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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Must thinks he's Case but he's actually Josef Virek only without the class.

Side note, the Wiki page for Count Zero is a trainwreck

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

After the SIM swap was performed, prosecutors said, Council then performed Internet searches that incriminated him in the fraud conspiracy. The searches included: “SECGOV hack,” “telegram sim swap,” “how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI,” and “What are the signs that you are under investigation by law enforcement or the FBI even if you have not been contacted by them.”

Ars having some fun selecting quotes.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

People are speculating it's someone called Len Sassaman, who committed suicide in 2011. Could explain Satoshi's very welcome disappearance.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if it turns out to be Craig S Wright again the comedic value will be exponential

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

We flew in to KL from Amsterdam on a KLM flight and the first officer politely reminded all passegners of the legal situation.

I imagine the rubbish bins just outside the gate are rich pickings...

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

Our heroic, self-reliant entrepreneurs

Your filthy squatters

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Of note too is that Malaysia, while viewing booze as legal to sell, takes a very dim view of narcotics use.

 

This season's showrunners are so lazy, just re-using the same old plots and antagonists.

 

The grifters in question:

Jeremie and Edouard Harris, the CEO and CTO of Gladstone respectively, have been briefing the U.S. government on the risks of AI since 2021. The duo, who are brothers [...]

Edouard's website: https://www.eharr.is/, and on LessWrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/users/edouard-harris

Jeremie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/

The company website: https://www.gladstone.ai/

 

HN reacts to a New Yorker piece on the "obscene energy demands of AI" with exactly the same arguments coiners use when confronted with the energy cost of blockchain - the product is valuable in of itself, demands for more energy will spur investment in energy generation, and what about the energy costs of painting oil on canvas, hmmmmmm??????

Maybe it's just my newness antennae needing calibrating, but I do feel the extreme energy requirements for what's arguably just a frivolous toy is gonna cause AI boosters big problems, especially as energy demands ramp up in the US in the warmer months. Expect the narrative to adjust to counter it.

 

Years ago (we're talking decades) I ran into a small program that randomly generated raytraced images (think transparent orbs, lens flares, reflection etc), suitable for saving as wallpapers. It was a C/C++ program that ran on Linux. I've long since lost the name and the source code, and I wonder if there's anything like that out there now?

 

Rules: no spoilers.

The other rules are made up as we go along.

Share code by link to a forge, home page, pastebin (Eric Wastl has one here) or code section in a comment.

 

The wider community is still on Reddit, I wonder if there’s an interest to have a small alternative?

If not, what’s a good Lemmy instance for these things?

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