Hivemapper Dashcam HDC S
Model: HDC-S-0HE1-001
S/N: HDCS 807

Well, this is an “interesting” device, I grabbed it from ewaste thinking this could be a good webcam or security camera. And it is, in a way – a dashcam that they supposedly paid you in cryptocurrency to drive around while this documented the scenery and road. In short, some custom hardware for mapping roads as you drive, so you can earn their custom cryptocurrency which has devalued. These HDC-S models are recently EOL, and are not recognized in windows or OS X (I have not tried Linux or BSD). They are listed for stupid money on eBay, but I was unable to get them to work for anything.

Analysis/documentation:
https://github.com/obrientg/Hardware/blob/main/Hivemapper_Dashcam_HDC-S.md

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Ponzi schemes rely on trust and hype. Bernie Madoff showed how dangerous that combination can be.
#Investing #PonziScheme #CdnEcon

https://www.canajunfinances.com/2009/03/13/random-thoughts-bye-bye-bernie/

“After months of investigating allegations of a $140 million Ponzi scheme, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office has made numerous criminal referrals and issued $1 million in fines,🚨ensnaring a number of state GOP figures.”

More Republican #corruption‼️
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https://abcnews.com/US/georgia-officials-issue-criminal-referrals-fines-alleged-140/story?id=130526685&cid

Strange, isn't it, that your newsfeed isn't full of demands from businesses and consumers to fix the latency of generative AI chatbots, and stories about the crisis of access? ("I'm losing business because my prompt engineers can't get responses quick enough!")

Instead, the loudest voices are the big tech companies screaming that they need gigawatt-consuming data centres.

Can you spot the disconnect?

#supply_and_demand #fuckAI #ponzischeme

Ein spannender Artikel zu KI-Blase mit einer ausführlichen Analyse der Struktur und den Auswirkungen des derzeitigen KI-Hype.

Leider nur 48 Stunden (bis 16.01.25 ?) bei Golem frei verfügbar.. Immerhin

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