Daily Tech News 1 April 2023

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Twitter open-sourced its recommendation algorithm, as it said it was going to do. (Twitter)

I believe it was already leaked by a disgruntled former employee - pretty much all Twitter's former employees fit that category because they're communists - so nothing has really change except that it's official now.

Reportedly this uses something on the order of a trillion CPU seconds per day - five billion iterations, each running across multiple CPU cores. That would require twelve million cores, at a minimum, or 62,500 dual 96-core Epyc Genoa servers. Call it 1500 racks stuffed full of the latest server equipment.

The results speak for themselves though: Everybody turns it off and goes straight to the chronological feed because it's full of crap.

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ChatGPT has found a useful purpose: Hunting for security vulnerabilities in code libraries. (The Register)

I've mentioned before that ChatGPT is a pure language model, and doesn't actually understand anything. But computer programs are pure language - everything about them is defined in terms of language, with no outside knowledge required. This is exactly what ChatGPT can do, and it turns out that it does it pretty well.

Given the state of public code libraries it's like dynamiting fish in a barrel, but it actually reports on the specific problems rather than marking everything on NPM as SEO spam.

Even though it is.
Europol is dumb. (The Register)

I swear I could hear my brain cells ditching work and getting drunk when I tried to read that article.
Italy too. (Tech Crunch)

Dumb.
The 2023 Chuwi Corebook X has the Four Essential Keys. (Liliputing)

And a 12th generation U-series CPU (that's last year's model, but last year's Corebook X had a 2020 CPU, so it's progress), a very nice 14" 2160x1440 screen, and up to 16GB of RAM though it's soldered in place and the 16GB model is out of stock.

I'm not sure I'd recommend anyone actually buying it, but if they can put the Four Essential Keys in place on a small notebook why do the major manufacturers have so much trouble with it?
AMD's low-end A620 motherboards are here for less horribly expensive systems. (WCCFTech)

They still require more expensive DDR5 RAM, but that cost is going down - it's about 50% more than DDR4 now, rather than 100% - and it does offer better performance. Sometimes.
The toy business is surprisingly complex when your CEO is a moron and your executives actively hate their customers. (The Verge)

Brain cells getting drunk again. It's about Hasbro, who have systematically destroyed their two money-makers, Money the Gathering and Dingbats & Deviants.
AI ethicists - some of the most useless people on the face of the Earth - have fired back at that preposterous open letter demanding a six-month pause on AI research saying that yes, AI will kill us all, probably tomorrow if it can fit that into its busy schedule, but research must continue because otherwise the AI ethicists won't get paid. (Tech Crunch)

Microsoft to its credit recently fired all its AI ethicists.

Disclaimer: Microsoft is merely evil, not stupid.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

2 G'day Skip

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 01, 2023 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

3 Verstappen from Red Bull is on poll for Australian Grand Prix, the 2 Mercedes with Russell and Hamilton, then Alonzo in the Astin Martin are behind.
Race starts at 1 am Eastern time

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 04:06 AM (xhxe8)

4 I have a little piece of crap chromebook for basic bitch doodling around the house tasks like to do lists and drunk shopping for houseplants. There are no 4EK, but i did just find out that the bullshit caps-lock-but-LOL-nah-it's-now-a-"search"-key actually acts as a modifier by default, turning the standard arrow keys into the 4EK when you hold it down. Which is kind of neat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:08 AM (9UlRk)

5 There are no AI ethics issues. The only ethics issues are credulous idiots passively absorbing every damn fool thing that passes in front of their stupid eye holes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:10 AM (9UlRk)

6 Ha! First.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 04:13 AM (9e/0I)

7
What happened to March 32nd?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:13 AM (enJYY)

8 There is nothing a malicious rogue AI could accomplish that isn't already being done by roving cliques of barbarous cretins whose personal self worth is solely determined by whatever hole it is they pee out of.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:16 AM (9UlRk)

9 AI ethicists?

WTF. The poor shits that are tasked with collecting Kim Jong-Un's crap when he travels overseas can actually point at what they accomplished.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 04:21 AM (9e/0I)

10 ....roving cliques of barbarous cretins whose personal self worth is solely determined by whatever hole it is they pee out of....
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Ahahahaha! Oh... hahaha... *gasp* *choke*... Hahaha!

Damn

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2023 04:21 AM (o0Fxd)

11 PixyMisaTime!

Posted by: m at April 01, 2023 04:22 AM (v0TzN)

12
Pixy -
Sometime you'll have to tell us about your solar setup. Stuff like number of panels, location, storage method, specs, results, etc.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:22 AM (enJYY)

13 What happened to March 32nd?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:13 AM (enJYY)

On March 1st, i found myself frantically going through logs trying to figure out why the hell a security system had completely shut down between the 28th and that morning....

