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speckx··on Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free
I've abandoned my Google apps after all the requirements over the last year or so. It's too much of a hassle. Apple is friendlier. Also, it wasn't worth justifying 1% of the income and 99% grief compared to Apple.
speckx··on Peter Cullen has died
Till all are one.
speckx··on Apple Introduces New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
I was looking forward and hoping that the Mini and Studio would have 8K at 120Hz. Oh well, maybe the M7s will have that.
speckx··on Taylor Farms de Mexico recalled 236,192 CASES of lettuce
> Taylor Farms de Mexico knows where all of its lettuce was shipped. The FDA should also know where that lettuce was shipped. Why is this information being withheld from consumers?
speckx··on Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop?
More discussion related to this:

https://thomasrigby.com/posts/re-are-we-becoming-too-paranoi...

https://lazybea.rs/re-are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-...

https://noisydeadlines.net/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/not-paranoid-but-respectful/

speckx··on The thing about that dog in "The Thing," now in the National Film Registry
Jed’s profile page on the Internet Movie Database https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058600/
speckx··on DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won't Say How
https://archive.is/de3vr
speckx··on OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups
https://archive.is/8YD4E
speckx··on A peek into Reddit's anti-spam internals
I can't even fathom how mods now handle all this. I was a mod for one of the top subreddits and it was hard back then, a few years before LLMs, and I only had to deal with URL submissions, not comments.

I also help moderate a forum and I noticed the spike in new user signups for spamming has sharply risen over the last two years or so. The majority are most likely using LLMs to automate this. So now we put new registered users into a shadow account where they can post and interact, but it's only visible to them and no one else on the forum for a probation period. It seems to work for now.

speckx··on Stealing a MiG-29 Was a Piece of Cake – Sort Of. Alexander Zuyev's Great Escape
Part 2 @ https://theaviationist.com/2026/05/10/alexander-zuyevs-great...
speckx··on No more Opus for Copilot Pro plan users
AI token subsidies seem to be ending across the industry.
speckx··on System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]
It looks like the original PDF linked, https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/53566bf5440a10affd749724787c89... is 404.

I do see these:

https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/8b8380204f74670be75e81c820ca8d... https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/79c2d46d997783b9d2fb3241de4321...

speckx··on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
Here are the steps:

- Enable developer options by tapping the software build number in About Phone seven times

- In Settings \> System, open Developer Options and scroll down to "Allow Unverified Packages."

- Flip the toggle and tap to confirm you are not being coerced

- Enter device unlock code

- Restart your device

- Wait 24 hours

- Return to the unverified packages menu at the end of the security delay

- Scroll past additional warnings and select either "Allow temporarily" (seven days) or "Allow indefinitely."

- Check the box confirming you understand the risks.

- You can now install unverified packages on the device by tapping the "Install anyway" option in the package manager.

speckx··on Aggressive AI scrapers are making it kinda suck to run wikis
Requiring readers to log in to view content doesn't really work. Some will register so that they can use the account to crawl. Some won't even care if they are requesting hundreds of URLs a minute. Sure, that sets off alarms, but it's a game of whack-a-mole again.
speckx··on Facebook is cooked
Same here, I use it once every year or so. I get AI slop when I log in that is mostly like this blog post.

My wife, who uses it maybe once or twice a month, does not AI slop, she showed me her feed. Nor does my friend who uses it daily. It's definitely based on usage or lack of usage.

speckx··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
I wish the "pause CF" button would work via API or via any other way, even if there is an outage like this.
speckx··on I Am Mark Zuckerberg
I have a similar username on a "social media" site as the founder's username. I would get hateful personal messages, requests for favors, begging for money, etc., constantly. At first I would respond to correct people, but after years and years I stopped. I just disable notifications for that site and never read my mailbox, personal messages, etc. This has been going on for about 19 years now.
speckx··on The Soothing British Radio Show That Blew My Mind – and Put Me Right to Sleep
https://archive.is/adwz9
speckx··on Tell HN: Azure outage
FYI: https://status.cloud.microsoft/
speckx··on Tell HN: Azure outage
FYI: https://status.cloud.microsoft/
speckx··on Hacking India's largest automaker: Tata Motors
The fact that they put their AWS secret keys on their website is incredible.
speckx··on Obtaining Global Admin in Every Entra ID Tenant
> These tokens allowed full access to the Azure AD Graph API in any tenant. Requesting Actor tokens does not generate logs. Even if it did they would be generated in my tenant instead of in the victim tenant, which means there is no record of the existence of these tokens.

Wow! No logs.

I wonder how Microsoft would notify affected tenants.

speckx··on Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed Google email and auth sync
I get legitimate calls from my health insurance company. When they call, they are not allowed to say the company they call from, it's a HIPAA thing. Once I say the name of the health insurance company, they will confirm it. It's weird, but it's the way it is now.
speckx··on Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
I was going to say, you can use alternatives, and they will show you what's blurred or has changed.
speckx··on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords
Don't forget the PTR record.
speckx··on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords
And renting the Internet access.
speckx··on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now' [video]
Curious. Do you use the bank's website via a browser from a computer? What about in-person banking? Do you go to the bank?
speckx··on Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy
Also have a look at https://ffprofile.com/
speckx··on California tech startup once worth $1B shuts down
I don't see how giving away stuff is a good business plan. I guess they gave it all away and are now forced to close.
speckx··on Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy
I cancelled my subscription as well because of the opt-in by default.
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