Derek McAuley
@drdrmc.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
I do interdisciplinary research to understand the opportunities and challenges in personal data use: the technical, the social, and the policy and regulatory […]
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(*) Some wag will suggest “needy AI”, but - it is MSFT who is needy, they merely deployed a dumb piece of shit high dimensional computationally intensive pile of statistics.
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
(*) Some wag will suggest “needy AI”, but - it is MSFT who is needy, they merely deployed a dumb piece of shit high dimensional computationally intensive pile of statistics.
@greg_harvey In a rare case of UK regulatory sanity contactless payment became mandatory here from 24th November 2024. Still outrageous per kWh though. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1168/pdfs/uksiod_20231168_en_001.pdf
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@greg_harvey In a rare case of UK regulatory sanity contactless payment became mandatory here from 24th November 2024. Still outrageous per kWh though. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1168/pdfs/uksiod_20231168_en_001.pdf
Reposted by Derek McAuley
🇪🇺Germany's Minister of Justice today: "Suspicionless #chatcontrol must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law." Private communication cannot be placed under general suspicion. "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU level." […]
Original post on digitalcourage.social
digitalcourage.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🇪🇺Germany's Minister of Justice today: "Suspicionless #chatcontrol must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law." Private communication cannot be placed under general suspicion. "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU level." […]
Case Study I: Nero
pressbooks.bccampus.ca
October 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@sellathechemist Various of my postdocs felt the same way and wanted to store research data places other than the university approved one (the PoS known as Sharepoint). Our solution was use it, ensuring the university held the legal liabilities, but encrypt data before upload…
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
@sellathechemist Various of my postdocs felt the same way and wanted to store research data places other than the university approved one (the PoS known as Sharepoint). Our solution was use it, ensuring the university held the legal liabilities, but encrypt data before upload…