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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <title>Ambient Irony</title> <subtitle>Little blogses made out of ticky-tacky...</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="/atom.xml"/> <updated>2025-08-31T18:24:32Z</updated> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu/atom.xml</id> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 31 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_31_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-31T18:24:32Z</updated> <summary>Feets Still Hurts Edition Top Story Maybe the real Earth-shattering kaboom was the friends we made along the way: The heat shield seems to have performed well on the latest Starship test. (Ars Technica) And looking forward to the next ten test flights, with one more test of Starship V2 before they start in with Starship V3. Some of the commenters are crazy. Ignore them. SpaceX had a busy week generally, with launches every day including one to reboost the ISS. (Ars Technica) The latest Cargo Dragon delivery also included two Draco thrusters to gradually nudge the space station to...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_31_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 30 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_30_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-30T17:04:00Z</updated> <summary>Feets Hurts Edition Top Story The UK's demands for all your private Apple data are pining for the fjords, not dead. (Engadget) The US government rightly shot them down, but officially the UK government has not given up on any of it. And they want all your private information, from passwords on up. And they don't care what anyone else says, except for the small problem that the US could easily crush them like bugs. France and Germany have rejected US warning on their own attempts to loot American tech companies like a pinata farm. (Reuters) (archive site)Trump on Monday...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_30_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 29 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_29_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-29T18:25:00Z</updated> <summary>Totally Understandable Edition Tech News Do not drop a computer on your feet, or if you must, do not drop a computer on your feet and then complain about the pain. Pain is just a signal that everything is working, including your feet and your computer. Ow. Tech News There is a great deal of silliness about. But as I mentioned, my feet hurt. (The doctor did check them, but concluded that I would live if my feet hurt, but potentially not if she didn't get my blood pressure under control. So, for now, I hurt. Next appointment is Tuesday.)...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_29_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 28 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_28_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-28T18:03:00Z</updated> <summary>TI 99/5 B Edition Top Story How to break security on any modern LLM-based AI system: Just keep nagging it with idiocy until it gives up. (The Register) Because of the many things that LLMs are not, high among them is security models:"The most practical mitigation today is not to rely solely on the model for safety. We advocate for a 'defense-in-depth' approach, using external systems like AI firewalls or guardrails to monitor and block problematic outputs before they reach the user. A more permanent, though much more difficult, solution would involve building safety into the model's foundational training from...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_28_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 27 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_27_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-27T15:38:00Z</updated> <summary>Short Form Ow my feets. Have a plumber here today because things don't happen when it's convenient for you. Already done a battery of tests for Mystery Medical Condition because see above. If you have kids or niblings, the trades are where it's at. Medtech might be a more reliable job than doctor, too. I have two plumbers here now. That's either good news or someone's kids are getting braces. That sounded interesting. Interesting to be inside the house above when it cut loose anyway. Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus. Musical Interlude The ending credits to the incomparable Buckaroo Banzai, of...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_27_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 26 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_26_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-26T01:40:00Z</updated> <summary>Top Story The Geekom A9 Max is a 5" square mini-PC with a Ryzen 370, up to 128GB of RAM, and room for a 2280 and a 2230 M.2 drive. (Liliputing) And dual HDMI, dual USB4, and dual 2.5Gb Ethernet. A pretty solid little system, though somewhat expensive at $999. The Geekom A9 Mega is an 8" square mini-PC with a Ryzen 395+, up to 128GB of RAM, and room for two 2280 M.2 drives. (Notebook Check) And dual HDMI, dual USB4, and dual 2.5Gb Ethernet. A pretty solid little system, though somewhat expensive at $1899. This looks like a...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_26_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 25 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_25_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-25T18:35:20Z</updated> <summary>Swingabouts Edition Top Story Bluesky has blocked users from Mississippi over that's state's age verification requirements for social networks. (Bsky) Rather than check if you are from that state, if the law applies to you, and if you are a permitted user, you are simply blocked. Safer and simpler. Comically, the Tech Crunch article on situation is blocked if you are running an ad blocker. This is the first time such a law has survived preliminary injunctions in the US and it is already making a mess. Tech News 99,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded every day - including fake ones...