TimH
February 25, 2025 at 1:13 pm

If you set up DD-WRT firmware on your router (presuming your router is supported) then you can set up the wifi to have WAN (internet) access only, no LAN access.

A (rare) must read:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/larry-ellisons-dark-designs-for-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom.html

cfraenkel
February 25, 2025 at 12:23 pm

The GIGO issue is very much real, but it’s unlikely to matter. Just look at typical results from the AdTech world, where this consumer tracking idea originated.

The adtech marketers (the vendors, not the advertisers) promise the ability to ‘slice and dice’ the audience to the nth degree, so you can show your ad to exactly your optimum target consumer. There is *some* validity to this idea. For *some* markets it works very well. One top of mind example is free trial mobile game downloads. Obviously, your target consumer is someone who already is playing a mobile game. Note that this requires almost no personal behavior tracking, just age (to filter out minors who can’t spend money) and whether that phone has downloaded a game, preferably recently.

For most other products, it barely works at all. The adtech people talk a good line about measuring this and tuning that, but in the end, most of the results are statistical noise. Doesn’t matter. The people spending the money have been convinced this is the future of marketing and are all in. The people at the decision making level do not have the expertise, training or interest in validating the data. The people who do understand the data, well, their jobs depend on doing more of the same. The more you try to educate the marketing people about statistical significance, the more their eyes glaze over and get annoyed that you’re getting in the way of implementing their quarterly marketing plan.

Now picture what will likely happen when some future “AI” system is sold to health systems or municipalities for predicting health outcomes or minimizing property crimes or whatever. Are the people in authority making the purchasing decision going to dive in and verify that the underlying data is any good? No. They’re going to be sold this magical system, and then they’ll be invested in the results of the system.

Will it suffer from GIGO? Yes. So? It’s snake oil, and people want to buy snake oil.

@ellenclarkratliff6872
3 hours ago
The palace and royal family are neck deep in the cover up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8c72Udk9gk

@ryantruner6998
2 hours ago
Evidence seems to suggest a palace coverup.

@bonniestratton3484
4 hours ago
There is footage of MM at Birkenhead Liverpool UK ,the moon bump fell to her knees and Prince harry had to quickly usher MM into a car!
If you look carefully at the twerkle video the straps of the moon bump can be seen !!

Think this is royal gossip and irrelevant?

A fraud on the succession may be in progress.

And fraud, is a crime. ;)

Truth or AI bullshit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYgFVbffYV8

You decide.

@mdd615
4 days ago
Please, to all women. Let's unite and get to the bottom of who killed this beautiful soul. 😮😢😮😢

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-mlp1knGI

I told you it could be a cRIMINAL matter;

"Will Harry and Meghan face criminal charges?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwzdNuvfYk

@nouriabab5675
4 days ago
Surmen adopted in Ukraine, child trafficking, human trafficking, that's why he defends Zelinky

Why would her 'trousers bulge in public'?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15261323/Brigitte-Macron-worried-trousers-bulge-legs-public-case-fuelled-ludicrous-rumours-born-man-friend-claims.html

Unless there was something inside of them ...

Reference the TRUMP STITCH UP ....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15262473/BBC-Ofcom-boss-Lord-Grade-impartiality-parliament.html

"whistleblower prepares to give evidence to Parliament"

Driver ploughs in to pedestrians 'trying to hit everyone he encountered' on French holiday island leaving five injured before screaming 'Allahu Akbar' as he is arrested

The car veered towards pedestrians at about 8.45am today as the attacker attempted to hit 'everyone he encountered' on the island of Oléron off the West coast of France , officials say.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15260577/Driver-ploughs-crowd-people-French-holiday-island-injuring-10-shouting-Allahu-Akbar.html

Shame they didn't manage to drop a grenade on Ursula the convicted criminals head, hey. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWaYKwXXhvA