jackcole

@jackcole@mstdn.social
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Retired scientist (cyber security research), father of 4, pilot, chemist, permanent law and languages student. #fedi22 #cybersecurity #AI #ML #flying #music #photography #languages #chemistry #electronics #law

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This painting, located in the northern city of Roubaix, France is titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest.” By Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw 😢

#MastoArt #StatueOfLiberty #France #USPol #SilentProtest #Art

Good morning from this nest of baby barn swallows

Rounding up actual human beings and imprisoning them cost so much more than just leaving them be. Despite the rhetoric, most immigrants pay taxes without getting any of the benefits of doing so. This was never about that.

Trump's major donors were the For Profit Prison System. Are they all racist, yeah, probably, but it's more than that. They don't care who they put in there, it will be anyone they can get away with.

These people have been turning America into the world's largest pyramid scheme, now with prisons for anyone who questions it.

I love how this queen Lasius arizonicus ant is smooth like glass. She’s a social parasite who , after dropping her wings, sneaks into existing ant colonies, kills the resident queen, and takes over.

So much drama. #Lasius #Ants #Insects

@pinkprius

" If you file it, you'll know where it is but never need it.

If you don't file it, you'll need it but never know where it is."

Closing hospitals to fund concentration camps.

That’s it. That’s what it boils down to.

Adobe is now processing all your PDFs in the cloud, by default. The setting to “Enable generative AI features in Acrobat” was on, and I didn’t know it until I opened a document and Adobe asked me if I wanted a document summary. It’s annoying to have to click “No,” so I opened settings to disable the prompt.

THE PROBLEM
I sign Non-Disclosure Agreements for many of my clients. Adobe is a potential leak of protected information. I don’t know what Adobe does with this information. I don’t know what they store, or for how long. I don’t know what country (or countries) the data is stored in. I don’t know what LLMs are trained with this data. And I don’t need to know. What I need to know is that they won’t use default opt-in as a legal excuse to wiretap my information.

I recommend that you check your Adobe settings on all devices, for all Adobe accounts.

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#cybersecurity

@Catlynn Bee vision emulated to help drones see better. And yes, bees see color even though their vision extends past ours into UV.

https://beeculture.com/bees-see-matters/

How Bees See And Why It Matters | Bee Culture

@Catlynn I believe they see differently, but IDK. I seem to remember that they see in UV spectrum where we don't.
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@jdskog Cartoon with caption: Midas & Medusa: A very brief affair.

Midas and Medusa greet each other. He shakes hands with her and she is turned to gold; she looks at him and he is turned to stone.

@jdskog This gag is a stone gold classic.
@jdskog I smell a race condition right there... 🤔
@lasse only if both need to be alive for their "powers" to be active
@jdskog
@jdskog I laughed more than I should have. 😂