nom's comments

On: Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada over Lawful-Access Bill

[nom]

i bet that payment option is used very rarely... its brilliant marketing that costs them almost nothing

people really like to mention the cash envelope, whoever came up with it is a genius

On: Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery

[nom]

the blame is absorbed by McKinsey the corporation, not the people working there

they'll just use AI like everyone else but charge extra for it

On: DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisation Toolkit

[nom]

> is part of a larger program

What larger program?

On: Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason

[nom]

the company that runs it calls it 'first official store'

https://www.antsandfriends.com/bnd-shop/

It very much sounds like this was not their idea originally... wouldn't be surprised if this was initiated by BND, and they are legally not allowed to run it themselves or sth like that

On: Almost half of China's workforce is now in the gig economy

[nom]

half of the workforce ≠ half of the population

also, they say it is highly competitive, meaning not everyone will get enough gigs

[MiroslavPokorny → nom]

How can 3/4 of the population buy that much delivered food to support the other 1/4 gig people ?

Lets remember something like 1/4 of China are kids or teenagers, i dont think they can possibly be buying that much food.

On: The first fully implanted cochlear implant reaches patients

[nom]

this article is about how the device passed European regulations, which means it is now declared safe to be implanted

implantable devices for patients are amongst the most strictly regulated electronic devices that exist, so yeah, it's safe.

On: Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police

[nom]

> The communication must be made in a manner in which another person may view it

Who's the other person in a chat with Claude? The Anthropic employees? Three letter agency?

On: Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening

[nom]

protect-the-children and catch-the-criminal is a lot more tangible to most people than the concept of privacy in public or digital spaces

they may not be asking for it.. but once you make it a yes/no question and the public has to decide, they will support it blindly

[lazide → nom]

Looks at the current president/federal gov’t - that used to be the case, but doesn’t seem to be anymore?

On: My Cup of Coffee versus Your Subscription Cost

[nom]

It's one cup of coffee, Michael. What could it cost, 10$?

On: The Cuckoo's Egg (Book)

[nom]

The KGB, the computer and me (1990) with young Cliff is a real treat:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vW8YBrH4Q6o