quick_snail

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That actually doesn’t seem to be so severe.

  How many people download some random archive and then, after extracting it, they double click on the files inside it?

  It says the risk of this vuln is arbitrary code execution of a maliciously crafted archive.

  After fixing this bug, most 7zip users will still be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to maliciously crafted archives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As an archivist, that image makes me very sad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder to Archive the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re going to link to paywalled content, you should copy and paste the text here.

  Otherwise, please don’t link to paywalled content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder to Archive the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand the need for processing power, but I thought AI models were just gigs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well this is one way to fund open source.

  Looking forward to all the Foss projects on GitHub sueing Microsoft. Please let me know how I can signup for the lawsuit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working; fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and creative facial hair bypass age checks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironically this is much safer to do “before” you turn 18

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Be a Permanent Micromanaging Boss Who Never Stops Nagging You⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That actually makes sense.

  So they learned they can’t replace the workers that actually do the profit-generating labour for businesses, but they can replace middle management with AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But it did give them an excuse to fire people and keep wages lower.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The narrative suggesting that security can be had on windows in this article is a joke.

  There’s really no point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares “hard down” status for multiple zones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That was Dubai, no?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares “hard down” status for multiple zones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🎉

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So paying is optional? I don’t get it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Educational” AI YouTube videos accused of teaching kids to play in traffic & eat toxic food⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This will work for maybe 2 years, until all the corporate kid shows lay off their writers and replace them with AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought they usually are just controlled remotely by poor people in other countries?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI vibe-coded operating system is so bad it can't even run Doom — Vib-OS can't connect to the internet, browser app is an image viewer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised it boots at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring is always recording and uploading to their servers, even with you're not paying for the subscription⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have exceptions to this rule?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨builder.ai has been tricking customers and investors for eight years – selling an advanced code-writing AI that, it turns out, is actually an Indian software farm employing 700 human developers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WHY DID YOU REDEEM IT

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨builder.ai has been tricking customers and investors for eight years – selling an advanced code-writing AI that, it turns out, is actually an Indian software farm employing 700 human developers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t the time it takes be a give away?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crews Walk Out on Nashville Tunnel, Claiming Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No meams. Thank you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. It’s not a bubble. It’s just volatile. And increasing long-term

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not too long ago bitcoin was hovering around $10K. The price has risen astronomically in recent years

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. It was not s bubble. It is a volitile system that will continue to crash and rise forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you mean recession, not bubble

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Never thought I’d have to time the market to buy my next laptop, but here we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Crypto bubble?

  checks price

  Wut?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re doing it wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol wut. Everyone on proton does, and half of my work contacts do

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  don’t. Its the hardest thing, next to maintaining the office printer.

  We outsource that shit for a reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • unless you use pgp