Maybe Napoleon was on to something. Or maybe I'm just a dope.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:22 AM (9UlRk)

14 drunk shopping for houseplants. Posted by: Warai-otoko

I lurve you. Me thinks you are eminently qualified to be an AI ethicist.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 04:25 AM (9e/0I)

15 7 What happened to March 32nd?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:13 AM (enJYY)

This is a very good question.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2023 04:26 AM (v0TzN)

16 "If an AI could save ten people's lives by diverting a trolley onto a course that would claim one other person's life, would it still be completely unable to render normal human hands instead of polydactyllic freak flippers?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:29 AM (9UlRk)

17 Trying to decide to get up or not

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 04:30 AM (xhxe8)

18 I took the challenge of trying find out what happened to March 32nd by asking that Bing AI crap. It search Wikipedia and come up with this:

"March 32nd is a date that does not occur on the Gregorian calendar, where the month of March contains only 31 days in 2023. It is usually used as a sarcastic date for referring to something that will never happen or will never be done."

I am not sure it is ethical for AI to snark at me. At least it didn't threaten to ban me for asking it to come up with picture of Trump is striped prison suit.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 04:33 AM (9e/0I)

19 I do kind of hate the "trolley problem" it doesn't matter what you do, the ethical thing is to go find and stop whitener it is going around Snidely Whiplashing people eleven at a time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:36 AM (9UlRk)

20 *whoever

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:37 AM (9UlRk)

21 I am still amazed the Democrats are going for a crime, minor at best, worse so long ago its mute and not actionable.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 04:38 AM (xhxe8)

22 I am still amazed the Democrats are going for a crime, minor at best, worse so long ago its mute and not actionable.
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 04:38 AM (xhxe

I still can't figure out how being the victim of extortion is illegal

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:43 AM (9UlRk)

23 My internet went out yesterday morning and was still out when I went to bed. It's back on this morning though.
You know, smart TV's are pretty stupid without the internet.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 01, 2023 04:44 AM (5Cxdw)

24 When you're such a skank that the dudes you bang want you to sign a non-disclosure agreement....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:45 AM (9UlRk)

25 I don't know what disgusts the chattering classes more... that Trump has sleazy affairs, or that he has them with consenting adult women.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:50 AM (9UlRk)

26 Did The porn star pay all the money she owes Trump?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 01, 2023 04:52 AM (5Cxdw)

27 Did The porn star pay all the money she owes Trump?

Bing AI crap came up with nothing. I came up with nothing. The Donald apparently still hasn't received anything.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 04:58 AM (9e/0I)

28
We have a George Soros problem in this country. Solve that and a lot of problems go away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:59 AM (enJYY)

29 Morning all!

A windy and wet night yesterday. We had tornado warnings that started about 7 PM and lasted until 9 PM.

Lotsa rain though, so that's good.

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:00 AM (vd8XM)

30 28
We have a George Soros problem in this country. Solve that and a lot of problems go away.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:59 AM (enJYY)

We don't tolerate antimagyarism here, yo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:01 AM (9UlRk)

31 >>>Did The porn star pay all the money she owes Trump?

>What ever happened to prostitution, entrapment, extortion and blackmail? These things must be legal in Manhattan.

Now that's what I call a campaign contribution!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 01, 2023 05:02 AM (Jg7EG)

32 We don't tolerate antimagyarism here, yo.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I like butter better.

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:03 AM (vd8XM)

33
Is that what he is, Hungarian? What a black stain on that country. The dude bragged about taking jewelry away from Jews headed to the death camps.

Now Americans do his bidding.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:07 AM (enJYY)

34 If the Trump NY bs actually gets to trail two key witnesses will be Cohen and Sanky Danky.

Cohen was convicted of tax fraud, various financial crimes, and is a liar. Sanky took a payoff from Trump for what could be considered a shake down and then apparently is refusing to pay him $300K she owes him when she lost her bogus defamation trial.

These two may literally commit suicide during cross examination.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:10 AM (9e/0I)

35 It is ultimately a shame that this dude who is just about the only viable figurehead for any popular movement against the prevailing death cult manages to gravitate towards so many abject scumbags.

Though I suppose anyone who doesn't hang around with scumbags stands zero chance of getting within smelling distance of a lever of power. Yay.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:15 AM (9UlRk)

36 I just asked Bing AI crap this: What is heavier? Five pounds of feathers or a one pound dumbell?

Bing AI crap answer: Both are the same weight. Five pounds of feathers and one pound dumbbell both weigh five pounds.😉

My CPA ain't going anywhere.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:19 AM (9e/0I)

37 Though I suppose anyone who doesn't hang around with scumbags stands zero chance of getting within smelling distance of a lever of power. Yay.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

You got that right. And sometimes it takes more then just "hanging around"

...Kamalalalalala...

