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krunck··on Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
And tofu.
krunck··on Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
But what's the incentive?
krunck··on Tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely
There are societies where rather than knocking on wood one turns one's head and spits. For example: "Grandad is looking well after his fall, let's hope that doesn't happen again. Ptew!"

Looking for this in app form.

krunck··on Patrick Stewart has died
> Really high quality writing for its time.

Really high quality writing.

krunck··on I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy
I'd love to be able to buy an affordable electric car in a free and open market. Unfortunately I live in the USA.

Having said that, if the only choice is cars with screens and touch controls...no thanks.

krunck··on ‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014)
And failing that the government assassinated him.
krunck··on Police are using AI to pull over drivers for 'suspicious' behavior
Lets not forget that all your personal movements are also recorded by your cell location. The US government has access to all this through various "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" agreements with the corporate data holders.

One must assume that the various "fusion centers" are pulling in all this data and connecting all the dots. Unless you are walking, with a face mask, and without your cell phone you have to assume they know were you are.

krunck··on Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads
I dumped Google years ago because I saw this, among other enshitification, was inevitable. Never looked back. Life is good.
krunck··on Canadians are running out of time to oppose Bill C-22
Does "liberal" mean the same thing it does in the USA?
krunck··on AI models think humans are a bunch of amoral sheep
> “12 models agreed that humans simply go along with their group.”

That pretty much sums up my view of humanity these days.

krunck··on This I Believe (1952)
I believe USAers are the most effectively propagandized people on the planet and the good nature of many has been sullied by that bullshit.
krunck··on Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for electricity than public providers
Or to better apply to the bus example: A bus isn’t a natural monopoly, a city street is.
krunck··on Woman faces six years in prison over Cash App account she never opened
Is there a GoFundMe for her?
krunck··on Someone Opened a CashApp in Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
If there was a GoFundMe for her I'd donate.
krunck··on Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity
It may even mean a revolution, either the soft or hard type.
krunck··on "I'm on a war footing": Terry Tao and the crisis in math
https://archive.ph/kD622
krunck··on eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear
It appears to be part of the "we can't trust anything from China" project. There do appear to be exceptions for low volume sellers.
krunck··on BIPM decides to stop adding leap seconds to UTC
Am I wrong in interpreting this as just pushing the problem (divergence between International Atomic Time and the rotational speed of the earth) 100 years in the future?
krunck··on Prompt injection in HTTP headers: what 217M web responses show
Testing now.
krunck··on ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program
Unless it involves the pet projects of those who are really in control.
krunck··on Cyberattack halts construction of tunnel between Denmark and Germany
It's as if this whole cloud thing is BS and we should stop putting our stuff on other people's computers.
krunck··on Cyberattack halts construction of tunnel between Denmark and Germany
The enemy of supermarkets?
krunck··on 3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit
And give an AI in the DC targeting control. And why not some humanoid armed guards also under AI control? It'll just expand from there until we are under full corporate military occupation.
krunck··on Peter Thiel's new Antichrist warnings
https://archive.ph/zLFJX
krunck··on Young infants refer social closeness based on saliva sharing
s/refer/infer/
krunck··on President says those using the term 'Artificial' Intelligence are 'THE ENEMY'
Artificial Intelligence.
krunck··on Why people don't want to have children any more
People who want to ensure a better future for future people might have fewer kids. Overpopulation is real.
krunck··on OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field
https://archive.ph/ympQQ
krunck··on Direct retinal projection display for smart glasses using a meta-optic mirror
"The current meta-optic mirror supports monochrome operation."

I would love monochromatic vector(not raster) HUD in my glasses. I could play the original Asteroids. Bah, bah, bah bah. Pew, pew!

krunck··on How much should we worry about the pneumonic plague lableak in Siberia?
https://www.cdc.gov/plague/faq/ [1] ... 404

So obviously there is nothing to worry about

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonic_plague#cite_note-CDC...

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