* Posts by lglethal

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UK tax authority nudges net 'influencers': You may owe us for those OnlyFans feet pics

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Re: HMRC RTI

Not that I've looked into this too deeply, but the majority of high earning influencers make their money not from the site through which their audience sees them, but from the advertisers whose products they hock.

So the platform reporting the money they pay influencers would only be one part, and a small part at that, of the big picture...

A tip for content filter evaluators: erase the list of sites you tested, don't share them on 100 PCs

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I thought that the complaint from upper management would be that they could no longer get to Playboy.com...

SpaceX threatened with $175,000 fine for Starlink crash risk paperwork blunder

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Re: Musk : I rule the world

Can we just arrest musk now? All of his firms (SpaceX, Starlink, Twitter, Neuralink, ...) breach federal regulations regularly, bad mouth the authorities when they get court, and are just generally bad "citizens". Obviously that sort of attitude has to come from the Top, so I think it's time to start hitting the man at the top with some jail time, and watch how quickly things change...

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Re: The Register has asked the company for comment. ®...

It seems Musky has outsourced the PR departments for all his businesses to Twitter's PR department.... Oh wait...

This app could block text-to-image AI models from ripping off artists

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A potential wokable solution?

I wonder if the following could be a workable solution.

1. AI produced images are forbidden from being sold fraudulently (i.e. claiming they were produced by a specific artist - this should be obvious, but I feel it needs repeating).

2. The person operating the AI may not claim that the art belongs to them, or was produced by them, or claim any ownedeship of the produced works

3. AI produced art does not receive copyright protection. In the same way that an AI cannot patent something, neither can an AI claim copyright.

Now go forth. AI produced art can proliferate on the internet, but it's value is effectively 0, as it can be copied by anyone. If they cannot fraudulently claim it's produced by Artist A, then Artist A, can clearly deny that it is produced by them, and fans of Artist A will hopefully still seek out their "original" works for purchase. Since the work cant be copyrighted, it will likely not be used in any other form of media, except where the producers are willing to either lose the art works, or have things copied from them.

Just a quick couple of ideas for finding a way forward, that balances the needs of artists with those of the wider community. Replies on the back of a beer coaster... (or below...)

Zoox blurs line between workers and crash test dummies in robo-taxi trial

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Re: Lifts?

I can see where your analogy is coming from, BUT a lift does not have to worry about people, or bicycles in the shaft, nor other lifts in it's shaft. It just goes up and down. It needs to get it's position correct, and make sure no people are stuck in the doors, etc when it wants to close them, but that's it.

If an automated car had it's own dedicated lane, which was protected against anything else using that lane, and it was simply going from A to B, then I dont think anyone would have too many problems with it. BUT that's not what we have, these automated cars are trying to use regular roads, filled with other cars, bicycles, pedestrians, trucks and so on. The technology is not there yet to deal with the many unexpected problems that arise in the real world. That's why people are wary of these systems, and rightly so.

Ask yourself why there are not more automated trains out there? They do exist, for example the DLR in London. BUT those trains are on dedicated lines, that only those trains can use. You dont see Automated Systems on the complex train networks of France, Germany, Sydney, London, etc. And a train is 100x a better target than a car for automated systems. It has a dedicated line (the tracks) to follow, it's very rare that you get things on the line EXCEPT other trains. And yet the technology is not considered good enough there to be put into mass use. So why people think it would ever be good enough for a car is beyond me...

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Would the CEO, CTO, CFO and CPO come forward? Would you mind, climbing into this small little test auto? We'll be taking you on a small trip towards the coast. It's perfectly safe! Umm, why are you pushing your VP's in front of you?

Language, schmanguage: NASA's generative AI builds spaceships

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OK I wont go into full details, but one of the major problems is qualifying the powder used in the 3d printing process.

Maybe I should go back a step. In the most common type of Metal 3D printing, called ALM, you lay down a very thin layer of Aluminium (or Titanium, etc.) powder, a laser then melts the powder in the specific areas you want, fusing it to the layer below. You then drop the level a tiny bit, roll on a new thin layer of powder, and go again with the laser. You keep doing this until you're finished. Then you suck up all the excess powder you can, for reuse. Then you dig out your part, clean it up, remove the support structures, and you have your final part.

