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kvgr commented on Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws theverge.com/news/823750/... · Posted by u/ksec

rckt · a month ago

I get that too many regulations is a bad thing. But when we talk privacy and personal data there should be no gray zone. It has to be black and white. When I see a stupid cookie banner I search for "Reject all". There's no some data that companies can collect and process without my consent, they just shouldn't be able to collect anything without me actively opting in. Business never respects anything, but profits. Seeing news about relaxing these laws with the "AI" going after this leaves a bitter taste. And with them also trying to push the Chat Control thing, it gets even worse.

kvgr · a month ago

We had our underground parking and storage units broken into in apartment building. And we couldn't see the CCTV camera, to be on a lookout for the thief and call cops. Only cops could see it. Thieves have higher protection than your property.

kvgr commented on Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus

tempestn · 4 months ago

Yeah, this is the coolest part. The leftover brine from desalination is generally just a problem. It's harmful to the marine habitat if you just put it back into the ocean, and there isn't a lot else good to be done with it. (Basically you have to dilute it first.) But this way you get useful work out of the dilution!

The article also doesn't say if it produces more power than the attached desalination plant requires. I doubt it as you'd be getting close to a perpetual motion machine if so. In which case basically what you've got is a very energy efficient desalination plant, more than a power plant.

kvgr · 4 months ago

Can't we just process it into salt/lithium and whatever is there? Since its already concentrated?

kvgr commented on Fight Chat Control fightchatcontrol.eu/... · Posted by u/tokai

miroljub · 4 months ago

Russia is bad as is. Currently, clearly worse than EU. But the problem is, the state of human rights and freedoms in the EU is deteriorating so fast, I'm not sure if it would still be better than Russia in ten years. And in 20 years, China may be the freedom benchmark for the EU.

kvgr · 4 months ago

Of course it will be worse. And EU will not have concentration camps or gulags. But boiling the frog of freedom slowly def is not best outcome. And will more people to anti eu camp. An in the end to east.

kvgr commented on Fight Chat Control fightchatcontrol.eu/... · Posted by u/tokai

miroljub · 4 months ago

Many Europeans just wait for the Russia to come and save us from the totalitarian regimes once again.

kvgr · 4 months ago

There is no alternative is there. Russia bad for obvious reasons. EU rules getting more and more tight. Lets see what happens with digital euro and forced investing in EU markets. Eu is ruled by gerontocrats and detached leftists. The extreme right is not solution. Most of EU MPs from small countries are literal nobodies, just bench warmers.

kvgr commented on Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines valued at $12B in early-stage funding reuters.com/technology/mi... · Posted by u/spenvo

dandanua · 5 months ago

You can buy six B-2 bombers for that money. And use them against competitor AI startups. You think this sounds stupid? This is where all this AI arms race is going.

kvgr · 5 months ago

I am willing to sell my killthe.ai domain for the highest bider :D

kvgr commented on Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online ellsberg.substack.com/p/f... · Posted by u/blurbleblurble

al_borland · 5 months ago

All these ID check laws are out of hand. Parents are expecting the government, and random websites, to raise their kids. Why would anyone trust some random blog with their ID?

If these laws move forward (and I don’t think they should), there needs to be a way to authenticate as over 18 without sending picture of your ID off to random 3rd parties, or giving actual personal details. I don’t want to give this data, and websites shouldn’t want to shoulder the responsibility for it.

It seems like this could work much like Apple Pay, just without the payment. A prompt comes up, I use some biometric authentication on my phone, and it sends a signal to the browser that I’m 18+. Apple has been adding state IDs into the Wallet, this seems like it could fall right in line. The same thing could be used for buying alcohol at U-Scan checkout.

People should also be able to set their browser/computer to auto-send this for single-user devices, where it is all transparent to the user. I don’t have kids and no one else’s uses my devices. Why should I need to jump through hoops?

kvgr · 5 months ago

Everybody will get a chip implant for 18th birthday. Solved ;)

kvgr commented on Aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation cell.com/cell-metabolism/... · Posted by u/tu7001

mort96 · 9 months ago

And this gas escapes through your urethra?

kvgr · 9 months ago

Fortunately I dont have cloaca ;)

kvgr commented on Peru's Great Urban Experiment (2023) archaeology.org/issues/ma... · Posted by u/Thevet

smpnav · 9 months ago

Peru has had a lot of bad press but if you use your common sense you’ll be fine. I live in Lima, for example the tourist areas here have a high police presence and are safe.

kvgr · 9 months ago

I felt kind of safe there, depends of a district. But I know personally a guy 1,9 meters, boxer, that got drunk and took a taxi, the guy drove him to darl alley where friends were waiting and took his stuff. So it is always about using your brain and a bit of luck. But that was more than 10 years ago. Maybe with uber, these situations are safer.

kvgr commented on Peru's Great Urban Experiment (2023) archaeology.org/issues/ma... · Posted by u/Thevet

contrarian1234 · 9 months ago

> Lima is big and like big cities everywhere be on your guard in touristy areas because a lot of people make a living there and not always through legal means.

Super weird to normalize urban violence.. as someone who lives in Asia.. this is a really messed up terrorized mindset. You don't need to walk around Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul or Bangkok and "be on your guard" .. ever.

Your government(s) have just failed you in providing a safe environment to live

kvgr · 9 months ago

It must be historical and also how cities are settled. South America has huge influx of uneducated, poor people into the cities. It is easy for them to get entangled in bad activities in the slums. Like Rio. Beautiful city and some government reforms pushed ex slaves into city with no prospect for life. and government forgot about them until there was a problem. And maybe there is different social net in Asia. Culture based on shame, more than power/status(?).

kvgr commented on Peru's Great Urban Experiment (2023) archaeology.org/issues/ma... · Posted by u/Thevet

yannis · 9 months ago

Great you visited it. One reads all these cautionary notices about traveling to Peru. What was your experience? Did you visit on a group tour? Would love to know more.

kvgr · 9 months ago

I was there couple years ago. If you don't go to places you shouldn't, you are mostly Ok. I felt much safer in Peru than in Brazil for example. It is not europe or some parts of asia. But for central/south america it was farily safe. Not sure about some changes in the last years.