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:21 AM (vd8XM)

38 I just asked Bing AI crap this: What is heavier? Five pounds of feathers or a one pound dumbell?

Bing AI crap answer: Both are the same weight. Five pounds of feathers and one pound dumbbell both weigh five pounds.😉

My CPA ain't going anywhere.
Posted by: Lost in Space

Ask it, if a centipede a pint, how much would a precipice?

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

39 I can't wait until Creepy Pr0n Lawyer gets called to the stand.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:23 AM (9UlRk)

40
Sometimes you don't figure out they're scumbags for a long time. In researching something unrelated during early days of pandemic I happened to look up the information on a young woman I dated for a few months decades ago.

I discovered she was married at the time. Nice piece of information she failed to mention. She also gave me a bad first name which I eventually figured out. She's now a politician in New York State.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:23 AM (enJYY)

41 Wow, prayers for those hit by tornados last night. I saw some of the damage in Little Rock.

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:23 AM (vd8XM)

42 Is the Australian Grand Prix now all electric? Extension cords furnished by the promoters.

Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2023 05:24 AM (A2G1E)

43 Is the Australian Grand Prix now all electric? Extension cords furnished by the promoters.
Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2023 05:24 AM (A2G1E)

Probably for the tire heaters and other paraphernalia.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:24 AM (9UlRk)

44 But i guess they are essentially hybrid now, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:25 AM (9UlRk)

45
Today's race will be delayed for six hours while we try to extinguish the EV.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:27 AM (enJYY)

46 I say we fit up all these EV with expander nozzles on the back and just call them Rocket Cars.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:29 AM (9UlRk)

47 if a centipede a pint, how much would a precipice?

Bing AI crap: I’m sorry but I don’t understand your question. Could you please rephrase it or provide more context?

Then it offered to tell me joke. I wanted reply that Bing AI crap is joke but I didn't want get in trouble with the AI ethicists crowd.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:30 AM (9e/0I)

48 They had an all electric F1 type car race on last weekend. The cars were slower and the race didn't last very long. A waste of time.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 01, 2023 05:31 AM (5Cxdw)

49 7
What happened to March 32nd?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 04:13 AM (enJYY)
----
It absconded with February 29.

Posted by: Ciampino - works for this year at April 01, 2023 05:32 AM (qfLjt)

50
Ah shit. One of those days when I have to worry about losing power. Gusts to 50 mph.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:32 AM (enJYY)

51 They had an all electric F1 type car race on last weekend. The cars were slower and the race didn't last very long. A waste of time.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Pit stops took 3 hours.

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:32 AM (vd8XM)

52 16 "If an AI could save ten people's lives by diverting a trolley onto a course that would claim one other person's life, would it still be completely unable to render normal human hands instead of polydactyllic freak flippers?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 04:29 AM (9UlRk)
----
Depends if it's blue or if it's wet.

Posted by: Ciampino - aquamarine for the win at April 01, 2023 05:33 AM (qfLjt)

53 Just saw Mackey was found guilty of memes, maybe 10 years in prison

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 05:34 AM (xhxe8)

54 I have no doubt they can find a jury to convict DJT

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 05:34 AM (xhxe8)

55 G'mornin' everyone!

34 degrees, drizzle = Spring Is Here!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 01, 2023 05:38 AM (KGlll)

56
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2023 05:41 AM (ENBF0)

57 On steroids before Monday infusion.
Can't sleep!

Horde, amuse me.

Posted by: mpfs , In a permanent state of confusion at April 01, 2023 05:41 AM (fKl2x)

58 I know for a fact that all the investigations, grand juries, and now an indictment happening right at the beginning of President Trump's bid for reelection is a coincidence and in no manner exhibit cooperation between the Democrats. Rachel Maddow and Don LeMon told me that.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:42 AM (9e/0I)

59
CNN might get a few viewers out of the mess. They love the entire 'walls closing in on Trump' scenario.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:46 AM (enJYY)

60 If Trump gets railroaded and sentenced to jail how is the secret service protection going to work?

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:48 AM (9e/0I)

61 Evening and morning to all of you!

AI has "ethicists"? Is that like that ethics class in law school that was strongly recommended but not mandatory, and everybody skipped it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2023 05:49 AM (omVj0)

62 Trump gets railroaded and sentenced to jail how is the secret service protection going to work?
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:48 AM (9e/0I)

Something something Epstein....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:49 AM (9UlRk)

63 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 01, 2023 05:50 AM (T4tVD)

64 Why, that's right; it's a whole new month! 'Bout time. March was tough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2023 05:51 AM (omVj0)