In a billet of solid material, the characteristics, impurities, etc. spread through the metal in a surprisingly even way, so testing one part of the metal is analogous to testing any part of the material (or at least its considered good enough in modern systems). In powder, that's a much harder prospect to justify, so it's a lot harder to justify that the powder in the left hand corner of your machine bed is exactly the same as that in the right hand side. Or that today's powder will have exactly the same properties in the same places as tomorrow's part. You also have a major problem with proving that the material currently in your machine is identical to the next batch of powder you refill with, even if it comes from the same supplier, etc. Imagine how much more complex that problem becomes, when you consider that after a half dozen refillings, you will have a powder that is actually a mix of all 6 powders, each with their own minute differences in chemical properties. It means you cant just use the CoC's of the latest powders, to justify the quality of your powder. On top of that, at least some of the powder you collect for reuse will have been heated by the laser, not enough to melt and affix to the desired structure, but to mildly change the properties. You cannot filter that out, so you have to account for that in your qualification, that perhaps you get all of the "bad" powder in a critical position. Because of that sort of thing you also need to have higher safety factors in your stress analysis in order to account for the lower confidence in the powder.

One final thing, your Stressies also need to account for the fact that unlike a billet of solid material, where properties are isotropic (the same in every direction), ALM parts are Orthotropic, they are the same in the plane of the powder bed, but the through direction is significantly different. And because you normally, optimise your orientation in the ALM machine to minimise problem manufacturing areas (support structures, hole directions, sharp edges, obtuse angles, etc.), your desired principal strength axes, almost never align with your actual manufacturing axes. So 3D printed parts are a right pain for stress engineering. (Thankfully I'm a designer, so I make the issues, I dont have to solve them :P). Our firm, basically creates mini stress-strain test samples in various orientations around the manufactured part, so that you can at least test what the strength at 45° in the North-West direction should be in your actual part, without having to do some sort of destructive test.

All this makes it a very long process to get something qualified for flight, and you tend to be heavier than optimal (because of the safety factors). Done right you can still come out lighter and cheaper than a standard manufactured part/assembly (when you take into account things like being able to design a single part to replace multiple parts and remove multiple assembly steps), but it's certainly not an easy process. Admittedly, if you dont have the major qualification requirements of the Aerospace industry, then integrating ALM printing into another industry can be a LOT easier, faster and likely cheaper. But keep in mind that ALM (and 3d printing in general) is best suited to low volume, high cost items. It's actually extremely good at replacing moulded/cast parts. But keep in mind that ALM is totally not relevant for high volume production.

Sorry, that went on a bit longer than I planned. ;) But I hope it gives you an idea of the problems. Hence, I'd love to hear how NASA are sorting the qualification side of things, so if the Author ever reads this, would you consider doing a follow up article... ;) :P

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We did a fair bit of study on this in my firm (a large defence/aerospace elecronics firm) too under the name Bionic Engineering. It does produce interesting results for things like brackets and struts. Unfortunately, being a primarily electronics firm, we in the mech section mainly build boxes to house the electronics, where it's not particularly useful. (Nor anywhere near as interesting, but I digress :P).

It is also primarily aimed at 3d printed stuff, which makes it difficult to use directly in the aerospace world due to the difficulty of qualifying 3d printed structural parts. It would be interesting to know how NASA are handling that side of things but 3d printing is perfect for space applications due to the low quantities and acceptance of high prices. Where we have used Bionic Engineering, has usually been to run the bionic engineering programs, get out a model showing where the mass in the bracket is actually needed, and then remodelling the bracket from scratch, taking into account what the bionic told us, but in such a way that we can manufacture the parts using standard anufacturing methods. It doesnt appreciably accelerate the time to production (can even be somewhat slower), but it does have a tendency to significantly reduce mass, and increase strength. Our way, also makes it cheaper to produce, and easier for stress to sign off on.

So it's an interesting tool, and I can see it helping in certain applications, but it's relatively limited, and unless things have changed a lot it's not that big a time saver unless your an industry with very specific parameters (low quantity, high cost acceptance, and without a ream of quality regulations to stifle the innovation....).

Let's play a game: Deepfake news anchor or a real person?

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Hmmm...

From my reading of the Synathesia response, they're not claiming that it wasn't their product or that it was a stolen copy.

That means they sold their product to Spamoflauge. That means they should have contact details, payment details, etc. Time for a bit of naming and shaming, no? At the very least, hand over said details to the authorities.

