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  • On the post: Apparently Elon Doesn’t Think He Needs To Pay Rent Because SF Is A ‘Shithole’; So Why Should We Pay For Twitter?

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 22 May, 2023 @ 10:56pm

    Let us be clear, Elon hates people

    He hates humanity. He does allow for some individuals to exist. As long as they produce children for him. So his (suspect) DNA will be seeding future mankind. Not humanity. He truly believes Earth is toast, and wants to leave it behind, start a new civilization on Mars then laugh as we die. Such a guy. I opine that his DNA is suspect, watch his SNL monologue, it explains my position. It also explains his tendencies. Read the descriptions, difficult to change his mind, believes he is the smartest person in the room. In his case; Every room everywhere. Hating to rethink a position, while he claims to do that at SpaceX he is not actually in charge and is not capable of being in charge. He's an Econ major. That's it. He's a spreadsheet jockey with a line of bull and a list of willing suckers. All his other claims come without documentation. His buyer's remorse re Twitter was because of a phone call with one of his supporters; re Twitter revenues tanking the closer it got to Elon rule. He cares about one human. Himself. That's it. Everyone else is a tool, a resource, a sucker, or who knows what else he uses to write off people. But, the man has a list, and he adds to it everyday.

  • On the post: As Congress Rushes To Force Websites To Age Verify Users, Its Own Think Tank Warns There Are Serious Pitfalls

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 10 May, 2023 @ 03:05pm

    Yeah, right.

    Previously stated doubt on whether Congress has read The Constitution - much less understood that. Now, we've had Section 230 for quite awhile and Congress seems to blindly accept the kooks accusations without ever reading the plain text of the law. They won't read this one either. It doesn't conform to their preexisting biases.

  • On the post: As Congress Rushes To Force Websites To Age Verify Users, Its Own Think Tank Warns There Are Serious Pitfalls

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 10 May, 2023 @ 03:01pm

    They will keep all the records for everyone

    All visitors to all American websites. Fascinating. Hats off to the never saw a technical idea that couldn't be used in a more inappropriate application: The Blockchain - which has been described as a very slow database. Rather accurately, one might add. Is this actually a push by Oracle, and HDD/SSD vendors? Cause they will be making big sales on this.

  • On the post: How Refugee Applications Are Being Lost In (Machine) Translation

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2023 @ 03:16pm

    Intelligent it ain't

    Modern AI is simply deep learning ML, a style if you will of building a more complex ML solution. LLM was difficult prior because it required processing vast quantities of data. Now, modern solutions are possible. But, they are intended to be used in conversation. They search for relevant tokens, and push out a reply. Additional prompts are seen within the previous replies. All to produce a good feeling/sounding conversation. Much like a gracious fool the conversation seems fine, but a person knowledgeable in a specific field will spot the errors. The problem raises its head when the innocent are entranced by the sound of the reply, even the wrong ones.

  • On the post: Twitter Turns In Its Transparency Homework Late And Incomplete

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2023 @ 03:42pm

    Making money is not the focus

    Well, that is pretty damn clear. Of course, what else is clear is Elon has yet to learn anything about running a business that doesn't have a legion of people doing the actual running. He fired everybody, not because he was fully capable to run the platform, but because he had been forced to buy Twitter. Thus he hated every existing employee, and he's a vindictive 6yo that had his ball - uh, forced to play with. Of course, now the lying dog claims that Twitter will morph into his masturbatory everything app X. Which he dreamed up forever ago (before iPhones), and that he still has zero chance of anyone beyond sycophants ponying up for. Maybe he could get an Econ degree, thesis: How to lose billions to make millions from sycophants in three easy lessons. Or one.

  • On the post: Advertisers See Elon Musk As A Liability As They Avoid Twitter

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2023 @ 04:56pm

    Musk's SNL Monologue explains much

    Watch SNL monologue. He doesn't consider himself human. We are humans, and he only pretends to be one. He will never understand us. As to Musk himself, Mike's quote re the brat and the vindictive kid pretty much nailed it. Professionally, he is an Econ major. That's it. Nothing else he's claimed is true. The common term for such is spreadsheet jockey. He plays with numbers, and stocks (which is how he leveraged himself into Tesla). One might say after the Twitter fiasco that he has failed at being an Econ major; He clearly didn't pass a class on M&A.

  • On the post: Abusive Governments (And The Criminals They Employ) Are Going To LOVE The UN’s Cybercrime Treaty

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2023 @ 03:38pm

    Just for thinking

    To prevent cyber crime one needs to define it. The treaty is about enabling cyber crime, but only if the criminal is a government. The next treaty will be for the citizens. Sadly, most will be oppressed by this treaty before the UN convenes a committee on it.

  • On the post: Ninth Circuit Tells Twitter It Can’t Reveal Exactly How Many National Security Letters It Receives Because The DOJ Showed It Some Scary Stuff

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2023 @ 07:08pm

    Elmo can be trusted

    to lie. And, apparently not pay his bills. Paying lawyers, not gonna happen. He has some friends/employees that are lawyers though. Do they get paid in ponies, horses, or horse apples?

  • On the post: Yes, The US Government Threatening To Block TikTok Violates The 1st Amendment

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2023 @ 10:22pm

    Why does this matter?

