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Comment Re:What replaces their journalism? More yellow? (Score 1) 8

I am curious what replaces top notch journalism these days. Will it "merely" be tinted/tainted views of events, or will it just be actual falsehoods and bald face lies, fresh from the LLM slop machine with ragebait, and almost zero useful, if not actionable info? Will we be seeing more creations of events in game engines to show a military victory?

It entirely depends on the bloodlust of the audience clicking and generating the revenue to survive.

If we raise our kids properly they just might realize why they absolutely need to value Truth and Honesty in the future society they create. Because all of us grow tired of being fucked with by clickbait marketing. AI will only make that far worse, because gullible humans.

Imagine sitting down with someone born in this century and describing what it was like to be able to actually trust in life. At face value. The stress alone constantly worrying about everything less than that, is the reason so many struggle today. Even if you want to be honest, the world we live in, doesn't.

Comment Re:AP spin (Score 2) 8

"The AP is not in trouble," said Julie Pace, executive editor and senior vice president of the AP. "We're making these changes from a position of strength but we're doing so now to recognize our changing customer base."

In other words, we are toast. Sad because AP was once one of the original newspapers/sites with journalists rather than editorialists but that ship has sailed for most if not all of those outfits. It's hard keeping up with the Kardashians/Jones, whatever.

Translation: A TikTok-edumucated audience, doesn't give a flying fuck about "AP" or truth anymore. Which is why AI is all the clickbait-rage.

Unfortunately that customer base is their target demographic now (by volume), in order to survive.

Comment Information lacking from summary/article (Score 2) 19

Artemis II is breaking Apollo 13's record by about 4100 miles. The primary reason they're going further is because they're passing much farther from the moon, about 4000 miles, compared to 158 miles for Apollo 13. The moon is also a little further from Earth, accounting for the other 250 miles.

Comment Re:You can run but... (Score 1) 19

It's good that Outlook adheres to the cosmological principle.

If it's any consolation, it is estimated based on current functionality that Outlook will function perfectly within the gravitational pull of a black hole.

Even if nothing else will.**

Including you.

(** Yes. The damn thing will still need a spam filter. Fucking cockroaches.)

Comment Re:Yes, and it's even worse than that... (Score 1) 84

I'm sure people in here will chime in calling me a psychopath, maybe a people pleaser.

No, I wouldn't argue for either of those points. But I would argue that you work for a terribly-managed, poorly-led company that I want to know the name of so I can pull my investments out. And I would argue you aren't a very good team lead or manager if you can't be away for a few days without an emergency arising that requires your Immediate Attention to Fix.

It was a University environment, and well, let's just say that there were gender politics involved. The "appropriate" hires knew they could pick and choose what job tasks they would do or not. At least until a downturn. So it is perhaps ironic that I had some job security over them. Sorry. If you worked for a good company and were a good leader, you could step away and take leave and not have to worry about things going well while you were away.

Comment Re:"Force-updating" (Score 1) 63

This is not even vaguely close to true,

This made me laugh. You made this statement and then followed it with other statements that confirm the opposite.

Windows, Linux, and MacOS *all*... - Allowed installers to do anything they wanted, including replace core OS files. - Allowed unsigned installers. - Allowed software to write to memory and then execute whatever was just written. - Allowed full access to memory to applications. - Allowed passwordless logins. - Had no (or weak) memory protection. - Used unencrypted disks. - Had no secure OS upgrade process. - Had no built-in firewalls.

Now, what was that you were saying about security was a major concern when building those old OSes?

You are just embarrassing yourself now - serving more as entertainment than anything else.

To answer your question - Why don't we talk about how badly Windows One sucked. Or that I've done everything you claim iin Windows machines.

But seriously - I know you are getting pissed that people don't understand, and are willing to go down in flames in your support for Windows, but this is getting a little cringy at this point.

Comment Re:"Force-updating" (Score 1) 63

Words matter. I said the Linux desktop market isn't large enough for hackers to care about. it's literally in the part of my post that you quoted. Heartbleed was a problem for Linux servers, where Linux dominates, with more than 60% of the market. So yes, that's plenty enough for hackers to care, and they have indeed gone after Linux servers. Heartbleed is just one of many. https://www.exploit-db.com/sea...

Mac and Chrome have been mostly left alone because they, like the Linux desktop, have a small share of the market.

Just a simple question - A simple yes or no will suffice.

D you believe that Windows is just as secure as Mac??

Newest question - Why am I wrong in saying it is not? Having extensive experience in Mac and Windows, and a goodly amount of Experience in Linux. My thesis is that any OS can be exploited. There are approximately 100.4 million people using Macs in 2024.

Many like myself have multiple Macs

In addition, many MacOS users use no AntiVirus software.

Mac users are considered less tech savvy than Windows users.

This would indicate that MacOS computers are seriously low hanging fruit, so easy to hack that it would be foolish for the bad guys to exploit.

I am really excited for you to educate me. I'll pass your answer along to the other people who like me, aer wrong and stupidly believe that Mac and Linux are more secure.

In full disclosure, I have a VPN, 2 forms of AV, Block scripts and ads. I'm not foolish enough to believe that Macs are some sort of impermeable fortress. Scan daily and remove the computers from the internet when not in use.

But please, I'm always willing to be edumacated.

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