Technology
Recommended Watch: Translating Videos Including Lips Movements
Amazing demo from HeyGen of AI translating video to different language including the lips movement to make it look like you actually speak the language
Recommended Read: Inside Deutsche Bank’s “dysfunctional” IT division
Short summary of issues at one of the biggest banks. Some Snippets “John Cryan presented his “Strategy 2020″ plan in October 2015, he expressed his intention of eliminating 6,000 Deutsche Bank contractors and cutting the bank’s operating systems from 45… Read More »Recommended Read: Inside Deutsche Bank’s “dysfunctional” IT division
Must Read: ChatGPT is just a compression algorithm
This is an interesting dive into comparing compressing images in a lossy way with what ChatGPT does to the text. Basically, ChatGPT is like internet compressed into one program. And it explains its strengths and weaknesses. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
My (short) experience with Mastodon
After being off social media (outside of LinkedIn which I don’t count as I use it as a CV) for more than two years I have given Mastodon a try. At first it is bit confusing how “fediverse” works, but… Read More »My (short) experience with Mastodon
Must Read: “In roughly two hours, 1647 devices are about to be locked out of access to organisation resources, wiped, and removed from Intune permanently”
This is a great insight story on Mastodon about a huge screwup everybody was aware will happen, but nobody did anything to prevent it. Read the whole thread. Reading it, a lot of situations came in mind I have experienced,… Read More »Must Read: “In roughly two hours, 1647 devices are about to be locked out of access to organisation resources, wiped, and removed from Intune permanently”
Why Facebook is screwed (despite having 2 billion users)
Facebook reportedly now has 2 billion users. Which is a figure nobody outside (and probably also inside) Facebook can verify, as it is hard to count which account is real, which is a duplicate/bot and which is active (and what… Read More »Why Facebook is screwed (despite having 2 billion users)
My Browser Setup for 2023 (Firefox + Add-ons)
I have given up on Google (maybe there will be a future post on that) which is one of the main (but not only) reason, why I am using Firefox on desktop and mobile for some time. First, why I… Read More »My Browser Setup for 2023 (Firefox + Add-ons)
ProLinks #65 – North Korea, Cryptocurrencies, Propaganda and more
Tech The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army He was right. As the newspapers soon reported, more than sixteen million dollars was withdrawn from roughly seventeen hundred 7-Eleven A.T.M.s across Japan that morning, using data stolen from South Africa’s… Read More »ProLinks #65 – North Korea, Cryptocurrencies, Propaganda and more
ProLinks #64 – Cookies, How to Survive Apocalypse, Fall of Rome and more
Tech Ubuntu 21.04 is here Ubuntu machines can join an Active Directory (AD) domain at installation for central configuration. AD administrators can now manage Ubuntu workstations, which simplifies compliance with company policies. Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy The… Read More »ProLinks #64 – Cookies, How to Survive Apocalypse, Fall of Rome and more