Water-hunting NASA cubesat won't reach Moon after total thruster fail

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Re: If the job is important, neverruse untested technology

Replacing one engine on an existing aircraft to test it costs effectively nothing, as the aircraft is not a single use item. Unfortunately, a satellite is. So you can go larger and significantly more expensive (majorly more) and have two propulsion systems and make sure it gets where it wants to be, or you can go "cheaper", whilst certainly not cheap, use only one propulsion system, and do a shit ton of pre-testing on Earth, and accept the risks.

That's what they did in this case, and it failed. But it's highly likely they would not have the funding to build the satellite in the first place if they went with the dual propulsion system, so now they will get at least a little bit of data for their efforts, as opposed to none, due to a lack of funding. It's still a win, and they will definitely have learned some stuff about the new propulsion system, and not just the age old adage "Space is hard"...

Romance scammers' favorite lies cost victims $1.3B last year

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Re: Young 'uns

Scamming has literally nothing to do with the technology that the Pricks use. There have been scammers forever. There were the double glazing salesmen who went door to door, then the telephone support scams, and so on to the internet.

Scamming is all about creating personal connections and then fleecing the poor sap. People havent changed, so the personal connection remains the goal, and the reason why people still fall for these scams. The internet just lets the Scamming scummers target lots of people simultaneously, where previously they had to limit themselves...

Codebreakers decipher Mary, Queen of Scots' secret letters 436 years after her execution

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Re: Modern techniques versus ancient

Perhaps he was, as Lord Blackadder would say, a bit of a thickie...

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"or her cousin was well aware she was innocent of this but decided to execute her anyway to avoid a potentially dangerous competitor."

A politician ignoring the truth in favour of political expediency? That never happens...

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I'm not going to deny that when reading an article like this, I sometimes regret going into Engineering and then to working in Industry. You never get to do something this cool and interesting in industry, you have to stay in Academia to get that sort of thing. Then again, in Academia you have to deal with ahem.. Students.. (imagine that word being said as if you've just trod in something slimy). So I guess it all evens out in the end...

Ring system discovered around dwarf planet Quaoar leaves astronomers puzzled

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Re: Quaoaeaiar.

I know you're joking, but in case you were wondering, the Dwarf Planet is named for the Diety of a group of Native American people who live in Southern California called the Takic.

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Re: Ice volcanos beyond Pluto ?

It can all be explained by the discovery of a new Element, I call it Chillianium. It's so spicy radioactive, that it can cause eruptions from even the most unexpected places...

The Twitpocalypse may have begun, as datacenter migration reportedly founders

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I'm sorry, I lost you at "respect the original concept". Could you rephrase that in smaller words and under 120 characters? Maybe chuck in a few emojis? You now what they say A picture tells a thousand... Oh look a cat video...

What were we talking about again?

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Re: Hmmm...

" and maybe given a new T-shirt with the job title on it"

Costs for said T-shirt will be deducted from their salary at the end of the month...

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Hmmm...

Maybe things work differently at Twitter, but in my firm, those that are working on things like new features are unlikely to be particularly well trained at maintaining server stability. OK they could certainly be trained on it, but is that actually going to help things in the short term as training takes week time.

Just ordering people to switch jobs rarely has the desired effect...

Biden attacks Big Tech's data addiction, wants more protection for kids

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"Old man yells at cloud, literally"

That Sub head... *Chef's Kiss*

Superb Work!

School laptop auction devolves into extortion allegation

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Re: Investigating RDA ?

"Only in some states!"

Yep this is only standard in about 50 of them...

Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause

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Re: Training costs!

I had a similar experience, my company at the time wanted to send me on a training course, so they could move me to another project. I said fine. And they said it will cost you €5000 to do the course. I said "Not a chance in hell am I paying for the course. You want me to do the course, you pay. Alternatively, I will happily pay for the course when you up my pay by €5k a year. New contract to be signed beforehand, of course."

They grumbled, but paid for the course, as they needed me on that other project. But it left a very sour taste in my mouth and I ended up leaving the company as soon as that project ended (a little more than a year after the course was completed).

I've never understood why companies do that sort of thing. If you have a business need, then you're paying. You dont make people pay for the computers they use to do their work, why would you even consider making them pay for the training they need, to do the work you want them to do. Alternatively, if you dont want to pay for it, go and find a new employee who already has the skills, but I think you'll be surprised about just how expensive that is...

Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start'

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"an Asset Share Token (AST) that would "reflect the value of their assets" tied up in Celsius."

So the AST will be worthless, right? Just like the rest of the "Assets" that Celsius claims to have.

