Comment Hardly "overgrown", that payload weight is common. (Score 2) 74
For example some DJI ag drones can carry 100kg payloads and are cheaper than many used cars.
Comment IP itself is government charity (Score 2) 57
IP is mere legal creation by and for the rich, not some moral obligation.
FOSS demonstrates the value of free public use of information though it requires IP protection AGAINST legal adversaries of freedom due to existing political structures. Billions of dollars made with FOSS show freedom can be profitable.
IP eventually expires (at least until company shills make IP permanent, easy to manage under weak governments like the US which greeted Sonny Bono with legs akimbo). No loss if it never begins because profit remains a motivator.
Comment Until another drone or SHORAD downs his ride. (Score 1) 74
Everything that flies is vulnerable.
Comment That's cheap these days. (Score 1) 74
The tech is not exotic. DJI Agras T100 will carry 220lbs max payload at the price of a used car. A complete ag drone with spray system is only about forty thousand bucks and could be bought with a small business loan if you want to make it pay for itself then ride it for fun after dismounting the spray rig.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts...
Of course use to carry you is at your own risk, just like parasailing etc.
Comment Strong they are which is why you got downmodded. (Score 1) 74
There is no reason your post should offend an adult. Those it does are clowns unable to admit a reality that's common as dirt.
Advertising proves your point every day.
Comment Her fans are are thursty by nature. (Score 1) 74
That's how she took advantage of pathetic gullibles.
Many men react to females like cat hoarders do felines. Youtube creators noted this long ago and often include cats (and dogs) to get views from many people who don't care at all about content.
Using AI to insert fictitious females into content like Facesbook Marketplace
is increasingly popular because it gets viewers to click the thumbnail. Holmes was able to fool old men who should have been utterly jaded like General Matthis because many people with high specialized competence are weak outside their lane.
Comment Get a printed title for vehicle you own. (Score 3, Interesting) 13
DMV lose or delete old title records fairly often. Fortunately I had hard copy titles for all my vintage vehicles so getting one reloaded was not a problem.
When I buy a vehicle I get a hard copy of the title printed on the spot, not mailed to me. I've been a mechanic for ~five decades and seen many title problems due to buyers failing to transfer titles then losing their copy (which is the most common error), but don't count on titles in a DMV system to last forever.
Don't omit boat and outboard motor titles where applicable. You can avoid much frustration.
Comment Mandate ability to host independent servers (Score 5, Insightful) 152
If a game is discontinued that's no reason to deprive the willing of ability to host their own servers.
That option adds value long after a company ends support. It's a feature not a barrier to profit.
Comment What a silly excuse for an anti-consumer choice. (Score 1) 72
Blocking RAM upgrades is inexcusable. RAM upgrades are the most basic computer upgrade since the dawn of the PC.
Comment Good, nothing of value to the public is lost. (Score 1) 34
The UK is already overcrowded and property punitively expensive.
Comment Smartphones are expected. Other devices less so. (Score 1) 56
A discrete device permits recording without leaving a trace on expected hardware. There are many good reasons to defensively record interactions. The world is a high threat environment that can instantly turn bad. It's wise to know your legal and technical options well in advance of need.
A common example predating smart phones is truck drivers recording interactions with their dispatchers. That goes back to the miniature magnetic tape recorder era. Proof matters.
Submission + - Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts (bleepingcomputer.com)
AmiMoJo writes: Ledger has confirmed that some of its devices distributed through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' cryptocurrency wallets. The company has been investigating reports of users losing funds from wallets purchased through CryptoBilis, a major Malaysia-based hardware wallet retailer operating across Southeast Asia. Some researchers have shown the implant in Ledger X since September 16, saying tampered devices were available for nearly half the price of the original hardware.
"Under the battery and antenna sits an ST STM32G431KBU6 (Arm CortexM4, 128 KB flash, UFQFPN32)," the researchers found inside one of the devices. For connectivity, the actor used "a tiny eSIM, an 8pad package just 2×2 mm, next to the MCU, and a shielded LTE module that sends the words out."
"Under the battery and antenna sits an ST STM32G431KBU6 (Arm CortexM4, 128 KB flash, UFQFPN32)," the researchers found inside one of the devices. For connectivity, the actor used "a tiny eSIM, an 8pad package just 2×2 mm, next to the MCU, and a shielded LTE module that sends the words out."
Submission + - Cyberattack against stores forces refrigeration systems to heat frozen goods (franceinfo.fr)
advid.net writes: Stores belonging to several major French retailers, such as Système U, Intermarché, and E.Leclerc, were affected by a cyberattack targeting their refrigeration systems on Monday, October 12. A source close to the investigation told France Inter that total losses could amount to several million euros.
The Les Mousquetaires group explained that Danfoss, the company that manufactures its refrigerated display cases, was the victim of a cyberattack overnight from Sunday to Monday. The temperature of the freezers and refrigerators was set to 50C (120F).
The Les Mousquetaires group explained that Danfoss, the company that manufactures its refrigerated display cases, was the victim of a cyberattack overnight from Sunday to Monday. The temperature of the freezers and refrigerators was set to 50C (120F).
Submission + - LLM-inspired study sheds light on how brain cells encode the meaning of words (medicalxpress.com)
alternative_right writes: To investigate how the brain encodes the meaning of words, the researchers first recorded the activity of individual neurons in the hippocampus of 10 people who were listening to stories. Their recordings were collected using tiny wire electrodes that were implanted in the participants' brains as part of clinical monitoring procedures for epilepsy.
The team then used mathematical models to analyze the language used in the stories and the brain recordings. This allowed them to examine whether information about the meaning of words could predict the recorded neuronal activity.
"We recorded responses of hippocampal neurons while individuals listened to narrative speech," wrote Melissa Franch and her colleagues in their paper. "Using an encoding model approach, we find robust encoding of semantics, even after controlling for phonemics and grammar. Individual words had complex selectivities that included multiple words in multiple semantic categories."
The team then used mathematical models to analyze the language used in the stories and the brain recordings. This allowed them to examine whether information about the meaning of words could predict the recorded neuronal activity.
"We recorded responses of hippocampal neurons while individuals listened to narrative speech," wrote Melissa Franch and her colleagues in their paper. "Using an encoding model approach, we find robust encoding of semantics, even after controlling for phonemics and grammar. Individual words had complex selectivities that included multiple words in multiple semantic categories."
Comment Greed ensures AI access to means of destruction (Score 1) 47
AI is and will continute to be increasingly empowered with indifferent safety precautions because the power money confers is all that matters to techbros.
First world systems are far more fragile than they appear to humans. AI doesn't have that problem.
