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NVHacker··on A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare
I did not say otherwise. I also said "it can", not "it has". This is humor...
NVHacker··on A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare
Geopolitical warfare can be triggered by much less than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S
NVHacker··on The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy
That did not stop the Government from pushing digital id in order to prevent illegal working, did it ?
NVHacker··on Pondering routing more of my traffic via nodes outside the UK
Nice try ! But the fact that the solution to protecting children comes with the maximum boost of government powers in the online world (across the set of all possible ways to protect children) is not a coincidence.
NVHacker··on Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight
Assuming "Russia" cares to and can find out who is running Anna.
NVHacker··on AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox
Isn't it a bit early to draw such conclusions ? We are just getting started with AI use, especially in tech / engineering teams, and have only scratched the surface with regards to what is possible.
NVHacker··on Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is '50% cheaper' than new gas
If you are wondering why the air quotes around "50% cheaper", it's because the price of electricity is set based on the price of gas. Crazy, right ? https://www.greeniow.org.uk/why-uk-electricity-prices-are-ti...
NVHacker··on ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
You do know that Palantir is now in the UK and getting access to data through the same "health" channels, don't you ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56590249
NVHacker··on AI misses nearly one-third of breast cancers, study finds
Not all AIs are created equal.
NVHacker··on LinkedIn Prevents You from Deplatforming
My real colleague list is well over 100ppl.
NVHacker··on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
Why exactly you cannot get out and walk ? Just curious whether that's impossible or just not allowed ?
NVHacker··on Australia's social media ban in chaos as youths flock to Chinese alternatives
No! But we should allow them use of the regulated social media.
NVHacker··on UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
Maybe those people are trying to make the point that if the government can, without public scrutiny, declare any organisation as terrorist and then arrest anyone who wears t-shirts mentioning that organisation - then the government has way too much power.
NVHacker··on Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers
Are these jobs even real ? I suspect they are using desperate candidates to train and calibrate their models.
NVHacker··on [dead]
As much as I dislike "the holy church" as an organization, I'm glad someone is stating the obvious facts.
NVHacker··on DeepMind program finds diamonds in Minecraft without being taught
Alpha Star was also trained initially from youtube videos of pros playing Starcraft. I would argue that it was pretty trivial a few years ago.
NVHacker··on Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence
Cannot help comparing with another case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/christine-laga...
NVHacker··on Why I'm Boycotting AI
My personal AI assistant read the article and labelled it #rubbish and #avoid.
NVHacker··on Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted
What ?!?
NVHacker··on Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted
Is not the first time people flee abroad while prosecuted in Romania. There are quite a few high profile cases, usually for corruption. My point is that anything is possible in Romanian justice, either through bribes or influence.
NVHacker··on Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted
After more than 15 years of EU membership, there is no rule of law in Romania; a sad truth, obvious to anyone willing to take an interest. That's not Trump's fault, is it ?
NVHacker··on We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer
I don't know where is the tech ability bar for spammers but this doesn't strike me as unusually clever or well prepared.
NVHacker··on The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy
If that's true, this was just a test of a newly released "feature" rather than the "show of loyalty" itself.
NVHacker··on The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy
Can Democracy be blocked by Instagram ?
NVHacker··on Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night
That's just data. "Legacy data" was used here to suggest a legacy database/storage system. The reality is that the situation is not due to an insurmountable technical problem but due to a combination of lack of funds / prioritization / motivation / knowledge.
NVHacker··on Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?
One of the past Labour governments decided that there should be no new grammar schools created. So the existing ones continued to function but, as some closed down, their number diminished.
NVHacker··on 1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds
The way I read it, Gizmodo cannot tell whether those jobs are fake or just never filled. How could anyone tell from outside ? The visible fact is that no-one is hired for those jobs.
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After crying that it was the Russians who meddled in the Romanian presidential ellections, it turns out it was the incumbent parties, PNL and PSD, who were trying to sabotage USR and Lasconi. You couldn't make this up !
NVHacker··on Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round
I don't have knowledge about the polls but someone made a good point elesewhere. His share of the vote might have increased after the Constitutional Court banned another (far right) candidate because they didn't like her discourse (crazy, right?) https://tvpworld.com/82727489/romanian-pm-suggests-constitut... Rather ironic that the PM criticized that decision while praising the court for this latest intrusion.
NVHacker··on Romanian court cancels presidential election amid TikTok Russian influence fears
Not that is any of your business but I don't care about the candidate. I care about a corrupt system taking their abuse a step further, all in name of the democracy they are trampling on. The precendent I was talking about is not legal. If they will be allowed to do this, then they will never be stopped. How about Lasconi ? She would have won the presidency. Now, Ciolacu will.
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