How come none of the scumbags behind Celsius are currently sitting in Poky?

Intel cuts some workers’ pay to fund its future

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You say that, but those at the top certainly have the ability to absorb higher cuts. They might have to ditch Lobster off the menu and replace it with some lesser crayfish, but they'll still be putting food on the table. Those at the bottom are the ones that will struggle with even a 5% shaving...

BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere

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Re: Possibly a sensible solution

I agree that this is potentially a solution, but some of what you have written is really not right.

Cheap - long term this is unlikely to be cheaper than a dedicated satellite. You need at least 3 aircraft (1 in flight, 1 in refit/maintenance, 1 spare (in case maintenance runs long)), you need to conduct regular maintenance of them (easily the most expensive part of any aircraft's life cycle), you need to constantly fuel them. A Satellite needs to launch once. It's an expensive launch, but that's it. Only ongoing cost is maintaining station, which means a small amount of time connected to a ground station. Significantly cheaper than an aircraft. So over the lifetime of the product, I'd guess they come out about the same. Admittedly, I'm talking about a proper Telcom satellite, not a Starlink swarm of satellites, which admittedly, they get expensive fast due to needing a dedicated ground station (or multiple stations) and lots of launches!

Solar Powered - they've already said hydrogen powered. Hydrogen can be produced cleanly, but generally it's not. It's usually made from cracking fossil fuels, as that's easier and cheaper, than Hydrolysis. Hopefully, that changes in the future, but I wouldnt bet on it.

Does not clutter up space with cube-sats - Telcom sats are not cube-sats, they tend to be big old things that sit in a Geo-sync orbit. The reason being, you want them sitting above the spot of land you want them monitoring. Put them in any other type of orbit, and they have to, well, orbit the Earth, so they'll be moving off station regularly. That's why the likes of Starlink need vast swarms in order to cover the whole sky effectively. And to piss off the Astronomers, of course...

Enviromental Impact, would be interesting to see. A single Rocket launch versus continually burning low levels of hydrogen for months on end. I'd almost suspect that the launch if done with a standard LOx/LH2 Rocket would be less environmentally damaging (as the output is mainly water vapour). Kerosene rockets, would be closer.

As for your lower altitude possibly being more vulnerable disadvantage. There's no "possibly" about it. Atmospheric winds are not something to sneeze at. Even in relatively benign areas, they arent exactly friendly. In Space, your main issue is Cosmic Rays, and those can be relatively well accounted for through hardening, and data monitoring.

For me, probably the biggest advantage of the A/C version is that, it is childs play to upgrade them. Once you launch a satellite, it's there and it's done. If the tech upgrades or changes a year down the line, too bad. An A/C system like this can upgrade by simply swapping out the modules. That massively extends the life of the project...

Beijing grants permit to 'flying car' that can handle 'roads and low altitude'

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I'm surprised they havent encapsulated the rotors. First, there's the obvious danger to anyone and everyone in the vicinity during take-off and landing. Second, in the event of an emergency exit, the chances of someone escaping from, for instance, a burning X2 without catching a blade is pretty low, and thirdly, a blade off event (due to mechanical failure, bird strike, clipping something), means that blade is going to be launched at a very high speed, and the occupants have a very high chance of wearing the blade. That Carbon Fibre body is unlikely to stop a blade out event after all, or even slow it down.

Ok, I get why they probably didnt go for ducted fans - weight and complexity. But having witnessed a blade out test, and the damage that can do, I certainly wouldnt be getting into that "car" anytime soon.

China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis

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Feel tech...hmmm....

"An amateur craftsman could use the system to grasp the subtle techniques of a master craftsman, or individuals could use it to haptically recall sensations, etc. they experienced at a younger age,"

It'll primarily be used for porn, wont it?

(alas no more Paris icon, it would have fit perfectly in this comment...)

AI cannot be credited as authors in papers, top academic journals rule

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I dont agree with the comment "AI simply wont be detectable.". It might not be detectable at the time of publication, but the tests to detect will follow behind the AI improvements and become able to detect the usage. To give you a good analogy, when athletes dope, there are some doping drugs which cant be detected by current testing. But wait 5-10 years, and those drugs CAN be detected. We've seen how many medal winners from the London games (especially from Russia and their friends) have been stripped of their medals since. They passed the tests then, but the samples are kept, and when new and better tests are available, the samples are retested in the future, and suddnely the dopers are discovered.

