Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@CursedSilicon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CursedSilicon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@bersl2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bersl2</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KISSprinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISSprinciple</span></a> is valuable and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> also applies to <em>any resource</em>...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/115009866399768599" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1150098</span><span class="invisible">66399768599</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@CursedSilicon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CursedSilicon</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p>The normalization of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> is just absurd, and I'm not talking about the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QualityOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QualityOfLife</span></a>"</em> improvements of like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Portainer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portainer</span></a> to run a complex ticketing system without having to manually setup ElasticSearch & PostgreSQL, but the absurdity of what could've been essentially <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTML5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML5</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSS3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSS3</span></a> (and maybe <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JS6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JS6</span></a>) *at most...</p><ul><li>Not everything needs to be a <em>"hyperscaling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microservices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microservices</span></a> Framework"</em> across multiple <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a>"</em> holsters! </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzI9JE0i6Lc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ZzI9JE0i6Lc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AWS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AwfulWebServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AwfulWebServices</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zusammenkunft.net/@eckes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eckes</span></a></span> änder trotzdem nichts daran dass es bestenfalls <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> ist!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@DigitaleEthik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DigitaleEthik</span></a></span> es gibt genug Optionen um die Anonymität von Personen sicherzustellen ohne <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> welches nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gro%C3%9Fkonzernen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Großkonzernen</span></a> in der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AiBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiBubble</span></a> hilft und allein wegen der enormen Ressourcenverschwendung ethisch auf dem Niveau von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> ist:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymous</span></a> hat das mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> vor 15+ Jahren schon gelöst.</p></li><li><p>Die meisten modernen Animationswerkzeuge haben Lippensynchronisation (Das Feature ist über 10 Jahre alt in Source Film Maker!)</p></li><li><p>Der Einsatz von <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>-Charaktern"</em> als Moderatoren wird eher der Seriösität schaden, weil es nunmal das <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UncannyValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncannyValley</span></a> gibt.</p></li><li><p>Der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ModiOperandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModiOperandi</span></a> von <em>"KI-Inhalten"</em> wird damit von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desinformation</span></a> weg normalisiert, was inhärent so ethisch falsch ist wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misgendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misgendering</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Deadnaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deadnaming</span></a>!</p></li></ul><p>M.a.W.: Nur weil <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a>-Produzenten und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desiformationsschleudern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desiformationsschleudern</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RIAnovostri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIAnovostri</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RT</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sputnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sputnik</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/redfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redfish</span></a> , <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCTV</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGTN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGTN</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRIB</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PressTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PressTV</span></a> dies tun wird es nicht weniger falsch!</p><ul><li><p>Es ist naiv anzunehmen dass Regime wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Venezulea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezulea</span></a> nicht wissen, wer jene <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Redakteur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Redakteur</span></a>*innen sind. </p></li><li><p>Die Nutzung von Pseudonymen existiert und funktioniert.</p></li><li><p>Es dürfte sicherlich <em>"fotogene"</em> Exil-Oppositionelle geben die als Nachrichtensprecher*in vor ner Kamera taugen.</p></li></ul><p>Ich betrachte daher <em>"KI"-Nutzung</em> abseits von Digen die keine <em>"KI"</em> sind sondern efektiv nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mustererkennung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mustererkennung</span></a> auf <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a>-Basis für bestenfalls hochgradig fragwürdige <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ressourcenverschwendung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ressourcenverschwendung</span></a>, egal ob <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Energie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energie</span></a> oder <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a>!</p><ul><li><p>Gerade bei <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Journalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalismus</span></a> ist dies zu hinterfragen.</p></li><li><p>Zumal die Resultate bisher nichtmals als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Broll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broll</span></a> taugen sondern extrem <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cringe</span></a> sind!</p></li></ul><p>Es gibt keinen Grund anzunehmen dass <em>"KI im Journalismus"</em> irgendeinen positiven Effekt hätte, sondern eher dass dies vgl. <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pressefreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pressefreiheit</span></a> für <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Medien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medien</span></a> aus Staaten die systematisch gegen Pressefreiheit agieren" (und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalist</span></a>*innen im Inland oder gar auch Ausland aktiv verfolgen, foltern, verschwindenlassen und z.T ermorden!)