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Comment Re:110% agree with Linus! (Score 1) 93

No? ...

Deep thoughts, I actually did some machine language programming. Don't recommend it, but since It is an olde school thing, I was fine to lose my skills.

It can be a little scary, but is there a point where AI programming will be pretty good, perhaps being rusty won't mean anything.

As I noted, there is an SDR program out now that is not the equivalent of standard offerings - but better. It is AetherSDR, and It is pretty darn nice - written in Claude. A human reviews it for any egregious mistakes, but can you come up with a good reason that this complex program arguably better, should not exist?

Comment Re:110% agree with Linus! (Score 1) 93

Using it to do things that you're bad at means you won't get any better (fine, a lot of the time) but also you can't evaluate the output properly as you don't understand it, and of course you get impressed by observing (sometimes just apparent) competency. Using it to do things that you're good at, erodes your skills.

Are you the guy that programs in machine language?

Comment Re:Errrmm ... No.(?!?) (Score 1) 93

Dude, FOSS has been fragmented since the dawn of time. It's what we lament about every day. "Why can't there be one distro?" "Why so many JS frameworks?"

And why can't there be one version of Windows? That's not actually the same thing I know, but a lot of us don't care. I want my computer to run my software, and not have the operating system get in teh way. And all the different distros being a source of triggers to annoyance for people is pretty silly. Like why would anyone care if I tech my students on Mint because it looks a good bit like the operating system they are leaving? But OMFG - someone is using MATE, or Zorin! Get the pitchforks and torches out people, we're storming the castle!

"Oh, yeah, yet another ORM and yet another PHP CMS, just what we needed!" etc.

FOSS certainly doesn't need AI to be the noisy mess that it is. If anything I expect AI to accelerate development for teams who want to get well-rounded user-centric stuff done and know what they're doing.

It's a different mindset. Some people only want one ring to rule them all, and have a hella good time arguing about it. Your particular FOSS outlook is part of a mindset that only wants one distro, but that's not going to happen. In the world of operating systems, Linux isn't one size, but neither is Windows. Of the Big three, there is only one, and I'll bet you hate it Hint: It is UNIX and FreeBSD based.

Comment Re:I'm sure AI is great (Score 1) 93

Claude is far from a toy. It does incredible work if you're reverse engineering something.

Exactly. I have a SDR program written by Claude named AetherSDR. It is good, like better than all the other offerings, Like SmartSDR and SmartSDR Mac. And this program runs on Linux as well.

Comment Re:I'm sure AI is great (Score 4, Interesting) 93

Define the difference between mess and works. AI makes messy code, but compared to some of the rubbish that low quality human coding farms put out, I'm not actually confident I can say which is worse.

I agree. And it can make decent code as well.

I use an SDR radio, (Flex 6600) a high performance server with an RF front end. The company producing the radio makes a Windows only program to run it - SmartSDR. There is a version for MacOS that is similar but better, built on the APIs available. No Linux version. That's the background.

Along comes a group making an open source application called AetherSDR. Built with Claude. Uses the API from FlexRadio as well, and runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aethersdr.com%2F

And it works pretty darn well. There are humans in the development loop, but still some impressive stuff based on Claude AI There are bug fixes, but the other two have bug fixes as well. I haven't done the tests yet, but the claims are that AetherSDR has better noise reduction than the SmartSDR products.

Comment Re:In tension? In compression? In shear? (Score 1) 43

Concrete has wildly varying mechanical characteristics based on the type of stress you put it under. That's why rebar is needed. The title is little more than clickbait, though it's from BeauHD.... so that's no surprise.

Tell me you didn't look at TFA without saying you didn't look at TFA. 8^)

Comment Re:This will revolutionize igloo construction (Score 1) 43

It's not about the specific "BioPykrete" example, it's the technique that's interesting: using proteins to bridge dissimilar materials in composites.

What is a big enabler in this process is that the synthesis products needed work fine with the e.coli bacteria they are grown in. So that is a big plus. What remains to be seen is if this can all be done at scale. Not that I'm an expert in this field, but it seems to me that it probably can. Might be useful in the Antarctic.

Comment Re: We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

I have consistently talked about the *UK* and the US. The UK is quite famously *not part of the EU*. Time for you to wind your neck in

Hypocrites will hypocrite.

The UK was part of the EU, and despite the idea that Brexit makes us something else, they are europeans, and trying to use your exceptionally lame "That's different!" card, you just dig yourself a little deeper into your cesspit.

But you gotta rationalize. I even gave you an out noting that all this is simply wrong, and you still cling to your narrative.

Comment Re: We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

This smacks of both-sides-ism. There are systemic differences in culture and governance across countries, and itâ(TM)s just silly not to acknowledge them, especially if the pushback is âoelook, Iâ(TM)ve found some anecdata that shows the problem exists in your continent too!â

Itâ(TM)s like claiming that because gun crime exists in European countries, itâ(TM)s not meaningfully worse in the US.

Allow. me to make myself perfectly clear. What both countries aer doing is 100 percent wrong. You on teh other hand are a supporter of the EU 's surveillance and sales of surveillance software to countries like Myanmar.

