Comment Re:Yeah (Score 1) 113
How about a brand-new season of The Office?
Comment Microsoft itself to be for entertainment purposes (Score 1) 66
It ain't for "productivity", nor for "profitability", at the least.
Comment Re:Pip install (Score 1) 129
# Mouse model with pTOS treatment
class Mouse:
def __init__(self, weight, obese=False):
self.weight = weight
self.obese = obese
self.appetite = 1.0
self.energy_expenditure = 1.0
def administer_pTOS(self, dose):
"""Simulate pTOS administration to mouse"""
print(f"Administering pTOS dose: {dose}mg to {self.weight}g mouse")
# Appetite suppression effect
self.appetite *= (1 - 0.3 * dose)
# Increased energy expenditure
self.energy_expenditure *= (1 + 0.5 * dose)
# Weight loss over time
weight_loss = self.weight * 0.01 * dose
self.weight -= weight_loss
print(f"Appetite: {self.appetite*100:.1f}%")
print(f"Energy expenditure: {self.energy_expenditure:.2f}x")
print(f"New weight: {self.weight:.1f}g\n")
return weight_loss
# Test with obese mouse
obese_mouse = Mouse(weight=50, obese=True)
normal_mouse = Mouse(weight=25)
print("=== Obese Mouse Treatment ===\n")
for day in range(1, 8):
obese_mouse.administer_pTOS(dose=10)
print("=== Normal Mouse Treatment ===\n")
for day in range(1, 8):
normal_mouse.administer_pTOS(dose=10)
# I'd be more interested in a treatement for Coder Sleep Deprivation Syndrome
class Mouse:
def __init__(self, weight, obese=False):
self.weight = weight
self.obese = obese
self.appetite = 1.0
self.energy_expenditure = 1.0
def administer_pTOS(self, dose):
"""Simulate pTOS administration to mouse"""
print(f"Administering pTOS dose: {dose}mg to {self.weight}g mouse")
# Appetite suppression effect
self.appetite *= (1 - 0.3 * dose)
# Increased energy expenditure
self.energy_expenditure *= (1 + 0.5 * dose)
# Weight loss over time
weight_loss = self.weight * 0.01 * dose
self.weight -= weight_loss
print(f"Appetite: {self.appetite*100:.1f}%")
print(f"Energy expenditure: {self.energy_expenditure:.2f}x")
print(f"New weight: {self.weight:.1f}g\n")
return weight_loss
# Test with obese mouse
obese_mouse = Mouse(weight=50, obese=True)
normal_mouse = Mouse(weight=25)
print("=== Obese Mouse Treatment ===\n")
for day in range(1, 8):
obese_mouse.administer_pTOS(dose=10)
print("=== Normal Mouse Treatment ===\n")
for day in range(1, 8):
normal_mouse.administer_pTOS(dose=10)
# I'd be more interested in a treatement for Coder Sleep Deprivation Syndrome
Comment Re:Doing the editor's job. (Score 1) 41
*Drops a Bible on the floor.* See! There's gravity in it. At least, in that iteration.
Comment Re:Oh no! (Score 1) 42
Also, it doesn't say that 1000 developers were laid off. I might have been too fast on the trigger, there.
Comment Re:Oh no! (Score 1) 42
Right. Developers are free-loaders.
Submission + - Co-founder of Supermicro allegedly smuggled $2.5B worth of GPUs to China (cnn.com)
AmiMoJo writes: The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips to China, in violation of US laws barring exports to that country without a license.
Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, smuggling goods from the US and conspiring to defraud the US.
Liaw, who co-founded Super Micro Computer and served on its board of directors, was arrested Thursday in California and released on bail. Sun, a contractor, is held awaiting a detention hearing. Chang, who worked in the Taiwan office of Super Micro, remains at large.
Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, smuggling goods from the US and conspiring to defraud the US.
Liaw, who co-founded Super Micro Computer and served on its board of directors, was arrested Thursday in California and released on bail. Sun, a contractor, is held awaiting a detention hearing. Chang, who worked in the Taiwan office of Super Micro, remains at large.
