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While I am aggressively opposed to malicious hacking in all its awful forms, tbh, this post produced an ethics-bending reaction from me as I wouldn't mind Shiny Hunters hacking Trump & his inner circle to reveal all the hate, lies, & corruption we all know is going on but can't definitively prove 😔

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P.S. Apologies Zoe, I accidentally posted my message halfway through writing it & had to delete, edit, & repost it. It bugs me when that happens to posts I receive notifications for. P.P.S. I wish Bluesky posts could be edited, but, any edits would remove any likes or reposts already received.

I think being able to put a QR code on your front door, sensitive sites (like hospitals/schools/military bases), or even on your person (or a sign saying 'please don't record my door/home/face/entire body') would be a huge step towards removing the 'pervert glasses' tag + increase usage & acceptance

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@zsk.bsky.social Just read your article (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) & like HTC's idea of adding the 'stop recording' privacy protection. However, I think all AI-enabled cameras should also be disabled by 'no recording' signage &/or geo-fencing to protect security/cultural sites & ppl's homes...

They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image?

Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

... i think being able to put a QR code on your front door & sensitive sites like a hospital, schools, or a military base (or a sign saying 'please don't record my front door/home') would be a huge step towards

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Me too. I don't know why they don't just increase the fuel flow rate limit during quali to allow the drivers their flat out quali laps, and then keep the current limits & engine/battery split during races. The racing has been brilliant, even on 'energy poor' tracks, I don't see the need to change

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I really worry about ppl's lack of imagination because, despite being a huge tech geek & not being an apocalypse-level doomer (yet 😂), given 1 minute to think of ways that even current models could kill us, I'd run out of paper before I could list them all, esp if 'bad actors' were involved too

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On a more serious note. I think all the recent comments are a coordinated strategy by OpenAI/Anthropic etc to force this issue on to legislators as they know that start-up culture & a multi $1tn competitive environment isn't suited to playing it safe. Better to force equal safety regs on all of them

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@joetidy.bsky.social Couldn't help noticing you let a single "labs" slip into the article. In my best impression of my old English teacher, I've circled it in red, given you an A- and written 'Mr Tidy, this word is not appropriate in this context. Please see me!" 😂🤣😂

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As an example, a plane being required to have 2 or more independent hydraulic systems in case 1 fails. Even in non-life critical sectors, Monzo running 2 independent 'servers' (& upgrades them separately) so that if the primary fails for any reason, switching to the backup is relatively quick & easy

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@theothebald.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social I'm baffled by the NATS failure y/day, plus them not learning from past failures. With NATS so critical to safety & the economy, why don't they have independent back up systems, just like the planes they control have for their flight critical systems?

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I understand driver's viewpoint is important. However, I'm disappointed that changes have been, & will be, made purely to satisfy the driver's need for 100% push laps. From a fan's POV all we can see is tight qualifying sessions & long-running, intense, close racing w/o the easy DRS style overtakes

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Pirelli getting their act together has helped cars follow more closely too (even if they've ballooned the PSI to do it), but teams/drivers having to decide where (& crucially, where not) to deploy has made for brilliant close racing & as the season's gone on, less of the easy DRS style overtakes

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We now have >½ a season to judge: Result 👍🏼 Totally agree. Obviously, the teams will find aero performance during the cycle to remove some of the ability to follow closely, but having an energy deficit + 'energy poor' tracks has provided great racing. Shame that element will be reduced from 2027

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If you go down the Home Assistant route, the @home-assistant.io website is brilliant for all the initial set up & the forum is great for solving any issues as everyone is very good at posting fixes to problems they've come across. Plus, the OS is so user-friendly these days, it's a breeze to set up

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tbf, it's the least secure way to connect to the internet Tbh, given how cheap data is these days I'm not sure why ppl still use public WiFi, especially as most data connections are many, many times faster than public WiFi. I get 70mb/s in my house, in rural Dorset, 2x the area's part-fibre speed 😂

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Crypto miners caused the 1st major production bottleneck of high-end graphics cards when the BTC gold rush started, but there are now only 5% of Bitcoins left to mine (+ with halvings & higher electricity costs) those graphics cards have a much more lucrative use. I think this shift was inevitable

Agree this points to a planet that's metal dense rather than "rocky". Although a planetary core that's 2.5x bigger than the entire Earth would make for a truly enormous planet if it had Earth's rocky mantel. I'd guess it was a gas giant's core, with Jupiter's core layers ranging from 4.5 to 30g/cm³

There wasn't a black hole mentioned in the article. It discussed sky survey satellites catching the first light created by a star's supernova & subsequent observations, with SN 2026gzf denoting the supernova's year and the order of discovery, so 'gzf' equals the 5,414th supernovae discovered in 2026

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...That is until huge mining robots bulldoze, crush, & process everything (rock, precious metals, & organisms/animals) on the sea floor, while also sending enormous quantities of sediment into the water column, disrupting the life cycles of animals across huge areas downstream of the miners

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Are you running something fun on it like @home-assistant.io or a local AI agent? P.S. I say 'fun' knowing fully that most ppl wouldn't consider setting up a local smart home or AI system fun, but to the ppl that do, it's Christmas, New Year, & Birthday all rolled up into 1(ish) insanely fun day 😂😂

