Daily Tech News 19 November 2022

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Twitter is dead. (Ars Technica)
Seriously, Twitter is dead. (WCCFTech)
Twitter is dead, no really you guys, follow us on Twitter for updates on this and other breaking stories. (Unusual Whales)
Wait, was this Musk's plan all along, to rid the company of thousands of expensive but useless employees? (Tech Crunch)

Well, someone wins a kewpie doll.
Previously banned Twitter accounts are being reinstated. (The Verge)

Including the Babylon Bee and Jordan Peterson, who were both silenced for correctly identifying the sex of mental patients.

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Yoel Roth, former head of Twitter's Censorship and Intimidation department, should have been fired on Day One. (New York Times)

I was prepared to give him a chance - one chance. I was wrong.

Here he discusses why he quit after Musk also gave him a chance. Short version: He loathes freedom of speech and wants to see it eradicated everywhere, because someone might say something bad.
China's new home-grown CPUs could soon offer the same IPC (instructions per cycle) as AMD's Zen 3. (WCCFTech)

Missing from the story is the number of cycles per second, which is kind of important here. You can get any IPC number you want if you can slow down the clock speed. At its simplest, you can can internally double the clock speed - feed in a 1GHz clock and run the chip at 2Ghz - and sell it as a 1GHz part with amazing IPC.
Good news: There's no shortage of the RTX 4080. (WCCFTech)

Bad news: That's because it's overpriced and nobody wants it.
Google's new AI is racist. (Ars Technica)

Because of course it is.

I entered "Estimating realistic 3D human avatars in clothing from a single image or video". In this case, it made up a fictitious paper and associated GitHub repo. The author is a real person (@AlbertPumarola) but the reference is bogus. (2/9) pic.twitter.com/N4i0BX27Yf
— Michael Black (@Michael_J_Black) November 17, 2022

Yeah, that's exactly what these language models do. (And the AI image generation models as well.) They don't understand anything. They don't reason. They just break down words (or images) to mathematics and recombine them in new ways.

Galactica demo is off line for now.
It's no longer possible to have some fun by casually misusing it.
Happy? https://t.co/K56r2LpvFD
— Yann LeCun (@ylecun) November 17, 2022
Twitter is dead, by the way. AI researchers are definitely not active there.
Robot delivery service Nuro is laying off 20% of its staff. (Tech Crunch)

They build robots to deliver stuff; they don't deliver robots. Or maybe they do.
Was the FTX "hack" actually the Bahamian government freezing their assets as part of a criminal investigation? (MarketWatch)

Maybe. The appointed administrator says he has evidence that this is the case. And he's the guy brought in to liquidate Enron so he knows a thing or two about reading cooked books.

Disclaimer: Rumours of my death are just pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

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1 Good evening Pixy
Hello everyone

Posted by: Skip's phone at November 19, 2022 04:06 AM (xhxe8)

2 Good morning Skip

Hello fellow dead people.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2022 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

3 I'm confused. Is twitter dead or not?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:10 AM (piNn3)

4 Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2022 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

Skip is making interesting promises in the previous comment thread but I don't see any evidence here.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:11 AM (piNn3)

5
As Mark Twain would say, reports of its death are premature.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 19, 2022 04:13 AM (y3pKJ)

6 ; )

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 04:14 AM (GkGYg)

7 I need to go back to bed ... not sure it will work yet.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:15 AM (piNn3)

8 Having read part of the ONT I now know why I don't go on there very often. People under stress
probably drinking too much and getting verbally belligerent .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2022 04:19 AM (zntCy)

9 Coffee done, lunch packed, now making apple pancakes and sausages

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2022 04:20 AM (xhxe8)

10
And he's the guy brought in to liquidate Enron so he knows a thing or two about reading cooked books.

Notice the pluralization in 'books'. I wrote accounting software for a couple of decades and there's *always* two sets of books.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 19, 2022 04:23 AM (y3pKJ)

11 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2022 04:19 AM (zntCy)

There are two completely inconsistent views of the world being promulgated. Alcohol is not required. Most sane people I know don't want to discuss it.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:23 AM (piNn3)

12 This had nothing to do with inconsistent views.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2022 04:25 AM (zntCy)

13 >>>He loathes freedom of speech and wants to see it eradicated everywhere, because someone might say something bad.