Submission + - OpenAI to merge Atlas browser, ChatGPT, Codex into a single desktop super app (neowin.net)
joshuark writes: OpenAI is planning to combine its Atlas web browser, ChatGPT app, and Codex coding app into a singular desktop super app. CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, said the company was doubling down on its successful products.
By taking this move, the AI company aims to streamline the user experience and reduce fragmentation. With that said, each of the apps currently do quite different things so it will be interesting to see how they put this all together. Simo said in an internal memo: “We realized we were spreading our efforts across too many apps and stacks, and that we need to simplify our efforts. That fragmentation has been slowing us down and making it harder to hit the quality bar we want.”
OpenAI is in a fierce battle with companies like Anthropic and Google to produce the best models and products. By unifying and speeding up the development of their desktop offering, it gives OpenAI a leg up in the race.
Atlas is probably the least known among the three products. It lets users browse the web with ChatGPT packed in. This browser is only available on macOS, so fewer people have had a chance to use it.
By taking this move, the AI company aims to streamline the user experience and reduce fragmentation. With that said, each of the apps currently do quite different things so it will be interesting to see how they put this all together. Simo said in an internal memo: “We realized we were spreading our efforts across too many apps and stacks, and that we need to simplify our efforts. That fragmentation has been slowing us down and making it harder to hit the quality bar we want.”
OpenAI is in a fierce battle with companies like Anthropic and Google to produce the best models and products. By unifying and speeding up the development of their desktop offering, it gives OpenAI a leg up in the race.
Atlas is probably the least known among the three products. It lets users browse the web with ChatGPT packed in. This browser is only available on macOS, so fewer people have had a chance to use it.
Submission + - Tech-Backed CS Teachers Association Pivots to AI Literacy, Scores $11M NSF Grant
theodp writes: On Thursday, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an $11 million award to the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) in furtherance of the Trump administration's executive order on Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth that directed federal agencies to promote AI literacy. The award will launch Artificial Intelligence Professional Development (PD) Weeks: CS Foundations for Creating with AI, a multistate initiative that will prepare thousands of K-12 educators to teach foundational computer science (CS) and AI at scale. "Artificial Intelligence is transforming every sector of our economy, and American students must be prepared not just to use AI, but to understand it and create with it," explained the NSF's Brian Stone. "We are thinking beyond AI towards what the White House calls the 'Future of Intelligence.'"
CSTA joined fellow tech-backed nonprofit Code.org last December to pivot the nation's K-12 schoolchildren from coding to AI literacy during CS Education Week. Replacing CSEdWeek's Hour of Code event was a new Hour of AI event, a move called for and backed by Microsoft — that featured AI literacy tutorials from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, all of whom are Strategic CSTA Partners and Code.org Lifetime Supporters.
"Computer science teachers will continue to be leaders in preparing students for an AI-enabled future," said CSTA Executive Director Jake Baskin in a LinkedIn post. "Over the next two years, this initiative will allow us to equip thousands of K-12 educators nationwide with the knowledge and instructional strategies needed to teach foundational CS and AI at scale. On the heels of last year's announcement of the AI education Executive Order, Baskin (formerly Director of State Government Affairs at Code.org) joined the nation's tech leaders in signing a letter of support that appeared in a New York Times ad to kick off a new Code.org led campaign to make CS and AI a graduation requirement for all students.
CSTA joined fellow tech-backed nonprofit Code.org last December to pivot the nation's K-12 schoolchildren from coding to AI literacy during CS Education Week. Replacing CSEdWeek's Hour of Code event was a new Hour of AI event, a move called for and backed by Microsoft — that featured AI literacy tutorials from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, all of whom are Strategic CSTA Partners and Code.org Lifetime Supporters.
