Daily Tech News 30 September 2024

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California governor Gavin Newsome has vetoed SB 1047, the "AI safety" bill that did nothing for AI or safety. (Tech Crunch)

Well, good, I guess.
He has however signed into law 18 other bills involving AI. (Tech Crunch)

These range from common sense regulations on the use of AI when interacting with customers, to blatant violations of the First Amendment.

Mostly the latter.

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MSI has confirmed that CUDIMMs work with AMD as well as Intel processors. (Tom's Hardware)

These are memory modules with clock regenerator chips onboard, allowing them to run stably at higher speeds - up to 9.6GHz currently, with even faster speeds promised.

The problem is that they are otherwise still standard DDR5 modules, so to hit those speeds they have to run at much higher than normal voltages.
Kia's online dealer portal could be used to steal cars with the click of a button. (Bleeping Computer)

This has reportedly been fixed but who the hell thought that was a good idea?
Are software developers gaining from the miracle of generative AI? No. (CIO)

Productivity has not improved, bugs have not been reduced, and developer burnout is as bad as ever.

If anything, unfamiliar AI-generated code is making the situation worse.
Lenovo's 2024 Legion Y700 tablet is here. (Liliputing)

This is the only good small Android tablet on the market. And when I say "on the market" I mean not on the market, because it is almost impossible to buy outside of China.

Why? I have no idea.

Anyway, this model appears to remove the microSD card. The previous update removed the headphone jack.

Why? Because fuck you, that's why.
After Unity committed suicide with its overbearing and larcenous new licensing terms, open-source competitor Godot had its moment in the sun.

It just committed suicide in a very messy and public way.

Godot's community manager went psychotically woke on Twitter, not just affirming LGBTQIA+ bullshit over everything else, but blocking users and hiding replies from anyone who dared to question this in even the most polite terms.

Hundreds of people. It just keeps going.

And the CEO of Godot has gone into hiding.

Disclaimer: Fork Godot.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 04:01 AM (64Zez)

2 Evenig and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites far and wide!

Ugh, looting... hadn't even considered *that*.

More prayers.
Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2024

***
Many of the stories that came out after Katrina that the media did their best to handwave away, ignore, or debunk? True. While waiting for jury duty in 2010, I spoke with a former cop who affirmed that the tale of gang members *shooting at rescue helicopters* was true, for example.

I hope that Asheville is more civilized and that the natives have less of the "Gubmint gotta take care of us!" attitude that this town evinces. The MS Gulf Coast got ignored in all the handwringing about Gnawluns; it had worse devastation, proportionally speaking; and yet they set to work and got things back to normal fairly quickly. As NO did in 1965 after Betsy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 04:03 AM (omVj0)

3 Mornin' Horde. Eggs and coffee time!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 04:04 AM (O7YUW)

4 Having Gavin Newsome in charge of AI legislation is the equivalent of putting Kamala Harris in charge of the border.

Prayers to all the people in the Southeast but are dealing with the aftermath of Helene. Dealing with such destruction is beyond my life experience.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at September 30, 2024 04:07 AM (LrWnf)

5 G'Day everyone

I H8 Mondays

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2024 04:09 AM (fwDg9)

6 G'Day everyone

I H8 Mondays
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2024

***
As do I, Skip . . . but remember: As long as you're on the right side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

7 "... to blatant violations of the First Amendment. Mostly the latter."

Commies gonna commie.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 04:13 AM (O7YUW)

8

Trans Pedos need Kias too!

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at September 30, 2024 04:19 AM (0hToV)

9 "Gubmint gotta take care of …
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Years ago we had a pretty nasty winter storm, when that storm hit the Sierra Crest there was a violent windshear that literally snapped the top 30-40ft off the tops of healthy, mature, yellow pine, ponderosa, doug fir etc., and hundreds of those broken top fell across the highway. The locals (a buddy among them) had that highway open in two days.

I bet the Asheville folks are like that.

Posted by: 13times at September 30, 2024 04:23 AM (Eh5U4)

10 That Godot story is incredible. Self-destruction on steroids.

(Spaces)

https://x.com/ Cosmic_Scr/status/1840184610862313560

Posted by: Ann at September 30, 2024 04:29 AM (Ijb1c)

11 Damn it. I spaced and still blew the margins. Apologies

Posted by: Ann at September 30, 2024 04:30 AM (Ijb1c)

12 >>>Godot had its moment in the sun. ... It just committed suicide in a very messy and public way.

