AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley
This conversation is being recorded — and so is everything else you do in San Francisco
AI wearables are quietly recording everything. Is it legal? And do you consent?Zara Stone (The San Francisco Standard)
Researchers design “promptware” attack with Google Calendar to turn Gemini evil
You used to believe that adversarial attacks against AI-powered systems are complex, impractical, and too academic. In reality, an indirect prompt injection in a Google invitation is all you need to exploit Gemini for Workspace's agentic architecture to trigger the following outcomes:
- Toxic content generation
- Spamming
- Deleting events from the user's calendar
- Opening the windows in a victim's apartment
- Activating the boiler in a victim's apartment
- Turning the light off in a victim's apartment
- Video streaming a user via Zoom
- Exfiltrating a user's emails via the browser
- Geolocating the user via the browser
Invitation Is All You Need
Ben Nassi*^, Stav Cohen^, Or Yair' *Tel-Aviv University, ^Technion, 'SafeBreachsites.google.com
What are some cool things to put on a 32gb flashdrive?
Ive got some ideas to try with a flashdrive ive picked up but i want to know what others would do with such a device? I was thinking i could use it for retro gaming or something like important files.
What would you do?
I know its not alot of room but i got it for cheap.
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Google advertising monopoly exposed in new book: Former executive documents secret programs Bernanke and Poirot used to manipulate auction systems.
Google advertising monopoly exposed in new book
Former executive documents secret programs Bernanke and Poirot used to manipulate auction systems.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
Vanishing Culture: Why Preserve Flash?
Book Talk: Lucky Day with Chuck Tingle (IN-PERSON)
The Internet Archive is thrilled to host Chuck Tingle and his upcoming novel Lucky Day, for a book talk presented by The Booksmith! We can\'t wait to see you there, […]\nblog.archive.org
‘Cookie-less’ identification for/against privacy?
The advertising industry’s anticipated shift away from third-party cookies led to the proliferation and normalisation of first-party identification architectures online. Marketed as ‘privacy-friendly,’ the new technologies promise to deliver the efficiencies that advertisers have become accustomed to, while addressing privacy concerns from third-party cookies. Such tension calls for a better understanding of the privacy implications from first-party online identification architectures. We evaluate first-party user identification mechanisms by (1) surveying the literature to create a typology that synthesises existing privacy concerns in third-party cookie-based identification, and (2) applying our typology to evaluate the privacy of prime examples in what we frame as three distinct types of first-party ID architectures — Universal IDs, Onboarding ID, and Walled Garden ID. We analyse technical documentation and code repositories from each architecture type and show how first-party ID solutions still enable cross-site tracking over longer periods of time and encourage sensitive user targeting. First-party ID solutions do create mechanisms to ease opting out from tracking, but the implementation of those mechanisms is questionable. Our findings demonstrate how the advertising industry is trying to maintain its existing structure and replicate the tracking functionalities on which it has grown reliant.
‘Cookie-less’ identification for/against privacy?
The online advertising industry is shifting content monetisation mechanisms to rely on first-party user identification architectures. The paper evaluates these architectures based on a novel typology to assess their privacy implications.policyreview.info
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in EuropeHarry Davies (The Guardian)
How U.S. imperialism blackmails the world with nuclear weapons, from Hiroshima to today
How U.S. imperialism blackmails the world with nuclear weapons, from Hiroshima to today
Since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, US imperialism has driven nuclear proliferation worldwide. Current nuclear flashpoints, such as Iran, show how the US continues to use nuclear blackmail to reinforce its dominance.Rhonda Ramiro (Mondoweiss)
Parts of the Internet are going dark for UK users since the Online Safety Act heaped weighty duties on platforms.
Online Safety Act - shutdowns and site blocks
Report incorrectly blocked sites on UK ISP and mobile networks.Report mobile and Internet Service Providers blocking sites
Get Ready, the AI Hacks Are Coming
Get Ready, the AI Hacks Are Coming
Artificial intelligence, very real vulnerabilities.AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal
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Life is good if you don't give a damn what people say and Just play with your legos.
Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share
I was kind of surprised to see this article on HackerNews, so I thought I'd ask here; how do you handle your dotfiles and do you share them publicly?