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Except... Frankenstein's Monster is a much less frightening prospect than an AI industry, with almost zero national or international regulations, pushing us at full speed towards a future with potentially disastrous consequences for our workers & economies (I have no fears about an AI overlord 😂)

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....That said, I'm very pleased that @bsky.app has retained a group of core users that contains most, if not all, of the ppl I actually want to hear news & updates from. It's my 1 & only SM app now, unless you count WhatsApp (I don't really. I'd call it an encrypted text app, rather than a SM app)

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm totally fed up with, & don't use, other SM companies. The number of issues are mind-boggling. Although, encrypted apps obviously have their uses (but #Telegram isn't fully encrypted). It's why I've been so disappointed that @bsky.app's initial surge in MAU (when Elon ruined #X) didn't persist

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Yes, it does conjure images of lab coat wearing scientists toiling away, with limited grant money, for the good of all humanity. Rather than the already fabulously wealthy tech entrepreneurs & coders working for the good of boosting their own stock options & company valuations

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For clarification: Unless it looks like this 👇🏼 or this 👇🏼 it isn't real & ppl shouldn't need telling that. On a more serious point, it highlights, imho, the insanity of ppl getting most/all of their news from social media. SM = lies, jokes, rage-bait, filtered pics, & AI, not serious news & debate

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm sorry to say... the human race is done for! Trusting anything on social media is idiotic but police needing to debunk claims that Dr Seuss' #catinahat is real & murderous signals that the next generation lack the intelligence necessary for our continued survival www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Seen loads of, admittedly warranted, articles on #BBCNews recently about how terrible the net has become, especially compared to its early days, but #Spotify adding lossless compression is an update that truly makes you forget those heady days of dial-up (😂). The difference in quality is night & day

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

...but it does apply if you sold an asset for a profit & and then reinvested in something else, so you have to add up the profit for every transaction to get your cumulative total, which, if more than £3000, means you have a letter from HMRC on the way

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's worth noting: Capital Gains Tax only applies if you sell an asset for a profit. So, it doesn't apply if you have crypto that has gained in value but you haven't sold them. You gained massively, lost the entire profit, got jacked off, & sold for no profit lol. Or, gained <£3000 per tax year

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@mark-carney.bsky.social With these #wildfires so close to #Canada, any southerly wind could blow the smoke into the Great White North. I hope you're preparing to contact US officials to complain about their land management, request compensation, and threaten tariffs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Washington state hit by wildfires as thousands evacuated and emergency declared

State officials said wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have led to widespread evacuations and power outages.

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The two defining characteristics of US startups are: Move fast Break things and fix them later This is why they have been so successful compared to other countries. However, as we are seeing, a startup culture in frontier AI has serious unintended consequences, such as inadequate cybersecurity.

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... I say 'contrived' because I don't think xAI have a model that has the same capabilities as the OpenAI/Anthropic models. At least from what I've seen/heard, Grok is limited to offensive images and chat on X, anything else seems like an Elon revenge inspired pipe dream

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...It's interesting you mention Gemini/Grok. We always hear about OpenAI/Anthropic's frontier hacking models but little is heard about similar models from Google/xAI. Elon obviously loves "a bit" of attention though so I'd imagine we'll soon see a tweet (or 500) about a contrived Grok breakout

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Lmao! Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that. I almost exclusively use Gemini Pro models for my AI (plus own almost every Google device), and even I hated seeing those Gemini promos twice every @itvsport.bsky.social ad break during the World Cup 😂🤣😂 ... although, cringe made us talk about it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I think the upcoming IPO's are the primary cause of that cynicism, given the financial benefits of news coverage pre-launch, especially with both firms seemingly taking turns with their announcements. I'm not sure the capabilities are being denied though, just the PR hype around announcements

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I agree it's a bad look for a tech company to lose control of their tech & committing basic testing errors like allowing internet access (especially with Anthropic having no clue at the time). However, there seemed to be, imho, an element of 'yeah, but we did it first' in Anthropic's announcement 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Love it. It definitely has all the ingredients for a Sci-fi film so tragically bad* it gains a huge cult following *Its AI has none of the Humanity-destroying "intentions" or "personality" needed for a hit film. Plus, it didn't succeed at anything bar escaping OpenAI's weak sandbox (2nd time) 😂🤣😂

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Do you love it in the same way I love spinach? As in, not at all & want it banished to the furthest reaches of hell? I consider myself a feminist (i.e. definitely not a member of the 'manosphere') but can't help seeing the contradiction here as this comment about a woman is now seen as unacceptable

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

@joetidy.bsky.social just read www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... & wondered... I know AI needs some internet access, even for in-house testing, so air-gapped servers aren't possible, but surely a sandbox should have secondary protections like IP restrictions so models can't reach the wider internet?

Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?

Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.

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dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My 2 main thoughts on this: 1) #OpenAI has a lot to learn about 'sandboxing' - supposedly, a safe, secure test environment. OpenAI managed to create a sandbox that was neither safe nor secure, which is worrying! 2) This colossal failure is now being used as marketing for its AI. Also worrying!

dmw44.bsky.social @dmw44.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@alexanderalbon.bsky.social Please can you, Lando, Lewis, or Jenson buy this kart track & save it from demolition? It is badly needed to help launch the careers of future British F1 stars. *You're the only one with a BlueSky account, so please can you pass this on 🙏🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...