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Gee, that’s encouraging… T2 security chip on Macs can be hacked to plant malware; cannot be patched

Gee, that’s encouraging…

T2 security chip on Macs can be hacked to plant malware; cannot be patched

Speculation that the T2 security chip on modern Macs can be hacked has been confirmed by the team behind the research. A combination of two different exploits would give a hacker the ability to modify the behavior of the chip, and even plant malware like a keylogger inside it. All Macs sold since 2018…

Funny, it turns out that it’s possible to make *contextual* advertising work as well or even better than microtargeting. In other words, tracking everyone all over the net *isn’t* actually required for the ad industry, or the sites that depend on it.

Funny, it turns out that it’s possible to make *contextual* advertising work as well or even better than microtargeting.

In other words, tracking everyone all over the net *isn’t* actually required for the ad industry, or the sites that depend on it.

Wired: Can Killing Cookies Save Journalism?
A Dutch public broadcaster got rid of targeted digital ads—and its revenues went way up.

“Why should I vote, he’ll just rig/ignore the election?” So you want to hand him a *legit* victory? No. Make him work for it. Make it *hard* for him to steal the election. Make sure that if he does, it’ll be *glaringly obvious*. To everyone. And maybe he won’t be able to.

“Why should I vote, he’ll just rig/ignore the election?”

So you want to hand him a *legit* victory?

No.

Make him work for it.

Make it *hard* for him to steal the election.

Make sure that if he does, it’ll be *glaringly obvious*. To everyone.

And maybe he won’t be able to.

Convincing people not to vote because they think it’s rigged anyway…is the easiest way to rig an election. You can’t even contest the results, because the votes can be collected and counted legitimately. So don’t let someone convince you not to vote.

Convincing people not to vote because they think it’s rigged anyway…is the easiest way to rig an election. You can’t even contest the results, because the votes can be collected and counted legitimately.

So don’t let someone convince you not to vote.

Adults should be able to tell the difference between criticism and insults. You should be able to criticize without insulting, take non-insulting criticism without reacting as if insulted, and you shouldn’t hide behind “criticism” as an excuse to insult people.

Adults should be able to tell the difference between criticism and insults. You should be able to criticize without insulting, take non-insulting criticism without reacting as if insulted, and you shouldn’t hide behind “criticism” as an excuse to insult people.

Gee, maybe running a critical service “like a business” isn’t such a good idea. Or institutional knowledge shouldn’t be thrown out over top-management penny pinching. Or the cutbacks to long-standing policies are active sabotage. Or all three.

Gee, maybe running a critical service “like a business” isn’t such a good idea. Or institutional knowledge shouldn’t be thrown out over top-management penny pinching. Or the cutbacks to long-standing policies are active sabotage.

Or all three.

‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

Yesterday’s California power demand vs. forecast graph & how effective the 3pm Flex Alert was

Fascinating to look at yesterday’s California power demand vs. forecast graph & how effective the 3pm Flex Alert was at getting people to reduce power usage during peak hours. (That forecast demand peak was very close to the forecast supply peak.)

https://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx

Graph showing hour-by-hour power demand for August 17, forecast tracking a sine wave dipping to around 26K MW at 4am & peaking at 49K at 6pm. Actual usage tracks until 3pm, when it flattens, then stays below the forecast curve for the rest of the evening.

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Chance of a major southern San Andreas earthquake in a typical week is 1 in 10,000. The current Salton Sea swarm indicates a higher risk for the next week: 1 in 1,000.

Chance of a major southern San Andreas earthquake in a typical week is 1 in 10,000. The current Salton Sea swarm indicates a higher risk for the next week: 1 in 1,000.
https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/earthquake-forecast-salton-sea-swarm-august-2020