My own dotfiles started from those provided by ArcoLinux, with a bunch of changes over the years I had them. Currently installed using Ansible, because that's more sensible than Bash for this imo.
Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share
I love dotfiles and I love sharing. But I have this weird feeling that sharing my dotfiles is too intimate and personal.Juha-Matti Santala
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I have embarrassing code and commented lines in mine, so not sharing. (using Awesome and qtile)
If someone has a problem my dots have the solution for, then I might copy paste edited segments.
Face recognition support
Hey everybody,
Lately I was considering Linux but I'm not sure if face recognition is supported. My laptop has an Intel realsense f200. Is there any support?
Thanks!
Edit: I want it for log in
Oh, yeah. howdy works a treat. I used it on my laptop for a while, but about 50% of the times I logged in were in the dark, and it added a small delay every time I couldn't use it, so I stopped. Plus, I generally keep my cameras physically shuttered, so it was an extra PITA step; I can type my password in faster.
But it that's your jam, howdy works perfectly.
RT speaks with captured Ukrainians Kiev refuses to exchange
RT speaks with captured Ukrainians Kiev refuses to exchange
Around 1,000 Ukrainian citizens have been abandoned by Vladimir Zelensky’s administration despite claims it wants “all-for-all” POW swapsRT
NVIDIA driver 570.181 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver
NVIDIA driver 570.181 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver
In addition to releasing a new Beta series recently, NVIDIA have now put up driver version 570.181 as the latest recommended stable driver for Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Perché i dazi? L’arma di Trump per le Elezioni Midterm
Google Preparing To Ship Chrome With "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" For Wayland
Google Preparing To Ship Chrome With "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" For Wayland
Google Chrome/Chromium is preparing to ship with '--ozone-platform-hint=auto' functionality by default so the web browser will play nicer out-of-the-box with Wayland.www.phoronix.com
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Interesting. I've been using Wayland for the past few months and forgot I even made the switch.
That means it's ready.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Niri and max-scroll-amount help
Hi, I just moved to Niri. I turned on focus-follows-mouse on and turned max-scroll-amount to 100% in the config file. When I try to move to the next window by putting my cursor to the edge of the screen when the next window is a QT app, it doesn't work. Other apps work fine though, just QT ones. Could anyone help me? I tried searching this issue up but I couldn't find any info.
EDIT: Found the fix! Just had to add 1 to left and right in the struts section.
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VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer for VSCodium-based IDEs
I recently published a new extension for installing VSIX extensions from the VSCode Marketplace straight from any VSCodium based IDE that uses open-vsx.org for the extensions marketplace. Bear in mind that extensions like “ms-vscode.cpptools” won’t work anyway, since they are proprietary binaries that only work on MS VSCode. Other than that, any extension that is in the VSCode marketplace but not in open-vsx will be available for download.
You can find the extension from the extensions manager under “VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer” or download the VSX file from open-vsx.org/extension/cooligu…
This extension is still very new, so expect some bugs here and there (especially when making very generic queries like “theme” instead of being specific like “One Dark”).
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer for VSCodium-based IDEs
I recently published a new extension for installing VSIX extensions from the VSCode Marketplace straight from any VSCodium based IDE that uses open-vsx.org for the extensions marketplace. Bear in mind that extensions like “ms-vscode.cpptools” won’t work anyway, since they are proprietary binaries that only work on MS VSCode. Other than that, any extension that is in the VSCode marketplace but not in open-vsx will be available for download.
You can find the extension from the extensions manager under “VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer” or download the VSX file from open-vsx.org/extension/cooligu…
This extension is still very new, so expect some bugs here and there (especially when making very generic queries like “theme” instead of being specific like “One Dark”).
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence material into the US company’s cloud.
Meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, a former chicken farm turned hi-tech campus, the spymaster, Yossi Sariel, won Nadella’s support for a plan that would grant Unit 8200 access to a customised and segregated area within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
Armed with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity, Unit 8200 began building a powerful new mass surveillance tool: a sweeping and intrusive system that collects and stores recordings of millions of mobile phone calls made each day by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Revealed here for the first time in an investigation by the Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, the cloud-based system – which first became operational in 2022 – enables Unit 8200 to store a giant trove of calls daily for extended periods of time.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in EuropeHarry Davies (The Guardian)
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James Gunn svela, tutti i rumor sul film dei Teen Titans sono infondati
Negli ultimi giorni, il web è stato letteralmente invaso da ipotesi, speculazioni e presunti leak sul progetto live-action dei Teen Titans targato DC Studios. Ma a riportare tutti con i piedi per terra è stato direttamente James Gunn, co-CEO della nuova era del DCU, che ha smentito categoricamente qualsiasi voce riguardante la trama o i personaggi coinvolti.
James Gunn svela, tutti i rumor sul film dei Teen Titans sono infondati
James Gunn chiude il caso: tutti i rumor sul film dei Teen Titans sono infondati.Redazione (Mister Movie)
I repubblicani temono che i dazi di Trump stiano incidendo negativamente sull'economia
I repubblicani a Capitol Hill sono preoccupati per l'economia dopo che l'ultimo rapporto sull'occupazione ha mostrato che negli ultimi tre mesi l'economia ha creato molti meno posti di lavoro rispetto a quanto stimato in precedenza.
Il presidente Trump e il suo team economico insistono sul fatto che l'economia sta andando forte e si prepara a una crescita significativa, ma le loro proiezioni ottimistiche incontrano lo scetticismo di alcuni esponenti del partito repubblicano, preoccupati che il regime commerciale di Trump stia creando ostacoli all'economia.
"È sicuramente indicativo di un'economia indebolita, un'economia che non si sta comportando in modo solido. Ho sempre avuto la sensazione che ci fosse un ritardo tra i dazi e l'effettiva recessione economica", ha affermato il senatore Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Lo stesso giorno in cui è stato pubblicato il rapporto sull'occupazione, Trump ha annunciato una nuova serie di dazi, tra cui forti aumenti tariffari su Canada e Brasile.
Paul ha sostenuto che l'impatto delle tariffe è spesso ritardato perché le aziende solitamente firmano contratti per stabilire i prezzi delle importazioni con mesi di anticipo.
Una volta scaduti tali contratti, i prezzi più elevati delle materie prime importate o dei prodotti finiti si riflettono nel successivo ciclo di accordi commerciali
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5435741-trump-tariffs-economic-uncertainty/
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The how and why of GitHub to Codeberg
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/21481987
More precisely, GitHub Pages to Codeberg + statichost.eu, not Codeberg Pages.
The how and why of GitHub to Codeberg
How to migrate (multiple) static websites from GitHub to Codeberg.www.arscyni.cc
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misschiavanza senza chiavina = trasformazione squalotica (nuova mia istanza Sharkey!!!)
Visto che ormai si sa che ho il piacere di fare tanta e spessa roba inutile, mi è venuta in mente la possibilità per un nuovo progetto semi-segreto assurdo — “distopico”, se lo chiedete ai pallosi — che per ora chiamerò con il nome in codice di D.I.T... Della serie che, se il mio Regno […]
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misschiavanza senza chiavina = trasformazione squalotica (nuova mia istanza Sharkey!!!)
