Kdecherf's links
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Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57863205Wed 28 Jul 2021
The title undermines the purpose of the article: scientists say they lack of resources to improve prediction of incoming extreme weather events
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Take a look inside this underground crypto mining farm in Ukraine with its 3,800 PlayStations and 5,000 computers www.yahoo.com/news/look-inside-underground-crypto-mining-090129713.htmlWed 28 Jul 2021
The crypto mining farm was stealing ~$250k of electricity per month, also further investigation seem to show that game consoles were used to mine FUT cards for the game FIFA 🤷
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A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn www.vice.com/en/article/qj8xz3/a-defunct-video-hosting-site-is-flooding-normal-websites-with-hardcore-pornThu 22 Jul 2021
« This is funny, unfortunate, and also, an example of a much larger problem: The internet is a collective hallucination that is fading away thanks to link rot »
@motherboard
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Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure www.vice.com/en/article/xgx5bw/amazon-aws-shuts-down-nso-group-infrastructureMon 19 Jul 2021
« Amazon has previously remained silent on NSO using its infrastructure. In May 2020 when Motherboard uncovered evidence that NSO had used Amazon infrastructure to deliver malware, Amazon did not respond to a request for comment asking if NSO had violated Amazon's terms of service »
@nixcraft
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Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention to fire Flex workers arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazon-is-firing-flex-workers-using-algorithms-with-little-human-intervention/Mon 19 Jul 2021
Putting algorithms everywhere can be problematic
« Drivers who believe they’ve been unfairly terminated have ten days to petition to have their accounts reinstated, but in that time, they cannot work any shifts. If a driver loses the appeal, they can ask for arbitration, though it costs them $200 »