Daily Tech News and Migration Thread 19 May 2024

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We are on the new server (yay) but the spam filter wants to ban everyone (not so good.

I'm working on it.
LLMs - large language models, which form the basis for all current commercial "AI" research - are as secure as the telephone network in the 1970s. (Schneier)

And indeed they are secure in exactly the same way as the telephone network in the 1970s.

Which is to say, it's a house of cards with the very finest locks, which are also made out of cards.
I'll be starting on moving us to the new server as this thread is posted. I should be able to make everything Just Work (TM) except that comments posted to this thread may or may nor make it across initially. I'll need to come back and clean that up afterwards.

I'll post an all clear once it's complete and back to better than normal.

Tech News

Section 230 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects online platforms from most civil and criminal action if all they do is faithfully present data provided by their users (and take appropriate action when informed that action needs to be taken).

But that law may not provide any protection at all when the data is rewritten using AI. (MSN)

Oh no.

Anyway...
AMD's beastly Strix Point Halo CPU could be even more of a beast than previously anticipated. (Hot Hardware)

This chip - or rather, module, since it seems to consist of three smaller chiplets - will have 16 full Zen 5 CPU cores (rather than the expected Zen 5c, which is fully compatible but smaller and slower) and 40 RDNA3 graphics cores, with a 256-bit memory bus.

It will also have some number of Zen 5c cores on the graphics part of the module, though we don't yet know how many.

It's basically a PlayStation 5 except with three times the CPU performance.

(AMD also designed the chip for the PlayStation 5. And the Xbox Series X and S.)
It's not a bubble! With AI startups booming, the rest of the Silicon Valley bullshit is back too. (Tech Crunch)

It's a bubble.

Anime Music Video of the Day

Song is Long Gone and Moved On by The Script. Anime is Usagi Drop a.k.a Bunny Drop, which tells the story of a family gathering when the clan patriarch passes away - only to find he's left them an unexpected gift in the form of his six year old daughter.

When the ostensible adults in the room are discussing what should be done with her - the mother has disappeared - Daikichi, the 30-something man you can see in the video, says Fuck you guys, she's family, I'll take her in if you're all too useless.

He knows absolutely nothing about raising children, but he finds a way to make it work.

Disclaimer: I'll pass on the recommendation not to read the manga for this one. I took the advice so I can't confirm it either way. The anime though is utterly delightful.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Good morning

Posted by: Molly k. at May 19, 2024 04:00 AM (j/yko)

2 Hmmm.........
Comments post then disappear

Posted by: Molly k. at May 19, 2024 04:02 AM (j/yko)

3 Don't you hate it when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 19, 2024 04:02 AM (0eaVi)

4 And then come back!

Posted by: Molly k. at May 19, 2024 04:02 AM (j/yko)

5 3 Don't you hate it when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep?

...........

Yes, woke up at 2. I am going to try to go back to bed here shortly tho.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 19, 2024 04:03 AM (j/yko)

6 I blame (spins wheel) carnivorous worms.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

7 Guess I'll save my pity comments for later just in case.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 19, 2024 04:04 AM (ju2Fy)

8 *pithy

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 19, 2024 04:05 AM (ju2Fy)

9 I think that worked.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:28 AM (wX5h4)

10 Oops. Unbanned everyone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:38 AM (wX5h4)

11 Trying again...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:39 AM (wX5h4)

12 Problem with the new NAT proxy. I'll need to work on that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:39 AM (wX5h4)

13 Nood!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2024 05:39 AM (wX5h4)

14 Yay!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:41 AM (wX5h4)

15 Just a teensy problem with the spam filter. Working on it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:41 AM (wX5h4)

16 Poke...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:43 AM (wX5h4)

17 Poke poke...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 19, 2024 05:43 AM (wX5h4)

18 Are we there yet, mom?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 19, 2024 05:45 AM (wX5h4)

19 Banned

Posted by: TeeJ at May 19, 2024 05:45 AM (wX5h4)

20 Hello

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 19, 2024 05:49 AM (wX5h4)

21 I'm just here for the Earth shattering Kaboom! Ace said there would be Kaboom...

Posted by: Marvin the Martian at May 19, 2024 05:49 AM (wX5h4)

22 Are we there yet, Dad?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 19, 2024 06:06 AM (wX5h4)

23 Why is my life like a Road Runner cartoon, I never seem to beable to catch that damn bird.

Posted by: coliin at May 19, 2024 06:12 AM (wX5h4)

24 Guess nooding is out of fashion on the new server.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 19, 2024 06:16 AM (wX5h4)

25 Thanks for keeping this outfit running Pixy

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 19, 2024 07:34 AM (wX5h4)

26 Good morning all! Great team effort on the ONT!

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 19, 2024 08:43 AM (wX5h4)

27 I don't understand the Marcia cartoon

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 19, 2024 09:06 AM (wX5h4)

28 Can confirm; you don't want to read the Usagi Drop manga. :'(

Posted by: I have seen things... at May 19, 2024 11:17 AM (wX5h4)

29 A wonderful slice of life anime from years ago.

Posted by: Sixiron at May 19, 2024 01:36 PM (wX5h4)

30 Thanks for all your hard work, pixy! This place means so much to so many. We would be lost without your hamster wrangling abilities!

Posted by: Pickled lurker at May 19, 2024 02:36 PM (wX5h4)

31 Windows keeps blocking pix I save from the site with a security warning. I have to tell it to keep them. Certificate issue?

Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at May 19, 2024 04:34 PM (wX5h4)

32 Oh dear. Still on this thread?

Posted by: GWB at May 19, 2024 06:31 PM (wX5h4)

33 And not the comments from 7:30 this morning?

Posted by: GWB at May 19, 2024 06:32 PM (wX5h4)

34 And no Gun Thread.

Posted by: GWB at May 19, 2024 07:23 PM (wX5h4)

35 Could we do away with the ads after the server move? How much money does it actually make? I would gratefully donate cash to never see the ear wicking ad again.

Posted by: PGM at May 19, 2024 09:23 PM (w+fJe)

36 The anime is beautiful. The manga screws up the ending and changes everything in terrible ways. Just don't read it. it's STUPID.

Posted by: doug at May 20, 2024 01:22 AM (3OjHe)

37 Are we there yet?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2024 06:48 AM (BxvY+)

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