I am rebuilding my virtual pi, I think we have the basics, buster, git, gh, ssh, xrdp, ufw, vsftpd, postfix, mailutils, & apache2. (I need to fix my whatsnew for buster.) So next steps …
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Enhanced Privacy with Meta
There has been a viral hoax circulating, about the use of whatsapp’s new enhanced privacy features. This has been described and debunked, in the article below,
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On AI Regulation
Some people are thinking very hard about this, here are my notes.
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Deepseek
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup known for its advanced large language models (LLMs), including the DeepSeek-R1 model, which is designed to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek aims to redefine AI by focusing on efficiency and resource s, making powerful AI technology more accessible
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WordPress and Firewalls
It seems that I need one now, my hosting provider doesn’t offer what I’d expect. Here are my notes and links, …
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AI, just an autocomplete machine
Are the LLM’s just an expensive, autocomplete machine? I have been saying this since a close colleague first suggested it. Now some serious compter scientists are saying the same. Here are some notes and links …
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Opensource Cloud OS’s
I have just posted a little note on linkedin on the US regulatory ownership of the Cloud OS’s, cloud providers and supporting software products, in the context of ‘security of supply’. Here’s some more reading.
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Goldberg & Bridging
I attended PoliticalTech Summit 25 in Berlin. One of the speakers was Beth Goldberg and what she said led me to dig a bit deeper; here are my notes and links. …
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Federated Social Media
Mike Masnik of Techdirt points me at Sarah Perez’s article on a social media world without Caesars. , reporting on the founding AT Protocol conference, which is definitely not a Bluesky conference.
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Notes on the economics of AI
I have been reading and thinking about the economics of AI. Here some articles that I have read or not.
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On the AI Action Summit
We opened considering the AI Action Summit, https://www.elysee.fr/en/sommet-pour-l-action-sur-l-ia. Here are some notes and links, …
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On USB-C
Why is this such a faff? I have bought an HP with USB charging? It comes with a f’ing huge transformer, well not huge I used to have a model railway set. I want to use it with continental plugs; I bought a cheapish 65w USB plug, with a swiss connector i.e. type C which…
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Freemium on WordPress
And now I want to build a freemium site for someone else, here are my links and notes …
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Search Engine Optimisation
I need to brush up on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation. Here are my notes and links. NB this is not yet state of the art and will currently save you about 5 minutes …
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Forge of Empires
I had another go at a city builder game. I have stopped playing Rise of Empires, here are my notes and links for Forge of Empires. …
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