Comment Poor headline (Score 1) 1
The headline makes it sound like they are complaining about Apple encryption when in fact they support encryption.
Comment AI ports of Electron apps? (Score 1) 1
I was a little confused at first because when I searched for xepub, I found an Electron application that stalled out 6 years ago that happens to have the identical name and purpose. Considering the repo was suddenly spawned with a fully functional application, it seems there is a fair chance these are AI ports of existing Electron applications to Python that use their new library. I haven't looked close enough to determine if it's true but it seems worth investigating.
Also, if true, I can't figure out why they would bother to make a port and NOT make it a native application.
Submission + - Lawsuit challenges intimidation of DHS observers across the country (npr.org)
joshuark writes: NPR reports that a new lawsuit follows a handful of other cases brought by observers arguing First Amendment violations, but it is the most sweeping to date, as it includes incidents from multiple states and seeks national relief. It is asking a judge in Washington, D.C. to bar federal agencies from intimidating or retaliating against observers.
"The right of citizens to criticize and hold our government accountable is the backbone of American democracy – and it is under attack," Common Cause's vice president for litigation, Maryam Jazini Dorcheh, told NPR. "We want to make sure we're promoting participation in the political process. And obviously, if government officials are criminalizing peaceful observation, that hinders our mission," Jazini Dorcheh said.
The lawsuit describes disturbing encounters seven Common Cause members had with federal officers in Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey after trying to observe immigration enforcement. They include being photographed, followed, reported to police, pepper-sprayed or threatened with a visit to their home by federal officers. Federal officers did show up at one Common Cause member's Minnesota home.
NPR did not receive an immediate response from DHS or DOJ about the lawsuit's allegations. The FBI declined to comment.
"The right of citizens to criticize and hold our government accountable is the backbone of American democracy – and it is under attack," Common Cause's vice president for litigation, Maryam Jazini Dorcheh, told NPR. "We want to make sure we're promoting participation in the political process. And obviously, if government officials are criminalizing peaceful observation, that hinders our mission," Jazini Dorcheh said.
The lawsuit describes disturbing encounters seven Common Cause members had with federal officers in Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey after trying to observe immigration enforcement. They include being photographed, followed, reported to police, pepper-sprayed or threatened with a visit to their home by federal officers. Federal officers did show up at one Common Cause member's Minnesota home.
NPR did not receive an immediate response from DHS or DOJ about the lawsuit's allegations. The FBI declined to comment.
Comment Good start. (Score 3, Funny) 26
Next they need to start replacing executives in publicly traded corporations. They would be equally evil but at least we could turn them off.
Comment Not by AI, by Anthropic. (Score 4, Insightful) 123
Don't go blaming this on a computer, this is a company that committed these crimes. The fact that they were unaware of it does not change the fact that their company committed multiple felonies. If someone had a computer that did the same thing, they would be in jail. These companies should be prosecuted but won't be because this nation has become a cesspool of corruption.
Comment Re:TOTAL FREE SPEECH (Score 1) 38
...there is no obligation to carry unpaid commercial messages.
A) Not all spam is commercial in nature.
B) If you are removing it from the platform then that is censorship according to your definitions.
In the same way, you probably have to filter out...
Filtering? By the end user is a personal choice but removing it from the platform is bias/censorship.
I'll just refer to you as hypocrite and a liar.
Submission + - Journalist Calls Out 'Collective Amnesia' of Schools' Romance with Big Tech 2
theodp writes: The74 reports that in her new book, Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools ("the inside story of how Big Tech catalyzed, co-opted, and ultimately came to capture computer science and AI education in America"), Natasha Singer, a veteran business reporter for The New York Times, traces Big Tech's bid to persuade schools to embrace their products, with industry-sponsored curricula and tools growing at astonishing speed.
In his book review of Coding Kids , Aran Shetterly begins with a Spoiler Alert: "Turns out, Silicon Valley isn’t especially altruistic." He writes, "At the center of her book is the story of the nonprofit Code.org and its charismatic, Harvard-educated leader, Hadi Partovi. Thirteen years ago, Partovi produced a five-minute video called “What Most Schools Don’t Teach.” This 'audacious act of Silicon Valley influencer marketing...aimed...at a low-resourced nonprofit sector: public schools serving millions of children,' delivered a worrying message: Kids who didn’t learn to write code would be left behind. And the long-term success of the United States economy depended on training these students to fill a million open tech jobs. [...] No word in Coding Kids chills more than 'democratize.' 'Democratizing' sounds a lot like 'democracy,' but the tech-elite byword has nothing to do with a form of government; from the lips of the tech barons, it means enforcing ubiquitous access to their products."