Sad.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 04:26 AM (GkGYg)

14 I mean: Ukraine, COVID, Trump, trans, lbgtqxyz

On all those issues half the population believes one thing and half believe the opposite. Both cannot be correct. I *think* I know what's going on but I can see thousands of idiots in a single youtube comment thread believing the opposite.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:30 AM (piNn3)

15 14 I mean: Ukraine, COVID, Trump, trans, lbgtqxyz

On all those issues half the population believes one thing and half believe the opposite. Both cannot be correct. I *think* I know what's going on but I can see thousands of idiots in a single youtube comment thread believing the opposite.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

I work with people who believe they are truthful yet all they spew out are lies and propaganda. Self-deception is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 19, 2022 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

16 Twitter always was a shitshow. Now the crybabies want to leave? Pay your $8.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2022 04:34 AM (geVLo)

17 I work with people who believe they are truthful yet all they spew out are lies and propaganda. Self-deception is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 19, 2022 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

Not lies, if they believe. Propaganda yes.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:35 AM (piNn3)

18 Pay your $8.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2022 04:34 AM (geVLo)

Apparently for some of them, the price is too *low*. There used to be a black market for the check-marks.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:36 AM (piNn3)

19 15 14 I mean: Ukraine, COVID, Trump, trans, lbgtqxyz

On all those issues half the population believes one thing and half believe the opposite. Both cannot be correct. I *think* I know what's going on but I can see thousands of idiots in a single youtube comment thread believing the opposite.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

I work with people who believe they are truthful yet all they spew out are lies and propaganda. Self-deception is a harsh mistress.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 19, 2022 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

The crux of the matter is they "believe" they are truthful. If they did due diligence, and exhaustively investigated x before making a declaration and taking action, there's a chance they could "know" whether they're being truthful or not.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 04:37 AM (GkGYg)

20 Well, gotta head out to the 5 sided nut house in Arlington. Hopefully it will be a calm day. Hell hath no fury than the perfumed princes of the DoD scorned.

Later

https://youtu.be/ClbE019cLNI

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 19, 2022 04:38 AM (sAmhv)

21 I'd better try to get some sleep or the whole weekend will be shot. I will read the rest when I get up again.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2022 04:38 AM (piNn3)

22 Morning all from central Wis.

Cold and windy and snowing. Just the way I like my Globull Warming.

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 04:46 AM (3GgZ8)

23 @jarvis_best
9h
I try to not link to articles on the grounds that I am anti-literacy. -- I try to not link to Ace of Spades in particular on the grounds that it has been identified by the Southern Shrieking Harpy Law Center as the most -ist site of all time.

But . . .
https://acecomments.mu.nu/
?post=401929
https://tinyurl.com/2m7z39pp

Mommyblogger: I Just Can't Wait For the Next Lockdown, So I Can Sleep In Late and Start Day-Drinking By 4 PM (Or Whenever!) Without Anyone Judging Me as a Parent!

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 04:49 AM (GkGYg)

24 From the Tech Crunch article...

Clowes wrote, for example, that he left because he "no longer knew what I was staying for. Previously I was staying for the people, the vision, and of course the money (lets all be honest). All of those were radically changed or uncertain."

Yep, 20 bucks, same as in town, and Clowes can be yours.

The Vision!!!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:07 AM (3GgZ8)

25 nitter.net/redsteeze retweeted
Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)
@antoniogm
19h
What Elon is doing is a revolt by entrepreneurial capital against the professional-managerial class regime that otherwise everywhere dominates (including and especially large tech companies), and that same PMC (which includes the media) is treating it as an act of lèse-majesté.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 05:09 AM (GkGYg)

26 https://tinyurl.com/2s35rph6
No Pasaran!

Good take on the midterm election

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2022 05:11 AM (xhxe8)

27 mornin yall. What am I doing up at 5 on a Saturday? I'm a craft show roadie. And a cheap date.

Posted by: fd at November 19, 2022 05:12 AM (sn5EN)

28 The Federal government could take a lesson from Elon. He has figured out how to get employees to self-deport.

Posted by: fd at November 19, 2022 05:14 AM (sn5EN)

29 The Federal government could take a lesson from Elon. He has figured out how to get employees to self-deport.
Posted by: fd

Maybe that's why they want him investigated.
To find out how to do that.