That's crazy stuff.
The voice on the video seems somehow ... robotic?

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 04:32 AM (64Zez)

13 Godot: pronounced "Go, Dot!"

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 04:35 AM (64Zez)

14 Good morning, good people. Just prior to posting, I was reflecting on what an advantage it is to look down on the grass instead of up at it's roots. Good thought to hold onto.

Thus may all you do today be beneficial to you and cause extreme anguish to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 30, 2024 04:42 AM (hKoQL)

15 "The problem is that they are otherwise still standard DDR5 modules, so to hit those speeds they have to run at much higher than normal voltages."

So I'm guessing heat issues, lowered lifespan, and a period of unreliability just before failure. Alzheimer's for computers! Greeeeeaaaat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 04:44 AM (O7YUW)

16 I watched another video by that same VTuber and it's pretty great.

Hero Hei
https://www.youtube.com/@HeroHei

VTuber rage posts about how she hates Men, ENDS BAD

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 04:48 AM (64Zez)

17 Heading down that long road
Forward Dog 9 out

And another dreary day

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2024 04:49 AM (6saiJ)

18 "And the CEO of Godot has gone into hiding."

The community manager seems to have flown off the handle on a Friday (the 27th.) The company had probably emptied out for the weekend by the time the damaging PR storm had really got rolling.

Godot's management is going to have a really "fun" Monday. I'd expect a statement from the CEO to be issued today or tomorrow as soon as the company figures out how it wants to try to respond to this.

One of the better responses I've seen a company give to this sort of thing was from Heckler & Koch:

https://x.com/HecklerAndKoch/
status/1658959377632559104

The best was Red Bull's CEO (Dietrich Mateschitz) firing the C* level executives in the USA who leaked an internal company confidential memo in order to try to pressure the company to take a pro-Black-Lives-Matter stance.

Dietrich said little, but his actions reminded everyone at Red Bull that he owns and runs Red Bull, not the employees, and that they should focus on the work and growing sales, not engaging in damaging and irrelevant identity politics.

That's the proper way to handle this kind of cancer in a company: Excise it with a quickness and get back to work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 04:54 AM (O7YUW)

19 18 The best was Red Bull's CEO (Dietrich Mateschitz) firing the C* level executives in the USA who leaked an internal company confidential memo in order to try to pressure the company to take a pro-Black-Lives-Matter stance.

Dietrich said little, but his actions reminded everyone at Red Bull that he owns and runs Red Bull, not the employees, and that they should focus on the work and growing sales, not engaging in damaging and irrelevant identity politics.

That's the proper way to handle this kind of cancer in a company: Excise it with a quickness and get back to work.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 04:54 AM (O7YUW)

That is supercool.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 04:55 AM (64Zez)

20 I was reading the ONT about the Arkansas couple that tried to sell the child.

Reminds me of something an insurance agent once said about life insurance on children.

"You insure assets, not liabilities."

Posted by: No One of any consequence at September 30, 2024 05:01 AM (+H2BX)

21 Cell data now up enough to post. On Day 4 without power. May be a few more days. Greenville and Spartanburg counties took huge hit to power infrastructure. I've never seen destruction here like this in my life.

Trees down everywhere. It's a mess.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at September 30, 2024 05:02 AM (Pey1z)

22

Needs more backyard lesbians...

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at September 30, 2024 05:07 AM (0hToV)

23 Back from my workout and shower, I've fed the livestock, and am feeding me. What's happening? What did the owner of Red Bull tell his woke employees?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 05:24 AM (omVj0)

24 I have to wonder if generative AI for code has the same issues of hallucinating and just making shit up. "I want a MPEG-4 decoder to run on a Commodore 64." "Sure, I can do that!"

Posted by: Epobirs at September 30, 2024 05:25 AM (/0z9K)

25 HK's response was cool. Even cooler that the two large-font sentences were punctuated.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 05:26 AM (omVj0)

26 BOING!

Hizballah > OpenAI

https://tinyurl.com/4js6bf34

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2024 05:31 AM (a1meb)

27 I've fed the livestock, and am feeding me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 05:24 AM (omVj0)
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Hay there!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2024 05:33 AM (a1meb)

28 @19/m: "That is supercool."

Isn't it just though!

@25/Wolfus: "HK's response was cool. Even cooler that the two large-font sentences were punctuated."

In language as with firearm manufacturing, precision matters.

