Blackmist

joined 2 years ago
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago

When I was doing work experience in around 1995, I did mine at a local computer firm. A few days in, the doorbell rang. I looked over at the security camera. It was four lads in balaclavas.

I thought we were going to get robbed. The boss opened the door, put his hand over the camera, and returned a few seconds later with his hands full of SIMMs. Which he dropped on the table in front of me.

"Test these will you" he said, and that was it. That's what memory theft was like. A bunch of lads breaking into offices, nicking the RAM from the PCs, and selling it local computer shops who would sell it right back to the offices they stole it from.

Not one guy having an expensive package stolen at random.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But I can still get in that back window for free, right?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is called a nonce.

Which as a Brit is a really bad name for anything used to access porn.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago

That would be scalpees.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

I went into Netflix recently to find the same thing. Hardly anything visible on screen, just a handful of massive buttons.

You can see maybe two movies to the right of the main one, and the top half of the row below.

I assume this is just to hide the fact that there's precious little worth watching on it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 3 weeks ago

It can. Zero knowledge proofs have been around a while and are ideal for this.

They'll try not to have that because data gathering is what they're after, not keeping little Timmy from seeing some tits.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 4 weeks ago

A PS5 currently costs less than £300. I can't even get 32GB of RAM for that, let alone a GPU or any of the other parts.

PC gaming is dead for now. The only affordable way is Steam Decks and similar.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Like a consent button will stop them doing it anyway. Consent is something for little people. They don't believe in it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Every time I use that site it says I am unique. So is that good? Surely if I was trackable, it would match me against the previous times I'd been there.

Or maybe the site is just spouting a load of clickbaity nonsense?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You don't even need AI. Just pay staff less and charge customers more, and give the stolen money to shareholders. Ta-da! That's the CEO's job done.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So are closed source developers.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While singing "I want to break free" at full blast.

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