Why should it be any different with a text journal? The text doesnt go away, doesnt degrade (like a medical sample), doesnt need special equipment to keep it frozen and in good condition. It will be much easier and quicker to retest Journal papers for AI usage, then it currently is to re-test for drug cheats in sport. But we do it anyway despite the costs in sport, because having a fair playing field is all that keeps people playing. Well guess what, the same applies in Academia. Being first to publication is a big boost to getting fame and funding. So stamping out the use of AI to artificially speed up the process of getting a paper out for publication is definitely something that should be done.

I dont want an accusation culture either, but someone cheating to get a paper out first, or falsifying data using an AI in order to secure funding, is taking potential funding from someone who's following the rules. And that should be punished. Finding the right balance is important, but there has to be long term consequences if you choose to break the rules for short term gain...

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Can I suggest the following - any paper found to have been submitted having used one of these chatbots to write part or all of it, will see all of its authors banned from ever submitting another paper to these major journals. Have the journals swap ban lists, so that a ban really does mean a ban from all major journals.

Being banned from submitting papers to major journals would kill an academics career, since 99% of universities work on the principle that the number of articles produced in major papers is the only way to tell if an academic is any good or not. (The other 1% prefer nepotism).

Such a ban existing would kill the use of Chatbots because no senior academic would allow the risk to their careers just to get a paper out. They've got far too high an opinion of themselves and their own importance...

Truck-size asteroid makes one of the tightest fly-bys of Earth ever recorded

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Space truckin', Space truckin' Space trucking 'cross the Milky Way....

Microsoft shells out for 2.5GW of solar. Not that it'll make a big dent in its emissions

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Re: MS has gone WOKE

No, No, No Ted, that's not Woke. That's Sleep Mode. Woke is when it starts back up again...

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Hmmm...

I'm no Microsoft fan, but attributing the energy use of the user of a software product to the manufacturer sends entirely unreasonable unless the sole purpose of the computer running that software is to run that software - so something like a medical imaging computer whose sole purpose is to run medical scans might be reasonable to attribute to the medical imaging software company, but even then...

Attributing the energy use of all Windows machines implies that without Windows people wouldn't use computers. Which is frankly utter bollocks.

The energy used by my computer is on me, not on the hardware manufacturers, and certainly not on the software writers whose programs I choose to use.

Including the use of their software on their energy report seems a very strange stick to choose to beat themselves with...

Lockheed Martin demos 50kW anti-aircraft frickin' laser beam

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Re: Frikkin Lasers

I am laying claim to the following:

SHort Attack Range Kilowatt Laser - SHARK Laser

I will happily license this name to anyone who wants to build one. ;)

Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs

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Re: 50% not needed...

OK, can people please stop pulling that $4 million figure out anymore. It was a number Musk pulled out of his orifice, for what he thought Twitter were losing per day when he took over. There has been no update to that figure since he sacked the entire C-suite, the board, 3/4 of the employees, stopped paying bills, and proceeded to alienate every major advertiser. So there is zero chance that the figure is anything like $4 million anymore.

Twitter is a dumpster fire that is still burning due to the sheer amount of crap that was in the Dumpster to start with. It will eventually sputter and die, taking a large portion of Musk's wealth and standing with it, but it's also got zero to do with Google, and cannot even be remotely compared to Google. So really bringing it up here was just trolling...

Tesla's Autopilot is losing out to Ford, GM in self-driving tech

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Re: Only cameras allowed

But, but, but... think of the Shareholders! With that extra cost from more sensors, the shareholders would be losing out!!! We cant have that...

Hundreds of Spotify staff stream out the door in latest layoffs

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This sounds amazing close to an admission of incompetence. But that can't be right. The Admission of Incompetence, I mean, not the actual Incompetence. I must be reading it wrong...

Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses

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Re: Ok, but…

Nearest abundant source of water... In the Northern Territory? You're not too familiar with Australian geography are you?

And what water there is, well, you'll be fighting the crocs for access. My money is on the crocs...

It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system

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Re: Learn both?

Hey as a dedicated El Reg Commentard, I already have learnt two official Standards - Metric and the El Reg Soviet Standards! I have no problem switching between metres and london buses or linguine, or m³ and bulgarian airbags.

But that imperial guff, show it the door. It's utterly useless!

Bringing cakes into the office is killing your colleagues, says UK food watchdog boss

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Re: What a load of cobblers

They give up drinking water, milk, coffee, as well? Man that's hard core. How do they survive?