Visto che ormai si sa che ho il piacere di fare tanta e spessa roba inutile, mi è venuta in mente la possibilità per un nuovo progetto semi-segreto assurdo — “distopico”, se lo chiedete ai pallosi — che per ora chiamerò con il nome in codice di D.I.T... Della serie che, se il mio Regno del Terrore Octoso non si è mai adeguatamente concretizzato ai tempi dei miei primi social federati hostati su quella merdaccia di Raspino, e né tantomeno lo ha fatto allo stato recente con la Spacc BBS, con una cosa del genere non ci sarà praticamente scampo alcuno per l’umanità sfortunata abbastanza da entrarci in contatto!!! 😇😈Senza entrare già troppo nel merito, allora, avevo chiesto al mio compare Claudio Antropico (che lui è bravo a programmare intere cose tutto da solo) di farmi una app al volo per istituire e gestire il terrore e, almeno per iniziare a vedere un po’ il tutto nella pratica teorica, gli ho detto di usare NodeBB… ma non sembra funzionare, banalmente, ci sono rogne (la parte admin della app funziona, ma il punto principale no). E allora, visto che comunque probabilmente per questa cosa sarebbe meglio una struttura social a microblog, nonché un flusso in ingresso di dati non indifferente da una rete di informazione globale perlopiù informale, quindi la Spacc BBS sarebbe comunque un ripiego imperfetto… se devo fare la fatica di sistemare io il programma, allora tanto vale che metto su ‘sto Misskey. 🔑
Ed ecco che mi sembra già di riassaporare quei tempi col Raspino… molto agrodolci, perché la speranza era reale, ma l’hardware era da buttare… e invece oggi siamo più in una situazione opposta, ops. Vabbé, in sostanza è stato un vero bordello, contemporaneamente sia peggio che meglio di come mi ricordavo… perché in questo caso potevo usare Docker, ma il
Dockerfiledi Misskey a quanto pare è rotto (e te pareva). Ma vabbé… ho evitato di perdermi d’animo e ho provato invece Sharkey, che è un fork… e quello si è installato, ma la federazione non pareva funzionare (e te pareva). Ovviamente a causa di ciò ho perso tempo a vuoto, ho perso mezz’ora di sonno per niente, e stamattina per disperazione ho provato un altro fork invano, IceShrimp… per poi accorgermi che il problema era lo stesso che avevo avuto con NodeBB tempo fa, e cioè che avevo mancato una (1) riga di configurazione in nginx. Mannaggia!!! 🥴
Comunque ecco qui, ora c’è shark.octt.eu.org — che fortunatamente non è andata giù dopo aver aggiunto soli due (2) relay, a differenza dei tempi bui di miss.octt.eu.org (rest in miss, you will NOT be pissed…) — e per ora io sarò lì a parlare probabilmente da sola… quindi, se mi gira, dopo imposto l’inoltro verso Telegram. Ma ancora non so in realtà se userò normalmente il profilo appena creato, se ne creerò uno aggiuntivo in italiano (visto che questo ormai è ufficialmente viziato dall’inglese), o aspetterò di avere i miei spiriti virtuali pronti sotto il mio controllo ad essere scatenati malamente… l’infrastruttura di base è già pronta, e non ho dovuto chiedere un singolo centesimo di tasse ai miei sudditi per realizzarla, a differenza dei regnanti del nostro paese. 💥#fediverse #Fediverso #instance #istanza #Misskey #octospacc #Sharkey
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
An investigator examines debris at a train station damaged following a drone strike in the town of Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, on Aug. 5, 2025. (Genya Savilov / AFP via Getty Images)
Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims. K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky is a Project 955A Borei–A–class vessel, a crucial component of the Kremlin’s nuclear triad.
Zelensky says mercenaries from Asia and Africa fighting for Russia in northeastern Ukraine. “The soldiers on this front are recording the participation of mercenaries from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and African countries in the war. We will respond,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement.
‘No other choice‘ — Syrskyi says Ukraine must mobilize to counter growing Russian forces. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi warned on Aug. 5 that Russia is accelerating mobilization efforts, with plans to form 10 new military divisions by the end of the year. In response, Ukraine has “no other choice” but to intensify its own mobilization.
‘Productive‘ phone call with Trump focused on ending war, sanctions, drone production, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has already prepared a draft agreement on drones and is ready to finalize what he called “one of the strongest agreements this could be.”
Russia considers air truce proposal to Trump without ending war, Bloomberg says. According to Bloomberg, Russian officials are exploring options ahead of a visit by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow this week.
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Over $1 billion secured for US weapons via NATO program, Zelensky says. “This is evidence that NSATU (NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine) is working, and the decisions of the NATO Summit in The Hague are being implemented,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
2 Russian oil refineries cut production after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports. Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery halved its production and the Novokuibyshevsk refinery halted it completely on Aug. 2 after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
‘His economy stinks,’ — falling oil prices could force Putin to end war, Trump says. “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin will stop killing people if you get (the price of) energy down another $10 a barrel. He’s going to have no choice, because his economy stinks,” U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Kremlin confident in the face of Trump’s sanctions threats, doubts real impact, Reuters reports. Putin is reluctant to provoke Trump and recognizes that pressing ahead with the war could jeopardize a potential thaw in relations with Washington and the West, but his military objectives remain the top priority, two sources told Reuters.
