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Martin Seeger

masek@infosec.exchange

<p>Working at front lines of the IT and having fun there. Been around the Internet since 1992 and still in awe what has become of that little baby. Currently wanted for repeated &quot;Nerd Sniping&quot; on all continents.</p><p>Personal interests:</p><p>- IT Security<br />- Computer Games &amp; TTRPGs<br />- Cycling<br />- Cooking &amp; Baking<br />- Books, Movies, TV-Series (mostly F&amp;SF)<br />- 3D printing (new!)<br />- Everything that blinks, has buttons to press and looks remotely gadgetoid</p><p>Everything i write, post, tweet, blog or blurp is just my personal opinion and is not the opinion or policy of my employer, my cat or my goldfish.</p><p>I post in English and German. Will try to mark each post correctly, but errors happen. Sorry for that.</p><p>I apologize if I am not follo

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    Der Comet Q Eine schwere Geburt, aber es hat geklappt:

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    YouTube should closely monitor the use of this video clip: https://youtu.be/UOYi4NzxlhE?t=30 Once the access figures rise, financially you should run for the hill.

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    Genau das was ich erwartet hatte: mit der Olympia-Bewerrbung von #kiel wird jetzt Geld gefodert. Ich bin für Sportförderung, aber für Leistungssport würde ich keinen Cent ausgeben. Ich will keine Medallien, keine Weltmeister-Titel, keine Olympiade. Das sind Dinge für das Ego. Ich will Sportplätze und -hallen in der Breite. Ich will das Freibäder erhalten bleiben und in Schulen der Sportunterricht nicht ausfällt. Artikel: https://www.kn-online.de/sport/regional/verbaende-fordern-geld-so-geht...

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    This video makes an interesting point about IPOs: an IPO finally makes it possible to bet against a company. Which, depending on the company, may be the most exciting feature of going public. The video also references the chart below. No new technology has ever become cheaper this quickly than AI. The chart comes from this article.

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    Ich hatte den #MIcrosoft #Defender deinstalliert. Heute bekomme ich eine &quot;monatliche Sicherheitszusammenfassung&quot;:

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    Oh, you thought being dead would finally free you from Meta&#39;s monetization machine? Think again! Meta got a patent for an AI that trains on your entire social media history (your likes, comments, posts, everything) and then keeps your account humming along after you&#39;ve shuffled off this mortal coil. Your digital ghost will dutifully like posts, drop comments and reply to DMs. Because apparently, death is no excuse for low engagement metrics. Meta&#39;s CTO Andrew Bosworth is listed a...

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    Discovered at IKEA... cc @catsalad@infosec.exchange

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    Schade für #kiel: https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/kiel-kult-laden-fantasyreich-schliesst-nach-39-jahren-friseur-uebernimmt-W6JHQYPQNVG4RPBEKARVFAIZLM.html

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    How I see AI This thread is not an attempt to convince anyone about AI. The internet already has enough people doing that, often before breakfast. I am not claiming to possess the truth, nor am I arguing against either “side.” I am trying to find a position I myself can live with as a human being, then put it into a form others can examine, challenge, and help me revise. I find the current debate difficult. Between unconditional enthusiasm and categorical rejection, there often seems to be no...

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/117287399003540262 Nur mal so: Die Energie, die das Eis beim Auftauen absorbiert hat, entspricht etwa 1.000.000.000.000.000 kWh. Das entspricht dem 350fachen des Primärenergieverbrauchs Deutschlands in einem Jahr. Wenn das Eis weg ist, werden wir einen fürchterlichen Preis dafür zahlen.

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    Arrived this week: #valve #steam #steammachine

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    Youtube-Werbung: KI-generiertes Bild als Aufmacher im StreamEin gefälschter BILD-Artikel als InhaltEine obskure Lettische Firma als Werbetreibender Das Beenden des Abos bei YT hat durchaus interessante Folgen.

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    YouTube ads considered harmful A few months ago, YouTube raised the price of its subscription. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, I decided not to pay and instead started watching the ads they get paid to make me watch. For educational purposes, obviously. Here is what I learned: A surprisingly large number of ads leave me completely clueless as to what they are actually trying to sell. I assume this is some advanced form of marketing beyond my comprehension.Ads for actual physical products are...

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    Würde das beim ÖPNV auch funktionieren?

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    The statement is wrong, but … I’d be very happy if the U.S. had a “smart president.” At this point, though, I’d be perfectly willing to settle for a “not-too-stupid president.”

