Friday, October 04
Daily News Stuff 4 October 2024
Yesterday Is Another Day Edition
Yesterday Is Another Day Edition
Top Story
- A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking California's new law against "AI deepfakes" noting that the law is overbroad and subjective. (Tech Crunch)
The judge is, as the kids would say, based.While a well-founded fear of a digitally manipulated media landscape may be justified, this fear does not give legislators unbridled license to bulldoze over the longstanding tradition of critique, parody, and satire protected by the First Amendment. YouTube videos, Facebook posts, and X tweets are the newspaper advertisements and political cartoons of today, and the First Amendment protects an individual’s right to speak regardless of the new medium these critiques may take.
Indeed.
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California’s interest and the hardship the State faces are minimal when measured against the gravity of First Amendment values at stake and the ongoing constitutional violations that Plaintiff and other similarly situated content creators experience while having their speech chilled.
- Amelia Watson Hyte Y40 Limited Edition PC Case Status: Acquired
Sitting in the front hall right now.
- Calliope Mori Hyte Y40 Limited Edition PC Case Status: Order confirmed
Hyte confirmed that the order was processed before things fell apart, and they've fixed it. I've now received the confirmation email and the order is showing in my account on their site.
I'm not sure that I want to go through all that again for the Dokibird case. It ended up costing me an extra $200 to air freight a PC case to the other side of the world, and a regular Hyte Y40 only costs $130.
Tech News
- Cloudflare has blocked a 3.8Tbps DDOS attack, the largest on record. (Bleeping Computer)
Everything is awesome.
The attack was using a wide range of compromised devices, notable Asus and Microtik routers.
- Conservatives on social networks are censored more than liberals. (Nature)
But it's their own fault, say the researchers, for sharing unapproved information.
- What happens to all of 23andMe's DNA when it goes bankrupt as seems likely? (NPR)
It all goes in the jar.
Don't ask.
- The Magic the Gathering community is undergoing yet another incredibly stupid and very public meltdown. (The Verge)
At least in the old days, if someone thought you were cheating at cards they would just shoot you.
- What goes around: After Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, went nuclear on WordPress hosting provider WP Engine, blocking the company's access to the open source WordPress components and updating the WordPress dashboard to include posts targeting WP Engine, WP Engine has fired back with a lawsuit accusing Mullenweg and WordPress owner Automattic of extortion and libel. (MSN)
I hate WordPress.
Pixy Is Reading
Quality Assurance in Another World.
Looks like the anime was consistently covering two chapters per episode, which worked well. There's 77 chapters out now, so nearly three seasons worth.
I'm reading through the part the anime covers and the adaptation is completely faithful. No material added, changed, or removed; just brought to life. Even the little interstitials explaining various things from the world they're in come straight from the manga.
Looks like the anime was consistently covering two chapters per episode, which worked well. There's 77 chapters out now, so nearly three seasons worth.
I'm reading through the part the anime covers and the adaptation is completely faithful. No material added, changed, or removed; just brought to life. Even the little interstitials explaining various things from the world they're in come straight from the manga.
Disclaimer: If you're still using PHP in 2024 you really need to evaluate what you are doing with your life. Matt.
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I guarantee 60%, minimum, of the commentariat at Arse Technica are butthurt about that deepfake injunction. "Who will protect our precious normzzzz of suppressing speech we don't like?!"
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, October 04 2024 09:53 PM (pnaK4)
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They want $90 for a doubleshot PBT set of keycaps? Well.
I mean, the price isn't outrageous considering the materials and that it's probably going to be a relatively-small batch order, says the guy who's already bought even more expensive keycaps.
But you can buy generic DS PBTs for under $20 on Amazon.
I mean, the price isn't outrageous considering the materials and that it's probably going to be a relatively-small batch order, says the guy who's already bought even more expensive keycaps.
But you can buy generic DS PBTs for under $20 on Amazon.Posted by: Rick C at Friday, October 04 2024 09:58 PM (pnaK4)
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The privacy issues surrounding 23andMe--and probably everyone else who provides similar services--are exactly why I won't get a DNA test myself, not unless there was a way to completely anonymously have it done.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, October 04 2024 10:02 PM (pnaK4)
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Predictably, California Governor Gavin Noisome is accusing the Federal Judiciary of "...picking on me...WAAAH!..." for enjoining enforcement of the No Making Fun of Dedicated Public Servants Act. Engineers are now busy shoring up the levees along the American River near the governor's Palace in Sacramento in anticipation of the torrent of gubernatorial tears which will accompany the storm of ridicule over the few days.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Saturday, October 05 2024 03:34 AM (KOtXO)
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Disregarding any privacy concerns, it'd be more interesting to me if one of these DNA companies, instead of handing you some masticated polygenic interpretation of your DNA just handed you a transcript of the full sequence. That way you could do your own analysis of it, and perhaps use it for other things later on, than whatever your or the company's momentary intentions are.
Posted by: madrocketsci at Saturday, October 05 2024 05:20 AM (hRoyQ)
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"You're 21% labrador retriever!"
Ha! I knew it!
"Wait, wrong test ... "
Posted by: madrocketsci at Saturday, October 05 2024 05:21 AM (hRoyQ)
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Man, I was telling people about the absurd privacy issues around DNA harvesting operations more than a decade ago. I should just change my name to Cassandra.
Posted by: normal at Saturday, October 05 2024 05:39 AM (LADmw)
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