In other words: Don't be mean to a Skynet in Training.

I read the reasoning (below) for the name on the Wikipedia page, but it still seems unfortunate for something that's suppose to be smaller than regular JPEG. :-)

It's like trying to figure out if the LHC is simply very big (Large Hadron-Collider) or just for smashing big particles (Large-Hadron Collider) - or both. :-)

Even more stupid, what do these hackers have against food? If the point was just to be dicks, or for fun, mission accomplished. If it was to illuminate insecurities, they missed the mark. If it was for ransom, they picked the wrong targets. In any case, while these systems were/are apparently insecure, there are valid arguments for internet access on them. There aren't any good arguments for spoiling/wasting food.

So a country attacked another country w/o preparing for possible consequences? Where have I seen this before? /s

Also interesting when the story includes comments about being way overvalued and "investor gullibility" and the company doesn't respond when asked to comment. Kinda seems like an agreement, but maybe they're respond later and/or elsewhere.

Since the Republican majority in the House and Senate allowed it to, acquiescing to Trump's every whim out of fear from him and his dwindling base of Red Hats, who he's now also screwing over by breaking every campaign promise he made - except for the racists ones being driven by Stephen Miller and other like-minded people in his Administration. Hopefully things will change - for the betterment of us all - after the mid-term elections.

Will be the next animated film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone - or episode on South Park, I mean, America. :-)

[This renaming AI to SI thing is so stupid.]

In addition, it fosters sloppy police work. Even *if* Flock surveillance was infallible, proper analysis would still be required. In this case, the "evidence" (below) seems wildly inadequate and requires the accused to prove her innocence. Using the below as a the basis for a prosecution seems criminally negligent.

The 2026 mid-term elections are on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

Actually, the quote is, "A man with one nuclear watch knows the time; a man with two, also knows the time." :-)

(Poking fun at Segal's law...)

Ironically, Iran was making those, in some sort of mountain factory, but ... :-)

Remember... Trump says anyone who does not refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ is ‘THE ENEMY'

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Manufacturers will comply with the letter of the law and include AM radios, but then charge extra for ones with FM too.

The question was about sea level rise.

If the rising waters coincide with other climatic events, such as rainstorms and high tides, the phenomenon could swallow beaches, chew away bluffs and coastlines

There is a narrative that oh, a few cm of sea level rise is no problem, it's just a little higher water. It isn't.

However, the kinds of multi-million-dollar mansions that celebrities buy aren't the rickety perched-on-the-edge-of-a-crumbling bluff houses built in the 30s and 40s. They tend to be built-by-high-priced-architects homes that had civil engineers to advise about the stability of the foundation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entert...

If AI is ruled a serious risk that requires a government kill switch you won't be running any open weights models on hardware you control. I expect that's what the FSF is afraid of. That's why they refer to it as hypothetical technology as in "assuming such a kill switch was developed".

It might seem far fetched but consider that you are probably (based on the American readership of this site):

- not permitted to buy more than a few grams of effective cold medication per day and have to show ID, which goes in a tracking system, in order to do so.

- while you are allowed to purchase microcontrollers, if you install this on them they are illegal to possess

- possession or use of all manner of chemicals, combinations of chemicals and shaped metal considered dangerous will get you prosecuted with various degrees of zeal

The big AI companies, who already possess the most effective possible actual kill switches, seem oddly enthusiastic about the whole thing.