</em> eher das Gegenteil bewirkt…</p><ul><li><p>Es gibt angesichts des steigenden <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfaschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberfaschismus</span></a> (insbesondere und gerade im <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Westen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westen</span></a>"</em> / <em>"Globaler Norden"</em>) keine neuen <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freiheitsr%C3%A4ume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freiheitsräume</span></a>"</em>.</p></li><li><p>Stattdessen wird kontinuierlich (nicht erst seit sem 11.September 2001) mehr und mehr <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Angstkultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Angstkultur</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Entrdchtung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entrdchtung</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Polizeistaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polizeistaat</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/%C3%9Cberwachungsstaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Überwachungsstaat</span></a> gepushed, mit quasi keiner wirksamen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gegenwehr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gegenwehr</span></a> durch die Medien!</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://friendica.sokoll.com/profile/rainer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rainer</span></a></span> IMHO ist <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em> wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mainstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainstream</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hype</span></a> inzwischen ein so heftiger Fall von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> dass es nicht mehr lustig ist.</p><ul><li>Dagegen ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> ja schon umweltfreundlich...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cyberfelidae" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cyberfelidae</span></a></span> nicht wirklich.</p><p>Die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> könnte vernünftig sein und <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a> wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> verbieten!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://23.social/@SchreibeEinfach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SchreibeEinfach</span></a></span> ja und nein.</p><ul><li>Ich kann garnicht soviel Energie verballern wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> alla <em>"KI"</em> kostet.</li></ul><p>Es geht hierbei typisch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sp%C3%A4tkapitalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spätkapitalismus</span></a> um immer extremer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Umverteilung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Umverteilung</span></a> von unten nach oben!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@oldperl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oldperl</span></a></span> bessere Idee: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Energiewende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energiewende</span></a> ohne <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> alla <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em>…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>We have <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> [rightfully!] crack down on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> by demanding ever lower <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FleetEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FleetEmissions</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuelConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuelConsumption</span></a> numbers but still accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloatware</span></a> like shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> to demand so much <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> that it's painful.</p><ul><li>Margaret Hammond and Grace Hopper must be rotating in their graves, pointing out how they got people on the moon with less storage than the SPD-ROM on a RAM stick and how their programming language still runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TradFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradFinance</span></a> like a clockwork respectably, but somehow sending text messages is too much for a machine that costs €499 yet has more computational power than all the machines they worked on combined.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> like all those <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873864980037941" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">phat & enshittified messengers</a> should be illegal.</p><ul><li>Espechally since they have 0 reason to be that resource intensive, even if we believe some of their security-focussed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PW3O2mqTn8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">marketing lies.</a></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>For those who don't know the <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">size of the problem</a>:</p><p>In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.</p><ul><li><p>This thing ran <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeedForSpeedMostWanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeedForSpeedMostWanted</span></a> just fine.</p></li><li><p>Nowadays it would crash trying to open <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> even on a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dillo</span></a></span>, a lightweight browser ...</p></li></ul><p>And now imagine that some folks have to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LineMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineMessenger</span></a> <em>at the same time on their machine</em>, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the <em>Lost Coast benchmark</em> on them...</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloat</span></a> of modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> is just the <em>socially accepted equivalent</em> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptojacking</span></a> desktops and driving some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*phat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUselessVehicle</span></a> just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.</li></ul><p>Everywhere else we'd not accept such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> IRL. </p><ul><li>So why should we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obscene</span></a>|ly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>*?</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>One thing that really pisses me off personally is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. </p><p>My personal distaste and dislike for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114935952643402592" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">³</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">⁴</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, etc. aside: </p><ul><li><p><em>WHY</em> is there no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrossProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> to handle that shite?