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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:33:53 PM

Any particularly stand out moments?

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Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - Today at 02:27:39 PM

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by viper37 - Today at 01:34:46 PM

The company wants to make sure that its tools are not used to develop weaponry that fires without human input and that its products are not used for mass surveillance on Americans.

Defense Department officials have argued that those terms would confine the U.S. military and make it more difficult to work under such conditions, the outlet noted.

 

Those are Anthropic's red lines. The latest is the Pentagon is now threatening to either cut all contracts and declare Anthropic a "supply chain risk" which I think would have big consequences, or to invoke the Defense Production Act and force the company to work with the military:
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario

So basically the Pentagon is not willing to accept no mass surveillance of Americans and no autonomous killing as safeguards.

Anthropic folded, predictably.
Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - Today at 12:14:43 PM

Re the Baftas mess. I think more than anything I am dismayed by the incompetence displayed by the BBC. They had 2 hours to edit the broadcast so I can't imagine what went wrong. There have been other incidents, such as that dodgy editing of Trump's speech, that have also slipped the net. I just feel that their standards may be slipping at a time when they are already facing existential threats.

Yes, they are doing themselves no favor when under threat from right wing detractors.

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Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Zanza - Today at 12:12:36 PM

I see. It's always a nice story when another country joins the EU or Euro or so, but I guess beyond the narrative it does not matter much to the EU whether or not Iceland joins.

Good luck with the decision!

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 11:33:04 AM

This SOTU was more like a Cleveland steamer.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 11:29:19 AM

In the time before time the important thing was to fit the speech into the schedule of network TV.  Now the audience watch steamers.

Everyone should watch steamers.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - Today at 11:24:31 AM

Today is the first day that dual nationals cannot enter the UK without a British passport.

I did the right thing and applied for my first passport 1.5 weeks ago. UK did that ridiculous thing where I had to get someone (from a registered/licensed profression) to sign off on a photo of me confirming they knew me as first passport. Thankfully that was now digital.

Today I received an email that says:

We need proof of your address

You need to send us evidence as proof of your address in the United Kingdom. This evidence should have a date within the last month.

We need at least 2 items. You can choose:

employment records, for example an official letter from your employer
any letter sent to you from a central, regional or local government department
a medical or health card or GP letter.

Why would an average person have multiple of those items from within the past month?

First one is easy enough to get as my HR department has done that before.

Second one, I don't normally receive much correspondence from any governmental body.

Third one, I don't even know what 'a medical or health card' and NHS only sends me letters if they want to move an appointment.

I like letter ended with (emphasis mine):

If you cannot find these items we need we may be able to accept a bank statement, a utility bill or anything like this. We can accept printed online bank statements and utility bills.

So that might be sufficient but also might not be.

And of course, no way to submit any material online. All needs to be paid to be mailed to HMPO.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 11:24:22 AM

I think that is what they call "ethics" or "corporate social responsibility".

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Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 10:20:27 AM

I'd imagine that the only reason big-data personalized AI porn subscriptions aren't a bigger thing is reputational and legal risk for the big corps.