Daily Tech News 22 July 2022

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Yes, Virginia, the FBI is reading Twitter. (The Verge)

Anything that allows them to bring high-profile cases without leaving the sofa, up to and including making them up, not that they need to in this case.
So what have we learned here, friends? First of all, don't do illegal things. Second, don't do them on a public blockchain where anyone can look. Third, Coinbase definitely reads crypto Twitter. Fourth, so do the feds. Fifth, when one of your employees is indicted for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the most important time to note that tokens aren't securities is right after the indictment is unsealed.
SEC lists nine crypto tokens as securities following Coinbase insider trading charges. (The Block)

Oh.

Previously Would Have Been on Daily Tech News Only I Was Stuck at the Airport in a Mile-Long Queue

YouTube processed 1.5 billion Content-ID claims in 2021. (TorrentFreak)

Is that a lot? That sounds like a lot.
Samsung plans to invest $200 billion in new semiconductor fabs in Texas. (Tom's Hardware)

Is that a lot? That sounds like a lot.

Also, Texas: Get your grid sorted out. Wind power is not baseload power.
Need an FPGA developer board? Only have a laptop? NiteFury has you covered. (CrowdSupply)

Or would do if they hadn't run out of them 18 months ago and been unable to make more due to component shortages.
A look at the Ryzen 6850U under Linux. (Phoronix)

Not the fastest laptop CPU, though respectable, but easily the fastest integrated graphics.
Reality doesn't exist until you measure it. (Science)

From what I've seen, it often doesn't bloody exist after I've measured it either.
Neopets' database has been hacked and their user and password information is out there. (Bleeping Computer)

Worth noting that their password field appears to be VARCHAR(20) - which means if it's stored as a hexadecimal hash, it's just 80 bits, which means that every single password has likely been cracked already.

Ford is planning to fund it's expansion into electric vehicles by... Oh. (Car and Driver)

They're going to fire 8000 people.
Is the FiiO K9 Pro ESS Desktop DAC / Amplifier a solid product or audiophile nonsense? (Tech Powerup)

It costs $850 from AliExpress, so I'm not inclined to find out.
If you're looking to build a fast fast server, the ASRock WRX80D8-2T might be the just the motherboard you need. (Tom's Hardware)

It's built around the Threadripper Pro rather than Epyc, but it's a server board with remote management and tons of I/O.

While the upcoming 4th generation "Genoa" Epyc chips will have 96 cores, up from 64, the 96 core models we've seen detailed so far max out at just 2.15GHz. The Threadripper Pro 5995WX has 64 cores and a top clock speed of 4.5GHz, so depending on the workload it could well be faster.
Minecraft says blocks and blockchains don't mix. (WCCFTech)

Mojang (now owned by Microsoft, like most things) said no to integrating NFTs with the game client, the server, or using Minecraft IP with NFTs in any way.
NASA has scheduled the launch of the Artemis I Moon program mission for August 29. (ZDNet)

This is an unmanned test run for a program that will ultimately bring us very, very expensive virtue signaling:
Artemis I is the first of three missions that will culminate with NASA landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.
Astronaut: You picked me because I have the right stuff, yeah?
NASA Program Director: What? Oh, yeah, sure.
Should you not buy the inadequate base model of the M2 MacBook Air? (9to5Mac)
Waddya asking me for? Do I look like a nerd to you? I'm a journalist. I don't know shit.
Think I'm exaggerating? Here's a literal quote sans Pixy Filter:
I've used the base model M1 MacBook Air for work since it came out in 2020. Now I'm on the base model M2 MacBook Air. This is my short review:
- SSD: I can't tell that the base model storage is slower
- Performance: I can't tell if the M2 chip throttles
- Speed: I can't tell if the M2 chip is faster
Thanks Zac. I can see why they pay you the big bucks.

Cat, I'm A Kitty Cat Video of the Day

Inya really got into the spirit of this one.

