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Bicycle use now exceeds car use in Paris

Link: https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-04-24/the-cycling-revolution-in-paris-continues-bicycle-use-now-exceeds-car-use.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40150545

Ihr wissts das eh, gell?
Eure frei verschenkten Daten sind der feuchte Traum aller Autoriären.

Und die kommen, wie mensch leider sieht, ganz schnell an die Macht.

XZ Utils Review Notes

Link: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/review.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044243

A friend has just suggested I turn on a humidifier and a dehumidifier to wirelessly transfer water.

AI cannot exist without stealing

“The only practical way for these tools to exist is if they can be trained on massive amounts of data without having to license that data,” Sy Damle, a lawyer who represents Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, said of A.I. models last year in a public discussion about copyright law. “The data needed is so massive that even collective licensing really can’t work.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/technology/tech-giants-harvest-data-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i00.8P1o.ArdmHhNbUNbm&smid=url-share

🇦🇹 #Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel.

https://apnews.com/article/austria-spying-scandal-russia-ott-marsalek-wirecard-8921f3ce95b30646ee1952bf8949a43f

#russia #spying

Oh, wow.

@eniko please don't take this the wrong way, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google

it's the definition of loyal opposition-- google literally props up mozilla to look like competition so that they won't be called a monopoly. i'm not sure using mozilla hurts google in any way, or brings us any closer to multiple browser engines-- they literally bankroll firefox for us to feel like we have a choice, and for journos to sound crazy when they talk about it.

so google spied on its users in incognito mode AND sold the information off, and they're planning to kill adblockers, and people still won't use firefox. ridiculous

This week’s show is up and it’s an absolute cracker… features a chat with @AndresFreundTec about his discovery of the xz backdoor, then @metlstorm and I take a look at the CSRB report on Microsoft.

Get it wherever u get your podcasts… except for Apple Podcasts bc it takes forever to arrive there 🤷🏼‍♂️