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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.