Just an idiot

Privacy related, info sec, IP, crypto/blockchain, and other musings and blabberings. Note, I'm an idiot first, all else follows.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

@ednewtonrex Of course the great irony in his statement as either the assumption that AI is safe or that ‘s not safe he wants to make people believe it is to continue down the current path. Either way, some seriously misguided that ignores the “end justifies the means” approach taken to date

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

dear @united, if u want to know why ppl hate your airline, it’s because u have some of dumbest people working for you dealing w/some of the most complicated set of rules imaginable. a dastardly combination. funny how i don’t get a stupid survey request after that last interaction

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

@lukOlejnik Disconcerting might be one way to put it, another might be ironic 🤦🏽‍♂️

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that the ultra-millionaire label will apply to those who have a number just above her millions 😉

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

The Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act would generate over $6 trillion over the next decade—without raising taxes on 99.85% of American households.

This wealth tax for millionaires and billionaires could pay for universal child care, free community college, Medicare expansion, and more.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

And the U.S. wants to hold the high moral ground on access to data of foreign citizens too. What an outrage, but par for the course with the current pro-biz FTC we have installed now. If it’s good for business, f**k the people 😆

[Douglas Farrar @DouglasLFarrar]

The FTC just settled with OkCupid and Match Group for secretly handing nearly 3 million users' dating profile photos and location data to Clarifai, a company that builds facial recognition software(!!!).

The penalty? A promise not to do it again.

[Douglas Farrar @DouglasLFarrar]

The FTC just settled with OkCupid and Match Group for secretly handing nearly 3 million users' dating profile photos and location data to Clarifai, a company that builds facial recognition software(!!!).

The penalty? A promise not to do it again.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

Finally a judge with moral
integrity slamming the state of CA over parental rights: https://t.co/pGYJQrqpoZ

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

Another day in California 🤦🏽

[Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton]

Gavin Newsom wants to remind you it is now always peak fire season in California.
Also, please ignore the massive homeless encampment that was set up in the exact spot of this now raging infrno sending people running for their lives in Santee, California.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

How’s this working out for California, @CAgovernor? Probably as well as an avg. gasoline price of $6/gal. (much more in some parts). On the bright side, EV sales are down and they’re about to lay the tracks so they can begin laying the tracks for the bullet train 🤣

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

OPINION: California’s last remaining nuclear facility, scheduled to be shuttered in four years, provides 17% of California’s clean, carbon-free electricity. https://t.co/9gOFcKzQxR

[Lars Christensen @MaMoMVPY]

This is again complete and utter bullish. LLMs are nowhere near human intelligence. And Amodei knows this. The question is why do he keep lying about it?

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

He’s so brave 🤣. Low hanging fruit compared to the Nancy Pelosi stock scandal. I guess prediction markets are easier
to take on than Wall Street, and the money the politicos are making is “too big to fail” 😆

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

I’m signing an executive order banning California state officials from using insider information to place bets, including in prediction markets.

We will not tolerate this kind of corruption in California.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

@pelositracker @CAgovernor Don’t be a Scooby-doo episode making one of the “…and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling kids” comments 🤣

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

sometimes i wonder how much science goes into people
like @mzjacobson’s analysis, since the stuff they’re proposing doesn’t pass the basic physics & chemistry test. here’s an example of that from someone who’s not even adverse of various energy sources: https://t.co/DsVDECFJUF

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

D’op!

[Pedro Domingos @pmddomingos]

Perhaps AGI is not imminent after all.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

@suzannebabygirl @amazon looks like it's just happening with books

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

@suzannebabygirl @amazon different dog, same fleas :)

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

This is only the beginning. And it won’t just be billionaires leaving since everyone knows CA can’t help itself & will quickly move down the income levels. Funny, they wouldn’t need to do any of this if they clamped down on the corruption driving tax $s into scammers’ hands 🤦🏽‍♂️

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Larry Page is gone. He wasn't just pretending to move to Florida. He has moved. The proposed wealth tax hasn't even passed, and already it has cost California both Larry's presence and all the tax revenue it made from him.

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

Indeed. Been sharing safe words & codes w/my family in case they get a call fm “me” w/an odd request. That we have to do this w/our family & friends shows just how far trust is disintegrating. https://t.co/hXzmt4XJ9E

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

As someone living in California, you can’t hate @CAgovernor Gavin Newsom enough. The ironies of the NIMBY pseudo environmental positions leading to higher costs with no environmental benefits since it’s energy production has simply been outsourced. 🤦🏽😡 https://t.co/lcUy5Ut3z7

[Just an idiot @privacyfocused]

sometimes music you might not like has redeeming value in the lyrics, but Bad Bunny is making this impossible to connect with. Whoever chose him as the half-time entertainer should lose their job immediately.