(That is what the previous Commentard was referring to, they still drink, just not alcohol...)

Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations

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The most surveillance heavy state in the world plans heavier surveillance. It seems like it's getting to the point where they should just have everyone watch the person in front of them. If they form a big circle - 100% employment!

Of course, those in power are exempt from being in the circle. So long as they remain out of sight, they can do whatever they want. Sorry, let me rephrase that, they can do whatever Xi allows them to do. Until he doesn't need them anymore, then they can join the circle...

Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up

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Re: Novelty (not) of stolen data being exposed

On top of that, being hit by a ransomware attack is no longer the embarrassment it previously was. So firm no longer feel they have to pay and stay silent, to avoid reputational damage. If anything, being hit is now a bit of a PR opportunity, see we were hit, look how important we are, but dont worry we wont pay these buggers, and look at how good our recovery procedures are!!!

I also read elsewhere in an interview with someone who handles the negotiation between firms and the ransomware scum, that if there is even so much as a hint that the ransomware gang in question is even tangentially related to the Russian government or the FSB, then no negotiation will occur, and no payment made because that gets considered breaching the current sanctions against the Russian Government and ends up in fines (and potentially personal punishments for the CEO, etc.) that would make any ransomware payment seem like something you would take from the petty cash in comparison...

Since so many russian ransomware scum came out and declared there undying love for Putin's regime, they also managed to wipe out a large portion of their income at the same time...

Artificial pancreas successful in type 2 diabetes tests

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As with everything medical, the answer to what causes Diabetes Type 2 is probably "due to a number of factors"...

I'd certainly believe that a large number of cases could be avoided if people took the weight off after the initial diagnosis. But then I would also believe that, for an equally large number of cases, taking the weight off would not have an effect, because the Diabetes was caused by some other effect (e.g. smoking, or predisposition to developing the disease).

Still if people were immediately put on a crash diet after diagnosis, then that would be a good start, and for those for whom weight loss doesnt cure the disease, then a device like this would be an excellent helper, for keeping them safe and healthy.

Multiple solutions for multiple factors...

Good work Boffins!

Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group

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Am I reading this right? So $63.5 million was stolen. And now $2.6 million has been frozen/captured? I know Crypto is in meltdown, but I kinda doubt by that much.... ;)

Well done you caught 4% of the stolen crypto. I'd normally say it's better than nothing, but well frankly, it seems more like a distraction. Move a small amount overtly, so that gets the headlines, so you can move the rest quietly and safely.

Or did that 3rd exchange who didnt block the stolen crypto (why no naming and shaming??? Assuming you can actually shame someone in crypto, but I digress...), did that 3rd exchange get the vast majority of the funds, probably because it seems they knew they wouldnt get frozen. I guess the Binance and Huobi quantities were a test to see if they could use those exchanges safely or not...

Sysadmin infected bank with 'alien virus' that sucked CPUs dry

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Re: "perhaps best not to use a program called SETI@Home somewhere other than, you know, home"

I've always been of the belief that anyone who follows the creed "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission", is not someone I want to be working with.

Something that might seem like an easy, no harm install, could easily cause massive problems that the installer knows nothing about - from a security point of view, from compliance, from legal or regulatory points of view. How often have we all had meetings where someone says, "Well what if we just install this to solve the problem..." followed by someone else shouting "Noooo...." and then explaining how that would cause much MUCH bigger problems.

Asking permission, might see your idea shot down, but asking for forgiveness, might see your career shot down...

Euro-cops shut down crypto scam that bilked millions from unwitting punters

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Re: What makes things difficult

Whats the difference between crypto and crypto fakes? Not a damn thing...

Larry Ellison mea culpa as traffic cop stops Big Red boss on own island

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Does no one else find it weird, that you can buy an Island that already has inhabitants?

I mean I dont really mind when some billionaire spaffs the cash to buy some tiny uninhabited dot to build there luxury lair (volcano and evil minions optional). And then staffs it with people who are there servants. Those people get paid and can leave. But buying an island that's already got inhabitants? Well that feels just... ergghhh.

Mixing an invisible laser and a fire alarm made for a disastrous demo

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Nothing. The hard part is convincing people to get into the tank with the shark, just for the demonstration...

CES Worst in Show slams gummi gouging, money-wasting mugs, and other dubious kit

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Re: A gummy printer?

Really? So that explains the weird look I got from my colleague the other day when I asked for a Gummi Bärchen...

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English?