Posts by Pascal Monett

I can't get the video to work

In Firefox it didn't want to go. Said "can't find MIME format" or somesuch.

Tried in Brave, no cigar. Seamonkey didn't like it either.

So I copied the URL to my work PC and tried with Chrome. Still no go.

What format are you people using for even Chrome to not agree ?

P.S. : all my browsers are up to date and have no trouble viewing videos on YouTube or elsewhere, like this one.

So I can run a local chatbot

With my i9 10980XE, my 64GB of DDR4, my 8TB of HDDs and my GeForce RTX 4080 Panther, it would seem, from your experience, that I have a machine that can run a chatbot.

Now if you could just convince me why I would need one. I already have a wife and a cat if I wish to talk with someone, and even the cat has more brains than a chatbot.

"India has historically struggled with tax compliance"

Seems like it is still struggling . . .

Oh, all is well, then

"Leicester City Council has a good reputation for information governance, so I have some faith that the damage done in terms of sensitive data will be quite limited "

Yeah, well we're going to find out just how "limited" the damage was. Not that I wish them to languish for weeks, it's just that I doubt that their reputation is enough to get them back on their feet next week.

Ah, so an AI PC just needs a specific Intel CPU

Yeah, go tell that to Nvidia.

Or rather, just keep on banging that drum. There is no such thing as AI anyway, so make the most of it while you can.

After all, quantum is coming . . .

Not surprising

Borkzilla automatically brands any privacy concern as doomsday fodder, because truly respecting our privacy would indeed be doomsday for it and many others.

"where guests can reasonably expect privacy expectations"

Isn't that fun ?

When I go to a hotel, I reasonably expect privacy everywhere.

I do not expect my face to show up on the hotel's Facebook page of reservations. Nor do I expect that I be found on the hotel's Facebook restaurant guest page.

I am willing to accept that there be a security cam in the garage, but that will be the extent of my understanding.

If you so much as show a pic of me wandering around in your garden, I will sue your ass off.

Attacking Russian voting systems ?

Talk about useless.

And Putin is scared, why ?

He already knows he's going to win. Is he going to be miffed by winning by 99.4% instead of 99.9% ?

Really ?

"it has yet to turn a profit"

So, a dinosaur from the dot-com bubble then ?

No problem. Go public. I'll see how you fail, then I'll choose if and when I invest.

I'm sure all your VC partners have long since prepared their exit.

Start turning a profit and I'll pay more attention.

"systems specialized for the legal domain will perform better than generalist ones"

Yes. They used to be called expert systems, and there, just like today, there was no AI to be found.

But they did work.

We'll see how this one lives up to the legacy.

Wow

Another point on which His Muskiness is not going to weasel his way out of with ease.

I can't wait to see him squirm while trying to justify his "Ukraine should just surrender" attitude.

"deal a mortal wound to the online tracking-based advertising industry"

Yeah. I believe in Santa Claus as well.

I only wish it could be true, but experience tells me that fucking assholes full of money generally get their way, whatever the law says.

"halt mainframe skill slips"

Just a suggestion : maybe stop firing the people who have acquired the skills ?

I've been using 7-zip for ages now

Not to diss on Mr Plummer, who I follow on YouTube with relish, but Zip is now outdated. 7-zip has been more efficient and more secure for a long while now.

No bad feelings, though. Zip was a godsend when it arrived.

All that work . . .

makes for getting up real early.

Let no one say that the BOFH is a lazy bastard !

Article title is a bit misleading

I came to this article thinking I was going to learn about someone having hacked a font, like others have hacked jpg images. What I actually learn is that there are tools to manage fonts, and it is one of those that is hackable. That is not the same thing.

Then there is the fact that the article evokes three vulnerabilities, but only describes one even though the way the article is written made me believe that I would get a description of all three.

I'm a bit miffed.

"the app was banned on UK government devices"

The app has nothing to do on any government's devices.

I note that we haven't heard about banks banning it on their platforms, because banks wouldn't allow users to install it in the first place. When you're working in a bank, you puny little cog do not have the right to install anything without approval from your department manager. And your department manager won't approve anything that is not for your work.

Why are governments not doing the same ? Oh, of course, IT costs money and people in government - especially politicians and their aides - don't have time to be subject to actual IT security.

"With more employees relying on ChatGPT"

Why are more employees relying on a beta service that makes stuff up ?

The only thing they're really doing is giving their time and data for free to a service which, once declared in production, will gouge them for their own work on a monthly subscriptoin basis.

"dismiss all of Elon's claims"

I think that that should be standard practice by now.

That is why web site Ts & Cs are not a contract

A contract is a binding agreement between both parties.

Oracle can drum up all the changes it wants, none of them are valid if nothing is allowing them in the existing contract.

That is why contract amendments are made. They add to and change the initial contract, and both parties must agree to them before they can be implemented.

And that is the essential difference between an actual contract and web site Ts & Cs. The web site can change them at any time and if you don't like it, your only choice is not to use said web site any more. You cannot argue that you wish stay on the pre-change version.

Ts & Cs are not a contract.

Just another reason

to not rush into a service offered online as soon as it opens.

Wait a few years, to see if it is viable. Because, if you don't, you stand a good chance of being disappointed and losing money.

I love it

Every half-brain change Elon makes to his "platform" is continually blowing up in his face.

I just love watching that.