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Comment Re:The only thing I find it genuinely useful for (Score 1) 63

From what I understand if you put a bunch of time into learning how to prompt it it can generate mostly workable code.

So can putting a bunch of time into actually coding something, with the bonus that you actually understand it 'cause you actually wrote it.

On the other hand if you don't know how to program I suppose it could be useful.

Maybe as a learning tool, but if you don't know how to program, how will you know if the generated code is any good?

Comment Brain uses macros for tasks (Score 1) 52

by fahrbot-bot (#66262970) Attached to: Your Brain Can Rewire Itself To Allow True Multitasking

I read a similar/related article a while ago that suggested that your brain develops the equivalent of macros to execute various tasks. Do the same thing often enough in a situation and your brain builds a task to handle it. Those tasks get automatically triggered by the situation/circumstance. More informally, I guess they could be called habits. For example. when driving you do certain actions, like routinely checking your mirrors, or using your turn signals, w/o thinking about it.

Personally, I have one that annoys me. Whenever I sit at my desk I almost always turn on the desk lamp and later turn it off when I get up to leave. Every so often I'll use the desk w/o turning on the lamp, but will then w/o thinking "turn it off" when I get up, actually turning it on - grrrr....

This would explain when you wonder, "wait, did I ..." and then you have to check because you can't remember doing it but you did. Makes me think of this bit by Eddie Izzard (paraphrased):

Squirrels always eat nuts with two hands, always two hands, "arararar," and occasionally they'll pause and look up, as if they're thinking, "Did I leave the gas on? No. I'm, a fucking squirrel!" And go back to eating.

Comment Re:attack (Score 3, Interesting) 34

by garcia (#66262786) Attached to: More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack

City Council member of a non-listed Twin Cities suburb I know:

FBI is involved. Most water systems use one of two control/alert systems that are old and make them easy targets.

All they did was shut down components of the systems e.g., wells/sewer lift stations. Most cities were able to cycle manually to get back up and running. There was not messages warning or ransom of which I am aware.

They could have done a lot more damage if they wanted to, rather than just shutting things down.

Comment Re:it is destroying evidence like it or not (Score 1) 163

IF that is the case, seize the phone, get a Search Warrant.

The problem is, the state couldn't be bothered following ESTABLISHED law and procedures.

This isn't (necessarily) true at a U.S. border and there are currently different rules, from different federal courts, depending on where you are entering the U.S. There is no reasonable suspicion or probable cause requirement in many states - for example if you fly from Europe into New York or Virginia - or Georgia. In this case, the guy flew into Atlanta and no suspicion is required on entry tot he U.S. for a forensic search in Georgia. This article lays out the various situations by state.

No Warrants and Half a Dozen Different Rules: The Convoluted and Dangerous Status of the Border Search Exception

Comment Re:If he is found guilty (Score 2) 163

There are some basic issues at play here, such as there needing to be reasonable suspicion that any sort of crime has been committed before any sort of search or seizure of property.

This isn't (necessarily) true at a U.S. border and there are currently different rules, from different federal courts, depending on where you are entering the U.S. There is no reasonable suspicion or probable cause requirement in many states - for example if you fly from Europe into New York or Virginia . This article lays them out.

No Warrants and Half a Dozen Different Rules: The Convoluted and Dangerous Status of the Border Search Exception

Comment Re:If he is found guilty (Score 3, Insightful) 163

Close.

Foreigners do not have constitutional rights, especially in border regions. US citizens certainly do.

The US Constitution protects US citizens from the government. It does not protect foreigners. This is why ICE can do what they do.

Everyone in the U.S., with a few exceptions like diplomats, is subject to and protected by the Constitution, even foreigners, to the extent specified in the Constitution, as interpreted by SCOTUS, ss well as those outside the U.S. and subject to U.S. jurisdiction. From ArtI.S8.C18.8.7.2 Aliens in the United States

In 1903, the Court in the Japanese Immigrant Case reviewed the legality of deporting an alien who had lawfully entered the United States, clarifying that "an alien who has entered the country, and has become subject in all respects to its jurisdiction, and a part of its population" could not be deported without an "opportunity to be heard upon the questions involving his right to be and remain in the United States." In the decades that followed, the Supreme Court maintained the notion that "once an alien lawfully enters and resides in this country he becomes invested with the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people within our borders."

Eventually, the Supreme Court extended these constitutional protections to all aliens within the United States, including those who entered unlawfully, declaring that "aliens who have once passed through our gates, even illegally, may be expelled only after proceedings conforming to traditional standards of fairness encompassed in due process of law." The Court reasoned that aliens physically present in the United States, regardless of their legal status, are recognized as "persons" guaranteed due process of law by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.4 Thus, the Court determined, "[e]ven one whose presence in this country is unlawful, involuntary, or transitory is entitled to that constitutional protection."

