveillance? (Score 1) 95
While moderating, I accidentally marked this "redundant" but meant to choose "insightful." Wish there was a way to correct this.
Post a non-anon comment and the redundant mod will be reverted. You won't be able to choose insightful, but half the correction will be done.
Comment Re: new ATA driver? (Score 1) 15
This is a fun little project but I see no actual utility of react. I can't believe it's basically Windows XP, just created in a clean room obstensibly
Comment Re:Balderdash (Score 1) 105
Maybe it gets it confused with Yo Yo Ma jokes.
I hear he's like the cellist dude. Never gets angry when people call his mother fat.
Comment Re: Slashdot should rejoice! (Score 1) 39
Had not heard about that
Submission + - Microsoft Backs Anthropic In Amicus Brief To Halt DoD 'Supply-Chain Risk' (reuters.com)
joshuark writes: Microsoft has filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of Anthropic's lawsuit asking the court to temporarily block the U.S. Department of Defense designation of the AI startup as a supply-chain risk. Microsoft backed Anthropic's request for a temporary restraining order against the Pentagon order, arguing that its determination should be paused while the court considers the case. Microsoft, integrates the AI lab's products and services into technology it provides to the U.S. military, said that it was directly impacted by the DOD designation.
"Should this action proceed without the entry of a temporary restraining order, Microsoft and other government contractors with expertise in developing solutions to support U.S. government missions will be forced to account for a new risk in their business planning," the company said.
Microsoft's filing argued the temporary restraining order is needed to prevent costly disruptions for suppliers, who would otherwise have to rapidly rebuild offerings that rely on Anthropic's products. The judge overseeing the case must approve Microsoft's request to file the brief before it is officially entered, but courts often permit outside parties to weigh in on important cases.
"Should this action proceed without the entry of a temporary restraining order, Microsoft and other government contractors with expertise in developing solutions to support U.S. government missions will be forced to account for a new risk in their business planning," the company said.
Microsoft's filing argued the temporary restraining order is needed to prevent costly disruptions for suppliers, who would otherwise have to rapidly rebuild offerings that rely on Anthropic's products. The judge overseeing the case must approve Microsoft's request to file the brief before it is officially entered, but courts often permit outside parties to weigh in on important cases.
