This. 1000x this. Free Fillable Forms really needs better publicity.

"A group of bipartisan senators"... stop right there. That's newsworthy!

Clearly they want to make the satellite immune to Sonic Screwdriver attacks.

Being an "expert" in Pascal (I was a TA for intro programming) earned me my first real-world job. It was in use longer than most people think.

Foundation is an all-time classic.
My favorite quote of his came from a column in Newsweek, (21 January 1980).

Forty years later, it's truer than ever.

Video of a one man standing in the path of a column of tanks... needs no translation.

Added Becker to my reading list, thanks. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is recommended as well.

As did Asimov in 1980:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.aphelis.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf (PDF of his article from Newsweek)

If the student data has birth dates and SSNs, it could be used to open fraudulent credit card accounts. Medical identity theft is a possibility too. Ten years of data? Some of these "kids" are adults now, and looking to finance cars and houses. They may have some serious hassles ahead.

"Do Not Ask What Good We Do" by Robert Draper is a terrific, well-sourced account of how the R's in the 112th Congress specifically targeted anything proposed by the Obama and the D's.

A good, if scary, read.

This kind of deepfake could fall under libel laws, which include both written information and pictures. Libel is certainly different from a physical attack, and is clearly a type of harm.

Laws he doesn't like are "illegal." It starts at the top, Pai is simply taking a cue from the head of the executive branch.

Next up, news outlets he doesn't like are declared "fake."

Waaay back in 90s, I received an email at a Big Northern.edu for another Dr Joe (same last name) at a Big Southern.edu. My doppelganger had written an article in Scientific American, and the email asked more information.

It was easy enough to track down the address of the other Dr Joe, so I forwarded it. But I considered adding that article in my CV.... the other doc could claim my publications in return. Win-win!

Picture this: A few days before the election, a new video has "Candidate A" speaking at a satanist convention, disparaging the flag, mom, and apple pie. Totally fake, but how can Candidate A fight back?

Simply put out a new ad, with fake footage of Candidate B saying _exactly_ the same speech... then JFK, then Nixon, then ($pop_idol_of_the_week). Tagline is "I'm Candidate A, and I can make stuff up too."

A sad state of affairs, but if I ran a political party, I'd crank up a rendering farm for this type of emergency.

THIS is why I read "news for nerds." Thank you for a great laugh.