Comment Re: obvious.... (Score 1) 407
I read this in Roy Batty's voice.
Submission + - 'Quite OK Image Format' (QOI) coming to a graphics program near you? 1
Tesseractic writes: Simon Sharwood, of The Register (Biting the hand that feeds IT) writes to tell us of a new image format that is lossless, gives much faster encodes, faster decodes and roughly comparable compression compared to what's in use today.
https://www.theregister.com/20...
https://qoiformat.org/
Notably, the specification for the QOI format fits on a single (2-column) page:
https://qoiformat.org/qoi-spec...
There is an active GitHub project for QOI:
https://github.com/phoboslab/q...
https://www.theregister.com/20...
https://qoiformat.org/
Notably, the specification for the QOI format fits on a single (2-column) page:
https://qoiformat.org/qoi-spec...
There is an active GitHub project for QOI:
https://github.com/phoboslab/q...
Submission + - Google Scans Gmail And Drive For Cartoons Of Child Sexual Abuse (forbes.com)
Jigsy writes: Over the last two decades, tech giants have had to deal with an ever-growing deluge of videos and images of child sexual abuse on their platforms. As Apple recently found out, it’s a difficult problem to solve, where scanning people’s devices and online accounts for illegal content can lead to concerns about privacy.
But it isn’t just explicit photos and videos of underage children that Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are trying to find and erase from their servers. They’re also looking for cartoons depicting graphic acts involving children, as revealed by a recent search warrant asking Google to provide information on a suspect who allegedly owned such animations.
But it isn’t just explicit photos and videos of underage children that Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are trying to find and erase from their servers. They’re also looking for cartoons depicting graphic acts involving children, as revealed by a recent search warrant asking Google to provide information on a suspect who allegedly owned such animations.
Comment Re:The browser (Score 1) 47
Wish I had mod points for you. Just discovered Joplin a few months back when looking for a multi-platform equivalent to Apple Notes. Joplin is a true gem, and I now use it for (among other things) the same thing you do: quick bookmarking, copied/clipped info, and maybe a few lines of context.
Submission + - Star System With Right-Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers (nytimes.com)
fahrbot-bot writes: Star systems come in all shapes and sizes. Some have lots of planets, some have larger planets and others have no planets at all. But a particularly unusual system about 150 light-years from our own has scientists scratching their heads.
In 2016, astronomers discovered two planets orbiting the star HD 3167. They were thought to be super-Earths — between Earth and Neptune in size — and circled the star every one and 30 days. A third planet was found in the system in 2017, orbiting in about eight days.
What’s unusual is the inclinations of the outer two planets, HD 3167 c and d. Whereas in our solar system all the planets orbit in the same flat plane around the sun, these two are in polar orbits. That is, they go above and below their star’s poles, rather than around the equator as Earth and the other planets in our system do.
Now scientists have discovered the system is even weirder than they thought. Researchers measured the orbit of the innermost planet, HD 3167 b, for the first time — and it doesn’t match the other two. It instead orbits in the star’s flat plane, like planets in our solar system, and perpendicular to HD 3167 c and d. This star system is the first one known to act like this.
In 2016, astronomers discovered two planets orbiting the star HD 3167. They were thought to be super-Earths — between Earth and Neptune in size — and circled the star every one and 30 days. A third planet was found in the system in 2017, orbiting in about eight days.
What’s unusual is the inclinations of the outer two planets, HD 3167 c and d. Whereas in our solar system all the planets orbit in the same flat plane around the sun, these two are in polar orbits. That is, they go above and below their star’s poles, rather than around the equator as Earth and the other planets in our system do.
Now scientists have discovered the system is even weirder than they thought. Researchers measured the orbit of the innermost planet, HD 3167 b, for the first time — and it doesn’t match the other two. It instead orbits in the star’s flat plane, like planets in our solar system, and perpendicular to HD 3167 c and d. This star system is the first one known to act like this.
Submission + - OpenBSD 7.0 released (openbsd.org)
ArchieBunker writes: Everyone's favorite security focused operating system OpenBSD released version 7.0 today. In addition to the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements support for RISC-V processors has been added.
Submission + - Firefox now shows ads as sponsored address bar suggestions (bleepingcomputer.com) 1
waspleg writes: Mozilla is now showing ads in the form of sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions when U.S. users type in the URL address bar. Mozilla says the feature was introduced with Firefox 92 in September to fund development and optimization.
Mozilla describes Firefox Suggest contextual suggestions as opt-in, in BleepingComputer's tests and from what users have reported, the feature is on by default.