Disclaimer: Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, continues to not exist.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:15 AM

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1 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 05:16 AM (fBY/Q)

2 Was getting worried but see you made it
Good evening Pixy

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 05:17 AM (2JoB8)

3 The moral of the story is
Unless your wife is the leader and voting on a congressional bill don't you use insider trading

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 05:19 AM (2JoB8)

4
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 22, 2022 05:21 AM (ENBF0)

5 Given the extraordinary resources required and the expense per kilogram of a Moon landing it seems to me that they should try to maximize this. Check all the boxes, you understand.

An Hispanic illegal alien Moslem transexual on Death Row, in a wheelchair, say.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 05:22 AM (QPMka)

6 Neat cat video, game or supposed to look like a game?

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 05:22 AM (2JoB8)

7 It's a new game, called Stray.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 22, 2022 05:26 AM (bKhFc)

8 Given the extraordinary resources required and the expense per kilogram of a Moon landing it seems to me that they should try to maximize this. Check all the boxes, you understand.

An Hispanic illegal alien Moslem transexual on Death Row, in a wheelchair, say.

Posted by: Common Tater

Instead, shoot a Greyhound Bus to the moon. Packed with all the boxes that need to be checked. Fill the bus up with the peoples, surround it in plastic wrap to keep it airtight...aim the bus at the moon and BLAMMMMMO,

Getting backs gonna be a bitch, but they'll have enough big brains on the moon to figure it out.

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2022 05:26 AM (vd8XM)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2022 05:27 AM (T4tVD)

10
hey JT

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 22, 2022 05:28 AM (ENBF0)

11 Clear but humid out

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 22, 2022 05:29 AM (2JoB8)

12 Hiya Alton !

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2022 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

13 From the Mac article.

"Obviously don't force yourself into a computer without enough storage or memory than you already know you'll need, but don't overvalue abstract benchmarks that may not affect you either."

And don't buy a pricier "new and improved" computer that isn't

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2022 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

14 Oh no. Dave in Texas died. Doesn’t he have young kids?- he seems to post frequently about traveling to their games , if I’m thinking of the right person. Very sad either way.

Posted by: Sharon Karen at July 22, 2022 05:35 AM (Ed8Zd)

15 Sure wish had another cup of coffee

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 22, 2022 05:37 AM (lyROV)

16 Morning again, all,

I'm running a bit . . . early! Which is by design. When I leave I'll have time to gas up the car. I saw an independent station here yesterday with $3.99 regular. My regular station with the E0 gas I feed the Buick may very well have followed suit -- and the E0 is only .05-.10 more usually.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 22, 2022 05:38 AM (c6xtn)

17 Hi early horde

Posted by: Ciampino - more comments at July 22, 2022 05:43 AM (qfLjt)

18 Reality doesn't exist until you measure it. (Science)

I just knew that sneaky quantum mechanics was fucking with us.

Study the implications of the two slit experiment for further confusion. Wiki has the murky explanations.

Collapsed wave function equations makes my ass itch.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 05:45 AM (JOtiF)

19 LOL Justin Trudeau's new haircut!

420 Justin Trudeau has a new haircut and lots of people are making fun of it.

https://tinyurl.com/yckzj8da

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2022 02:27 AM (PrR4G)

Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 05:48 AM (1vmZ4)

20 I just knew that sneaky quantum mechanics was fucking with us.

Yeah, the muffler bearings are shot on this here Quantum.
Gonna need a whole new wiper linkage too.

I can get it back to you sometime next week, parts are a bugger to get nowadays.

...Carl...

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2022 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

21 Justin Trudeau has a new haircut and lots of people are making fun of it.

I don't blame them

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2022 05:50 AM (vd8XM)

22 Back in 2012, the CIA was finally forced to release the 377 'keywords' (includes phrases) that they monitor on US phones and social media. One of the programs they used for this was called Raptor, though I'm reasonably sure it has a predecessor and successor version. Are they monitoring what words we use? YES.

Because of course they do. Spying on US citizens? Fuggitaboudit. Back when I first learned about the keyword phrases, I liked to open a phone convo with "nuclear weapons are cool". "Anthrax is my favorite band."

