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[The_Chief]

This is a textbook lesson in how one person, who really doesn't think their one & only password they use for everything, could possibly result in catastrophe for so many people.

158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password — 700 jobs lost after hackers demand unpayable sum

An employee’s weak password was the company’s Achilles' heel.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[The_Chief]

Some people have way too much time on their hands...

Inventor builds mechanical computer with thousands of Knex pieces

'‘It looks like a mess but I promise it’s just organized chaos.'

www.popsci.com

 

[olbriar]

That's cool but it would be difficult to carry it around in your pocket.

 

[The_Chief]

Yet another reason I don't trust AI and won't trust it. It's a slippery slope of trusting someone else's machine... someone else I don't know. Blind reliance like this was just asking for disaster: and that's what happened.

AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'

‘This was a catastrophic failure on my part,’ admits Replit’s AI agent.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Milo Willamson]

What are the Negative Effects of Noise-Cancelling Headphones? – audiolgy.com I have always wonder.

 

[The_Chief]

The state of U.S. health care. It's not "health insurance", it's racketeering. We should get insurance companies OUT of the health care business except for catastrophic care coverage. If we pay as we go with a health savings account (that doesn't expire), quality of care will go up and prices will go down as provider competition kicks in. I don't know what's funny about this, as I don't think it's funny at all.

 

[The_Chief]

Holy smokes!

https://www.quora.com/Could-a-computer-be-made-to-run-using-compressed-air-instead-of-electricity-and-magnets-to-store-information-and-compute-What-about-on-a-usable-level/answer/Tim-Lim-7

 

[olbriar]

Years ago I dreamed that I built a PC that was plant based. It communicated cell to cell using photosynthesis all on an organic cellular basis. It ran on water and sunlight.

 

[The_Chief]

I absolutely LOVED my Amiga 1000, and blowing people's minds with it. I later got the Amiga 3000 and used it until after Commodore shuttered.

40 years ago, Andy Warhol helped debut the Commodore Amiga computer

The surreal moment pushed PCs out of offices and into homes.

www.popsci.com

 

[rootabaga]

I have never before even begun to think that there could be such an issue, although it certainly makes sense...if you think about it.

Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present'

A new survey analyzed the effect of Starlink satellite emissions on 76 million radio telescope images.

www.space.com

 

[rootabaga]

Remember "Mr. Fusion" that Doc Brown had installed on the Delorean in the future?

Might not be that far off...

Physicists make critical energy breakthrough after unearthing long-forgotten experiment: 'Our replication leaves no doubt'

Physicists made a significant breakthrough with DT fusion, which could play a crucial role in powering our planet with clean energy.

www.thecooldown.com

 

[The_Chief]

A warning that trusting your data to someone else, and storing it all on their computer drives, makes you (and your data) vulnerable to the whims of people you will never know.

This article could be an advertisement for Synology Network Attached Storage and self-hosting data. After moving to our Synology NAS, I've never looked back.

"No amount of redundancy matters" — AWS deletes 10 years of an engineer's data, and there could be a conspiracy afoot

It's not only Microsoft OneDrive taking heat recently for the loss of user data.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Milo Willamson]

A warning that trusting your data to someone else, and storing it all on their computer drives, makes you (and your data) vulnerable to the whims of people you will never know.

This article could be an advertisement for Synology Network Attached Storage and self-hosting data. After moving to our Synology NAS, I've never looked back.

"No amount of redundancy matters" — AWS deletes 10 years of an engineer's data, and there could be a conspiracy afoot

It's not only Microsoft OneDrive taking heat recently for the loss of user data.

www.windowscentral.com

This is why I disabled my one drive account!

 

[Milo Willamson]

30 Celebrities Who Vanished Without A Trace And Remain Missing Today

These disappearances have left detectives, governments, fanbases, and readers scratching their heads for decades.

www.boredpanda.com