Some news item that floated past my screen:  "API traffic from bots are now more than  humans". "panic"

Um, ok.  So?

If its via API, there was already a 'system' middleman, be it automated with a 'traditional' program or whatever. Other than testing i don't know a single person who uses manual web APIs for daily life..   And in the case of bots, they claim "a lot are due to people directing an AI bot to collect the information".. so in effect its still driven by humans, just not pushing the buttons themselves..  

"If they are afraid of "we cant force feed ADs!!!!"  well, every freaking app has them, streaming TV  has more AD than content ( even when you pay for the service .. really ?? grr ), and there are signs every 5" out in the world.. so its a wash.

More of the irrational anti-AI nonsense.   I wonder if it was like this when cars were invented.  Sure, they also made a huge difference in society, which always scares the establishment, but it didn't warrant the hate and public manipulation.       ( of course one can argue about the driving force behind it being evil.  but i already beat that dead horse that we should be blaming the people, not the tech. )

We will just have to disagree on this one. I have seen just the exact opposite that recording in public violates nothing.  ( now what they do with it, might be, but not the actual act of recording ) And to be honest, its how it should be  while you are in public. Its **public** that is the entire point of it. What is next, everyone be forced to wear AR glasses when you step out side and it blanks your face if you opt-out? ( or replaces it with an AD ).  Same with stores, don't want to be recorded, don't go in... ( now they should have a sign up to warn thou, that im ok with. and around here many do )

If i was filming a concert or something and someone came up to me and ordered me to stop because they were offended that i might include them on the side lines, they are liable to get a punch to the larynx and 2 broken knee caps. 

Sun Jul 26 2026 20:25:27 EDT from zelgomer

First, no, as far as the government is concerned, there is SCOTUS precedent that your fourth amendment rights don't stop at your front door.

Second, legality is orthogonal to whether it's culturally acceptable. We don't have to tolerate the erosion of decent living. Be the change you want to see.

Oh, i totally agree, i'm not a fan of it either, and will sometimes flip off the cameras as i pass. Just no legal grounds here to stand on to stop it.

Not a lot different than a cop standing on the corner and 'looking around' and 'remembering' what he saw..   

Wed Jul 29 2026 09:19:34 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

It's a tough call, because being observed or even recorded in public isn't a violation of one's rights on its own ... but with giant fleets of networked cameras, now they can be REALLY good at it.

Think of the camera fleet as a detective, not as a casual observer.

I don't *like* it ... but I'm having trouble finding a way to think of it as a 4A violation.

I didn't know why I would want Meta glasses. Not for the audio. I want a HUD in them. But then I realized, I keep looking at $400 GoPros to put on my car and my RAZR. I want video records of my experiences in vehicles. I've been places, especially in the RAZR - that most hikers never get to see. I can go 40 or 50 miles in a day. Weeks on foot - into places where only other RAZR drivers go - views few other people get to see. I'd like to share the whole experience getting there. The Meta glasses, for the same price - show MY perspective getting there. That is pretty cool. 

The one legit use case i see for stuff like this, other than gaming or 3D design and stuff like that, is for the blind.  Let the glasses see for them, and report back what is going on, and buzz your feet or something before you step off a cliff or something.   

But other than edge cases, the are just toys. and an advertising platform.

In your case, they do make real cameras you can take with you. 

Sun Aug 02 2026 02:29:55 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I didn't know why I would want Meta glasses. Not for the audio. I want a HUD in them. But then I realized, I keep looking at $400 GoPros to put on my car and my RAZR. I want video records of my experiences in vehicles. I've been places, especially in the RAZR - that most hikers never get to see. I can go 40 or 50 miles in a day. Weeks on foot - into places where only other RAZR drivers go - views few other people get to see. I'd like to share the whole experience getting there. The Meta glasses, for the same price - show MY perspective getting there. That is pretty cool. 

 

Just after posting that i ran across a story.  Looks like Meta's gasses are mostly being used to record harassment events, and how they are getting around the 'now recording indicator light'.   Sounds like yet another 'social media challenge'.  Society, sucks. 

could fall in a couple of rooms.. 

Rather funny, due to the Iran "military exercise" ( wont call it a war, its not approved by congress ) and events in Ukraine,  it seems people are now realizing that GPS is "insecure and can can be blocked and we rely on this and the tech needs fixed immediately"    lol idiots. Both them and those fools who built entire critical infrastructure systems on the technology, Its of course not stable and easily jammed/blocked/spoofed. Not bothered to read a history book.... or use common sense? its a freaking radio signal. 

Oops. Idiots. Lesson learned. Too bad may be no way to recover, and we all suffer in a way since all bias aside, its a lot of historical record to be lost..   

TLDR;  PBS was using a single sourced cloud storage for all their archives..  And it went under. So 70+ years of their data.  poof. 

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation

So putty has a new release out. ( it happens, not a big deal ) but they just announce the mailing list will be discontinued and they are going to an RSS feed.    Does anyone really use RSS in 2026?  this seems like a step backwards to me.  Yet another thing you have to monitor, when email works great for this sort of thing and is 'the standard' way these days.

I use it all the time.  I've got several of my favorite feeds being pulled in (using Citadel's RSS reader of course)

Random headline:

"Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets nothing"    Well, it shouldn't NEED an update its a CAR....  LoL. we are doomed.

I wonder what happens in a few decades when everyone is required to get implants at birth.   And an update bricks it.  Do you die? Or just have to get surgery to replace it and cant properly function in society until then?

Wed Aug 19 2026 22:08:20 EDT from zelgomer

"Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets

And every single one makes it worse.

True quantum networking is coming..  Just as i predicted.  TLDR; they finally have got quantum states to communicate without using optic fibers..     ( not tomorrow, but its coming... )

https://interestingengineering.com/science/building-quantum-network-in-open-air

Ah.. im no longer in that world. Was out far before web was a thing.   Back then we had BBS parties and people brought stacks of floppies..  ( i think the statute of limitations have run out by now to admit that..  lol  )

Tue Aug 25 2026 13:28:59 EDT from darknetuser

Organized piracy groups use RSS to track releases.
I track lots of things using RSS myself. But then I cheat because Irun a personal aggregator that takes RSS feeds and emails the entries that fit certain criteria to me so I can pay attention to them immediately.

But its just one more step to that. We will see this in our life time, unless the world ends this fall.

Mon Aug 31 2026 09:45:52 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

two nodes anywhere in the universe by magic.