I wonder how I wound up with an SSSS designation on my boarding pass. 'Tis a mystery. But here is why I did it -- I don't like it when the gubmint breaks the Constitution and spies on our asses. Even yours.

Call it a personal flaw.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 05:59 AM (JOtiF)

23
Artemis I is the first of three missions that will culminate with NASA landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.

Sarah Brightman used to write some spacey music and there was talk of her taking some space mission ages ago. I think she found out some actual preparation was required for a 3g launch and the talk went away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 22, 2022 05:59 AM (Irs8U)

24 5 Given the extraordinary resources required and the expense per kilogram of a Moon landing it seems to me that they should try to maximize this. Check all the boxes, you understand.

An Hispanic illegal alien Moslem transexual on Death Row, in a wheelchair, say.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 05:22 AM (QPMka)
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You forgot woman, faggot/lesbo

Posted by: Ciampino - have we covered all the perversions? at July 22, 2022 06:00 AM (qfLjt)

25 18 Reality doesn't exist until you measure it. (Science)

I just knew that sneaky quantum mechanics was fucking with us.

Study the implications of the two slit experiment for further confusion. Wiki has the murky explanations.

Collapsed wave function equations makes my ass itch.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 05:45 AM (JOtiF)
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1. Is that similar to collapsed arches?
2. That 2-slit experiment. (a) they got it all wrong, each slit is a different dimension. /s
(b) is there a gal with whom to do the 2-slit experiment?

Posted by: Ciampino - what happems with 3 slits? at July 22, 2022 06:07 AM (qfLjt)

26 Hey Fen - don't know if you saw my post the other day in reference to your son and his iPhone.

It might be something as simple as lint building up in the charging port. On my phone the charger cable end wouldn't seat all the way. Try teasing out any debris with a toothpick or a "pick" of some kind. I used one of those precision eyeglass screwdrivers.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 06:07 AM (QPMka)

27 An Hispanic illegal alien Moslem transexual on Death Row, in a wheelchair, say.
Posted by: Common Tater

You forgot woman, faggot/lesbo
Posted by: Ciampino

Imagine when the engineers question them to determine how to provide for their human waste collection and disposal.

"Are you a man or a woman?"

Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 06:08 AM (fBY/Q)

28 I read somewhere years ago, that as far back as the 1960s every US phone call that was either originated or placed overseas was recorded on tape. Presumably stored at some gargantuan warehouse.

Today the surveillance is a lot easier.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 06:09 AM (QPMka)

29 1. Is that similar to collapsed arches?
2. That 2-slit experiment. (a) they got it all wrong, each slit is a different dimension. /s
(b) is there a gal with whom to do the 2-slit experiment?

Posted by: Ciampino - what happems with 3 slits? at July 22, 2022 06:07 AM (qfLjt)

As a pickup line, it seems pretty weak, but go for it. Or them.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 06:10 AM (JOtiF)

30 Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 06:07 AM (QPMka

Thanks very much. I appreciate your reaching out. Spouse tried that. It wasn't a success. We brought it over to the store and ended up with a new phone I'm not entirely sure that they don't put in designed obsolescence just as you're finished paying for the old phone,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2022 06:12 AM (PrR4G)

31 27

Imagine when the engineers question them to determine how to provide for their human waste collection and disposal.

"Are you a man or a woman?"

Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 06:08 AM (fBY/Q)
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Will they have to include tampons and sanitary pads even with an all male crew, in case one of them decides to 'transition' and wants to MENstruate?

Posted by: Ciampino - what is a half Latinx and half Black called? at July 22, 2022 06:13 AM (qfLjt)

32 Well the battery life is only good for so long, the phone should not be obsolete because of it. But getting someone to replace it, is another matter. I replaced an iPhone battery once. I'd not care to repeat it.

