Monday, September 30
Daily News Stuff 30 September 2024
Desert Bus Stop Edition
Desert Bus Stop Edition
Top Story
- 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 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.
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Coding my own engine starting from SDL2 is looking less like autism and more like foresight every day. :-P
Posted by: madrocketsci at Monday, September 30 2024 09:44 PM (hRoyQ)
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In fairness, if you don't have a plan for managing and firing employees who go psychotic over politics, you don't have a perfect business plan. Yet, it so rare for businessman to have that at hand and be psychologically prepared to use it.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Tuesday, October 01 2024 12:03 AM (rcPLc)
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You totally missed the big story out of Sacramento last week; forget the AI stuff, Gov. Noisome signed a bill designating the Banana Slug as the official state slug of the nation/state of California. This was an act of political courage unrivalled in human history, as it came despite hundreds of thousands of credible threats of ridicule, mockery, and derision. And, because he has eye stalks and leaves a slime trail, the Governor had to resist the temptation to substitute himself for the Banana Slug.
DISCLAIMER: Absolutely no AI was used in the creation of this comment, so please, Governor, call off your death squad.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Tuesday, October 01 2024 03:35 AM (KOtXO)
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The Bannana Slug is well known as a symbol of far-right extremism. IE, Walt Boyes used it as his handle, because it was the mascot of the IIRC California university he had attended.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Tuesday, October 01 2024 06:00 AM (rcPLc)
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