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Written by axleyjc on 2025-01-22 at 15:18

Security through transparency: RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in - Raspberry Pi

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/security-through-transparency-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-are-in/

All chips have security vulnerabilities, and most vendors' strategy is not to talk about them. In contrast, we aim to find and fix them.

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Written by axleyjc on 2025-01-17 at 18:37

Get bent, Google. Enabling Gemini in Workspaces without consent is the height of arrogance and irresponsible.

Typically, Workspaces has granular control over what is available to Workspace users. I thought they defaulted to "disabled" for new products. Maybe they aren't as principled as AWS in ensuring "disabled by default"...

Now I have to go rip this out...

[#]companiesbehavingbadly #ai #enshittification #google

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Written by axleyjc on 2025-01-14 at 15:46

homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first (audio of a strike captured)

Traveling at ~200km/hour

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetown-meteorite-strike-first-audio-1.7430018

A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.

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Written by axleyjc on 2025-01-14 at 15:07

Good luck with that.

'The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID)"

Bullshit machine gonna bullshit.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/113827141954313161

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Written by axleyjc on 2025-01-13 at 04:39

Challenging The Myths of Generative AI | TechPolicy.Press

I love this article so much! The author puts into words succinctly and clearly the flawed logic driving several categories of AI myths.

[#]aihype #skeptic #bigtech #policy #journalism #copyright

https://www.techpolicy.press/challenging-the-myths-of-generative-ai/

Eryk Salvaggio @CyberneticForests says we must dispense with myths if we are to think more clearly about what AI actually is and does.

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-11-14 at 20:36

@mastohost Is it possible to have custom settings on a hosted mastodon instance? The default value for profile fields is a paltry 4. Would be nice to have a larger default.

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-11-14 at 15:57

@profcarroll Would it be possible to increase the profile fields from the default of 4 on federate.social? https://yawnbox.is/blog/add-more-profile-metadata-fields-to-mastodon/

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-11-04 at 15:54

Group looks for ‘tons of white guys’ to support social justice | The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/group-looks-for-tons-of-white-guys-to-support-social-justice/

White men “need to show up as partners for social justice and know that it's going to benefit us too,” says Seattle activist and facilitator Mike Beebe, Naomi Ishisaka writes.

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-08-23 at 00:15

Proof that #Google maps is not working back from the customer.

I start navigating on my phone, then connect to Android auto to view the map on the auto screen and this is the shitty experience you get. Also, completely unsafe when driving!!!

Organic maps gets it right. Their solution is to allow toggling between phone or auto without exiting navigation...

It is bad enough that Android auto UX requires you to unlock the screen to enable or re-enable. Also an unsafe UX!

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-07-12 at 13:30

Organic maps now includes street names in turn-by-turn directions! Enable in voice settings.

https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/615#issuecomment-2224883307

This is one key thing that kept me from switching. Will be giving it a try when it's published.

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Written by axleyjc on 2024-07-11 at 14:23

Even if you accept as a given that AGI could or would eventually be motivated to extinguish humanity, there is no reason this necessarily needs to be the inevitable or likely outcome.

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