The big killer, that makes them fail prematurely is heat. I've noticed some applications or activities will really cook the whole device. Not sure why, but if the phone is getting noticeably hot, shut the thing off. Streaming videos and things like that seem to be the worse offenders.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 06:17 AM (QPMka)

33 " I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." (R. Feynman)

I certainly fit that bill.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 06:18 AM (JOtiF)

34 Green screen tech and CGI will make it so much easier to fake the Moon landing this time.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 22, 2022 06:20 AM (sRUs0)

35 Quantum mechanics is like the Trinity. Our puny brains cannot fathom it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 22, 2022 06:21 AM (C1rbv)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 22, 2022 06:23 AM (ju2Fy)

37 Posted by: Common Tater at July 22, 2022 06:17 AM (QPMka

Thanks so much. That is so helpful. I have noticed my own phone sometimes getting warm and I assume his might too. I will tell him to shut it off if that happens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2022 06:24 AM (PrR4G)

38 Look upon CW's mighty works and despair.

In spite of being sold for $0 and the first pilot being a hot steaming pile of bantha podo, show runners are going to push through on creating a live action Powerpuff Girls series.

Is the show runner named Mojo Jojo? And I thought Powerpuff Girls Z was bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 22, 2022 06:28 AM (M1GGW)

39
The Trinity used to be Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. But then they changed his name to Holy Spirit because children might think the name ghost a little scary.

In the words of Ray Parker Jr., forever immortalized in the theme song for the movie Ghostbusters, "I ain't afraid a no ghost"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 22, 2022 06:30 AM (Irs8U)

40 The Ford CEO says he needs his ICE division to be more profitable to fund a venture (EV) that may not exist at scale nor be profitable. Top men.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 22, 2022 06:38 AM (AaLDK)

41 15 Sure wish had another cup of coffee
Posted by: Skip's phone at July 22, 2022 05:37 AM (lyROV)

I'll chug two of them here for you if that'll help.

Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 06:44 AM (euHgA)

42 I'll chug two of them here for you if that'll help.
Posted by: m

You're a giver m.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 06:45 AM (fBY/Q)

43 Massive asks Mayor Pete is the grid will be ready for Biden's electric future in 2030 and he responds, "it has to be". Five year plan speak in America 2022. And Pete, who has likely never built or caused to be built, anything is his pathetic life likely has no idea just how short a timeframe 8 years is in major construction-speak.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 22, 2022 06:45 AM (AaLDK)

44 Massive = Massie, I really should disable autocorrect, makes me look even stupider than I am.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 22, 2022 06:47 AM (AaLDK)

45 And Pete, who has likely never built or caused to be built, anything is his pathetic life likely has no idea just how short a timeframe 8 years is in major construction-speak.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

I must admit, I expected him to say "We'll just have to suck it up!".

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 06:48 AM (fBY/Q)

46 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 22, 2022 06:50 AM (yEBFM)

47
Big breaking news yesterday was the Philadelphia 76'ers basketball team would be moving to a new arena to be built in the fashion district of Philadelphia. I didn't even know Philly had such a district.

Anyway, the scheduled date for the new arena? 2032. A decade away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 22, 2022 06:50 AM (Irs8U)

48 The best woman to send to the moon will be a man. Anybody want to bet?

Posted by: fd at July 22, 2022 06:52 AM (sn5EN)

49 46 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 22, 2022 06:50 AM (yEBFM)

You are correct!

Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 06:52 AM (euHgA)

50 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn

Another good beach day.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 06:52 AM (fBY/Q)

51 48 The best woman to send to the moon will be a man. Anybody want to bet?
Posted by: fd at July 22, 2022 06:52 AM (sn5EN)

Send to the moon and bring back to Earth?
Because that will affect my choice of candidates.

Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 06:53 AM (euHgA)

52 43 The Empire State Building was built in just over a year, in a day when you didn't have every city, state or federal agency crawling up your ass.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2022 06:54 AM (lz5hY)

53 in a day when you didn't have every city, state or federal agency crawling up your ass.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Damn!!