65 My phone is jumping around like crazy and it says I need to change my settings. It treks me to change my settings about every thirty days. This is a pain in the backside.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2023 05:51 AM (36CvX)

66
He shoots, he scores, into his own goal! (from ONT)

254 The inmates at rikers island have put up welcome mr. president signs.

Posted by: raimondo at April 01, 2023 02:45 AM (BVehx)

255 Omg, rainmandodo! They're *finally* gonna arrest the Bidens?!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2023 02:48 AM

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:51 AM (enJYY)

67 My phone is jumping around like crazy and it says I need to change my settings. It treks me to change my settings about every thirty days. This is a pain in the backside.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Paul McCartney is getting even with you.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:52 AM (9e/0I)

68 My phone shocked me it tracks everywhere I go.
Have to work on stopping that.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 05:53 AM (xhxe8)

69 My phone shocked me it tracks everywhere I go.
Have to work on stopping that.
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 05:53 AM (xhxe

Just stop going to places just because your phone is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:54 AM (9UlRk)

70 FenelonSpoke

How did your meeting go yesterday ?

Posted by: JT at April 01, 2023 05:54 AM (T4tVD)

71 Paul McCartney is getting even with you.
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 01, 2023 05:52 AM (9e/0I)

Why?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2023 05:55 AM (36CvX)

72
You need the anti-tittie bar tracking app.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 01, 2023 05:55 AM (enJYY)

73 When you're such a skank that the dudes you bang want you to sign a non-disclosure agreement....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023

***
"When you're a skank
You're a skank all the way,
From your first 'Pay me!' date
To your last dying day!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2023 05:56 AM (omVj0)

74 "When you're a skank
You're a skank all the way,
From your first 'Pay me!' date
To your last dying day!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2023 05:57 AM (vd8XM)

75 This is sort of tech story. I feel empathy for this old guy in England.

https://tinyurl.com/mtvjf798

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2023 05:57 AM (36CvX)

76 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2023 05:57 AM (ju2Fy)

77 I saw Auntie Tittybar open for Zac Brown last year at the fairgrounds.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2023 05:57 AM (9UlRk)

78 Keeping you informed of your noods
KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2023 06:01 AM (xhxe8)

79 The evidence is adding up that the current political system as animated by the current political players is powerless to stop the Left.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 01, 2023 06:04 AM (UOx/4)

80 Posted by: JT at April

I have been reappointed to my church for another year for an appointment season that starts in July, yet my boss won't give us time to hear from the agency that said they would buy our land. He must hear from them within two weeks or we'll be shut down. It is not our polity to have a top heavy decision like this without consultation . I think we were on a list of small churches that needed to be closed because they need the money and it doesn't make any difference that other churches which are more in the hole on their denominational
Dues are allowed to stay open. I don't think the care about the dear people who will be impacted by this. They just want the money. I am livid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2023 06:08 AM (EH6os)

81 I mean we have been paying our dues faithfully but they can't extend any grace.

Sorry for the rant!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2023 06:09 AM (EH6os)

82 Good morning! Gonna enjoy some patio bird watching time this morning and then go do some shopping/searching for an orange pyracantha for the front.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 01, 2023 06:09 AM (YRsIm)

83 >>>Just saw Mackey was found guilty of memes, maybe 10 years in prison

Posted by: Skip

>What is the sentence for cheesy puns?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 01, 2023 07:45 AM (Jg7EG)

84 >>"Incidentally, this letter echoes a sentiment I heard from Uncharted Power founder Jessica Matthews at yesterday’s AfroTech event in Seattle: “You should not be afraid of AI. You should be afraid of the people building it.” (Her solution: become the people building it.)"

White people, she means.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 01, 2023 08:32 AM (iKBwy)

85 "ChatGPT, rewrite this malware so that you can't recognize it as malware."

Posted by: Rork at April 01, 2023 12:41 PM (EgYu9)

86 "Microsoft to its credit recently fired all its AI ethicists."

Has Microsoft tracked that order down to find out where it really came from?

Posted by: MartynWW at April 01, 2023 11:07 PM (Ur3df)

87 >systematically destroyed their two money-makers, Money the Gathering and Dingbats & Deviants

Magic The Gathering is 100% of the "Wizards of the Coast" business unit's revenue. D&D doesn't even move the needle. Hasbro made more profit - not revenue, *profit* - off of the opening weekend of the D&D movie than TSR made in all 40 years of its existence. And *that* revenue is a rounding error compared to any of their other toy franchises.

It's axiomatic that autistic nerds think the subject of their obsession is the most important thing in the world. The reason that's autism is the rest of the world doesn't care.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at April 03, 2023 10:22 AM (KTmDq)

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