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_25_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 24 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_24_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-24T17:53:00Z</updated> <summary>Who Edition Top Story Who are the 400 million people who made Threads the second most popular discussion platform after only Twitter? (Mashable) The article doesn't seem to understand its own conclusion: That these are the same people who made The Big Bang Theory the most popular show on television: Bipedal sphex wasps. In short, they don't exist, or at least not as recognisably individual human beings. They are trivially interchangeable corporate drones, the same people who made CB (formerly Cracker Barrel, the nation's foremost fine dining cheese experience) a household name for all the wrong reasons. Speaking of households,...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_24_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 23 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_23_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-23T13:49:00Z</updated> <summary>Dragon And The George Edition Top Story The US government has signed a deal with Intel to convert $8.9 billion in planned but as yet unpaid grants under the CHIPS act into a 9.9% stake in the company. (Tom's Hardware) The previously planned grants did not offer the government an ownership stake, but came with technical goals that Intel may not be able to meet in the current climate, making the revised deal a palatable alternative. Intel stock was up 5.5% after the news broke on Friday. In addition, if Intel decides to sell off a majority of its chip...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_23_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 22 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_22_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-22T18:25:00Z</updated> <summary>Rhodochrosite Edition Top Story Australia's largest bank - the Commonwealth Bank - has been forced to rehire employees laid off in tests against their AI counterparts when it turned out that the tests had not been testing on anything like an even playing field. (Ars Technica) Who knew? Apart from everybody. Fortunately only 45 people had been fired by that point. It could have been a lot worse, and soon will be. Tech News The Terramaster F4 is four-bay NVMe NAS with a 5Gb Ethernet port. (Liliputing) The 5Gb port is a nice touch. It can handle that transfer rate...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_22_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 21 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_21_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-21T18:16:01Z</updated> <summary>Labubwho Edition Top Story Copilot broke your audit log but didn't tell you. (Pistachio)But what happens if you ask Copilot to not provide you with a link to the file it summarized? Well, in that case, the audit log is empty.AI tools do this kind of thing a lot. Tech News Samsung has announced an 8TB version of the 9100 Pro SSD. (Tom's Hardware) Given the pricing of 8TB SSDs and of PCIe 5.0 generally, it costs $1050. Just buy two 4TB PCIe 4.0 drives if that is an option. The CEO of AWS says that replacing entry-level tech stuff...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_21_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 20 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_20_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-20T18:20:09Z</updated> <summary>Es Reignet Edition Top Story A three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed a win to Tesla in its fight over prosecution by the NLRB when it ruled that the entire bureau was probably unconstitutional. (Tech Crunch) Oof. Meta is shaking up its AI group again. (Tech Crunch) At some point it plans to launch AI products. Maybe. Tech News 95% of generative AI pilot programs are failing. (Fortune) You gotta pump those numbers up. Musical Interlude Disclaimer: Young man, you turn that city right way up RIGHT...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_20_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 19 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_19_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-19T18:09:00Z</updated> <summary>Chan Islands Edition Top Story If a Linktr.ee fell in a forest in India and nobody knew why, would it make a sound? (Tech Crunch)|| Because it did. England has declared war on 4Chan. (Think Broadband) This seems unwise. 4Chan is a US company so England has less than no authority here. Tech News Japanese investment company Softbank has invested $2 billion in Intel - about 2% of the company. (WCCFTech) Chicken feed as such things go but I wouldn't say no. How the new CEO of Obsidian went from superfan to, uh, CEO. (The Verge) What? Oh, different Obsidian....</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_19_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 18 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_18_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-18T17:02:29Z</updated> <summary>RSVP Edition Top Story At a tech press dinner Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mention that the company continues on its path to invest trillions on new AI datacentres and looks set to break $10 billion on gross revenue this year. (The Register) That's up from last year, when the company lost $5 billion on revenues of $5 billion. Asked if this was a bubble, Altman responded yes. Tech News Is the Alldocube iPlay mini Ultra an affordable alternative to the scarce high-end compact tables like Lenovo's Legion Tab? (Notebook Check) Yes. Maybe. It roughly matches the specs of last...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_18_august_2025</id> </entry> <entry> <title>Daily News Stuff 17 August 2025</title> <link href="http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_17_august_2025"/> <updated>2025-08-17T18:24:00Z</updated> <summary>Communist Propaganda Board Of America Edition Top Story A federal judge has blocked the FTC's investigation into Media Matters' illegal activity. (Tech Crunch) Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan - I swear I am not making this up - said that nothing Media Matters was doing was illegal and in any case they had already stopped with most of the illegal stuff. A brazen attack on air safety is under way. (The Verge) (archive site) If you saw "The Verge" and guessed they were screeching inanely about the Trump administration, you can collect your Kewpie doll in aisle five, next to the...</summary> <author> <name>Pixy Misa</name> </author> <id>http://ai.mee.nu//daily_news_stuff_17_august_2025</id> </entry> </feed>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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