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• Post #4431595

  "For a defeat device to be found, there needs to be an intention to cause the emissions control system to operate differently when it senses it is being tested," from BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mye0d1297o I mean, this is an ECU software. It is really hard to write any function in a software without intent. Especially ones that monitor conditions and behave differently based on said conditions.

• Post #4431594

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• Post #4431593

  While I was listening to a podcast yesterday, a thought came to me. I kept developing it in my head, but some parts were put so nicely here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/borrowed-expertise-why-ais-productivity-boom-may-not-survive-the-generation-that-built-it/ One thing though which is not discussed by the author but only in my head: assuming that AI is a fallible search engine for compressed human knowledge democratising the same, how much will it counteract it's negative effects...

• Post #4431592

  For the folks living in the UK, this is such a brilliant line: "Him against the Bin". Not mine though: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QT38oZcwlFpQDMxlmtSA9 #CountBinface

• Post #2193651

  It finally happened on this new (6 months old) laptop of mine. Now I'm just waiting for the Linux kernel to figure out how to shuffle the memory so that things can actually happen. I wonder what will be OOM killed at the end? Bluetooth is already fallen ill 😅

• Post #2193650

  https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/meta-social-media-addiction-ads - it is reassuring to see how promptly big corporations can act if harm is being done on their platforms.* #meta * If it's not clear, I'm being sarcastic here.