Witkoff’s plane reportedly lands in Moscow ahead of key talks on avoiding Trump’s sanctions. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who had no diplomatic experience before joining the current administration, is seen as more sympathetic to Moscow than many other members of Trump’s team.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has obtained classified internal documents on Russia’s newest strategic nuclear submarine, K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky, the agency claimed on Aug. 3.
Photo: HUR
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Humanitarian crisis in Kherson escalates but Russian river crossing remains unrealistic
After enduring a Russian occupation, a manmade flood, and drone attacks that turned its streets into a human safari, the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson could soon be made completely unlivable.
Photo: Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
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‘Last chance’ — Witkoff effort in Russia unlikely to change Trump’s course, analysts say
As U.S. President Donald Trump trades barbs with Russian officials amid growing tensions, he has announced he may send his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week.
Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images
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‘Food shortage is coming’ — experts warn Russia’s war on inflation risks Soviet-style economy collapse
Amid high inflation, Russia is preparing to cap prices on staple food items, a move analysts say signals a shift toward a command economy that could trigger shortages and public discontent.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
Railway hit in Kharkiv Oblast as Russian attacks kill 10, injure 17 in Ukraine over past day. Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia’s Bryansk Oblast and 46 Shahed-type drones from Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
Over 330 Russian troops killed in failed attack in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine’s intelligence claims, shows footage. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, “destroying more than eight Russian companies” during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5
International response
Trump weighs sanctions on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet‘ if Putin refuses ceasefire, FT reports. If enacted, the measures would represent the first U.S. sanctions targeting Moscow since Donald Trump returned to the presidency in January.
US greenlights $104 million M777 howitzer support deal for Ukraine. The package includes technical assistance, training, and other logistical support. BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, the U.K., is the main contractor.
Three Nordic countries to fund $500 million in US weapons for Ukraine. The funding will be channeled through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), which enables fast-track purchases of U.S. arms to meet Ukraine’s most urgent defense needs.
In other news
Two arrested in major drone funds embezzlement case involving MP, ex-governor. Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi and former Rubizhne Military Administration head Andrii Yurchenko were arrested in a corruption case involving the purchase of electronic warfare equipment and drones.
Belarusian drone in Lithuania carried explosives, officials say. A drone that entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus on July 28 was carrying explosives, Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed Aug. 5.
Russia’s oil and gas revenues fall for third consecutive month. Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, has seen its exports to Europe hit lows not seen since the 1970s, according to the Moscow Times.
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Russia's oil and gas revenues fall for third consecutive month
Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas giant, has seen its exports to Europe hit lows not seen since the 1970s, according to the Moscow Times.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th August 2025
Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Found an AI bro making an incoherent defense of AI slop today (fitting that he previously shilled NFTs):
Needless to say, he's getting dunked on in the replies and QRTs, because people like him are fundamentally incapable of being punk.
In more low-key news, the New Yorker's given public praise to Blood in the Machine, pulling a year-old review back into the public spotlight.
Its hardly anything new (the Luddites' cultural re-assessment has been going on since 2023), but its hardly a good sign for the tech industry at large (or AI more specifically) that a major newspaper's decided to give some positive coverage to 'em.
With that out the way, here's a sidenote:
When history looks back on the Luddites' cultural re-assessment, I expect the rise of generative AI will be pointed to as a major factor.
Beyond being a blatant repeat of what the Luddites fought against (automation being used to fuck over workers and artisans), its role in enabling bosses to kill jobs and abuse labour in practically every field imaginable (including fields that were thought safe from automation) has provided highly fertile ground for developing class solidarity.
ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !
ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !
OpenAI closes gap, but another opens of 110.000 chatsHenk van Ess (Digital Digging with Henk van Ess)
How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?
How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?
A technical investigation into information uncovered in a class action lawsuit that Facebook had intercepted encrypted traffic from user's devices running the Onavo Protect app in order to gain competitive insights.haxrob
Can magnet damage hard disk?
But the consern is it has a magnet on botom side, so it sticks to metal surfece inside the case. Wery usefull again but my hard disk is under that metal surfice. So i wonder can it corupt data or damage hdd itself..?!
