Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
Texas is suing Roblox, alleging the company misled parents about safety, ignored online-protection laws, and allowed an environment where predators could target children. Texas AG Ken Paxton said the online game platform is âputting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children,â alleging that it is âflagrantl ⌠â Read more
Magika 1.0 Goes Stable As Google Rebuilds Its File Detection Tool In Rust
BrianFagioli writes: Google has released Magika 1.0, a stable version of its AI-based file type detection tool, and rebuilt the entire engine in Rust for speed and memory safety. The system now recognizes more than 200 file types, up from about 100, and is better at distinguishing look-alike formats such as JSON vs JSONL, TS ⌠â Read more
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That was a very non-fun day at work.
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@prologic@twtxt.net That sounds horrible. đ I wouldnât want to own such a car. (My plan is not to buy a new car after my current one finally broke down entirely.)
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org First time I heard about eCall. I donât think I like this. 𫤠Feels like another attempt at going for complete surveillance. Yes, yes, itâs about âsecurityâ/âsafetyâ ⌠it always is.
I realize Iâm a nobody, and no-one will care or listen. But to the various UK, EU and AU politicians pushing for this âOnline Safety Actâ bullshitâŚ. Youâre all fucking utter morons! I canât wait for the backflash of what will come next. Idiots.
This whole Age Verification thatâs being rolled out in the UK, AU and parts of the EU is totally fucking bullshit. Death to the Online Safety Act.
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These ideas are dr the two books:
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@bender@twtxt.net Well⌠I donât believe itâs possible to prevent or avoid all system accidents. However, managing system safety and putting in control structures goes a long way đ
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A visual flow chart diagram that illustrates how two different but very related concepts can lead to system accidents đ Media
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The idea of drift into failure is small normal adaptations erode safety over time without people noticing.
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This weekend (as some of you may now) I accidently nuke this Pod's entire data volume đ¤Śââď¸ What a disastrous incident 𤣠I decided instead of trying to restore from a 4-month old backup (we'll get into why I hadn't been taking backups consistently later), that we'd start a fresh! đ
Spring clean! 𧟠-- Anyway... One of the things I realised was I was missing a very critical Safety Controls in my own ways of working... I've now rectified this...
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This is an example of what I believe every SRE should master and whatever Post Incident Review (PIR) should focus on. Where did the system fail. What are the missing or incomplete Safety Controls.
This weekend (as some of you may now) I accidently nuke this Podâs entire data volume đ¤Śââď¸ What a disastrous incident 𤣠I decided instead of trying to restore from a 4-month old backup (weâll get into why I hadnât been taking backups consistently later), that weâd start a fresh! đ Spring clean! 𧟠â Anyway⌠One of the things I realised was I was missing a very critical Safety Controls in my own ways of working⌠Iâve now rectified thisâŚ
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