Posted by: Buttigig at July 22, 2022 06:58 AM (fBY/Q)

54 Today's whiteboard sign:

"Wake up and smell the coffee." Progressive policies killing cities. Howard Schultz-Starbucks CEO

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2022 07:00 AM (PrR4G)

55 The new lunar rover is being tested for the proposed 2025 landing. Longer range, longer usable life than the original. If a woman is on the landing party, will she be required to parallel park? Will the rover have a vanity mirror on the sun visor for mascara application while driving?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 22, 2022 07:01 AM (lz5hY)

56 If a woman is on the landing party, will she be required to parallel park? Will the rover have a vanity mirror on the sun visor for mascara application while driving?
Posted by: bill in arkansas

And will automatically veer over to any garage and yard sale.

Posted by: Buttigig at July 22, 2022 07:02 AM (fBY/Q)

57 Nood

Posted by: Squid at July 22, 2022 07:03 AM (DtdXD)

58 Off unaccomplished, selected only because he's a butt pirate, sock!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 07:04 AM (fBY/Q)

59 Huh. Strange admission by the Daily Mail.

"Most of the globe is currently experiencing a heatwave, with Britain recording its highest temperature at 104 degrees on Tuesday.

However, the summer of 1936 was more deadly and hotter, more than killing 5,000 people.

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134f in Death Valley in July 1913 "

Posted by: fd at July 22, 2022 07:06 AM (sn5EN)

60 "The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is bringing an indictment against a former Coinbase employee, who allegedly tipped his brother and his buddy about which assets were about to list on Coinbase — leading to $1.5 million in “realized and unrealized gains,” according to the indictment."

Now go after Pelosi.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 22, 2022 07:34 AM (x8Ov3)

61 FBI were almost certainly not reading Twitter. Far too much effort required for that. No doubt coinbase reported the guy to the FBI. I’ve seen this happen in these kind of cases first-hand.

Remember that SEC were told point blank, with clear evidence, and on several occasions that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme. They never went after him. He turned himself in after it all collapsed.

Actual law enforcement is a distant third consideration to the three-letter agencies. #1 is self-preservation. #2 is politically-motivated prosecution in service of democrats (since they’re the party supporting #1)

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 08:53 AM (vcv8B)

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Posted by: Sarah at July 22, 2022 09:28 AM (/OHDH)

63 From what I've seen, it often doesn't bloody exist after I've measured it either.

That is "Reality on the Blink Again" often abbreviated as ROTBA. File a trouble ticket with the universe, and I'm sure they'll get right on it.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 22, 2022 09:36 AM (6jmQG)

64 Don’t post articles from The Verge. It’s a rag not worthy of the clicks you grant it.

I’m serious - Dump it or at least link to the unmonetized archive. I hate those creeps. I remember when they went all in on the Duke Lacrosse hoax. Around that time they also shut down their comments site wide citing “safety” concerns that words might hurt their writers.

I think they are petty tyrants.

Posted by: Jake Speed at July 22, 2022 09:54 AM (Vu1jV)

65 58 Off unaccomplished, selected only because he's a butt pirate, sock!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2022 07:04 AM (fBY/Q)

LOL Tonypete.

Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 10:06 AM (8rTNG)

66 Where is my math going wrong?

In SQL Server, VARCHAR( 20 ) = up to 20 8-bit characters, or 160 bits.

How did you get 80?

Then again, most folks wouldn't use all 20 characters for their passwords, so, maybe 80 bits on average...?

Posted by: Gran at July 22, 2022 10:07 AM (GM3/s)

67 66 Where is my math going wrong?

In SQL Server, VARCHAR( 20 ) = up to 20 8-bit characters, or 160 bits.

How did you get 80?

Then again, most folks wouldn't use all 20 characters for their passwords, so, maybe 80 bits on average...?

Posted by: Gran at July 22, 2022 10:07 AM (GM3/s)
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Yes I saw that too and let it go figuring I was missing something. Glad you saw it.

Posted by: Ciampino - smaller bytes? Not nybbles. Maybe bybbles? at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (qfLjt)

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