Furthermore, Firefox doesn't tag the ads displayed via Firefox Suggest. There is no clear way to identify what a sponsored suggestion and what a regular unsponsored suggestion should look like.
The only way Firefox users will know whether a sponsored suggestion is an ad would be by looking at the URL, but, in many cases, the URL is not clearly visible.
Mozilla describes Firefox Suggest contextual suggestions as opt-in, in BleepingComputer's tests and from what users have reported, the feature is on by default.
Furthermore, Firefox doesn't tag the ads displayed via Firefox Suggest. There is no clear way to identify what a sponsored suggestion and what a regular unsponsored suggestion should look like.
The only way Firefox users will know whether a sponsored suggestion is an ad would be by looking at the URL, but, in many cases, the URL is not clearly visible.
Submission + - Yellen defends IRS rule requiring banks to report all transactions over $600 (nypost.com) 4
An anonymous reader writes: Under the proposal, banks would be required to turn over aggregate inflow and outflow numbers annually to the IRS and would cover bank accounts with at least $600 or at least $600 worth of transactions
They’ll spend trillions on bills they haven’t read but want details on how you spent $600
They’ll spend trillions on bills they haven’t read but want details on how you spent $600
Submission + - Doctor Who: Russell T Davies returns as programme showrunner (bbc.com)
spaceman375 writes: Screenwriter Russell T Davies is to take charge again of Doctor Who, the sci-fi show he helped revive in 2005.
Davies, who was the fantasy drama's showrunner until 2009, will take over when Chris Chibnall departs next year.
Davies revived Doctor Who in its current incarnation with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and remained for David Tennant's time as the Doctor.
Steven Moffatt took over when Matt Smith took on the role, staying to supervise Peter Capaldi's stint as TV's indefatigable Time Lord.
Davies, who was the fantasy drama's showrunner until 2009, will take over when Chris Chibnall departs next year.
Davies revived Doctor Who in its current incarnation with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and remained for David Tennant's time as the Doctor.
Steven Moffatt took over when Matt Smith took on the role, staying to supervise Peter Capaldi's stint as TV's indefatigable Time Lord.
Comment Re: So why not post negative reviews on everything (Score 1) 130
Incredible! I had no idea. Makes me wonder now about ALL products sold through showroom type stores.
Comment Re:So why not post negative reviews on everything? (Score 1) 130
There's a great book on the subject (point 3 especially) called Poorly Made in China: https://www.goodreads.com/book...
Submission + - YouTube Censored Videos Uncovering China's Persecution Of Uighur Muslims (reuters.com)
sinij writes: A human rights group that attracted millions of views on YouTube to testimonies from people who say their families have disappeared in China's Xinjiang region is moving its videos to little-known service Odysee after some were taken down by the Google-owned streaming giant, two sources told Reuters.
Submission + - SPAM: Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader who cursed online
schwit1 writes: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former high school cheerleader who argued that she could not be punished by her public school for posting a profanity-laced caption on Snapchat when she was off school grounds.
The case involving a Pennsylvania teenager was closely watched to see how the court would handle the free speech rights of some 50 million public school children and the concerns of schools over off-campus and online speech that could amount to a disruption of the school's mission or rise to the level of bullying or threats.
..., her post appeared "outside of school hours from a location outside of school" and they did not target any member of the school community with "abusive" language. He(Breyer) added that she used her own personal cellphone and her audience consisted of a private circle of Snapchat friends. Breyer said "these features of her speech" diminish the school's interest in punishing her.
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The case involving a Pennsylvania teenager was closely watched to see how the court would handle the free speech rights of some 50 million public school children and the concerns of schools over off-campus and online speech that could amount to a disruption of the school's mission or rise to the level of bullying or threats.
..., her post appeared "outside of school hours from a location outside of school" and they did not target any member of the school community with "abusive" language. He(Breyer) added that she used her own personal cellphone and her audience consisted of a private circle of Snapchat friends. Breyer said "these features of her speech" diminish the school's interest in punishing her.
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Submission + - Florida passes law with huge fines for social networks deplatforming Florida can (orlandosentinel.com)
zantafio writes: SB 7072 imposes fines on five major tech companies â" Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook and Amazon â" if they remove political candidates from their platforms for more than 14 days. The fines range from $100,000 to $250,000 per day for statewide candidates and up to $25,000 per day for other candidates.
And if you had any doubt that Florida is akin to a banana republic, thereâ(TM)s this gem of an amendment: Disney, Universal and any theme park owner that operates a search engine or information service are exempted.
And if you had any doubt that Florida is akin to a banana republic, thereâ(TM)s this gem of an amendment: Disney, Universal and any theme park owner that operates a search engine or information service are exempted.
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