    The why are politicos so stupid about Sect. 230 podcast was pretty good. It feeds into this conversation. 1st Amend will win, and Sect 230 will save operators money and time. As to TikTok and data mining, the phones themselves do it. All it takes is a few dedicated SW engineers and that info is free for the taking. So any app that is loaded can siphon the data, send it to a data broker that will sell it to anyone with a couple of nickels and the big deal concern is duplicated without even needing TikTok. A new company in countries[rng] and some shovel ware with pretty graphics and sell it for next to nothing, or nothing and what about TikTok - nobody will remember them in 2y. Except MAGAt politicos and FOX. Congress shall pass no law ... even if we need a US Privacy Law. To protect and to fine data security failures. But what about the children? Well, Senator Warren, they would be better off with TikTok and a privacy law with teeth. As smart as that woman is, I am baffled by her inability to get the point of Section 230.

  • On the post: Low Orbit Satellite Systems Like Starlink Continue To Harm Scientific Research

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2023 @ 07:05pm

    Elmo can be trusted

    to lie. That is the only thing that is guaranteed from Elmo, the Muck Up.

  • On the post: I Explained To A Court How California’s ‘Kid’s Code’ Is Both Impossible To Comply With & An Attack On Our Expression

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2023 @ 06:34pm

    Oh, for not knowing anything about securing data (obviously)

    Capturing children's ID is fraught with issues. Not the least of just having it will temp many to acquire it. Acquiring their parent's ID and CC will make the temptation impossible to ignore. Identity theft on a medium level scale just with Techdirt data alone. Now, extrapolate that to a website for Home Depot, or Disney. The odds on all of the attack vectors being secured are zero. If you don't understand the problem, maybe take the time to read through Masnick's actual document. You clearly do not get it. So, move on. Let the grown ups talk.

  • On the post: Twitter’s Remaining Engineers Appear To Solve Elon Musk’s Complaint That His Tweets Aren’t Getting Enough Views By… Making The Algorithm Forcefeed All Of Elon’s Tweets To Everyone

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2023 @ 05:07pm

    Just checked, my Elmo is still muted

    I set Elmo Muck Up to mute within the first month. Also, I only access For You on occasion, so my inputs are reduced. Data: see 70 new Tweets, shows < 10. Sometimes only a couple. So muting Elmo is a good tactic.

  • On the post: CNET Insiders Say Tech Outlet Softened Coverage To Please Advertisers

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2023 @ 04:23pm

    Old school C programmer

    I always worked in C, and assembler. So, I never got any good feelings about AI generated anythings. My primary complaint is you cannot prove the AI got it right. Only that it "appears" right enough. The linked article was enlightening. Basic dumb mistakes and fed to the people that would be most hurt by them. Add in the copyright, IP, and privacy concerns - why is this even a thing? I mean, the CNET issues are cute/funny. As in, "how could it get it this wrong" funny. But using the AI to replace entry level journalists only to not get the savings because of increased editing. Sucks for entry journalists but could be a boon for entry to mid level editors. Is that a good thing, or not?

  • On the post: Current Classified Document Scandals Show The Government Is Still Classifying Way Too Many Documents

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2023 @ 02:17pm

    I had something to say...

    but the Feds classified it before I hit return

  • On the post: Elon’s New API Pricing Plan Seems Perfectly Designed… To Help Send More Users And Developers To Mastodon

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2023 @ 07:35pm

    Spreadsheets are the death of many corpo rats

    Elmo, the Econ major spreadsheet jockey keeps making the startup mistake with his Excel. Just because you added a column, doesn't mean that it will happen. It definitely won't happen at the rate that will save the biz. He still doesn't understand the creators are what drives interaction, not his genius plan to always pump people's feed with polar opposite views for "Engagement". Even MAGAts are complaining about getting all libs in their feed.

  • On the post: New Report: Twitter’s Ad Revenue Woes Are Even Worse Than Expected

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2023 @ 03:33pm

    Thanks

  • On the post: New Report: Twitter’s Ad Revenue Woes Are Even Worse Than Expected

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2023 @ 02:59pm

    Elmo's Econ classes didn't cover ...

    Him being a complete jackass and ignoring common business practices, like not signing a deal until after due diligence was finished. Since he's on a margin call for $13B-ish where does he have to sell more Tesla stock to keep it above water?

  • On the post: Twitter Sued For Not Paying Rent On Its SF Headquarters And Its London Offices

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2023 @ 01:59pm

    Well he is an Econ major

    Elmo appears to remember what bankruptcy is, even though he clearly didn't attend a single class on mergers and acquisitions. That's my bet, he wants to bankrupt Twitter, although how that court would ignore his remaining Tesla stock is a mystery.

  • On the post: Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2023 @ 03:15am

    Of course, he's lying

    It is Musk. When does he tell the truth? Next he will announce self driving satellites that will turn sideways to Science can continue! Just $5K upfront and in two weeks - you will be told it will when it is ready. Another ride on the roller coaster that is Elmo's train of lies.

  • On the post: ProPublica Exposes Even More Cop Junk Science: Using 911 Calls To Determine If People Are Lying

    Darkness Of Course ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2023 @ 02:30pm

    Science without comprehension

    One suspects that providing the 50/50 split of guilty, not guilty itself wasn't done properly. They were pre-identified, leading to yet more confirmation bias. A term he has never bothered to understand. It would be interesting to test his theory against coin flips. Either a single flip or perhaps one for each of his miracle phrases. The man himself "needs help"

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