@hex@kolektiva.social2025-10-30 19:36:00
As a security engineer, whenever anyone talks about a control it's always important to ask "by what mechanism?"
> "Oh, that can't happen because we have a system to stop it."
By what mechanism?
> "We have documentation that says...."
Yeah, that's not a mechanism.
People keep saying, "Trump can't do that!" But like... by what mechanism?
> "The constitution says..."
Yeah... a documented list of rules is not self-enforcing. What is the mechanism?
What makes this impossible? Oh, it's possible under certain conditions? Oh, it's always possible and you're completely relying on the idea that there will never be a malicious actor? Yeah, that's gonna get exploited. Oh shit, now you're owned.
What do you do with a system that's completely owned? Once it's compromised it can never be trusted again. What would you tell a client who told you, "Patching is really hard, so we're just gonna ban the attacker's IP."
What, you're not even gonna reinstall?
I assume we've all had the "burn everything down and start again" client. I wonder how many of us thought we would see the US government ask for them to hold it's beer.
#USPol
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-11-30 06:34:00
Missing Link: ChatGPT als Therapeut – Die Wirkung der Resonanzmaschine
Immer mehr Menschen vertrauen einer Maschine, die nichts fühlt, aber uns immer besser versteht. Welche Folgen hat es, wenn ChatGPT therapeutisch wirkt?
@dde@social.tchncs.de2025-12-30 00:37:02
Kommunikationswerkzeuge und Messenger Ende 2025 – https://www.deimeke.net/dirk/blog/index.php?/archives/4462-Kommunikationswerkzeuge-und-Messenger-Ende-2025.html
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2025-11-30 08:55:24
Non-invasive technology can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/non-invasive-technology-can-shape-the-brains-reward-seeking-mechanisms Non-invasive ultrasonic neuromodulation of the human …
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-30 14:07:16
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Missing Persons:
🎵 Destination Unknown
#MissingPersons
https://djcrackerjacks.bandcamp.com/track/missing-persons-destination-unknown-dj-cracker-jacks-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6adNmhEh8Kb1Swoy1XG8gn
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-30 01:12:28
Donald Trump Jr. joined
Unusual Machines’ advisory board in November 2024
-- U.S. government contracts soon followed
CEO Allan Evans told Forbes the advisory board was created when Donald Trump Jr. was named to it,
and that he believes it has four other members,
but he declined to name them or share if they are associated with the Trump Organization.
Likewise, the company’s website does notappear to mention any members other than Donald Trump Jr.
Earl…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-30 13:05:56
Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/federal-workers-barely-making-it-through-government-shutdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p38#a251030p38
@primonatura@mstdn.social2025-10-30 12:00:15
"Organised crime making millions from illegal waste dumping in UK, says committee"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-29 19:37:05
This is what JD Vance wrote in his bestselling memoir:
“ I spent much of my time terrorizing the Appalachian fauna:
No turtle, snake, frog, fish, or squirrel was safe.”
https://bsky.app/profile/ostonox.com/post/3m4e2oqmkoc2m
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-30 14:55:24
OpenAI is a loss-making machine, with estimates that it has no road to profitability by 2030 -- and will need a further $207 billion in funding even if it gets there (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt/analysis-openai-is-a-loss-making-machine
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p9#a251130p9