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peter_stokeson German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses

The guy who was honestly providing his experience using smart glasses with his family and how they could be improved to be more privacy-conscious.

You then went on a rant about how CEOs should be jailed because their products facilitated a genocide? How does this have to do with the parent? It's not even clear that these smart glasses are illegal (I suppose we'll see the results of the criminal complaint)?

I hope you are okay man...

peter_stokeson German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses

"HateAid said its complaint was based on a federal digital data protection law that prohibits the sale of communication devices designed to film people without them noticing."

I think the light makes it pretty clear it's recording? There will always be devices made to suppress this... I'm not sure I want to go down the path of mandating an audible camera click sound like they have for smartphones in Japan

peter_stokeson A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website

you really revved the weebs with this one

peter_stokeson U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

i think population pyramids will basically guarantee growth of that sector in almost all first world countries for thenext few decades

peter_stokeson Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice

unfortunately the field of abiogenesis, just like extraterrestrial life, is a lost cause.

The reality we will never be able to replicate creation of life nor find life on other planets (except via contamination). it's why we've never gotten any closer. and i'm not even religious

peter_stokeson Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak triples in size

any reason why a foodborne illness would have two "waves" like this? Different batches?

peter_stokeson The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You

HSR derailed itself. CA takes 95% of the blame

agreed on the LV monorail though

peter_stokeson California cannot keep rewarding utilities after catastrophic wildfires

ok, could you elaborate?

here's my take: it's convenient for politicians to fingerpoint and threaten IOUs in a state where wildfires are practically unavoidable (CC, veg, massive size). it works the base well, but they don't actually want the massive liability of wf risk running the state's Tx grid themselves. Especially not in a state with inverse condemnation. Esp not a gov that already bears too much risk via FAIR.

Gov will rarely actually push to even just reduce the ROR... even though they have that lever. I'm curious why you think this is. Not a gotcha or anything, I think there's lots of answers

Now, whether transitioning POUs to IOUs would serve ratepayers better (lower costs and reduced wildfires), I'm not sure there's a clear answer. If it were possible, I would vote on such a thing because I share your optimism. But I'm not sure I share your confidence. Options of equity financing etc can be helpful...

I want to make it clear im not an IOU apologist. I just think the whole system is broken, not just 1 (or i guess 3) actors.

peter_stokeson California cannot keep rewarding utilities after catastrophic wildfires

> The California power grid should've been nationalized long ago as an electric cooperative, but there is no will

why do you think this is?

peter_stokeson Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website

> It's not part of the specs or requirements to only be available in the Google / Apple ecosystem.

but at the moment, it is. so he's right to be nervous. from one american duopoly to another.

but i share your optimism that they eventually allow this to work without them.

peter_stokeson AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying

oh, thanks for pointing this out ill click that next time. i can be a bit unaware sometimes.

one time i visited a compromised site that put up a fake cloudflare challenge that told me to paste a script into powershell, and i was all ladeeda nothing seems wrong. only because i forgot how to paste in powershell, did i not run it. i sure tried though. I typed ctrl v about 5 times not realizing it wasnt supported in powershell and then ragequit. funnily enough, whne i refreshed that page to try and get rid of the challenge the page loaded fine. I fail upward like this all the time.

peter_stokeson AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying

for the first time ever, i got a reCaptcha that required me to scan a QR code? Thankfully when I refreshed the page, I got a new busclicking captcha

peter_stokeson Should you wash your solar panels?

when it first started it was basically 450GBP/MWh (In 2010 GBP). and that was paid for every kWh generated (whether exported or not). And the PPA lasts for 20-25 years.

peter_stokeson US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search

she's wrong. i did it on the browser on my desktop. the ui definitely doesn't make it easy to find though.

peter_stokeson Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

More details on the Deep Sea Camera System used here:

https://www.dev.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/...

https://github.com/NGS-Exploration-Technology/Deep-Sea-Camer...

peter_stokeson LEDs’ potential to save our night skies

sodium lamps are much more iconic and pretty. LEDs are gross and soulless

peter_stokeson Iran's IRGC claims attack on Amazon's main data hub in Bahrain

https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

All the UAE/Bahrain services have been disrupted since March/April

peter_stokeson Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

Not in developing countries. Especially not when in the commons (e.g. territorial waters). Awareness + western tourism is often the only way these things get protected.

peter_stokeson Agent swarms and the new model economics

Sometimes the forgettable pieces come later. In JC's case, that's Avatar 2

peter_stokeson AliExpress hit with record $629M fine for counterfeit and illegal goods

title should be in euros (€550 million), so its clear the bloc responsible. and as usual, almost every one of the """criteria""" is completely arbitrary if you read the full press release: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...

new tax base unlocked! woohoo

peter_stokeson First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

>there statistically has to be life out there

based on what

>but it's also so large that we'll never sense them let alone communicate with or see them.

unfalsifiable.

peter_stokeson First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

life does not exist on other planets (not considering contamination). I'll bet on it

peter_stokeson Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled

the criminal complaint: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline

page 18 answers many of the questions in this thread.