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bymisnohmer
28, 2026 @04:47AM
(#65954068)
Attached to: Internal Messages May Doom Meta At Social Media Addiction Trial
Perhaps freedom of choice is too much to handle by some humans, and we should just classify all citizens into 2 classes able to handle different amounts of free will. The ones wanting a paternalistic government to protect them - told exactly what they can or cannot do by their government - so no activity allowed that is correlated with lower well-being, like having a facebook account or a credit card, or buying whatever thing is bad for you (e.g. cigarettes, burgers or other foods known to be unhealthy), taking whatever mediations the government decides is best for you, working the prescribed number of hours and resting the number of hours determined by the government to provide best work/rest balance, taking the medications or vaccinations determined to be best by your government - penalties for anyone from such class who violates the restrictions, like children that behave badly. Then the second class of free humans who is are free to watch facebook or take a credit card loan and only pay interest on that loan, buy foods bad for their health, but that class is prevented from suing anyone for consequences of their own decisions. It's not like studies that show that having a facebook account increases stress and lowers well being haven't been around for years now. Of course free people can still sue for misinformation (if Meta claimed using their products will actually increase your mental health), false advertising (e.g. lard advertised as fat free product) of course, but they cannot sue for making bad choices (like suing tobacco companies for selling them cigarettes, which contain health warnings right on the product packaging). How would you decide who should be in which class? Should it be voluntary, or some IQ test based?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @04:08AM
(#65951776)
Attached to: Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption
Trivial example - Meta could claim end-to-end encryption even if every single user's messages are encrypted using the same key. Even if they generate unique keys per user, if they store them on servers, or can have their app send the keys to their support staff on request, they could still technically claim end-to-end encryption. There are so many loopholes in claiming end-to-end encryption, no way Meta is not covered in many ways.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @03:32AM
(#65951752)
Attached to: GTA 6's Physical Release Could Be Delayed To 2027 Because of Leaks
The headline is designed (authored?) as a click-bait - "delayed to 2027" seems like a large delay considering it is now January 2026. However, once you read the details, the original release date was supposed to be at the end of 2026 (Nov 19th, 2026), so if they release the physical version on Jan 1st, 2027, it will be under a month and half delay. Still silly though, as most physical releases nowadays are just downloaders which download the latest version of the game anyways, so why not just do that?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @04:44AM
(#65949460)
Attached to: Infotainment, EV Charger Exploits Earn $1M at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026
It is not the worst case scenario. If you push you imagination a little further, imagine the DC chargers become the distribution for malware into the cars. With the "incredibly complicated", as you described it, charging protocol, it's near guaranteed at least some of the EV's can have a chain of exploits that will enable malware to jump from system to system (remember Jeep's OnStar hack about a decade ago?). Now let's say you can flip the logic on the pedestrian avoidance software to turn them into pedestrian targeting system. Or perhaps only pedestrians with specific characteristics. Or more simple attack, all infected cars simply wake up at a magic time and floor their accelerators. What do you think will happen to the stock of the company X the day after all their cars floor it at 4am. Attackers shorting such stock could make tons of money. Or maybe it's an unfriendly government that just needs a distraction. If you let your imagination go wild, even more scary scenarios are possible.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @03:47AM
(#65949400)
Attached to: Washington State May Mandate 'Firearm Blueprint Detection Algorithms' For 3D Printers
I need to do this quick, so it can be added to the legislation asap - every single printer in WA state has to talk to my cloud service to censor designs to be printed. Only $24.99 annual subscription per 3d printer, plus $1 per print folks, unless AI flags the design, then you can request a $199 review by a human if you still want to print that. If you disagree with that review, you can request a full arbitration review, for $10K retainer plus $500 per hour for all the engineers testifying and lawyers - no money back of course, but if you win you can print it.
PS> I need to raise seed money to lobby WA politicians to legislate that only companies with special license can do such reviews, and to make sure only my company ever gets this license. WA politicians are good this way, so see how many companies are licensed to sell or rent their card shufflers in WA state. I think I'm going to need about $10,100,000 to start, $10M is for lobbying, $100K to setup the service. I'm sure there are annual political donations that have to be made to keep the law in place and any competitors from getting licensed to censor 3d printing in WA, but I expect to be able to make those from the revenue off the 3d printers.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @03:29AM
(#65949376)
Attached to: Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
From the summary:
"its pumps use liquid carbon dioxide as refrigerant, which is circulated using rocket engine technology rather than fans."
So these guys thought that a common way to circulate liquid CO2 is using fans?!? Or was it just the AI that wrote the startup's business plan, or perhaps just this announcement, its summary?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @02:03AM
(#65947612)
Attached to: EU Parliament Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants
So what that it's stored in Germany for example, if the company can easily exfiltrate the data via their corporate links to the US for example. It's not where you store it, it's where it can be accessed from without any restrictions.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @01:56AM
(#65943498)
Attached to: eBay Bans Illicit Automated Shopping Amid Rapid Rise of AI Agents
Why do you care where it ships from, as long as you get what you want for the price you agreed to pay within the time window you found acceptable? If you have some ideological reasons where you don't want goods from China for example. look up where the product is made and if you buy something made outside of China it's not likely to ship from there. Or are you ok if it goes from Shenzhen to San Jose, and then shipped to you, then pay for it - it is available on ebay (select shipped from US only), for a price of course (the dude in San Jose wants his cut).
