Obcure New Law
§ Any internet entity requiring an identity test to use their services must provide, in visual proximity to main user interface elements, another such element that a) provides complete activity log and content of the account as downloadable, b) provides an option to delete the account, the log, and the content immediately.
Defending against AI Lobbyists - Schneier on Security
This piece is by Nathan Sanders, guest blogging on Bruce’s site. A decent read and the comments aren’t all batshit crazy, which is nice.
A lot of “White America” is really freaking the fuck out, huh? 😀
“Let’s not make this political!” is the best way to ensure that the discussion will remain almost exclusively political. Polly want a cracker…? Let’s face it. Some people believe the weak and unlucky deserve, or have at least earned, their fate. You are poor or sick or dead because of what you did. Others believe weakness and ill-fortune are symptoms and temporary, not permanent causes, not inevitable cosmic justice. They are the outcome of capitalism’s relentless algorithm busily harvesting human value, unrestrained by reason or empathy.
Here’s what ChatGPT thought I should know about Humanism when I recently asked: Tell me about ‘humanism’. Humanism is a philosophical and ethical worldview that places human beings at the center of value and importance, emphasizing their capacity for reason, empathy, and dignity. Humanism is often associated with secularism, skepticism, and a focus on human reason and science as a means to understand and improve the human condition. It is a broad and diverse movement with various historical, cultural, and ideological expressions.
Time wobbles. Which means a “little bit ahead” and a “little bit behind” are pretty much the same thing.
Disclosure: Like many Americans I suffer from a condition known as CAFNAP (Cockney Accent for No Apparent Reason).
This may cause the narrative tone of some of my posts and comments to shift abruptly—innit? ‘Ave a butcher’s at the dog for the seasons, China!”
[ Ed. Note ] Isn’t it true? Have a look at the phone for the reasons, mate!
What I really must also address here is a rather dark comment I made on this topic recently, amounting to “c’est la guerre”, a hand wave, and a plume of smoke. Not exactly progressive. So while somewhat surreal, it strikes me as not a completely doomed idea: contrive circumstance to provide a compelling ROI, both metaphorically for communities at large, but also in a literal business sense, for regulatory services for the arms and munitions industries.
When I was younger I remember understanding that murderous lunacy was mostly frowned upon, most all the time, and when it happened it was quite exceptional. Lately I’ve noticed, not only has this habit of violent abandon persisted, but seems to have actually gained in popularity. In my memory, rogue statesmen and stateswomen, cad soldiers, criminals, spies, these were known to on occasion succumb to the jingles of the murder carnival.
If you are thinking about doing something a little gangsta this afternoon—or even if not—have a listen to this before you go, just to sort of loosen up :-)
