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Submission + - DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new artificial intelligence tool to slash federal regulations, with the goal of eliminating half of Washington’s regulatory mandates by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration

I, for one, like my shower heads providing enough water, toilets flushing well, washing machines getting laundry clean with just one cycle, and my gas can pouring gasoline well.

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 86

by sinij (#65546172) Attached to: Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted To 4chan
Tea is women-only gossip site, where the point is to confidentially gossip (or worse) about men. If they don't do strong user authentication, then entire social model falls apart - women get sued for reputation destruction, your male relationship find out what you say and break up with you, etc.

I am not defending any of this, it just I don't see how it could work without asking for all this information to create an account.

Submission + - EPA moves to slash Obama-era gas can regulations (theblaze.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

Zeldin shared a letter Thursday encouraging manufacturers to "produce cans that best meet consumer needs," including gas cans "with vents to facilitate fast and smooth fuel flow." This push comes in response to regulations previously implemented by former President Barack Obama in 2009 that removed vents in gas cans in order to reduce vapor emissions.

I have 25L metal jerrycan, but due to regulations it is next to impossible to pour gas without spilling. This is a clear case where regulations had the opposite effect.

Comment Re:EULA rules = Computer Fraud and Abuse Act hardt (Score 1) 18

This would be a huge win with deep implications for software industry and it doesn't look like this tool Ryan Rothholz have a lawyer. He will not only mess up FPS multiplayer for everyone, he will also mess up having a computer by losing this case with self-representation and setting a precedent.

Comment Re:What else could he have written? (Score 1) 18

a way to get paid to be an incredibly massive tool and enable others to be incredibly massive tools.

You just also described anyone working on developing most social media sites, all of marketing, anyone in mergers and acquisitions, etc.

The fundamental issue is that in a free country one should be allowed to be a massive tool. The question in this particular case has deep implications - are ToS legaly enforceable, is cheating in games is the same thing as fraud, etc. This is by no means an open and shut case legally, because legality is not the same thing as morality.

Submission + - Cisco ISE flaw gave root access

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: No login? No problem: Cisco ISE flaw gave root access before fix arrived, say researchers

“No login? No problem: Cisco ISE flaw gave root access before fix arrived, say researchers” “Threat actors have actively exploited a newly patched vulnerability in Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) software since early July, weeks before the networking giant got around to issuing a fix.”

Comment Re:Ok (Score 2) 64

As a kid I participated in a version of this. Being good at math is not enough to do well in such competition no matter how smart you are (3sigma no idea past that). To do well, you need to study competition-style problems and learn broad array of various moves and shortcuts. This is much closer to chess than to actual logic and reasoning of free-form problem solving.

Comment Monetization of your privacy violations (Score 1) 105

This should surprise nobody that a decade spent collecting data would result in attempts to increase direct costs to consumers. This called Personalized Pricing and sooner and later it will be applied to you. Now, before it is too late, start pretending that you are poor or you will end up paying more for everything, from food and clothing to flights and phone plans.

Comment Re:None of these people are so stupid (Score 1) 65

by sinij (#65521252) Attached to: Five EU States To Test Age Verification App To Protect Children

It will however allow them to track what their entire population does on the internet.

Exactly! And like in Canada with debanking protesters against 2 years of COVID lockdowns, because it is tied to government ID they will be able to prevent individuals from age verifying themselves, likely effectively blocking them from using any social media.

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