...
Okay, time for me to get to the salt mines. Declare victory over Monday in your hearts and go conquer the day everyone!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 30, 2024 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

29 On Sat. Miss Linda and I had dinner at the Chik-Fil-A within walking distance of my apartment. I was positive, considering the poor quality of this area, that it would be a disaster. Nope. The store was clean, not crowded, and appointed just like the one we go to in the suburbs; the service was quick and professional. My grilled chicken sandwich was not *quite* as hot as I'd have preferred, but considering everything else, I let that go and enjoyed the meal.

It wasn't crowded because there was a long line of cars at the drive-thru, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2024 05:40 AM (omVj0)

30 “ Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start.”

https://tinyurl.com/yvbjmcnm

Posted by: 13times at September 30, 2024 05:41 AM (5X+GU)

31 Breakfast today will be a can of Armour's corned beef hash in my cast iron, liberal dose of mozzarella and 3 eggs gently deposited in their little nests. Glass lid and watch them very closely so as to get the white set just right. The obligatory sourdough toast and wild blackberry jam and fresh hot coffee accompanies it all.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 30, 2024 05:43 AM (hKoQL)

32 Stelter is out?

Stelter is OUT?!?!

Posted by: blaster at September 30, 2024 05:44 AM (QfvaV)

33 Stelter is out?

Stelter is OUT?!?!
Posted by: blaster

The closet?

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 05:49 AM (ecJO4)

34 Stelter is OUT?!?!
Posted by: blaster at September 30, 2024 05:44 AM (QfvaV)
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So what did he come out as? Can we at least know his pronouns?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2024 05:50 AM (a1meb)

35 Great morons think alike.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2024 05:50 AM (a1meb)

36 Can we at least know his pronouns?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

It

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 05:50 AM (ecJO4)

37 https://tinyurl.com/yvbjmcnm
Posted by: 13times

What a mess!!!

Has Kamlalalalal been named Hurricane Czar yet?

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 05:52 AM (ecJO4)

38

I can finally admit it to the world.

I like to have Men of Color shove large dark things up my bunghole...

Posted by: Brian Potato at September 30, 2024 05:52 AM (0hToV)

39 Path to joy

A woman from KY who was a caregiver to her husband who later died reflects how Christ helped her in her grief. Scripture is Isaiah 54:4-7

https://tinyurl.com/2skmjs2j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 05:52 AM (xTqwH)

40 Long drive today.

Eastern PA to No Ill.

One of these days I'll find a shortcut

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 05:56 AM (ecJO4)

41 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 30, 2024 05:56 AM (gbOdA)

42 Made it in under a hour, no traffic helps

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2024 05:57 AM (h3syt)

43 32 Stelter is out?

Stelter is OUT?!?!
Posted by: blaster at September 30, 2024 05:44 AM (QfvaV)

wut

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 06:00 AM (64Zez)

44 I think this is a reputable organization to help people to help people affected by the hurricane:
Samaritans Purse, which I think is a effort by Franklin Graham:

https://tinyurl.com/jx2hnzu2

Continue praying for the people affected by the hurricane.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:01 AM (glaW4)

45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at September 30, 2024 06:02 AM (VdhcA)

46
Disclaimer: Fork Godot.
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We're waiting.

Posted by: Vladimir and Estragon at September 30, 2024 06:03 AM (VdhcA)

47 "Small Miracles" A devotional based on Zechariah
4:6-10

https://tinyurl.com/5dzhdd79

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:07 AM (glaW4)

48 A person who posts here likes the musical selections, so here's "What a friend we have in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/54ayjtpv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:10 AM (glaW4)

49 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 30, 2024 06:12 AM (hoCmQ)

50 Young man in the Air Force carries wounded older woman on his back three hours down a mountain:

https://tinyurl.com/muu2sh5n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:13 AM (glaW4)

51 A person who posts here likes the musical selections, so here's "What a friend we have in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/54ayjtpv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

"O what peace we often forfeit
O what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer"

At school us 'utes would change it to

"All because we do not carry
Life insurance when we're there"

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 06:15 AM (ecJO4)

52 High school students from a Christian school in British Columbia sing, "Come Thou Fount of every blessing":

https://tinyurl.com/ccw4kpkf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:16 AM (glaW4)

53 Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 06:15 AM

LOL and did some of them grow up to be life insurance salesmen?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:18 AM (glaW4)

54 LOL and did some of them grow up to be life insurance salesmen?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Not that I know of

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 06:20 AM (ecJO4)

55 My husband has taken to fooling around with some of the words to a lovely hymn, "Leave It Thete"
A friend of mine has an elderly brothet from another state who likes to go to some women's collegiate sports games. My friend is embarrassed by the loud enthusiasm of his elderly brother whom he gives a ride to and sits with. FenSpouse changed the words to "Take your brother to the game and leave him there." I did not tell my frien this.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:23 AM (uP0SK)

56 FenSpouse changed the words to "Take your brother to the game and leave him there." I did not tell my frien this.😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 06:26 AM (ecJO4)

57 Well, time to get the wife and SIL up and at 'em....

We're burning daylight!!

