phtheven

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[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting that we have tantalize and tantalizing, but we're stuck with "Sisyphean". I vote we add sisyphize and sisyphizing.

"I find this job sisyphizing."

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Nah that's Mohammed Bin Salman. He is Saudi. This guy is an Emirati businessman. I don't even think he's royalty, he just has a fancy sounding name.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

So he met both these accomplished adult Russian women just going about his billionaire day, nothing to do with his good buddy Jeff whatsoever. When he caught the nasty clap from one of these only two accomplished adult Russian women, he ran straight to his good buddy Jeff for help spiking his wife, even though his good buddy Jeff had nothing to do with ~~trafficking~~ ~~procuring~~ introducing him to these exactly two, definitely adult, women.

I have no further questions, just glad we can finally put these "BILL GATES IS DEFINITELY A PEDOPHILE" rumours to bed. Phew.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When the post is making the case for stronger legislation, and you respond by bringing up the individual responsibility of those affected, it certainly gives the impression that you are arguing against regulation and shifting the blame toward the personal failings of the victims.

Most of the people affected in this hack appear to be the elderly and disabled. Many of them do lack the ability to protect themselves, not through apathy or ignorance, but because they are some of the most vulnerable people in our society. I think it's important to approach these issues with compassion and understanding, rather than getting on your high horse and preaching to the choir.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah mate i think it's fairly likely that many of us on here don't go around installing bullshit apps. I haven't been affected either.

The previous hack (manage my health) was not an app that people installed on their phones, it was a health management portal that patients were signed up to when they enrolled to clinics and practices that made use of that platform. These health providers used this as a database to store the medical information for all their patients. Molemaps, xrays, doctors notes, everything was uploaded, not by patients, but by their medical care providers.

If you're enrolled at a gp it's likely that your data is sitting in a similar system. MyIndici is an example I'm aware of, although it hasn't been hacked to my knowledge.

The concern doesn't stop with health apps either. Any third party data portal/platform is theoretically at risk, and kiwi companies love outsourcing risk to these private corps. Imagine the fallout from a RealMe hack, for example? It's no less likely at this point, and because of the lackluster regulation around these data platforms, they have no real incentive to beef up security. That's the issue here.

 

The Privacy Commissioners Office has been calling for proper fines for data breaches for YEARS.

Not a single muppet in the beehive has even given it a thought, from what i can tell.

The current maximum penalty is $10000.

Australia has their maximum penalty set to $50 million.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

The other replies have explained it to you, but neither of them acknowledged your greeting. Hello!

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks! Didn't see this in time but this is basically what I did. Brought up how terrible it is at analysing a dataset and giving accurate statistics. Brought up how bad it is at working on large codebases. No idea if any of it will stick, but we can hope.

 

A colleague of mine just went home sick, so I'm covering for him in our companies first "AI Navigators" group meeting.

Any thoughts on what I should bring up? I'm one of three developers that i recognise in the invite. Besides that it's just a bunch of middle managers.

Edit: My two-up manager found out that I'll be going to this. It was made very clear to me that I am not attending as an individual, but as a "representative of the department". I guess I have a reputation. Gotta pick my battles, gonna have to toe the company line on this one.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They're working with a vendor to make a phone that meets GrapheneOS's security standards.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I've lived and worked here for 8 years. Last year i finally qualified for a residency for the first time.

It's $6.5k.

I haven't been able to save that much since I've been here. My paycheck goes directly to my landlord.

Fuck all of this. I'm leaving this place as soon as i can. You don't want me here.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The UAE is not ruled by the Saudi Royal Family. That would be Saudi Arabia.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I found this:

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/main/reproducible-builds/README.md

Looks like they're working on reproducibility, at least in the desktop app. That's a little disappointing but i guess I'm happy they're working on it.

[–] phtheven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Neat! And can this been done with signal or proton?

 

I made most of these objects besides the chemex collar and the dark coffee scoop. Wouldn't want to mislead anyone on the internet, that would be crazy.

 

I've been trying to get into greenwood carving. I did this with a stanley blade and a tiny 6mm curved palm gouge. I need a hook knife for sure, that gouge was painful to use.

 

Pretty sure you legally have to tell me if you're bots or not.

In all seriousness, is there any way if knowing if we have bots on lemmy or not? Is it just vibes based? Im of course referring to undercover bots pushing agendas, not automation/meme bots finding haikus and shit.

 

Meeting about the new office building. Construction starting two years from now. What is my opinion on an open office? Can't say i give a fuck what's happening in two years, can't envision that being relevant to me at all.

 

Lemmy hates AI.

I'm fully supportive of the accessibility for persons with disabilities, to be clear. It's ironic though. Does Lemmy's open source code make it easier for bots to scrape it?

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