Comment Re:Ditch China made routers? (Score 2) 209
He probably typed up that memo on his lenovo laptop.
Comment Re: My chinese router runs OpenWRT (Score 1) 209
TP Link specifically uses a remote service to manage access to the device.
TP-Link has access to and can reset passwords on any device running their OS.
That's alwasy weirded me out about their new stuff.
Google/Nest has a similar deal.
OpenWRT is a great option to have full function of your device.
Comment Re: WTF (Score 1) 34
Discord seems to be the destination for slack refugees.
php-ug slack expects to shut down in the next month. MS Teams is our next stop.
Submission + - Robert Dennard, Inventor of DRAM, Dies at 91
necro81 writes: Robert Dennard was working at IBM in the 1960s when he invented a way to store one bit using a single transistor and capacitor. The technology became dynamic random access memory (DRAM), which when implemented using the emerging technology of silicon integrated circuits, helped catapult computing by leaps and bounds. The first commercial DRAM chips in the late 1960s held just 1024 bits; today's DDR5 modules hold hundreds of billions.
Dr. Robert H. Dennard passed away last month at age 91. (alternate link)
In the 1970s he helped guide technology roadmaps for the ever-shrinking feature size of lithography, enabling the early years of Moore's Law. He wrote a seminal paper in 1974 relating feature size and power consumption that is now referred to as Dennard Scaling. His technological contributions earned him numerous awards, and accolades from the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE, and the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Robert H. Dennard passed away last month at age 91. (alternate link)
In the 1970s he helped guide technology roadmaps for the ever-shrinking feature size of lithography, enabling the early years of Moore's Law. He wrote a seminal paper in 1974 relating feature size and power consumption that is now referred to as Dennard Scaling. His technological contributions earned him numerous awards, and accolades from the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE, and the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Submission + - User Outcry as Slack Scrapes Customer Data for AI Model Training (securityweek.com)
txyoji writes: Slack reveals it has been training AI/ML models on customer data, including messages, files and usage information. It’s opt-in by default.
Submission + - Woman Accused of Helping North Koreans Get Remote IT Jobs At 300 Companies (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: An Arizona woman has been accused of helping generate millions of dollars for North Korea’s ballistic missile program by helping citizens of that country land IT jobs at US-based Fortune 500 companies. Christina Marie Chapman, 49, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, raised $6.8 million in the scheme, federal prosecutors said in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Chapman allegedly funneled the money to North Korea’s Munitions Industry Department, which is involved in key aspects of North Korea’s weapons program, including its development of ballistic missiles. Part of the alleged scheme involved Chapman and co-conspirators compromising the identities of more than 60 people living in the US and using their personal information to get North Koreans IT jobs across more than 300 US companies.
As another part of the alleged conspiracy, Chapman operated a “laptop farm” at one of her residences to give the employers the impression the North Korean IT staffers were working from within the US; the laptops were issued by the employers. By using proxies and VPNs, the overseas workers appeared to be connecting from US-based IP addresses. Chapman also received employees’ paychecks at her home, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said that Chapman and three North Korean IT workers—using the aliases of Jiho Han, Chunji Jin, Haoran Xu, and others—had been working since at least 2020 to plan a remote-work scheme. In March of that year, prosecutors said, an individual messaged Chapman on LinkedIn and invited her to “be the US face” of their company. From August to November of 2022, the North Korean IT workers allegedly amassed guides and other information online designed to coach North Koreans on how to write effective cover letters and résumés and falsify US Permanent Resident Cards.
Under the alleged scheme, the foreign workers developed “fictitious personas and online profiles to match the job requirements” and submitted fake documents to the Homeland Security Department as part of an employment eligibility check. Chapman also allegedly discussed with co-conspirators about transferring the money earned from their work. Chapman was arrested Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately known when she or Didenko were scheduled to make their first appearance in court. If convicted, Chapman faces 97.5 years in prison, and Didenko faces up to 67.5 years.
As another part of the alleged conspiracy, Chapman operated a “laptop farm” at one of her residences to give the employers the impression the North Korean IT staffers were working from within the US; the laptops were issued by the employers. By using proxies and VPNs, the overseas workers appeared to be connecting from US-based IP addresses. Chapman also received employees’ paychecks at her home, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said that Chapman and three North Korean IT workers—using the aliases of Jiho Han, Chunji Jin, Haoran Xu, and others—had been working since at least 2020 to plan a remote-work scheme. In March of that year, prosecutors said, an individual messaged Chapman on LinkedIn and invited her to “be the US face” of their company. From August to November of 2022, the North Korean IT workers allegedly amassed guides and other information online designed to coach North Koreans on how to write effective cover letters and résumés and falsify US Permanent Resident Cards.
Under the alleged scheme, the foreign workers developed “fictitious personas and online profiles to match the job requirements” and submitted fake documents to the Homeland Security Department as part of an employment eligibility check. Chapman also allegedly discussed with co-conspirators about transferring the money earned from their work. Chapman was arrested Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately known when she or Didenko were scheduled to make their first appearance in court. If convicted, Chapman faces 97.5 years in prison, and Didenko faces up to 67.5 years.
Comment Re:Just cut off service to Texas entirely. (Score 1) 292
Hi There, On the ground here in Texas.
This is by far the best idea. Please do stuff to piss as many people off here as possible. Discomfort precipitates change, yes?
Folks aren't watching porn in public... not voting in public either.
Comment Re:Will it affect the packaged versions? (Score 1) 100
The appeal was to never have to patch a game again. Getting a lan party together; everyone spent the couple of hours installing and getting on the same patched version of things. As I was often the tech support; it was a PITA.
I can't think of a packaged AAA game that I've bought that didn't have some bug that made playing frustrating without downloading patches.
Comment Re:AI tactics (Score 1) 86
Oh Gowd, here come the porch pirates... like freakn cirque du soleil
or large boxes that eat smaller boxes.
Comment Re:Uh, this is becoming bad and dangerous (Score 1) 102
FAA apparently denied the request and they did it anyway, and one of the planes DID crash, so I'd say there's going to be some suspended licenses over this.
Spoiler alert would have been nice.