Fast-forward to 2026, and now we're dealing with AI, and tech is reading from a similar playbook. Asked by The74's Greg Toppo, "Does this moment seem different to you?", Singer replies, "This moment is different, but also similar. We are in a moment in society where a lot of people have increased distrust of these huge tech companies, and we see a wave of parents pushing back against tech in schools. [...] We have had these cycles of tech in schools where there are all these promises about the latest tech, laptops, learning apps, massive open online courses, virtual reality, big data's going to revolutionize schools and like democratize access to education for kids and get them these great career skills, and we keep having these cycles. My concern is that we don't learn anything. One of the reasons I wrote this book is because it feels like we have collective amnesia. Now we're in the sixth or eighth cycle of this — and shouldn't we be asking questions about the push for AI in schools, based on what we've learned about the push for all the other things that came before?"
In his book review of Coding Kids , Aran Shetterly begins with a Spoiler Alert: "Turns out, Silicon Valley isn’t especially altruistic." He writes, "At the center of her book is the story of the nonprofit Code.org and its charismatic, Harvard-educated leader, Hadi Partovi. Thirteen years ago, Partovi produced a five-minute video called “What Most Schools Don’t Teach.” This 'audacious act of Silicon Valley influencer marketing...aimed...at a low-resourced nonprofit sector: public schools serving millions of children,' delivered a worrying message: Kids who didn’t learn to write code would be left behind. And the long-term success of the United States economy depended on training these students to fill a million open tech jobs. [...] No word in Coding Kids chills more than 'democratize.' 'Democratizing' sounds a lot like 'democracy,' but the tech-elite byword has nothing to do with a form of government; from the lips of the tech barons, it means enforcing ubiquitous access to their products."
Fast-forward to 2026, and now we're dealing with AI, and tech is reading from a similar playbook. Asked by The74's Greg Toppo, "Does this moment seem different to you?", Singer replies, "This moment is different, but also similar. We are in a moment in society where a lot of people have increased distrust of these huge tech companies, and we see a wave of parents pushing back against tech in schools. [...] We have had these cycles of tech in schools where there are all these promises about the latest tech, laptops, learning apps, massive open online courses, virtual reality, big data's going to revolutionize schools and like democratize access to education for kids and get them these great career skills, and we keep having these cycles. My concern is that we don't learn anything. One of the reasons I wrote this book is because it feels like we have collective amnesia. Now we're in the sixth or eighth cycle of this — and shouldn't we be asking questions about the push for AI in schools, based on what we've learned about the push for all the other things that came before?"
Submission + - Scientists find a way to slash computer memory energy use by orders of magnitude (sciencedaily.com)
alternative_right writes: Scientists have devised a new way to switch magnetic computer memory while using far less energy than today's leading technologies. By mathematically optimizing the pulses used to flip digital bits, the method could reduce energy consumption by several orders of magnitude. Simulations suggest it may bring future memory devices surprisingly close to the fundamental physical limit for processing information. The same idea could eventually work with electrical currents or ultrafast lasers.
Comment Why are you like this? (Score 1) 38
TOTAL FREE SPEECH OR NO SPEECH AT ALL
ORLY? If it was actually "TOTAL FREE SPEECH" then it would be full of spam posts. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that every other post isn't an advertisement.
Don't like spam? Just post more content than spammers. The solution to speech you don't like isn't censorship, it's more speech. Right? RIGHT?!
Just wondering, should I refer to you as a liar or a hypocrite?
Comment Re:How the US can compete again (Score 1) 497
It would never happen specifically because many states know they are economically dependent on other states for one reason or another. The point of their politics is not to achieve the goal, it's the provide and unreachable dream for the gullible and then blame their perceived enemies for preventing a nationally suicidal actions. Why do this? To maximally exploit the system for their own benefit.
Comment DOA. (Score 1, Troll) 165
I would love to see rigorous standards for safety imposed but given the group who is currently in control of the US government, this has zero-percent chance of passing. Naturally, there is going to be a zillion idiots here saying, "CHINA WILL DO IT!" failing to recognize that the US is actually leading in having AI perform mental tasks while China has focused on AI robotics. In all cases, it's not gonna happen and idiots will stop it.
Comment Impressed. (Score 1) 31
It sucks that they haven't fully reimplemented some features BUT one thing I was going to say was "unless they rewrote it in C++ using Qt then they shouldn't have bothered" and I was aghast to learn that is exactly what they did!
Considering the new possibilities opened by changing to Qt (people really underestimate it's power), I look forward to seeing what they do next.
Comment Hypocrisy at it's finest. (Score 5, Insightful) 233
I honestly cannot think of another person more who has lied more than the current US president.
Comment Of all people, they have options. (Score 1) 34
If ANYONE can finance good security, it's a bank. Among banks, central banks are in better positions than other banks to properly fund security. At this point, they should be working on finalizing their own extremely well-tested OS build. Seriously, their code should be rock-solid and "old" instead of chasing the latest computing fad. Also, if they are using close-source stuff like Windows then they aren't even pretending to be serious about security.
If this statement proves anything then it is that for decades they have neglected their responsibility as a bank to invest in good security.
Comment They found it! (Score 1) 12
Everyone, go look quickly before it gets taken down: Half-life 3 is in there!
