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Comment Because that's what really matters (Score 1) 73

Not the fact the management tools for Kindle owners looks like something from the 90's.
Not the fact that the various things you need to do with a Kindle are spread over 2~3 different systems/sites.
No. None of those horrible things matter. Only the money matters. Good job Amazon. Not surprised at all.

That entire Kindle thing deserves to die. Shame on Amazon.

Comment Re:Looks like ... (Score 1) 203

That's not the only one either (you're talking about the guy with the blowtorch, right?)

I saw other posts on nextdoor where people reported a homeless looking person lighting crumpled pieces of paper on fire, and throwing them into bushes every few feet, in their neighborhood. They reported it and the Sheriff arrived quickly. I hope an arrest was made, but more than that, I hope we'll actually be told the truth about the various arson attacks.

Comment Re:SS7? (Score 1) 76

If you're interested in some cool stories about this and older vulnerabilities/exploits, this is a fun book from the OG, Captain Crunch:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_The_Little_Blue_Box/IWNmDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

I highly recommend it, those were different times and people don't know how bad the technology was before SS7...

Comment A squandered opportunity! (Score 1) 148

I don't understand why they don't see this as an opportunity. Offer the $15 plan and just throttle it. Should bring in a ton of customers. And an existing customer is more likely to upgrade to a faster plan, vs. someone who is not yet a customer directly jumping to the expensive plan...

Comment Land based is easier to protect from attacks (Score 1) 35

As we've all witnessed over the last few years, it's too easy for rogue states to sever underwater fiber optic cables.

I have a feeling Microsoft is reading between the lines of the current geopolitical situation and is worried a foreign sub could take out their underwater data centers.

Comment Next up: Swarms (Score 2) 69

It's a bigger achievement than most people think because that was just one on one, but you can deploy a swarm of AI pilots and they would easily overwhelm any human flown squadron. It gets worst too: Training humans to dog fight is a long and expensive process, and humans can not withstand the G forces that AIs can (plus humans are fragile and die). With AI planes, whatever they learn is shared among the swarm instantly. Training data is used to teach newer models. Human fighter pilots are different, and it takes time for human teams to learn to work together, but AI swarms work together in an algorithmic manner. You can add more AI pilots, and it will only make the swarm stronger. All the US has to do now is manufacture as many AI fighter planes as possible to achieve air superiority. Even better if it can create robots that create the AI fighter planes. It should then give them some level of autonomy so they can improve the manufacturing process on their own. Wink wink nudge nudge.

Comment "Timescape" by Gregory Benford... (Score 2) 205

I wish our situation stopped reminding me of the obok "Timescape" by Gregory Benford, published in 1980. "Timescape" is a science fiction novel that deals with the concept of tachyon particles being used for communication between the future and the past. In the novel, the world is facing ecological disaster, and scientists from the future attempt to send messages back in time to warn of the impending catastrophe, hoping to prevent it from happening. The environmental disaster involves widespread pollution and ecological collapse (the ocean suddenly becomes toxic).

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