</p></li><li><p><em>WHY</em> does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> each of them can??</p></li></ul><p>This problem ain't new and <em>already got <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">solved for corporate social media</a> ages ago!</em> (Not to mention actually good messengers!) </p><ul><li><p>And no, <a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bridges</a> <em><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">don't</a> count</em>! </p></li><li><p>I mean <code>API 0</code> - <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">style</a> access because obviously <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">none of the platforms</a> will <em>allow, endorse or support such an endeavour</em> and <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>actively fight the developers and users</em></a> !</p></li></ul><p>So yeah, consider this a call for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pidgin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pidgin</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pidgin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pidgin</span></a> <em>for garbage platforms!</em></p><ul><li><p>Cuz back in the day we had <em>way worse messengers</em> yet people actually made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> work just fine from one single <em>"phat" client</em>!</p></li><li><p>Can we please get that back? Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> pisses me off!</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/api0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api0</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neil</span></a></span> I'd rather see them <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> like <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> bullshit.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@pgcd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pgcd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@KarlHeinzHasliP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KarlHeinzHasliP</span></a></span> personally, I've yet to meet someone who wth a straight face claims that the shite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> does is somewhat worth the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> and extra laboir needed to correct inaccuracy, at which point this takes more time and effort than doing actual research!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> is such a level of <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>"</em> that it makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptocurrencyMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptocurrencyMining</span></a> look like an act of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnergyConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyConservation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnvoirmentalProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvoirmentalProtection</span></a> by comparison.</p><ul><li>After all, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> too are using expensive <em>manufactured <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a></em> in the form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>|s, and like all those <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AiAccelerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiAccelerators</span></a>"</em> they are useless beyond being the most sophisticated & expensive space heaters by BTU.</li></ul><p>Not that it doesn't make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> any less unethical and wrong!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mattmay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattmay</span></a></span> I still think it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> at best!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gamers</span></a> should be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mad</span></a> at the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AiBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiBros</span></a> who are like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> funding an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgQp-WDebU&t=1204" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">entire industry</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scalpers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scalpers</span></a> that build <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrankenGPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrankenGPU</span></a>|s just so their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> can generate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgQp-WDebU&t=1204" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">more</a> shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> stock images <em>faster</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> <em>exactly that</em> is the problem.</p><p>Cuz those servers ain't like an electric water kettle where one could just put a wattmeter in between and know how many watts they consumed.</p><ul><li>Espechally since datacenters are engineered to run at peak efficiency = target load, so not using all 10-50+ kW(th) per 42U in cooling capacity may even be less energy efficient.</li></ul><p>Instead we should just not do this <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> to begin with, cuz it makes way less sense than mining shitcoins on surplus hardware to heat one's home...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:Poll about ethics, ML, AI, LLM from absolute scratch
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> like all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> too does <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Unlike many others it automatically adapts <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Difficulty</span></a> based off total <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hashrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashrate</span></a> as it enshures a constant block reward of 0,6 XMR + Tx Fees per block at a constant block time of 2mins per block.</li></ul><p>That being said Monero was explicitly designed to not be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>-able in a cost-efficient manner and be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>-unfriendly, so it's more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> and doesn't cause harm by demanding custom hardware that can't be repurposed that causes 100% avoidable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a>!</p><ul><li>IOW: I's the <em>'least worst'</em> option given it's PoW doesn't incentive or reward capital holders (beyond the ability to host and have power to mine)…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Bruh this isn't a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> anymore, but a public execution of how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittified</span></a> devices get just with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on.</p><ul><li>And that's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OEM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Preinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Preinstall</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> vs. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SteamOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamOS</span></a>, so not even like some <em><code>custom 1337hax0r gentoo config</code> optimized to maximize battery life</em>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajVvu9M2Y-I&t=507" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ajVvu9M2Y-</span><span class="invisible">I&t=507</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a></p>
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