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Systems, organizations, products, platforms, software, science, and a little bit of politics. Whatever you think I identify with, I probably don't.

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osma, to random
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The are two good features in this new, obviously incredibly privacy violating Windows spyware: it requires a completely new processor, so it can't roll out by accident, and it is aptly named #recall, which is exactly what Microsoft would do if they had a microgram of common sense.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

osma,
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@MudMan
Well according to Microsoft's statements, it does. Sure, it probably doesn't do anything that couldn't be done on an Intel+Nvidia or AMD system as well, but that's a future matter.

The way to disable it is to not run Windows 11. That also works for a number of other problems, such as Edge being buggy, Teams sucking ass, Outlook not understanding what its own UI font size is, Word being unable to save documents, Excel being unable to load documents, or Copilot spouting bullshit.

osma,
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@MudMan
I remember Microsoft as a company which produced user hostile, badly designed but ultimately pretty reliable software. It's been "a while" since I last actively used their products (minus acquisitions), so last few months have been quite the shock.

Now they produce user hostile, badly designed, extremely unstable and very, very unreliable software full of privacy violations.

osma, to Europe
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How is European defense showing up in the campaigns and policy debates of the European Parliament elections where you live?

osma,
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In Finland, defense isn't a topic that would divide the parties. We have the long russia border (which remains closed for traffic) and NATO membership is in effect. There are some minor opinion differences of how to get EU to contribute to outer border defense and exactly how to enforce the border closure while following asylum treaties, but EU border security and defense are in the themes of every party - anything else would alienate voters.

osma, to Cybersecurity
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I'm ever so slightly annoyed (= raging mad) that IT has managed to leave the personal details of every age kid, their parents, and every city employee on an unsecured network drive, allowed them to be stolen, and now is trying to wiggle out of the responsibility to inform every impacted person (= just about everyone) or offer anything but stupid generalities as protection for .
fail of the year. Perhaps several.

osma,
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120k or so kids and youth. All their parents/guardians. 40k employees. Unspecified job applicants. Names, addresses, social security numbers (or personal IDs, as they're now called). Home languages, religious affiliations, nationalities.

All stolen at once, because some criminally negligent idiot had NO PROTECTION for any data in place.

osma,
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The city dares to say that "those affected should take steps to protect their identity". What's to protect, you already exposed it all?! Besides, no identity protection services cover minors, so half the people impacted have nothing to lean to.

You. Fucking. Idiots.

osma, to random
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Täytyy sanoa, että tänään jokseenkin vituttaa sekä Helsingin tietosuojaprosessit että tiedotus aiheesta. "Mahdollisesti oppijat" sekä (tästä muuten ei proaktiivisesti tiedoteta) huoltajat SEKÄ KAIKKI KAUPUNGIN TYÖTEKIJÄT.

Tää on ihan rikollisen huonosti hoidettu ja kokoluokaltaan kymmenen kertaa Vastaamoa suurempi keissi. TODELLAKIN pitää löytyä rikosvastuuseen se taho, joka jätti suojaamatta ja päivittämättä verkkolevypalvelimet.

Mutta muuten oli kyl loistava päivä.

osma,
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@anuko
Sellainen pahoitteluhan olisi vastuunottoa ja sellaiseen ei kaupunki kykene.

osma,
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@snailkane
Ei Word ja Excel ole plain textiä. Ne on ihan siansaksaa. :)
@carto @anuko

osma,
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@mmin
Ei näiden asioiden pitäisi olla sen varassa, kuinka hereillä tavikset ovat. Sitä varten EU on tästä regulaatiota tehnyt ja organisaatioissa on vastuu hankkia ammattilaisten apua.

Se vastuu vaan ei ulotu julkisiin, kun niissä kukaan ei loppupelissä joudu vastuuta kantamaan.

osma,
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@anuko
Niissä on käynnissä prosessi, miten kaikki saadaan syötettyä ChatGPT:lle. Kukaan ei tasan tarkkaan pysähdy miettimään, mitä se tarkoittaa.
@miiakosonen @carto

osma, to random
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Ah, but see - in the alternate reality the chatbots inhabit, all statements are simultaneously both true and false. You only find out which it is by regenerating a new statement.