ICE (a) does some things because Immigration law allows it and (b) currently does other more sketchy things because this Administration (mainly Stephen Miller) is directing it, and Republicans in Congress are allowing it, to run basically unchecked while the Courts are trying to hold it to account.

Submission + - Diving suits allow cyborg cockroaches to also search for survivors underwater (smithsonianmag.com)

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fahrbot-bot writes: Smithsonian Magazine and Popular Science are reporting on newly developed diving suits for cyborg cockroaches, that would allow them to search underwater for disaster survivors.

Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches’ movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, they’ve made 3D-printed suits that provide oxygen, allowing the critters to survive submerged for up to three hours.

Scientists have developed tiny diving suits for cockroaches with electrical implants to control their movements. The technology, described in the journal Nature Communications on June 29, builds on previous research that created remote-controlled insects. The goal is to deploy them to survey damage and search for survivors after natural disasters, but they were limited to dry land.

Now, a team led by engineer Hirotaka Sato has fashioned Madagascar hissing cockroaches that can survive underwater for up to three hours, allowing them to be used in a wider range of scenarios.

“Our new insect diving suit works like the oxygen tank used by human divers. It generates oxygen and delivers it directly to the insect’s breathing holes, allowing the cyborg cockroach to survive and move in underwater or low-oxygen environments,” says Sato, of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, in a statement.

Cockroaches could be a helpful rescue tool. They’ve evolved over millions of years to wiggle into tight spaces and survive harsh environmental conditions. The research team specifically worked with Madagascar hissing cockroaches because of their durability, lack of wings and large size of up to four inches long.

Comment Re:wish I could have a job.... (Score 1) 104

Right now, I'm told, the ideal influencer is a late 20s, early 30s good looking female. That's a pretty small demographic from which to choose, and of course you don't stay in that age range for long, even if you are good looking.

And that's increasingly easy to duplicate with AI, which will be hard to compete with especially as people are apparently easily fooled and/or don't care.

Submission + - New spinning drone hides in plain sight (northwestern.edu)

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fahrbot-bot writes: For years, researchers have tried to design invisible drones and robots using camouflage, transparent materials or light-bending optical systems. But the Northwestern team instead used a concept called “motion blur” — the same effect that makes fast-spinning fans and propellers seem to disappear.

Called the “Phantom Twist,” the drone spins up to 25 times per second, which is too fast for the human eye to see clearly. While it isn’t completely invisible, it morphs into a ghostly smudge that seamlessly blends into the background. The work eventually could lead to drones that monitor wildlife, survey the environment and inspect infrastructure with less visual disruption.

The Northwestern team presented the work on July 16 at Robotics: Science and Systems 2026 in Sydney, Australia. The talk, “Computational Design of a Low-Visibility UAV Using Human-Aligned Perceptual Metric,” is part of the session “Robot & Sensor Design.”

New drone nearly disappears in flight (video also in article)

Comment Re:A tariff would help (Score 4, Interesting) 109

by fahrbot-bot (#66257876) Attached to: Wildfires, Evacuations, and Smoke Hit Europe and North America

A tariff would help, I mean, Trump suggested it would work against the Canadian wild fires.

Maybe some corporal punishment on the wild fires, like When Persian King Xerxes Ordered His Soldiers to Punish the Sea by Lashing It

Determined to finish the Greeks once and for all, Xerxes amassed a massive army. He planned to cross the Hellespont using a bridge he had constructed. When his forces reached Sardis, however, a violent storm destroyed the bridge.

When his men reported the disaster, Xerxes was furious. He was enraged both at the sea for demolishing the structure and at the architects for failing to make it strong enough to withstand the storm. Resolute, he determined to punish both the waves and the workmen.

According to Herodotus, Xerxes commanded his men to scourge the sea with a monstrous whip and to cast heavy chains into it, symbolizing both his defiance of its power and his determination to assert control over it.

As for the men who had constructed the bridge, which had proved incapable of withstanding the force of a winter storm, Xerxes ordered that every one of them be beheaded.

The story of Xerxes and his extraordinary decision to order his soldiers to punish the sea by whipping it was viewed by Greek historians and later thinkers as a symbol of imperial arrogance and the illusion of absolute power, portraying the king as a god.

Honestly, I wouldn't put it past him - on the other hand, this kind of thing isn't working for him with Iran ...

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