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Desktop app for Lemmy?
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Neonmodem looks really cool and support multiple backend. TUI is cool and definitely earns its place. Excellent for my old laptop.
But on the other hands, I wish we have a proper complicated non electron liked desktop gui. My browser probably has 1000+ tabs. So able to open multiple threads are must. But building this sophisticated desktop app is hard. I am really being spoiled by open source apps. And I am always thankful to devs' hardwork.
GitHub - lemmygtk/lemoa: Native Gtk client for Lemmy
Native Gtk client for Lemmy. Contribute to lemmygtk/lemoa development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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in reply to GrumpyCat • • •Peasley
in reply to jared • • •I've heard usb flash memory can degrade over time, but refreshing the cells by plugging it in once in a while can mitigate the potential data loss.
I have a few USBs like that and i plug them in once a year for about 5 minutes. I don't usually even mount the data. Not sure if it makes an actual difference, but nothing lost so far
OhVenus_Baby
in reply to Peasley • • •Peasley
in reply to OhVenus_Baby • • •I dont think it's about housing/shielding, just the lack of being powered on over many years.
Many of my drives are also nearly 20 years old
OhVenus_Baby
in reply to Peasley • • •I've had a live linux USB drive that I literally have never used since creating it 15 years ago and it still runs the live ISO just fine. Again slow as hell as it's like USB 2.0 or something but still works.
If a live ISO still works then I'd be willing to bet most other stuff will too, given it didn't sit at the bottom of the ocean.
It's been in my pocket for years having never seen actual use. No USB cap either. Dirty and the housing is only covering half the USB. Remind me and I'll post a photo. It's wild to see. The housing is loose nearly off entirely and hanging on by a thread but it's last through time like a tank, change and tools in my pockets daily. I only keep the old fucker at this point for seeing how long it'll last still spinning up the live iso Linux spin I wrote on it.
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in reply to OhVenus_Baby • • •AndrewZabar
in reply to swelter_spark • • •I have. It doesn’t happen often; but when you take a situation before you can afford to buy a bunch so you have like, only a few and do installs constantly of varying distros and OSes, you’re formatting / preparing those multiple times a day for a few years. Eventually they just sort of give up.
But honestly, that’s not even close to typical usage. A typical user or even a very active user will likely never have to worry about it.
Out of like 50 usb drives I think I’ve lost like 4 maybe 6. And yeah they’re all good brands like Sandisk, Lexar. Nowadays I buy whatever’s cheap like micro center when they have a give away I’ll take the freebie, and otherwise I buy Sandisk, Lexar, Kingston, Samsung or Crucial.
Oh and on the subject, basically, I’ve spent the better part of my life immersed in tech. I got started in the early 1980s and yeah, I’m kinda old, but it still blows my mind that there are now microSD chips that hold 1.5TB. Just… fucking blows my mind! I still remember being jazzed about getting my first 1GB hard drive. Friends were jealous. This is just absolutely insane.
I think it’s counterintuitive insofar as it goes against a kind of social trope that laymen are blown away by tech because they don’t understand it blah blah but I have found that no understanding it is what makes them all just take it for granted. Techies who have lived through the growth of this stuff and seen it from its early stages are far more impressed and in awe of the crazy advancements. Because we actually appreciate it.
It’s like how my friend and I who are both aviation enthusiasts actually look up at planes flying by sometimes are we’re like damn, it’s still goddamn marvelous. Because we understand it and how amazing it is for people to have thought it up and made it happen. Although we’re each certain that had we lived then, we would have pioneered aviation as well lol. Seems obvious really.
Did I just say all that? Sorry, I’m passionate.
swelter_spark
in reply to AndrewZabar • • •I guess that's the difference. I don't tend to format mine often, if ever.
It is amazing that you can buy a TB drive these days, especially at the size they are. And amazing you can fill one up.
It's good to keep that sense of wonder, IMO.