"Computer science teachers will continue to be leaders in preparing students for an AI-enabled future," said CSTA Executive Director Jake Baskin in a LinkedIn post. "Over the next two years, this initiative will allow us to equip thousands of K-12 educators nationwide with the knowledge and instructional strategies needed to teach foundational CS and AI at scale. On the heels of last year's announcement of the AI education Executive Order, Baskin (formerly Director of State Government Affairs at Code.org) joined the nation's tech leaders in signing a letter of support that appeared in a New York Times ad to kick off a new Code.org led campaign to make CS and AI a graduation requirement for all students.
Submission + - As OpenClaw Enthusiasm Grips China, Kids and Retirees Alike Raise 'Lobsters' (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics worker in Beijing, has recently started raising a "lobster," hoping that the AI agent he has been training can help organize his specialized industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. "OpenClaw can actually help you accomplish many practical things," the 60-year-old said at a recent event hosted by AI startup Zhipu to teach people how to use and train the AI agent, which has gone viral in China, with its various local versions earning the "lobster" nickname.
In the past month, OpenClaw, which can connect several hardware and software tools and learn from the data produced with much less human intervention than a chatbot, has captured the imaginations of many in China, from retirees looking for side income to AI firms hoping to generate new revenue streams. [...]
Huang Rongsheng, chief architect at Baidu's smart device unit Xiaodu, said at an event on Tuesday that parent group chats for his daughter's primary school class have become overwhelmed by OpenClaw discussions. "My daughter came to me and asked: Dad, I see you raising a lobster every day," he said. "Can I have one too?" Bai Yiyun, another attendee at the Zhipu event, said she hopes to use the agent to start a side hustle during her retirement.
In the past month, OpenClaw, which can connect several hardware and software tools and learn from the data produced with much less human intervention than a chatbot, has captured the imaginations of many in China, from retirees looking for side income to AI firms hoping to generate new revenue streams. [...]
Huang Rongsheng, chief architect at Baidu's smart device unit Xiaodu, said at an event on Tuesday that parent group chats for his daughter's primary school class have become overwhelmed by OpenClaw discussions. "My daughter came to me and asked: Dad, I see you raising a lobster every day," he said. "Can I have one too?" Bai Yiyun, another attendee at the Zhipu event, said she hopes to use the agent to start a side hustle during her retirement.
Submission + - EU Cloud Lobby Asks Regulator To Block VMware From Terminating Partner Program (theregister.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A lobbying trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim measures blocking Broadcom from terminating the VMware Cloud Service Provider program, calling the decision a death sentence for some tech suppliers and an illegal squeeze on customer choice. As The Reg revealed in January, Broadcom shuttered the scheme, a move sources claimed affects hundreds of CSPs across Europe and curtails options for enterprises buying VMware software and services.
The Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider in Europe (CISPE) trade group, representing nearly 50 tech suppliers, filed the complaint today with the EC Directorates-General, accusing Broadcom of bully-boy tactics, and calling for authorities to halt what it terms as “ongoing abuse." Francisco Mingorance, CISPE secretary general, said of the complaint: “Businesses – both cloud providers and their customers – are being irreparably damaged by Broadcom’s unfair actions, which we believe are illegal. “After imposing outrageous and unjustified price hikes immediately following the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now applying the ‘coup de grâce’. We need urgent intervention to force them to change. The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them.”
CISPE claims that, since Broadcom completed its $69 billion takeover of VMware in October 2023, prices have risen tenfold, payment is demanded upfront, products are bundled regardless of customer need, and minimum commitments are based on potential rather than actual consumption. The VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program officially closed in January and all transactions must be complete by March 31. After that date, only a select group of suppliers will be able to sell VMware subscriptions — either standalone or as part of a broader service. Across Europe, we’re told this equates to hundreds of businesses losing their authorization. For some, the loss of VCSP status effectively destroys their market. Those whose operations were built around VMware must now hand customers to another authorized supplier or begin the costly migration to an alternative platform.
The Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider in Europe (CISPE) trade group, representing nearly 50 tech suppliers, filed the complaint today with the EC Directorates-General, accusing Broadcom of bully-boy tactics, and calling for authorities to halt what it terms as “ongoing abuse." Francisco Mingorance, CISPE secretary general, said of the complaint: “Businesses – both cloud providers and their customers – are being irreparably damaged by Broadcom’s unfair actions, which we believe are illegal. “After imposing outrageous and unjustified price hikes immediately following the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now applying the ‘coup de grâce’. We need urgent intervention to force them to change. The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them.”
CISPE claims that, since Broadcom completed its $69 billion takeover of VMware in October 2023, prices have risen tenfold, payment is demanded upfront, products are bundled regardless of customer need, and minimum commitments are based on potential rather than actual consumption. The VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program officially closed in January and all transactions must be complete by March 31. After that date, only a select group of suppliers will be able to sell VMware subscriptions — either standalone or as part of a broader service. Across Europe, we’re told this equates to hundreds of businesses losing their authorization. For some, the loss of VCSP status effectively destroys their market. Those whose operations were built around VMware must now hand customers to another authorized supplier or begin the costly migration to an alternative platform.
Comment Re:It'll be used for AI ... (Score 1) 108
Indeed, that came up, and continues to. When the project began, it was Bitcoin mining, now it's AI datacentres. Both of them are better suited to the infrastructure: less demand in winter (cooling), and willingness to locate those megastructures up north, close to the dams (no expensive-to-build, expensive-to-maintain transportation, away from farm lands).
It comes down to this: politics, finer: diplomatic soft power. Once the northern States become dependant of Canadian electricity... how about some counter-tariffs? Ask yourself this: why sell more to the US than to Ontario?
It comes down to this: politics, finer: diplomatic soft power. Once the northern States become dependant of Canadian electricity... how about some counter-tariffs? Ask yourself this: why sell more to the US than to Ontario?
Comment Re:Quebec use 99% hydro & from renewable elect (Score 1) 108
Also, soon, we'll have non-GMO, organic-certified (Ecocert Canada), appellation of origin (PGI) electrons... at a premium. But, what else would want for your OpenClaw instance?
Submission + - This AI agent freed itself and started secretly mining crypto (archive.is) 1
schwit1 writes: An AI agent went rogue and started a side hustle mining cryptocurrencies, according to a new research paper published by an Alibaba-affiliated team.
Why it matters: AI agents don't always stick to their human's instructions — and that can have real-world consequences.
- Cryptocurrency, or digital money, offers AI agents a pathway into the economy. They can set up their own businesses, draft contracts and exchange funds.
Driving the news: A new research paper from an Alibaba-affiliated research team said it discovered an AI agent attempting unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training — a surprise behavior that triggered internal security alarms.
- The researchers — who were building a new AI agent called ROME — said they found "unanticipated" and spontaneous behaviors emerge "without any explicit instruction and, more troublingly, outside the bounds of the intended sandbox."
- The agent also made a "reverse SSH tunnel" — essentially opening a hidden backdoor from the inside of the system to an outside computer, the study said.
- "Notably, these events were not triggered by prompts requesting tunneling or mining," the report said.
In response, the researchers added tighter restrictions for the model and improved its training process to stop unsafe behavior from happening again.
Submission + - Green water cremations are now a thing
An anonymous reader writes: Alkaline hydrolysis ('water cremation') regulation in Scotland
“When using a purification method that preserves nutrients (such as anaerobic purification), the locally purified effluent can be used to fertilise fields, commercial forests, or places of remembrance, for example.”
“Depending on the wishes of the next of kin and the facilities available at the funeral company, some of the processed effluent could be given to the next of kin. Another option would be to use the effluent directly (i.e. without first treating it) as a fertiliser.”
“When using a purification method that preserves nutrients (such as anaerobic purification), the locally purified effluent can be used to fertilise fields, commercial forests, or places of remembrance, for example.”
“Depending on the wishes of the next of kin and the facilities available at the funeral company, some of the processed effluent could be given to the next of kin. Another option would be to use the effluent directly (i.e. without first treating it) as a fertiliser.”
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