Posts by localzuk

Re: Pandora's box

Honestly, saying the luddites were correct is a truly wild take. That's a incredibly backwards way of looking at the movement. If the luddites had succeeded, what other technologies that we use daily today, that have improved lives, would have been rejected? Cars? Caused lots of job losses in the horse related industries. Computers? Caused huge amounts of job losses in administration - gone are the typing pools. The internet? Look at the postal services of the world, all shrinking, jobs disappearing in the delivery of letters. Telegram services gone...

But, technology, for all its ills, has managed to improve the lives of billions of people. Saying luddites were correct ignores this entirely.

The problem, as I have said, is that once Pandora's box is open, it cannot be closed. There is no way our societies will abandon AI work. Every government is working to encourage their development and use.

Projects like the original project are not useful beyond encouraging dog-piling, in my view. It also encourages people to make accusations without basis. The whole em dash argument, but in development form. Don't like the use of AI/LLM? Don't use the projects that are using it. Fork them, create a new "AI free" project. Get people to jump to your project. Don't buy software that includes AI features etc... Vote with your wallet and feet.

Re: Pandora's box

The negative votes are interesting to me, as it seems people are more interested in being angry than understanding that the world has changed, and we as people in the IT industry have to change with it.

We can't get rid of AI/LLM, just as much as stable hands couldn't get rid of motorcars, or weavers vs the mills.

Like it or dislike it, its here to stay and we need to adapt.

Re: "a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online"

No, it isn't undermined. The body was set up through government to operate as it does. The government was, as far as I'm aware, put there through an act of democracy and the laws that control the agency were created through further acts of democracy.

The fact that the government of the day has a different policy is somewhat irrelevant. If they want the agency to operate differently, they have to use the system of government to change the law. Not simply say it isn't their policy.

Democracies in Europe operate through laws passed in some form of parliament. Not by decree.

Re: It's all about money not the user

This is the reality. In search of constant growth, companies must "innovate". So, out come the fads. Crypto, metaverse and AI seem to be the current ones.

But, all evidence seems to say that while there are slithers of usefulness in each of them, on the whole they are investor bubbles, perpetuating themselves through false hype.

Companies obsess over share prices, so we end up with this nonsense.

Re: Common sense prevails?

Only problem is, that's not how computers are made/shipped.

Companies like Dell do not keep large piles of laptops with their spec pre-made sat in warehouses. They have the chassis, and add the components based on the required specification. Its the only way to provide such variety when you look on their site. A single model can have 8 different CPU options, 12 different memory options, 10 SSD options, 5 Wifi options, 10 screen options, etc... So, for a single model, you end up with a huge number of permutations.

Its why, when I order 100 devices, they take a week to be dispatched.

So, shipping a device with something left out? Is a reduction in manufacturing effort and cost.

Re: Common sense prevails?

For home gear, it is definitely pricey. But for a business? It is very cost effective. I'm rolling it out at my current place and the price difference is significant. Like 1/10th the price of going for Aruba or Cisco. Even more attractive now you can buy enterprise support and extended warranties as well.

Re: Experts have always known and were ignored, as usual

You'd be an incredibly poor leader then. You hired someone to engage in infosec and compliance, and would fire them for not doing something that is not their job?

Accepting a risk is not a valid response when the risk is related to non-compliance with either a legally binding or contractually binding obligation on the organisation. Anyone who thinks it is, should themselves be fired.

Re: Very strange

The enigma machine is an interesting choice... As those who used it had very stringent training to ensure it was secure.

Ukraine today is very different to the outbreak of the war. So, don't get things mixed up, as you are clearly not paying attention to the state of war today.

Loitering munitions, artillery, drone surveillance, etc... do indeed hold territory. If every time you try and enter an area, you and up with a drone to the head, you don't really need a lot of soldiers on the ground to stop you.

Re: Very strange

There is a video of a Ukrainian drone being flown into a Russian soldier and his horse floating around social media in the last week.

Re: Very strange

And the Ukrainian war has shown that a lot of that is done with technology. Drones, smart weapons, satellite systems, etc... The idea that soldiers today are like those in WW2, where they run into battle with M1 Garands is outdated and completely ignores the reality of the modern war.

What's the point in squaddies if their entire battle plan is leaked or the solution they use to communicate compromised because one of them taped the PIN to the back of the radio?

Re: The actual point gets buried in a tide of anti-republican bullshit

"if the systems are secure" - you know what makes systems secure? Training. You can have all the security software in the world, but the vast majority of breaches are caused by human error.

Re: The actual point gets buried in a tide of anti-republican bullshit

So, you think troops shouldn't get training on security even though, even as "infantry/artillery/armour" troops they will interact with these systems daily? Their email, operational systems, the control systems for their equipment (you think modern artillery has no computerised or connected components?), comms, etc... Everyone uses it, so everyone needs training on keeping it secure from threats. It is a core competency.

Re: The woke mob

We have pride in our nationality and history, there's all sorts of great things about Britain, from cheese rolling to cider to theatre, our compassion and care for others etc... However, to ignore our negative history and behaviour as a country (colonialism, slavery, sexism, widespread asset stripping of other countries, the millions we as a country have caused the deaths of) is about as un-British as you can get. One of the things British people are known for is our saying sorry. Its part of our national identity to recognise mistakes and own up to them.

Your comments on primary education are ungrounded in reality - how about you actually look at the curriculum, and look at the resources used before basically parroting what right-wing American christian-nationalist groups state. Your comment about "kink" is nonsense. Schools teach about the dangers of things that children see online. The reality is that this stuff exists online, and to combat its prevalence in young people, schools are forced to teach that it is not acceptable, that consent matters, and what the law allows. All these things are done at age appropriate points throughout the child's growing up. No primary school is teaching its children about the things you list.

How about you put yourself through some child safeguarding training? Then you'll see the reality of why schools teach what they do. As, at the moment, you are clearly getting your "facts" from right wing rags.

Your comments about surgery are not even worth talking about - as they are as ignorant as they can possibly be.

Re: The woke mob

All you have done is outed yourself as another uninformed individual.

Primary schools teach the existence of the world. Teaching that transgender people exist is not inappropriate, just as teaching cisgender people exist. The fact that you think it is makes you a bigot.

Then you lurch into Farage-esque drivel about "native brits". You know who a native Brit is? Someone born here. End of the story.

Obsessing over "wokism" is going to make you into an angry and sad individual.

Re: Shockingly badly managed

Doesn't really change anything. The EU passes rules, and states are given implementation deadlines. That deadline has moved a bunch of times because of poor planning by the central body - not because countries are having issues implementing it. The people who came up with the rules and the deadline should have known countries would have implementation issues, as they should have liaised with them before-hand.

Top down diktats without adequate prior research and knowledge are the problem here.