>Newly revealed audio recordings show Donald Trump discussing classified military plans with associates at his Bedminister golf course, and they show his reasons for hoarding government secrets are "pathetic.
The #pharmacy#chain in question, which is happy to give both your #prescription (and presumably #vaccination) #records to pretty much anyone who wants them, in addition to letting them see when your prescriptions are eligible for refill, order those refills, and turn on OR OFF automatic fills for your prescripts is ...
That attacker can see exactly what you've been prescribed - helpfully including both the brand name and the generic name - in what dosage, how often you take it, and which doctor prescribed it.
Most #people would consider this #information highly personal, and would expect Shoppers to #guard it carefully. It appears that isn't the case.
This is a violation of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which has applied to medical settings since 2002.
#Poll Question: If #Mastodon or the wider #Fediverse decided tomorrow that all instances had to be only one of these three choices, which kind would you choose to join? Feel free to comment why you made your choice.
And feel free to boost widely - quite curious about everyone's view!
You see, I once collected #data for my employers. I noticed that the questions you asked could be used in #design of a database- it’s the kind of information that is easily #manipulated
In the past I've found #problems in #software, problems with #websites, with bureaucratic processes, some of which were significant, but they all pale in comparison to this one.
6/13 #Security folks are either slapping their foreheads right now, or sitting there with their jaw hanging open.
All of this #information is #publicly available. For some people, it might be a little more difficult, but in my case, you can #guess which location I deal with based on proximity to my residence. You might have to try 2 times, but that's about it - most people will use one close to their #home, or perhaps office.
Gonna give #microblogging in m/LearnJapanese a shot. I would also like to preface this by saying it's possible some information may be incorrect or missing context. I'm human, after all. That said, I'm open to learning, refining, and adding onto this over time.
Now for the topic I'd like to discuss, one thing I find fascinating about #Japanese is their use of #subjectOmission. Once a subject is established, Japanese sentences commonly stop referring to the subject in subsequent sentences and utterances. For example,
猫は食べています。後で、(猫は)寝ます。
"As for the cat... (It) is eating. Later, (it) will sleep."
Both sentences technically omit the the subject that is doing the verb, and instead use the zero pronoun to refer to the cat.
Whereas in #English for example, if we were to #translate the Japanese sentence as literally as we could, we would get:
Cat eating. Later, sleep.
Breaking this down, the sentence "Cat eating" is #grammaticallyIncorrect. Eating is a #stativeVerb, which expresses a state or condition. In English, stative verbs require #auxiliaryVerbs for a sentence construction to be grammatically correct. We also drop "is" in the literal translation is due to the differences in what a #subjectMarker particle is as opposed to the notion of "is", which is both an auxiliary verb and an #intransitiveVerb. English also requires a subject, and due to this, "Later, sleep" would be considered grammatically incorrect.
Anyways, I think subject-omission is a pretty interesting aspect of #language and #communication as it streamlines what is said and written, and allows for more concise and efficient transmission of #knowledge and #information. Thanks for reading.
Another informative thing about the Lemmy project if you haven't read or heard of it yet, about the Lemmy devs removing content critizising the chinese state because it's 'racist'.
I have no proof Lemmy World are bad but if they are actively blocking stuff that is good for #humanity then we should all be #vigilant and #aware of the issue.
@openDemocracy have forced the (so-called) #EuropeanResearchGroup to make their 'research' public after an #information rights tribunal has ruled that as the ERG has been drawing #taxpayers' funds it cannot refuse access to its documents;
Of course, what this will (further) confirm is that the ERG's 'research' is nothing of the kind.
Now we can all see the actual sand on which their 'positions' rest, not that it'll be a surprise
If you have a video that conveys some information and doesn't provide any other value than conveying information, there is absolutely no reason for that video to exist. All of it could be conveyed via a blog post. Or give me a transcript. I can very easily get through a transcript of a video in less than five minutes for something that could take 30-45 minutes of my time.
I call it the Age of #SocraticAI, or Reasonable AI. We are engaging in conversations with #AI that elicit meaning. We make the most basic assumption that it has the #information we need and can provide it in the form we need, e.g. as an explanation or a how-to plan of action. We consider it an imperfect #oracle that has to be assuaged, and asked questions in very specific ways to get the reply we need."
I feel like I'm shouting this into the #void , but maybe it's worth a try: How am I supposed to filter out #information on #mastodon ? Every single #timeline is overwhelming, even my followed timeline, even though I only follow like 20 people. It's so hard to keep up with the #threads that fill up my whole #feed while the #local and #federated timelines are updated every second. The #trending timeline is filled with #stuff idgaf about. Any #help ?
The same week that Nora Roberts made a donation to EveryLibrary Institute, her books were banned in schools in Florida!
Now she's challenging you to join her by participating in the #NoraRobertsChallenge by making a tax-deductible donation to fight against book bans and challenging your friends to do the same.
"I have always believed that libraries are essential to our society and the preservation of our democracy. They provide access to knowledge and ideas that are critical for personal and intellectual growth." -Nora Roberts
#FoxNews is not in the #news nor in the #information businesses,
it chiefly sells a sense of #belonging through #Infotainment ("performative belief) in a seemingly increasingly hostile environment.