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pandemic_regionon Alpine Linux Security Advisory: OpenSSH-server password authentication bypass

IOException must be #1 on the list of most ignored exceptions. Like okay what am I supposed to do really I'm just trying to run a select against my db

pandemic_regionon Zombie stats: Where the numbers AI quotes come from

But soon, the majority of those references, documentation and work will be AI generated. We are peeing and likely defecating in our own water well.

pandemic_regionon New iMac with M6

Nothing personal, but the increasing amount of people setting up their work desk in coffee shops or lunch diners makes me not want to go there anymore. If I want to be surrounded by people working I'll go and eat at the office. It disturbs the vibe of the place a bit for me personally.

pandemic_regionon eMudhra intermediate CA compromise

An elliptic curveball even

pandemic_regionon Linux 7.3

Thanks, at first I thought it was the name of another tool or library ;)

pandemic_regionon Linux 7.3

Sorry man I've been out of the loop with the hip crowd for a good while, but is "yu" now a thing like "thru" once was?

pandemic_regionon Linux 7.3 Released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1100449/

During peer review a race condition was found in his code. Would he have spotted it himself when writing the code manually? Maybe, maybe not. He's only human, and the AI is only AI.

pandemic_regionon New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

Yeah they have no interest in fast revealing everything at once. Egypt's GDP largely depends on these Antiquities so you want to mine them as slow as possible.

pandemic_regionon OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining

The Trump administration could use a Head of Ethics.

pandemic_regionon Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

Honest question: do you mean it was stolen or it fell out of the plane by accident or something like that?

pandemic_regionon TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe

I've been insta-skipping tennis video's for months now. Still getting Federer on a daily basis.

pandemic_regionon Top downloaded skill in ClawHub contains malware

I am seeing it more and more here as well to be honest.

pandemic_regionon Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says

Has there ever been a society that cares less about its future than the current?

pandemic_regionon Waymo seeking about $16B near $110B valuation

"Please watch these ads before we start the ride. Any attempt to not look at the ads by looking away from the screen or closing your eyes will automatically cancel the ride."

pandemic_regionon Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

You'll enjoy the ads more?

pandemic_regionon Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

I checked the reputable newspaper in my country. The only mention of it was on 23/1 where they reported 5000 casualties. EU is going to put together a range of (economic?) sanctions against the regime. US "armada" (quoted from the article) is underway.

It was probably the headline article for a couple of hours on the site. I don't remember extended coverage either so I looked it up.

pandemic_regionon Video Games as Art

Why is gwern.net on the front page twice, is this coincidence?

pandemic_regionon GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers

Instead of publishing their papers in the prestigious zines - which is what they're after - we will publish them in "AI Slop Weekly" with name and picture. Up the submission risk a bit.

pandemic_regionon GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers

What if they would only accept handwritten papers? Basically the current system is beyond repair, so may as well go back to receiving 20 decent papers instead of 20k hallucinated ones.

pandemic_regionon A Year of 3D Printing

The A1 has a relatively small printing plate. How does it work for boxes that are larger ? You print them in pieces and click / glue them together ?

pandemic_regionon TrustTunnel: AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source

> https://adfilteringdevsummit.com/

Google sponsoring this summit is peak irony.

pandemic_regionon SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake

So, for this they have a bit of expendable extra mass on board? What material is it, would it not cause even more debris then?

pandemic_regionon UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s

Do we consult toddlers for their opinion about food?

pandemic_regionon UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s

"Sales-acceleration platform", great naming I'm going to use this!

pandemic_regionon UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s

Social media are detrimental for a young human being under development. A child's brain works in no way the same as our adult brains, so we cannot apply the same caring logic as you would with adults. I see this in the same category as cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.

Until you are old enough and we can assume (or hope) there is mental capacity to properly contextualize life choices and being able take a stance for / against these things, a ban is appropriate.

pandemic_regionon European Commission issues call for evidence on open source

What kind of business would you like to run that it needs to be established today and cannot wait a few weeks? There are many repercussions, social security and tax wise. Do you expect a government to keep up with a free-for-all form that creates companies ?

pandemic_regionon European Commission issues call for evidence on open source

In the same way Poetin accelerated the move from his own fossil fuels to renewable energy, Trump is accelerating the move to non-US based technology. At least in my surroundings, "non-US based company" is a big plus in the purchasing process.

pandemic_regionon The Napoleon Technique: Postponing things to increase productivity

Cum Shite seems appropriate.

pandemic_regionon Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card

That looks like a a crazy amount of cards. I carry exactly one debet card in my wallet (.eu) and use it for everything.

pandemic_regionon Dude, where's my supersonic jet?

> Give those passengers a supersonic plane

Meaning a big price increase for us normal passengers?