CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@jerry Safety mechanism to prevent us infecting from other worlds

@livho Man würde denken, dass im Arsch von Trump schon ein echtes Gedränge herrscht.

Aber das IOC quetscht sich da noch mit rein indem man ein imaginäres Problem durch Diskriminierung von Athletinnen „löst“.

Der olympische Geist ist schon lange. mausetot. Jetzt meuchelt man auch jeglichen Anstand.

So etwas brauchen wir in Kiel nicht.

@EinsTux Kannst Du nicht sagen: dann zahle ich gerne, wenn sie die Computerprobleme gelöst haben

@macronaut I wonder what happened to the Not-starting-a-war-in-asia-lesson

If you want to understand the strategic situation in the current war with Iran war, please read this post:

Miscellanea: The War in Iran

This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any special information, so I am going to treat that all with a high degree of uncertainty.…

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (acoup.blog)

Like the author of that post, I think the U.S. and Israel both have made a series of grave strategic errors. They and the rest of the world will pay for it.

@WooShell I would phrase that differently:

• CEO is the job that gets the highest perceived value from AI.
• I wouldn't trust any AI with pocket money, even less a company budget. So I don't see any CEO in danger.

The discrepancy between both statements is IMHO part of the observed problem.

TIL: the judge in the Maduro case is aged 92 (!!!)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5688813/judge-hellerstein-maduro-case

Muhaha... Zustimmung zu Olympia angeblich bei 70% in #kiel:

kn-online.de

(www.kn-online.de)

Ich würde keine Prognose bezüglich der Volksbefragung wagen, aber 70% sind komplett unrealistisch.

@HaraldKi See https://infosec.exchange/@masek/116295320755996705 for a more detailed analysis.

I have pulled that thought from my more in depth analysis it felt like a loose end there. But AI is like a literal siren song for managers.

I am writing on a longer piece on the current state of AI. But I want to discuss one thought of mine already.

It was triggered by news like this one:

Mark Zuckerberg builds AI CEO to help him run Meta

Tech giant’s tools include ‘Second Brain’ and an internal messaging board for AI bots

The Independent (www.the-independent.com)

My personal theory is that AI is an attempt of the big tech CEOs to achieve some kind of immortality.

They know their bodies will eventually die. But they believe they are so brilliant, that humanity deserves them to persist in the form of a specifically trained AI that implements a bot persona of them.

They will attempt to pass their fortune to this bot identity. This will take shape in the form of a foundation (which also saves tax).

P.S. The longer piece is here: https://infosec.exchange/@masek/116295320755996705

@samlitzinger Sounds dubious to me. Both sides have avoided agonizing each other too much in the recent conflict.

@publictorsten Ich wundere mich, dass es mit der Werbung so lange gut gegangen ist.

Wir haben eine totale Überversorgung mit Werbung.

Zum einen befördert die Unmenge an Werbung eine zunehmende Immunisierung (== Wertverlust) und zum anderen können Werbeplätze von den großen Plattformen wie Facebook fast beliebig "hergestellt" werden.

In dem Wettbewerb können normale Web-Seiten nicht mithalten.

Die spannende Frage war für mich immer was passiert, wenn Werbung auf normalen Web-Seiten nicht mehr die Kosten für das Ausspielen deckt.

Verschwindet sie dann? Verschwindet die Seite?

Und ich denke, wir nähern uns an vielen Stellen diesem Punkt, wo wir das bald herausfinden werden.

@stefan I have never heard that being used....

@SecurityWriter It is easy to make me riot-ready with AI usage.

This happens when the AI is used as destructive tool: it makes you burn your time without moving forward. It shell remove the least motivated 30% of customers from the support queue. Once I am through that layer of defense, I am no longer willing to take prisoners.

What I really use positively: AI powered search on documentation and knowledge bass articles. This can really save time.

@stefan It does not say what the German teens said "in German language".

I am not a specialist for teen-speak, but "Hobbylosigkeit" (the direct translation) is something I have never heard in actual use.

@MartinRost Im Vergleich zur Trumps Strategie im Iran-Konflikt ist es sogar schon fast konstruktiv .

Eine Vermutung von mir ist, dass die Populisten keine Lösungen produzieren wollen. So ist jeder eventuelle Nachfolger komplett Problem-saturiert und wir die darauf folgende Wahl sofort wieder verlieren.

@Life_is @randahl Authoritarian regimes are always hotbeds of corruption. Not by choice, but the nature of the regime requires corruption as method of generating and rewarding loyalty.

There is a very interesting book by Frank Bajohr about the corruption in the Third Reich "Parvenüs und Profiteure". It is easy to recognize the similarities...

@randahl If this is what you get for invading your neighbor, I would call it a just punishment...

@stefan As a German I thought long and hard, what German phrase was meant.

My best guess is the question "Hast Du kein anderes Hobby?"

This is asked as question and has an even harder sting than the accusation of "hobbyless behaviour".

Because it ask "Don't you have any other hobby?" and therefore implies, that you made anti-social behavior to be your only past time.

@evacide I know that my statement sounds harsh. I do not like to cause people discomfort. But I see no alternative.

If you your own data security is important to you, especially if the current administration might look negatively upon your environments activity, this is the only way.

That is why I avoid travel to such countries as much as possible.

A few years back, I had to travel to a country, where the government was "not a nice one" and also not known for fair play. Luckily it was only for a few days.

So I ditched my smartphone and switched to a $25 dumb phone for the trip. I bought a used $100 tablet as disposable internet device and sold it for $50 before I left. So the costs were bearable. Of course I felt severely limited during that time.

I know that people on tight budget may find those costs prohibitive already.

But be aware: you may loose your device anyway if the border agent wishes so, even if you are innocent of everything. That is nothing you can control. They do not care that you cannot afford a new device.

Another important thought (at least for me): I do not bear the risk alone. As I may work or be friends with people on the administrations shit list, any leak on my side may cause them harm. That thought scares me most.