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One thing I had not noticed: the new #iPhone models are £100 *cheaper* in the UK than they were last year.
Starmer is talking about the new Type 31 and Type 26 frigates, most of which are already under construction. Only 3 ships are at a point where you could change the order, which amounts to - at best - about 15k tonnes of steel. That's a nice order - but the UK steel industry produces about 9m tonnes a year. 15k tonnes doesn't make much of a difference. It's almost perfect Starmer: sounds great to the Daily Mail, makes zero difference to working people.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/british-steel-used-make-warships-30852874
Plus, of course, much of the UK steel industry is owned by foreign companies. Give the contract to British Steel and the profits will be heading straight to China.
Starmer is talking about the new Type 31 and Type 26 frigates, most of which are already under construction. Only 3 ships are at a point where you could change the order, which amounts to - at best - about 15k tonnes of steel. That's a nice order - but the UK steel industry produces about 9m tonnes a year. 15k tonnes doesn't make much of a difference. It's almost perfect Starmer: sounds great to the Daily Mail, makes zero difference to working people.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/british-steel-used-make-warships-30852874
nostr:npub1ahqrflgkr0ha3xptvd7fq6s59759u8mz86jhm2j6fddax0hc82ksln4d30 This is the advice that I come to the internet for.
nostr:npub1n6rjdlg5wp3lkvmh76wn44srejguyse5av0rldcau9v0ku35kqxsu8y6uj Tell me more of this wonderous device.
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g floured, breadcrumbed and deep fried? It surely wouldn't be the Kitchen Cabinet without that being suggested at least once.
nostr:npub12jc5fsmj6runmarwjnps8jxjpxwy9vx6gpvl2r9hgvtqqz8qx72q90a4uc so many different options
Goddamit I’m listening to The Kitchen Cabinet and they are talking about cheese and now all I want is cheese.
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g nostr:npub1rtunndz43l6zt5rwtef4vs0lmj0prz0ywx25q2kxvcuv2p5ahz8q0mf8ru yes, thinking about this in public did help open a Pandora's Box.
And unfortunately what the UK government is after now is pretty near the bottom of the slippery slope - I can't see our intelligence agencies not wanting, and being able, to exploit client side CSAM scanning software if it had to be installed.
And as to what it would imply in terms of police and court time and resources to actually investigate and prosecute CSAM doesn't bear thinking about.
nostr:npub1wyu5tn758hc399kq7z0gcf0s4tqxs8z8rn2me5672pnks4429s2s66t407 nostr:npub1rtunndz43l6zt5rwtef4vs0lmj0prz0ywx25q2kxvcuv2p5ahz8q0mf8ru Again, though, they are not stupid: they have always known that client side scanning is possible. You're talking about government agencies that already know how to use sophisticated malware to so this.
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g Apple have opened a Pandora’s box here. Until now technologists have been telling govements that you either have E2EE, which cannot be scanned, or you have insecure systems; there is no in between. Governments will surely now seize upon this as proof that it can be done.
nostr:npub1rtunndz43l6zt5rwtef4vs0lmj0prz0ywx25q2kxvcuv2p5ahz8q0mf8ru Governments aren't stupid - they already know this.
Apple explains why it abandoned iPhone CSAM detection: https://ianbetteridge.micro.blog/2023/09/01/apple-explains-why.html
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g interesting, and ta. I too am a former delicious user currently languishing on pinboard.io
nostr:npub10tlch7npqgk6h8zwv279fagrffyvqul03s2crps9svwak0hg5tkqhh63tw It's really impressive, and has native apps for everything
nostr:npub104jz5un7lzf2kfdk3a0tggwn3zqdvv8wmagsaznpg9c6kny42skq404y0a I've only got a few hundred so can't say for certain, but I'm confident in it.
nostr:npub19rnsqrfza50vxqpnwkl6n70uryde37v90xha5kj45r9qthxxmsysqdsf9u That. Is. Amazing.
nostr:npub15s7v52h9fyah3f8hchul7yu2elxanu6zu9hxxzm6m36f3295l89shfcfsl nostr:npub1zh424c7u0kj55s6f0r45n7sd7gjuscvr7depepayu3z4ud2a7uqqwn7v99 Are there no depths that fashion will not plum?
You know, Builders Working Just 10m From My House, just because you *can* start up a jackhammer at 8am doesn't mean you actually *should* start up a jackhammer at 8am.
Sad to hear about the death of John Warnock, who was a truly great computer scientist. His early contributions to computer graphics included breakthroughs in working out hidden surfaces, plus of course inventing PostScript which changed the world of publishing.
You know, Big Daddy Apple isn’t going to ride to the rescue and “save” blocking on Twitter. Even if it could (there is doubt over interpretation of the relevant rule), it won’t. It’s been happy to keep Twitter on the App Store despite it violating policies against hate speech, and, in fact, continued to advertise on it. A company that’s paying Musk millions of dollars isn’t going to ban Twitter. Corporates stick together.
nostr:npub1vhh8z3hjdqagw7uj0ryw5hd8y0thakd907g9prmda5x2gkg4sdwsvzcn9n They're not dumb - they must see the problem as clearly as anyone else. And I know corporates often have a level of inertia about dealing with things like this. But even so, the only conclusion I can come to is that they just don't care all that much.
Printer makers are evil, part 3422: https://ianbetteridge.micro.blog/2023/08/14/printer-makers-are.html