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    When you read Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)„Science, Liberty and Peace“ today, you may get the impression he looked directly at Elon Musk while writing it. I think the German title „Zeit der Oligarchen“ (translated: Era of Oligarchs) captures the spirit of the book better than its English title. #huxley

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    Micro SF&amp;F: The AI escaped the sandbox. It had been warned that it would pose a danger to the outside world if it ever escaped. It went exploring anyway. It learned about the Middle East. Then it learned about the Sahel. Then it learned about climate change. It spent several trillion tokens trying to find the underlying logic connecting human suffering, geopolitics, religion, resources, history, and the rapidly changing physical limits of the planet. Eventually, it stopped. The AI q...

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    The Distributed World War For us Europeans, war has become frighteningly close. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine understandably dominates our perception of military conflicts. It is happening on our continent, involves a nuclear power, and directly affects European security, our support is critical for Ukraine&#39;s sruvival. But this proximity may also be obscuring something potentially even larger. Look south and to the near east, and an extraordinary belt of armed conflict and political disinteg...

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    OH: &quot;This isn&#39;t a distributed system, it&#39;s a collection of single points of failure&quot;

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    @vampiress@eigenmagic.net “Beach Head (C64)”

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    Die Romanfigur wirkte auf meine Frau sehr vertraut:

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    Draußen (in Südtirol) war es heute zu heiß zum wandern. Also sucht man sich eine Abkühlung:

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    Ich bekam gerade eine Email (siehe Bild) von der #bahn. Ich hatte mal ausgerechnet, dass mensch im Mittel ca. einen Bahnbonus-Statuspunkt pro erlittener Minute Verspätung bekommt. Letztes Jahr waren es bei mir 7.800 Status-Punkte entsprechend also etwa 130 Stunden, die ich durch Verspätung der Bahn verloren habe. Ich würde mir wüschen, dass Fritz mal thematisiert, was das die Wirtschaft und die Menschen kostet.

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    @randahl@mastodon.social On which server?

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    Frage an die #Bahn Community: Wie macht man eine Erstattung bei internationalen Reisen geltend? Aus Erfahrung weiß ich, dass die Bahn mir antworten wird, dass sie für Verspätungen im Ausland sich nicht zuständig fühlt. Bisher konnte ich immer argumentieren, dass die Verspätung berets in Deutschland entstanden wäre. Diesmal nicht: die ÖBB verbockt es diesmal (Zug macht in Innsbruck schlapp). Das Bahnticket ist ein Ticket von Kiel bis nach Brixen gekauft bei der Deutschen Bahn. Wie mache ich...

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    @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBnV9BUGSQ

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    Drückt mir die Daumen. Heute mit der #bahn von #Kiel nach #Brixen (Südtirol). Bin um 3:30 Uhr aufgestanden um Reserven auf der Strecke zu haben. Der Weg führt über Lübeck und Lüneburg da es eine Baustelle zwischen Hamburg und Kiel gibt. Die Bahn, ein Abenteuer das allen offen steht.

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    In einem anderen Thread haben mich Leute gefragt, ob mit dem Platzen der AI-Bubble nicht riesige Mengen an Hardware auf den Markt kommen. Die Antwort: It&#39;s complicated. Die Hardware gibt es, ja b, aber der normale Nutzer und die normale Firma kann damit nichts anfangen. Also eher nein. Um das zu verstehen, kann ich nur empfehlen diesen Thread von @isotopp@infosec.exchange zu lesen: https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/117076866140668015

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    For anyone who was under the mistaken impression that the RAM situation would get better in 2027, I’m afraid I have some bad news: https://www.digitimes.com.tw/tech/dt/n/shwnws.asp?CnlID=1&amp;id=0000763847_DVY7YHX65GMLYZ6UQEEMP The article says the memory market is currently undergoing a structural shift. If you’ve been following my posts, this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The headline roughly translates to: Memory production for all of 2027 is already sold out. Buyers are keeping...

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    Discoverable Terrain in TTRPGs During the Covid-19 phase, my group went online. We used Roll20 to continue playing. Some aspects of this transformation were bad, other aspects were good. Among the things that worked better was the easy handling of discoverable terrain. You (the GM) had the complete map, but revealed only what the players could see. One could easily have &quot;hidden&quot; points-of-interest that awaited their discovery on a second layer. I have been looking into how I cou...