But of course, it's easy to pound on Apple and Google. Shutting down the wider surveillance economy would gore a lot more oxen... THOSE do much more damage to actual end users than the Apple/Google duopoly. Apple & Google arguably hurt the big players like Epic, but as far as I'm personally concerned, that's A Feature.

A good place to start when there's a problem with your bank: https://www.helpwithmybank.gov...

Credit Unions are supervised by a different agency: https://ncua.gov/consumers

It actually was a bit of a search to find "SMNP", so my original post was both a commentary on how our eyes tend to see what we expect, and to provide the acronym expansion for the lazy among us...

I had to read more closely to see that didn't say what I thought it said. From the Scripps article: A second strategy employed saponin/MPLA nanoparticles (SMNP).

Another post where I wish I had moderator points today....

Sigh, no mod points for me today... This is on target.

See also the comments on AI in restaurants: https://slashdot.org/story/25/...

Well, in the case from late last year that I was a member of the class, I thought the claim was totally bogus. And that case did not go to trial, instead the company settled out of court. That's the best result for the scumbag lawyers, they get paid without having their bogus claims subjected to actual trial. I think this claim against Apple is similarly bogus, and has the same goal. Settle out of court, lawyers pocket their huge payout....

The one class where there was a legitimate concern, a meaningful settlement, and I actually suffered significant damages, was a case over failed plumbing (plastic pipes.) But by the time our pipes failed, the settlement was out of money.

Otherwise, I'm very much not interested in having some data-sucking AI tell me what to eat.

"Class Action ambulance chasers plan to sue Apple" When they get 1/3 of the settlement PLUS expenses, this is a very lucrative deal for class action specialists. As far as I'm concerned, that is legalized extortion. The purported justification that class members would not get "justice" without that kind of award does not hold water. Having been a member of multiple class actions, I got peanuts, and usually didn't think there was much of a case.

We had thermite for our nuclear materials safes. So yeah, I'm familiar with a lot of this technology and a lot of the operational imperatives.

And arguing AD because it was "easy to administer" doesn't match my understanding or my observation. I know that was not the LDAP solution we were developing. But of course, our tactical computers didn't run Windows, either.

The use of Active Directory in TOCs always bothered me. That's a single source product of failure. And a lot of it made no sense. I asked, "What's next, the CAC-enabled rifle? You put your CAC card into the butt of the gun, and if it can't talk to the Bn AD server, it won't shoot?"

All of the above stuff is very insightful.

And a question: Will these startups allow enough Government Purpose Rights to allow the military to repair the commercial product, in the field, and long after the product is no longer sold? And do you really want to have to load 'this week's new version' in aircraft or missiles?

as documented by Tom Lehrer https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

How will these newly minted LTCs learn about the Army? Who will teach them to wear the uniform and salute properly? (credit to Trump, this is something he actually knows how to do, unlike a lot of actors I've seen portraying officers.) Will they need to do the annual PT test? How about weapons qualification? (Although that's probably not needed if they have no assigned weapon, and a keyboard doesn't count.) Will they learn to march? (If not, how will they participate in next year's Trump Birthday Parade?)

But most importantly, how will they learn what their obligations and constraints are under the Uniform Code of Military Justice? When you join the military, you waive some rights, as established by the UCMJ and related laws. (See the list here, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ) A lot of "tech bro" behavior would probably be court-martial offenses.

But I want them to go through "Winter Ranger" (Ranger School conducted over the winter.) If they're really serious about actually being in the Army as officers, this is how they can show it. (And I'll cry no tears if they get hurt, even if it does mean a medical discharge and disability....)