Thats not hallucinating - it's the Schrodinger AI.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24154808/ai-chatgpt-google-gemini-microsoft-copilot-hallucination-wrong

noelreports, to random
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"There are mines on the road."

Ok. Let's continue. Blyatbarn, charge!

Russians at work.

video/mp4

osma,
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@noelreports
one person ran away! Probably without their hearing, though.

osma, to random
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"Non-coercive" labor movements are a long russian and soviet tradition.
#gulags
https://mastodon.social/

osma, to random
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What connects M. Gaddafi, V. Putin, J. Kony, a huge number of Sudanese militia commanders, similar number of Congolese, Kenyan and Ugandan terrorists and one Benyamin Netanyahu?

An ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna149743

osma, to random Finnish
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Tämä hyvin kertoo, miksi on niin typerää yrittää kuvata poliittista kenttää "vasen-oikea" jaottelulla sen sijaan, että miettisi populismin, autoritarismin, konservatismin jne intersektioita.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20089501
#politiikka

osma, (edited ) to random
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COVID-19 is not like the flu: unlike influenza vaccines, the repeated and updated COVID vaccines develop a broad, effective antibody response, finds a new study. Now, if only it was actually possible to get a repeat, updated vaccination.

https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/repeat-covid-19-vaccinations-elicit-antibodies-that-neutralize-variants-other-viruses/

w7voa, to random
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The M/V Dali cargo ship, stuck in the Patapsco River for weeks after it brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, has been refloated this morning, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers.

osma,
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@ferricoxide @w7voa
Given that it was outgoing at the time of the accident and that it is not seaworthy in a long time, if ever -- all that cargo will surely be unloaded as soon as a suitable terminal is reached, perhaps to be reloaded onto other carriers. Right?

osma,
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@ferricoxide @w7voa
absolute majority of that cargo has been sitting in containers aboard for all this time. Only the first few rows were crushed and only very few fell offboard.. As for delay, "only" somewhat longer than those caused by M/S Evergiven (on all of the ships stuck behind it), and no longer than everything else stuck in or out of Baltimore. That is, a gigantic inventory of stuff.

SuneAuken, to random Danish
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Good work! Do the damn bridge next.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/05/19/in-blowing-up-a-russian-minesweeper-ukraine-may-have-revealed-a-secret-it-has-atacms-rockets-with-470-pound-warheads/

osma,
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@SuneAuken
A 470 pound warhead is nothing against a large bridge even when configured as a bunker-busting charge. To drop the bridge, a score of 4 times heavier JDAM (Mk 84) would still be a small strike package. Few missiles carry enough boom for the job - which is precisely why Ukraine's success so far against the bridge has been via land or sea route.

osma, to random
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Is Signal secure? Yes. But how just asking that is connected to another manufactured conspiracy theory boosted by the usual suspects - @Noupside explains how these come about.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/npr-elon-musk-signal

Noupside, to random
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🧵 I wrote ab the “is Signal secure?” manufactroversy on X. The Guardian wanted an explainer on why Elon & Jack were “concerned” about Signal. The answer, though, has nothing to do w/Signal’s product. It was part of an extended fight over whether woke NPR should be defunded & the CEO fired. Why? Because the CEO of NPR is on the board of Signal; by the Transitive Property of Bad People, Signal is thus compromised.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/npr-elon-musk-signal

osma,
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@Noupside
Truly wild stuff. Thanks for writing that!

jackofalltrades, to climate
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It's very clear how desperate green tech advocates are to paint the current developments as a win for the climate. But by doing so they only reinforce the status quo.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/17/wind-energy-saw-record-growth-in-2023-which-countries-installed-the-most

osma,
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@yianiris
Congratulations, this rude tirade of yours has earned you an eternal block. Perhaps you will one day learn to respect and listen to other people - but I will never know because I never will hear of you again.
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