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tal , 3 months ago to Privacy in Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

It might be nice if auto reviewers included a "privacy rating" for a vehicle based OK whether it broadcasts anything via radio (e.g. cell or tire-pressure systems can be used to identify someone). It's not just auto manufacturers, but anyone who wants to set up a radio monitoring network, if there are unique IDs being broadcast.

I don't know how a reviewer could know whether there's a way for a manufacturer to gather logs during maintenance.

tal , 4 months ago to United Kingdom in Crooked House: Owners of historic pub near Dudley ordered to rebuild it following suspected arson

I can't imagine that it'd be possible to do that and conform to building code without some kind of special exemption.

Honestly, I'd think that if there's demand for a leaning pub like that -- and I think there is...I mean, I've heard about that thing repeatedly, seen video in it, and I live in the US -- it'd be easier to just build one whose owners want to run one, let them gave whatever building code exemptions are required. IIRC, that pub is kind of out of the way, not really where one would expect to put a new pub, given the choice.

tal , 4 months ago to Technology in Large Language Models Are Drunk at the Wheel

AGI is not a new term. It’s been in use since the 90s and the concept has been around for much longer.

It's not new today, but it post-dates "AI" and hit the same problem then.

tal , 4 months ago to Linux in Microsoft Says VS Code Will Work With Ubuntu 18.04

VS Code is going to require a newer version of glibc than Ubuntu 18.04 comes with. One does not simply upgrade glibc.

One might have an application-private newer build of glibc and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the directory containing it prior to launching VS Code.

tal , 5 months ago to politics in Haley moves on to South Carolina despite GOP pressure to drop out

If she's the only alternative in the primary race and he has a heart attack or something, I would assume that she winds up becoming the Republican nominee.

tal , 11 months ago to Accidental Renaissance in Disquietude of Maidens

Tineye says that it's from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This article is referenced -- so I assume that these are Dutch competitors -- but it has a different story and images visible there, talking about badminton.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2391074-geen-groepswinst-voor-badmintonsters-piek-en-seinen-verliezen-van-japans-duo

I think that it's the Dutch women's relay team.

https://deciliiter.com/relay-women-dream-of-success-at-the-tokyo-games-after-european-championship-gold-now/

EDIT: Yeah, it was a past post on /r/AccidentalRenaissance, though that community is currently private. "Dutch women 4x400 relay team looking at their score : r/AccidentalRenaissance"

tal , 11 months ago to Technology in Encryption With A Back Door Is NOT Encryption

As far as the US goes, that's incorrect. The issue is a 1A issue, not a 5A issue.

No, it's a Fifth Amendment issue. The Wikipedia article I linked to discusses it. Being compelled to provide a password runs into some of the same problems that compelling self-incriminating testimony does.

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You're confusing the Fourth Amendment -- which deals with searches -- and the Fifth Amendment. You're right that it's not an issue of protection against illegal searches, which is what one might assume to be the case, but not correct as to the actual rationale that it runs into.

tal , 11 months ago to Technology in Encryption With A Back Door Is NOT Encryption

The UK also has RIPA, under which it can compel a user to hand over passwords to encrypted material. For those of us in the US, that's prohibited by the Fifth Amendment.