Chris Mitchell
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McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
www.wired.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
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apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
July 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
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![5-panel comic. (1) [teacher with long hair next to whiteboard] TEACHER: I’m supposed to give you the tools to do good science. (2) [teacher addressing students] But what *are* those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science? (3) TEACHER: To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important: [embedded list in sub-panel, cut off at end] Outcome variable: correct scientific results. Predictors: collaboration; skepticism of others’ claims; questioning your own beliefs; trying to falsify hypotheses; checking citations; statistical rigor; blinded analysis; financial disclosure; open data (4) TEACHER: The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) ammonium hydroxide. (5) STUDENT: Wait, why did *ammonia* score so high? How did it even get on the list? LONG HAIR: ...And now you’re doing good science!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigzaphhj4mfgfrxddlvdmw47335gnwzqbfqvrnff5x4oovgpf36nq@jpeg)
June 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Out of respect for Antony Green, on his last hurrah, let’s pretend it’s a cliffhanger
May 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Out of respect for Antony Green, on his last hurrah, let’s pretend it’s a cliffhanger
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This is Theo. He helps me edit my free, weekly cybersecurity newsletter ~ this week in security ~ (so you know who to blame for any typos). It's out every Sunday, and has all the cyber news that you need to know, plus the happy corner, and a featured cyber cat.
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March 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is Theo. He helps me edit my free, weekly cybersecurity newsletter ~ this week in security ~ (so you know who to blame for any typos). It's out every Sunday, and has all the cyber news that you need to know, plus the happy corner, and a featured cyber cat.
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Concerned about the quality of a thing or situation? DEI was not involved. D E and I are three good things that we should all strive for.
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Concerned about the quality of a thing or situation? DEI was not involved. D E and I are three good things that we should all strive for.
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OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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This is the way.
January 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is the way.
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December 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Get my book HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS and 17 other books from the Hacking 2024 Humble Bundle. 24 hours left!
Pay what you want, proceeds benefit EFF and ACLU www.humblebundle.com/books/hackin...
Pay what you want, proceeds benefit EFF and ACLU www.humblebundle.com/books/hackin...
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A group of homophones is called a heard
December 8, 2024 at 7:45 PM
A group of homophones is called a heard
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I swear the Signal app icon was changed to an ever so slightly different shade of blue to make me question my sanity or if I’m having a stroke
November 23, 2024 at 12:55 AM
I swear the Signal app icon was changed to an ever so slightly different shade of blue to make me question my sanity or if I’m having a stroke
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Adam Boileau is now on Bluesky! (@metlstorm.risky.biz)
November 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Adam Boileau is now on Bluesky! (@metlstorm.risky.biz)
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Is it too late to nominate Xodus as Word of the Year?
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Is it too late to nominate Xodus as Word of the Year?
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Quite a lot of discussion around @bsky.app here at #KubeCon, and consensus that it was @kelseyhightower.com 's clear exit from the other place that was the tipping point for the cloud native community coming over here en masse. Thank you Kelsey for your leadership in this and so many other ways.
November 11, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Quite a lot of discussion around @bsky.app here at #KubeCon, and consensus that it was @kelseyhightower.com 's clear exit from the other place that was the tipping point for the cloud native community coming over here en masse. Thank you Kelsey for your leadership in this and so many other ways.
I can only hope the sky remains blue, so far this has been wonderful.
November 9, 2024 at 9:34 PM
I can only hope the sky remains blue, so far this has been wonderful.
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Hello! The skies look very blue over here! We're going to start posting updates on this platform as well. Please share and follow for new stuff from Tailscale and our community of networking nerds
November 8, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Hello! The skies look very blue over here! We're going to start posting updates on this platform as well. Please share and follow for new stuff from Tailscale and our community of networking nerds