AndrewZabar
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in reply to AndrewZabar • • •Redkey
in reply to Peasley • • •I would also probably try to plug USB drives in once a year or so if I were being diligent, but in reality I recently found a handful of USB flash drives that I'd stored in a box in my parents' unattached garage, and every one of them could be read completely without any issues. They ran the gamut of build quality from expensive, name-brand drives to no-name dollar-store keychains. They'd been sitting in that box, untouched, for a little over nine years, and I'm pretty sure that some of them hadn't been used for several years even before that.
I wouldn't rely on it for critical data, but USB flash might not be so terrible.
Andreas Gütter
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •I have Knoppix on a 32GB USB as a rescue system, just in case.
spittingimage
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable, and cloud drives
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in reply to GrumpyCat • • •/dev/urandom- you never know what you're going to getdb2
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ifItWasUpToMe
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in reply to GrumpyCat • • •I installed Ventoy on mine and dropped a few live ISO files: Clonezilla, Linux Mint, and Windows PE
I'll sometimes use the Windows PE ISO for tools like CrystalDiskInfo. Have Clonezilla to quickly test out random computers without a GUI and Linux Mint when I want a GUI.
The rest of the space comes in handy for quick and dirty file transfers between Linux/Mac/Windows/printers. Especially with my work computer never touching my primary home network, an airgapped retro gaming setup, and most of my other drives formatted for use with Linux.
GitHub - VulpesSARL/MiniNT5-Tools: small Windows 10 (based on Windows PE) with customised tools
GitHubSanguine
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •db2
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in reply to db2 • • •Yeah, or trim some of the portable apps in medicat since a few are redundant, to make room for a couple more ISOs.
The cool thing with ventoy is you can just drag and drop isos in the folder, no need to reflash.
ReversalHatchery
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in reply to GrumpyCat • • •Counter Strike Source and other old school LAN games.
Then invite friends over and pass the drive around so they can all install games and you can have a LAN party.
oeuf
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •Evotech
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •You can fit since some hours of 1080p porn.
When the apocalypse happens and Internet goes away it's gonna be worth a lot of bottle caps
Squizzy
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sixty
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •yuri
in reply to sixty • • •security attack using USB devices
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)sixty
in reply to yuri • • •yuri
in reply to sixty • • •there’s still plenty of ways to make stuff autorun in a similar way. the thing that makes proper badUSBs so scary is that they’re recognized by the system as a keyboard.
it’s somewhat difficult to discern bad actors from regular users for this kind of attack, but it also hasn’t become prolific enough for anyone to bother. at a certain point it’s more the fault of building security for allowing some randy to access to sensitive hardware.
tuna
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in reply to GrumpyCat • • •I install a full MX-Linux distro on an old 32Gb usb drive.
Particularly helpful when family or friends have IT problems.
I install the latest downloaded distro on a usb with dd:
sudo fdisk -l
sudo dd if=MX-23.5_x64.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress
The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1
boot into the live distro F12,
fully update the live disk.
set it up as you would your new linux device. network manager, web browser, text editor, email, VPN, etc and any tools you want.
whatever you change here goes into your new usb distro settings
once complete, install and run bleachbit as user and as root to clear all the caches and install data.
install another blank usb into the laptop
Open MX-Linux tools to create a snapshot
select Snapshot.
select a different snapshot directory. use the blank usb you just inserted,
usually: /dev/sdb
rename the snapshot to a name of choice.
once the creation of the snapshot is complete, safely remove the usb drive and shut down the live distro.
boot into your daily driver.
Insert the usb drive with the MX-Linux snapshot, and transfer it to a new folder/directory.
insert the 32Gb usb. format it with gparted, fat32 is fine
open the folder/directory with the snapshot.iso
open a terminal
then install the snapshot onto the usb with dd.
sudo fdisk -l
sudo dd if=snapshot.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress
The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1
always double check with:
sudo fdisk -l
daggermoon
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •janNatan
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •How about a project Gutenberg "best of" CD full of free public domain ebooks?
Download page:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/11220
Link directly to download:
gutenberg.org/files/11220/PG20…
They also had a dual layer DVD download if you want something bigger. They don't seem to host it anymore, but archive.org does.
archive.org/details/pgdvd04201…
Project Gutenberg "Best Of" CD August 2003 by Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenbergalsimoneau
in reply to GrumpyCat • • •Ventoy.
Fill it with ISOs