Posts by frank ly

Differences

In terms of differences between Cantonese and Mandarin and between Simplified and Traditional script, how do they compare to the differences between, let's say, American English and UK English and between Spanish and Portuguese (as examples)?

Ghost?

Is that a ghost at the lower right, sitting at an older style control desk?

Retro

It's even got real wood veneer effect panelling!

True Consent

Is there anybody who actually signs up to receive marketing texts, in full knowledge of what they are doing? I can't believe that such a person exists.

Cannonlake, kabylake, coffeelake, skylake

Is there a technical reason for the 'lake' part or does someone just like lakes?

Sighs

It seems like the safest thing to do would be to leave your 'real' phone (and laptop) at home and store everything in 'the cloud', then take a freshly wiped 'burner' phone and laptop through customs and immigration with you.

I can't think of anyone I'd trust less with my various account identities and passwords than some government functionaries. The mind boggling thing is that they can't figure out that real terrorists and criminals already do this and have encrypted data archives in obscure cloud storage accounts.

Out of sight ...?

"... in an orbit that should keep it clear of the Earth or Moon for a century or more."

Why can't they set the controls for the heart of the sun, or something?

Legal procedures

"PETA seemingly promised her that if Naruto won the case, he could receive significant royalties ..."

That's when Naruto's Indonesian lawyer (with a contract with Naruto's thumbprint on it) will jump up and claim protective custody of the royalties money.

Peak Register

I think you've jumped the vulture with that one.

Easy Beat Gold Eggs

I followed the link, I read the details, I watched the video. I still have no idea what it is. In many ways, I'm too old to care anymore.

An app for that

An app for recording attendance at CPD courses? If it's important for your profession then your professional body should have that covered and dentists are a regulated and professional body. The intended 'business model' stank to high heaven anyway.

"recklessly engage in money laundering."

It seems to me that he was calmly and thoughtfully engaging in money laundering.

"Internet e-mail is not a secure medium..."

So, what sort of e-mail do I need to use?

So Sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJqziTVLNoo&ytbChannel=johann10000

A few years from now ....

.... I'd like to read the learned analyses of how it happened and what went wrong and why. I'm assuming that I'll still be here in a few years from now and that people will still be writing analyses for public consumption.

".. three uber-basic machine learning models ..."

Did they go out and get drunk, develop algorithms to break local laws, cover it up and then start harassing the researchers?

Lessons will be learned

"...the sliding window data leak was tolerated because it was believed only part of a key was recoverable ..."

Will all similar assumptions (not just key recovery) in security sensitive processes be revisited and rewritten?

Connections

Are Microsoft well connected in the UK civil service, the Department of Health in particular?

It's a long slow process

"... it found backups of database tables in the staffer's repo."

I assume/hope that will be covered by this:

"We are auditing all our security practices ..."

This is confusing

"Lasers are, ideally, a concentrated stream of photons at a single frequency."

"The light waves of the laser oscillate ..."

Make your mind up. Which one is it?

Robots, robots, everywhere.

"You can be sent a link, click on it and you’re in a game.”

In its purest form, gambling is redistribution of money between the players, and the house with organised gambling. In the future, will you know who the other players are and what you're actually gambling on?

Spritely?

Can he get into and out of the Tesla without help? For that demographic and for shopping, something more 'comfortable and practical' would be better. I'm sure they'll be developed and made eventually and be available at a comfortable and practical price.

What's in a name?

Some newspapers (The Independent) say that it's called GoldenEye. Does anyone know where that comes from? Maybe there should be public suggestions and a vote but that would probably give us "Virus McVirusface".

Actually

She does remind me of every female horse riding instructor I ever met. (I used to go horse riding a lot.)

Timing

"... when we exited and identified ourself as the sheriff’s office”. After a 100-yard chase, the suspect was arrested."

Perhaps tackle him to the ground before the polite introductions? Or is this a police procedure thing?