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:16 AM (3GgZ8)

30 I don't understand this at all, but it's related to Australian things:

https://tinyurl.com/5cb9m4bh

Klobuchar is the lead sponsor of the Journalism and Competition Preservation Act, an antitrust bill that would allow news outlets to negotiate as a group against big tech companies like Google and Facebook.

Klobuchar said that these companies rely on news agencies’ articles to drive traffic on their platforms, but they do not pay the outlets for their reporting. She said she modeled the bill around similar legislation passed in Australia, where the government has effectively forced tech companies to pay news publishers.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 05:25 AM (GkGYg)

31 Good morning morons

Maybe I can whine myself some apple pancakes too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 05:33 AM (EZebt)

32 Local TV news reports "Twitter turmoil intensifies!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 05:34 AM (EZebt)

33 Local TV news reports "Twitter turmoil intensifies!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Twitter warnings are in effect.
Stay tune for more news.

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:36 AM (3GgZ8)

34 https://www.nationalreview.com/body cam footage confirmspaul pelosi opened door for police contradicts doj account

1st get narrative out there it was a right wing fanatic out to take over the government
2nd for said reason Paul will have to explain is why it will never see a court room. David will get a offer he can't refuse or be deported never to set foot in country again.

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2022 05:37 AM (xhxe8)

35 Klobuchar said that these companies rely on news agencies’ articles to drive traffic on their platforms, but they do not pay the outlets for their reporting. She said she modeled the bill around similar legislation passed in Australia, where the government has effectively forced tech companies to pay news publishers.

And the "news" agency rely on FB and Gurgle to get their information.
So it's a News Circle Jerk

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:37 AM (3GgZ8)

36 Local TV news reports "Twitter turmoil intensifies!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho

This just in: Evacuations are planned for the Twitter-armageddon.
You must obey all government officials as to evac routes.

Stock up on milk, bread, and eggs....DO IT NOW!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:40 AM (3GgZ8)

37 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 19, 2022 05:41 AM (T4tVD)

38 Morning JT!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:41 AM (3GgZ8)

39 When I fire people I will tell them "your destiny lies with our competitors."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 05:41 AM (EZebt)

40 When I fire people I will tell them "your destiny lies with our competitors."
Posted by: San Franpsycho

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2022 05:42 AM (3GgZ8)

41 Klobuchar's bill has an obvious unintended consequence problem. It's an open attempt at creating royalties around use like an unholy CNN/Spotify marriage. The desire is to foster and sustain real reporting, what you get is titillation for clicks.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 19, 2022 05:42 AM (oWBc3)

42 I see another Tesla caught fire. Some road debris got caught underneath it and sparked a fire. It only took 12,000 gallons of water to put it out. That's like dumping a swimming pool on it.

Posted by: fd at November 19, 2022 05:44 AM (sn5EN)

43 Saturday!!!! Evening and morning as applicable to all.

Ever wake up with a scratch on the back of your hand, and you don't notice it until you're sitting at the computer with your coffee, and the back of your hand is itching, and you scratch at it and feel the skin splitting, and you look and there's blood seeping out? Don't you hate when that happens?

Seriously, I suppose Stirling might have done it by accident when he was greeting me this morning. I don't recall it happening, though. Weird.

Anyway, I have some leisurely chores to handle today, but there's no rush right now. Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2022 05:45 AM (KAKDL)

44 A vicious 3-ring binder closed on my hand Thursday so I knew how that one happened.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 05:47 AM (EZebt)

45 I had my first middle-of-the-night bedroom mosquito last night. Aarrgghh.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 05:49 AM (GkGYg)

46 The Left has pushed the need to keep the "news" business going. The need for the government to give them money to keep operating comes up often. And you know they mean the "news" companies whose business model can't support itself, the ones they like and work with and for them, not those icky right wing ones. Canada has already done this, the rest of the West will do it too.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2022 05:50 AM (BF0SU)

47 A vicious 3-ring binder closed on my hand Thursday so I knew how that one happened.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022

***
Yeah. My hand was okay last night for sure, and if it had been bleeding overnight there would be dried blood. This just happened. It's shallow, and the bleeding has stopped. I've put some liquid antiseptic/bandage on it.