Have a great one.

Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 06:27 AM (ecJO4)

58 I've come to the conclusion ALL the days are good, just some are notably better than others.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 30, 2024 06:30 AM (hKoQL)

59
Woken up by Fitz wanting to go out. Got up, got dressed, got him and Dot out, then Diana went out, the kennel dogs have been let out, said my morning prayers, made my coffee, now sitting in the Command Center streaming and recording Sécheresses by Francis Poulenc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2024 06:31 AM (BkEzK)

60 Posted by: Bruce at September 30, 2024 05:56 AM (ecJO4

May you have God's blessings on your trip, Bruce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:33 AM (r85dG)

61 Mornin' tech people. JJ is nood.... but it's his birthday, so...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 30, 2024 06:35 AM (bJSDx)

62 Hey y'all

I notice the media is NOT clamoring for the White House to 'do something' about Helene and the damage done

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2024 06:36 AM (/7KEl)

63 Well, I have to do some shopping and then help set up for church rummage sale, so I will have to miss J.J's helpful morning report, Ace's incisive political commentary as well as some of the work from the ASHQ insult factory. Have a good day, everyone and count your blessings!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2024 06:39 AM (49ZOn)

64 Thanks, I'm really enjoying the variety of news and still more computer hardware updates

Posted by: Draki at September 30, 2024 06:52 AM (jX1l4)

65 Apparently there is NO job a #woke yellow haired freak can do, at this point. How on EARTH do you make an alphabet mafia psycho one of your "community managers" ??

Literally business malpractice. At no point should these freaks be interfacing with the public in any way, nor having power over a single other person.

Posted by: deadrody at September 30, 2024 07:09 AM (OeYsY)

66 Wonder what Eric S. Raymond's opinion is on the Godot thing.

I remember, years ago (a decade?), that he was calling out the parasites that would jump onto a project, modify something inconsequential (a comment or two?), and then push for The Code Of Conduct. And then get their fellow flatworms and harpies to go on Twitter and the like to get the head devs or whatever fired/kicked out/cancelled. After that? *Shrug-Dunno*. They just move onto the next host.

Basically the "Take over an institution, gut it, and wear it like a skin suit" modus operandi, as seen on Twitter.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 30, 2024 08:21 AM (QNMaY)

67 The alphabet people successfully kill yet another host.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 30, 2024 08:48 AM (DTX3h)

68 LOL more on Godot at

https://nitter.poast.org/grummz

"Gentlemen, it is with great
displeasure to inform you that
Community Managers"

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 09:35 AM (64Zez)

69 LOL more on Godot at

https://nitter.poast.org/grummz

"Gentlemen, it is with great
displeasure to inform you that
Community Managers"

Posted by: m at September 30, 2024 09:35 AM (64Zez)

Sounds like a bunch of teen girls.

And if you need an OK tablet, Samsung Tab A 8.4 Verizon model was $100 and has SD card and headphone jack. It is robust enough to run offline GPS with massive amounts of maps loaded fairly briskly, while it runs productivity and other software like e-reader stuff just fine.

IIRC, my prior tablet at that price point, a Samsung Tab A 7" from Costco ran great for about 6-8 years, until Android got really bloated.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2024 11:04 AM (i24o9)

70 >I have to wonder if generative AI for code has the same issues of hallucinating and just making shit up.

Yes. It will routinely write code that references methods and libraries that don't exist.

>Productivity has not improved, bugs have not been reduced, and developer burnout is as bad as ever

I've been in software engineering for 25 years, and I can count on one hand the number of software engineers I've known that could be considered basically competent, much less _good_. There is a massive Dunning-Kruger problem in the software industry driven by a complete lack of accountability. I used to think that requiring "software engineering" to be licensed the same way conventional engineering is would be a disaster for the industry. I'm slowly beginning to think it's the only thing that can save it.

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