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bymisnohmer
2026 @01:50AM
(#65943496)
Attached to: eBay Bans Illicit Automated Shopping Amid Rapid Rise of AI Agents
Why? You could tell such ebay agent - "Buy for me AN_ITEM_HERE, must be in working condition, must have FEATURES_HERE, must be returnable for free for at least 15 days, must have ebay money back guarantee, and total price must be under $XYZ". You're covered if it's a scam by both ebay and return policy. You could give the agent a gift card with only $XYZ loaded for further protection. Such an agent is useful for things rarely listed, which often sell within an hour of being listed, which means unless you don't have a life and are constantly scanning ebay, you'd never get a chance to buy. Here is an example - https://www.ebay.com/itm/18760.... Those rarely show up on ebay, especially at this price. Oh and no, ebay's search notifications are nowhere near fast enough to notify you that a new item matching your search has been listed, they only trigger days later if the item doesn't sell.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @01:23AM
(#65943478)
Attached to: EU Parliament Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants
Anyone who believes their data stored in other countries is safe from that country's government is kidding themselves.
Ok, maybe if they do high end encryption locally before sending ANY data to the cloud, perfectly padded changes (every hour the exact same amount of data changes in the cloud, if no content change, that amount of data is re-encrypted so that it looks to the cloud like new data), and perhaps few other measures such as backup in different countries which don't cooperate with each other, to protect against loss of data or restricted access. Maybe then there is a chance for the data to be protected from that foreign government.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @04:16PM
(#65938156)
Attached to: Anthropic CEO Says Government Should Help Ensure AI's Economic Upside Is Shared
Quick fact check - which AI company is making trillions?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @01:48AM
(#65936394)
Attached to: Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe Last Year than Pure Gas-Powered Models
Who then used to buy the Porsches in China until recently? People who wanted to get chauffeured in a 911 GT3 RS?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @03:15AM
(#65933992)
Attached to: Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe Last Year than Pure Gas-Powered Models
While there were no Macan EV Turbos available for sale on the lots near me, it probably would not have mattered. One of the reason I like Porsche is because I can custom build the car I want, only pay for options which are important to me. Apparently my taste varies significantly from the specifications dealer will spec for their cats for the lot, which are generally chosen for most commonly requested features, and include highest profit options (e.g. $2,500 EVSE, or deviated stitching color, or gold colored accents) but miss things I care about (performance like toque-vectoring or rear-axel-steering, and other functional upgrades like night vision or AR HUD - some might have one of those, but none have all, but no thousands of dollars for colored plastics).
That said, I know a guy who loves his Macan EV Turbo and hasn't had a lot of trouble with it in over a year, but yea, there are recalls, and I've read some stories from owners on the internet about teething pains of this new tech. However, no car is perfect nowadays, or anywhere near (I've looked and tried different brands). Not even Toyotas nowadays (heard of the bz4z wheels coming off recall?). Porsche will need get its act together though on modernizing their cars. In the US they don't have to complete against Chinese EV's. In China they don't have that advantage so their sales tanked - if you can get a higher performing EV for a third of a price, and it has a much better user experience, the results are predictable - the badge does not carry a $100K premium to most modern buyers. Sadly Porsche's current thinking is to go back to ICE cars, and to more exclusivity (think Porsche Sonderwunsch - https://www.porsche.com/storie...). They think they can get Ferrari exclusivity with legacy Porsche volumes.
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bymisnohmer
2026 @02:16AM
(#65933938)
Attached to: Young US College Graduates Suddenly Aren't Finding Jobs Faster Than Non-College Graduates
I am not sure whether the length of time to find a job as a sole measure is meanigful at all. Recruiters will tell you that it usually takes X days per $10K expected salary to find a job. I personally have experienced the same correlation. The value of X changes with economic times, but it is generally true that it takes longer to find a higher paid job. So the question is, are college graduates getting better paid jobs which take longer to find?
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bymisnohmer
2026 @02:07AM
(#65933926)
Attached to: Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe Last Year than Pure Gas-Powered Models
Porsche plays exclusivity games by limiting allocations for their cars. I inquired about getting a Macan EV Turbo approximately a year ago, was told no allocations available or on the horizon. I waited nearly 2 years (of active searching) to buy a Taycan CT Turbo, but back then there were not as many EV alternatives available. I don't think I'd wait that long for another one. Macan EV is no 911 GT3 RS, people will inquire about getting one, and if they are told they have to wait months or years, they will move on and buy an alternative. Tariffs and devaluation of US dollar against Euro (and other currencies) has been raising prices for Porsches, which is not going to help them sell more, even though Porsche actually is eating a big chunk of those additional costs (the MSRP prices went up, but nowhere near to make up for dollar devaluation + inflation + tariffs).
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