The furry thugs are play-fighting to work off energy. I've got to give Dagny her antibiotic and feed them in a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2022 05:50 AM (KAKDL)

48 Hiya Bruce !

Posted by: JT at November 19, 2022 05:50 AM (T4tVD)

49
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2022 05:50 AM (ENBF0)

50 Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2022 05:50 AM (ENBF0)

(ENBF0) = In befo' who?

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 05:52 AM (GkGYg)

51 Who knew sleeping could be so dangerous?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 05:52 AM (EZebt)

52 Woo hoo! Americans who get the covid shot at CVS, Winn-Dixie, or Rite Aid will get up to $20 off their purchases.

Posted by: fd at November 19, 2022 05:58 AM (sn5EN)

53 >>> I see another Tesla caught fire. Some road debris got caught underneath it and sparked a fire. It only took 12,000 gallons of water to put it out. That's like dumping a swimming pool on it.

>Funny stuff. When I was younger, we would go 4-wheeling while hunting in the classic, original ford bronco. Once we punctured the radiator, 20 miles from nowhere, and we had snow, a thermos of coffee, and urine. We plugged the radiator with snow, and melted it as best we could and drove 90 mph back to town, about 20 miles.

I'm not seeing this scenario with an EV.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2022 05:59 AM (geVLo)

54 I had my first middle-of-the-night bedroom mosquito last night. Aarrgghh.
Posted by: m

It was having sex with you !

Posted by: JT at November 19, 2022 06:01 AM (T4tVD)

55 Mrs. IV made a skillet of cornbread last night to prepare for her dressing next week. I don't think she'll notice the missing slice this morning. Buttermilk and warm cornbread on a chilly Texas morning. LIG.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 19, 2022 06:02 AM (oWBc3)

56 "I'm not seeing this scenario with an EV.
Posted by: Dr. Bone"

At least the rescuers would be able to find you by the smoke plume.

Posted by: fd at November 19, 2022 06:03 AM (sn5EN)

57 KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED

Posted by: Skip's phone at November 19, 2022 06:03 AM (yJe3+)

58 Buttermilk and warm cornbread on a chilly Texas morning. LIG.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 19, 2022 06:02 AM (oWBc3)
===
I don't know Mrs IV but I think that is chancey and I hope she forgives you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2022 06:05 AM (EZebt)

59 A mere two hours of Pixytime. Happy weekend, Pixy.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2022 06:05 AM (GkGYg)

60 You always see people driving through a foot or more of water during floods. How would an EV survive that underwater trip without shorting out the battery pack on the bottom of the car.
Gov. Hockle (how ever you spell her name) wants endless windmills from the great lakes to the ocean. In preparation for her to shut off that icky natural gas in about 10 years. Coal and nuclear, you got to be kidding.

Posted by: Colin at November 19, 2022 06:11 AM (8p0Zk)

61 She said she modeled the bill around similar legislation passed in Australia, where the government has effectively forced tech companies to pay news publishers.

Is this how Alex Jones gets $1.5B to pay off people in Sandyhook who had their feelings hurt by what they heard on the news?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 19, 2022 07:35 AM (3hSHB)

62 Mixy Pisa?

Heh.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at November 19, 2022 08:18 AM (ZSK0i)

63 Good ridden to the twatter dead weight. Kudo's to the Bahamian gov't.

Posted by: sidney at November 19, 2022 08:21 AM (itAo5)

64 With regard to the exodus from Twitter, it appears that the 80/20 rule applies to personnel as well: 20% of the personnel do 80% of the work, while the other 80% of the personnel do what's left (if that).

Speaking of personnel and Fred Brooks, who passed away the other day, one of Brooks' observations is that increasing the number of people does not necessarily increase productivity, and often will impede it. Each employee generates some friction within the organization; and in some (many? most?) cases what the employee produces does not pay for the friction s/he generates. We've all seen addition by subtraction - how work improved by getting rid of the useless bodies - and it looks like Elon is doing this on a grand scale. How will it all turn out? Time will tell.

BTW, I'm certain that left-aligned hackers will do their very best to bring Twitter down. Should be interesting.

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