I say both cases are wrong, while you show you support what the EU is doing.

You see, shillly, your anti USA narrative requires it being the only country at fault. That's teh problem with those narratives. They turn people into hypocrites. That you've had multiple responses shows that you indeed do support the EU's surveillance efforts. your narrative deeply ingrained allows no other response Than "it's different." Hey - you do you, but you might think a little about the transparency and in your face nature of your hypocrisy - not a good look.

Comment Re:We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

The world isn’t a fricking binary. There can be problems in country A and *worse* problems in country B. ANPR cameras in the UK are still abused by the police, but it’s materially more difficult and there’s materially lower levels of abuse. And Europe isn’t a country where things are all done the same way, anyway.

You just defended Europe for doing the exact same thing you condemn the US for There ya go. At least you are honest about your hypocrisy.

And make no mistake, rejecting my diets offhand is hypocrisy.

You see homie, it isn't right what Flock is doing, and we are doing something about it. What have you done about Europe’ssame situation other than defend it? That reads like a wife who demands an open marriage, and her husband says "Okay, I have a woman who's been interested in me for a while, I'll call her up for a date tonight." and the wife responds, "No, no, it's only open for me, not you!"

Comment Re:We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

The problem is that what is required is so systemically difficult to achieve in the US, that it will never happen.

Look at what the UK has, by comparison: 1. National number plate standards that are focused on legibility and ensuring a unique identifier above all else, so that there’s no need for AI-based inference 2. National standards for ANPRs covering every aspect (compliance and audit below, but these are just one small part of a much larger framework)

This requires a top-down national approach to deliver. Hence why it’s so difficult in the US.

I know, right? Here's your problem shilly. Europe, were everything is right and just, has it's own mass surveillance issues.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Feuropeantimes.news%2F202...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Farticl... That one is quite relevant - A cop in Ireland was stalking her ex using surveillance on him. HJe didn't do anything wrong, she jus used her power to spy on him.

Did you know that Europe sells surveillance software to some pretty sketchy countries? https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstateofsurveillance.or... and https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrw.org%2Freport%2F202... So before the usual screeds, why are you so worried about the USA? If you are from Europe(I'm not certain) better wash the blood off your hands, before you promote yourself as ethics zenith of ethics, because you are every bit as evil.

Comment Re: We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

Sadly, we need to cry for everyone caught in this system. It is in our own best interests to make sure it is stopped, even for those too short sighted to see how it works against them.

Yeah, as a person who was wrongfully accused some years back - a ridiculous thing - a third party accusation, I had around 20 alibis from people who were with me, the whole day, and even the victim said I bore little resemblance to the person who threatened him. Culminating in me advising the police that they need to tell the accuser they were looking at arrest for filing a false report, and after that, a civil case.

Point is, that does some psychological damage.

Unlike the standard "Cawps iz evilz" reaction here, the police were pretty nice. They sensed fairly early on that there was some serious bullshittery going on.

The way I see it is that Flock is seriously flawed - no guardrails. And Flock as a company cannot be trusted. So plate tracking such as it is, needs to hit on only relevant plates, not wholesale surveillance, logs of who searched what, logons and logoffs documented, and any FlockStops that are shown to be in error must be corrected before moving on.

While there is no perfect system, I've worked enough in places where every action I took computer-wise was logged and saved. So it isn't all that difficult to improve security and false positives here.

Just not by the Flock company. They have proven to be untrustworthy.

Comment Re: We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

Flock increases the range and severity of the mistakes that lazy cops can make. It’s a systemic additional risk.

The American mindset seems increasingly incapable of understanding that humans don’t act in a vacuum, and that a focus on individual responsibility alone is never going to be enough to resolve large-scale failures. It’s like the whole field of systems safety engineering has just disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Your first point - spot on. Flock just makes it too easy.

Second point - okay, all Americans aer stupid and incapable of understanding simple things. Now do Europe

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Feuropeantimes.news%2F202... Did you know the EU sells spyware to other countries - including Rwanda? https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstateofsurveillance.or... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstateofsurveillance.or...

Now to the flock like behavior https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Farticl... From that page: Jack Murphy was suspicious. His ex-girlfriend, Eve Doherty, seemed to know a lot about who he was calling. His suspicions were merited. Doherty had been using her job in the Irish police force to access his phone records, an investigation by the local judiciary revealed.

The anti Americanism rampant on Slashdot seems more like either self hatred if you are from the US, insecurity, especially from European countries, or plain old fashioned propaganda. But that last situation has an exact parallel with what happened in one case in the US.

Now, perhaps you can go one about how stupid and clueless the Irish are? Feel free to address how those cites "are different".

Comment Re: We're seeing a pattern here (Score 1) 54

Don't blame Flock for lazy police work.

You put them together. Flock has no guardrails, and perpetuates mistakes across it's system.

This isn't all about Lazy police work, or ba cops. I'm certain whatever line of work you are in, there are bad people.

No homie - this is about a system that allows bad people to be bad. Flock is ripe for abuse, so rather than teh usual hatred of police that seems to be the rule here, you make it harder to do the malfeasance. It's the difference between locking your car, and leaving it unlocked with etc keys on the dashboard.

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