kaos

@Kaos
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal ...
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads

By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

ETSC
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkVO4F_38I #ukpol #protest
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison

YouTube

You have been warned yet again, the US cannot be trusted...

Microsoft, under oath, admits the possibility that EU‑hosted data can be accessed by US agencies without any notifications

In sworn French‑Senate testimony, Microsoft’s legal chief for France(M. Anton Carniaux) conceded he cannot guarantee that data on French citizens stored wholly in EU Microsoft datacenters is safe from U.S. silent access and acknowledged that French or any EU authorities might not even be notified if access occurs.

Delivered under oath, this statement is an official legal recognition of the silent‑access risk inherent in relying on Microsoft’s infrastructure.

https://www-senat-fr.translate.goog/compte-rendu-commissions/20250609/ce_commande_publique.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

CE Commande publique : compte rendu de la semaine du 9 juin 2025

Sénat

"We reviewed 300 studies published between 2015 and 2025, all of which centred on climate misinformation. Our study found that the human response to the climate crisis is being obstructed and delayed by the production and circulation of misleading information.

We found that this is being done by powerful economic and political interests, such as fossil fuel companies, populist political parties, and some nation states. "

https://theconversation.com/can-you-trust-climate-information-how-and-why-powerful-players-are-misleading-the-public-260251

#ClimateChange #Misinformation

Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public

Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.

The Conversation

Important to repeat this, especially today.

A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'

When people call LLMs “useless” they’re generally being kind as it’d be more accurate to call it harmful, dangerous, toxic, or risky.

It’s like calling white asbestos “useless”. Technically true in most western countries because you literally can’t use it, but it kind of elides the reason why

Stop giving you data to OpenAI! If you did not have a reason yet, they'll be using your data to train war machines... Sound like a good reason no? Also they consistently lie.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/openai-wins-200-million-us-defense-contract-2025-06-16/

Oh WhatsApp, you changed. Meta got the best out of you.

"No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.”

"Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought.“

~ WhatsApp Blog, June 18th 2012
https://blog.whatsapp.com/why-we-don-t-sell-ads

🚨 noyb has filed two complaints against #Microsoft (365 Education) for violating children's data protection rights!

👉 The company shifts responsibility for #GDPR compliance to local schools...

👉 ...and places tracking cookies without consent

Read all about it here:

https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school

noyb has filed two complaints against Microsoft for unlawful data processing in 365 Education

noyb.eu