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    HPR4084: Cloud learning

    HPR4084: Cloud learning

    I talk about my experience trying to run some GPU tasks online in
    order to train a model. I've tried all the large cloud providers we have
    out there and some of them were easier to work with, and some of them
    impossible.

    HPR4083: Drivecast: Man-talk.

    HPR4083: Drivecast: Man-talk.

    Drivecast: Man-talk.
    Sgoti discusses
    men's issues, while driving.

    Tags: Drivecast, man-talk, mens health
    Source: Human
    male reproductive system
    Supporting Source: Human penis

    In human anatomy, the penis is an external male sex organ
    (intromittent organ) that additionally serves as the urinary duct.

    Supporting Source: Urethra

    The urethra is a tube that connects the urinary bladder to the
    urinary meatus for the removal of urine from the body of both females
    and males.


    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
    Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

    HPR4082: No swans at Swanston

    HPR4082: No swans at Swanston

    Introduction
    Hosts:

    MrX
    Dave
    Morriss

    We recorded this on Saturday February 25th 2024. Our
    favourite pub for lunch, The Steading, seemed to have closed
    since we were last there. Research into what was going on led to the
    information that the company owning this and several other pubs in the
    area was selling them all.
    We decided to try another place in the Pentland Hills area, and went
    to the Brasserie at Swanston Farm for lunch, which was pretty
    good. After lunch we as usual adjourned to Dave's Citroen car
    (Studio C) in the car park, and recorded a chat.
    Topics discussed

    YouTube channel recommendations (Dave)

    A channel about astronomy and science. Anton goes into a fair amount
    of depth about subjects in the news relating to these themes: Anton Petrov

    Recent episode: Study Explains Dark
    Energy and Inflation as Parallel Universes Colliding

    A channel which is all about making things out of junk. No speech,
    and only a small amount of music as the build comes together: Epic UpCycling

    Just watched this one, and am in awe! A Treasure Chest of
    Secret Drawers made from Pallets and Scrap




    Terrible weather with highs winds and / or lashing rain (MrX)

    Seems to be never ending.
    Have noticed quite a few fences down
    Large tree down blocking entrance to local park
    Both parents houses sustained damage, fences and roof tiles.
    So far we have been lucky with no damage
    My mother was injured while going out to rescue her outside
    bucket



    Possibly related, it seems car insurance prices are increasing (MrX)

    I have seen some link this to the high repair cost for modern cars
    because they have lots of high tech included. In particular the sensors
    placed in bumpers.
    Some have speculated this to be because the high repair cost of
    EV's.
    I came across this YouTube video that shows that global insurance
    claims have been historically large in recent years due to natural
    disasters. While the video concentrates on properties I'm sure it also
    will be affecting car insurance. I believe this likely to be having the
    most prominent factor for insurance increases. Insurers ABANDONING high
    climate risk properties



    I got a Steam Deck for Christmas! (Dave)

    I borrowed my son's Nintendo Switch in November 2023 to see if I
    could see the screen and play games on it. I could, but haven't played
    games since the 1980's so I'm terrible at it!
    I told them I might buy myself a Steam Deck in 2024, but wasn't
    sure.
    Much to my surprise my family jointly bought me a Steam Deck for
    Christmas!
    I am pretty bad at using it, but I'm practising
    I'm learning Stardew Valley at first, but I'd quite like to
    try Kerbal Space Programme at some point.



    Cinema visits / movies: (MrX)

    Hunger Games pre sequel

    Was not rated very highly but me and Mrs X actually really enjoyed
    it.

    Oppenheimer

    Knowing something of the background story was advantageous

    Barbie

    Watched on DVD!




    Ticks (Dave)

    We spoke about this subject last time we met. Later, I was reminded
    of a disease called

    HPR4081: The Oh No! News.

    HPR4081: The Oh No! News.

    The Oh No! news.
    Oh No! News is Good
    News.

    TAGS: Oh No News, Threat analysis, QNAP


    Threat analysis;
    your attack surface.

    Source: QNAP
    warns of critical auth bypass flaw in its NAS devices. The Taiwanese
    Network Attached Storage (NAS) device maker disclosed three
    vulnerabilities that can lead to an authentication bypass, command
    injection, and SQL injection.


    CVE-2024-21899: If exploited, the improper authentication
    vulnerability could allow users to compromise the security of the system
    via a network.

    CVE-2024-21900: If exploited, the injection vulnerability could
    allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network.

    CVE-2024-21901: If exploited, the SQL injection vulnerability could
    allow authenticated administrators to inject malicious code via a
    network.


    The flaws impact various versions of QNAP's operating systems,
    including QTS 5.1.x, QTS 4.5.x, QuTS hero h5.1.x, QuTS hero h4.5.x,
    QuTScloud c5.x, and the myQNAPcloud 1.0.x service.

    Source: Switzerland:
    Play ransomware leaked 65,000 government documents. In a new
    statement published today, the Swiss government confirmed that 65,000
    government documents were leaked in the breach.

    Supporting Source: Hacker
    attack on Xplain: National Cyber Security Centre publishes data analysis
    report.


    Relevance of the published data volume.


    The data package published on the darknet comprised around 1.3
    million files. Once the data had been downloaded, the NCSC took the lead
    in systematically categorising and triaging all documents relevant to
    the Federal Administration. The results showed that the volume of data
    relevant to the Federal Administration comprised around 65,000
    documents, or approximately 5% of the total published data set. The
    majority of these files belonged to Xplain (47,413) with a share of over
    70%; around 14% (9,040) belonged to the Federal Administration. Around
    95% of the Federal Administration’s files belonged to the administrative
    units of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP): the
    Federal Office of Justice, Federal Office of Police, State Secretariat
    for Migration and the internal IT service centre ISC-FDJP. With just
    over 3% of the data, the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection
    and Sport (DDPS) is slightly affected and the other departments are only
    marginally affected in terms of volume.


    Proportion of sensitive data.


    Sensitive content such as personal data, technical information,
    classified information and passwords was found in around half of the
    Federal Administration's files (5,182). Personal data such as names,
    email addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses were found in
    4,779 of these files. In addition, 278 files contained technical
    information such as documentation on IT systems, software requirement
    documents or architec

    HPR4080: Georgia to South Carolina

    HPR4080: Georgia to South Carolina

    Savannah, Georgia is one of the most beautiful cities in the United
    States, with a great history. It is one of the older cities in the south
    that actually escaped destruction in the Civil War because the mayor
    surrendered the city to General Sherman. After visiting this city, we
    moved just a bit further north to Charleston, South Carolina, where the
    Civil War began with the assault on Fort Sumter.
    Links:

    https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvHR5
    https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvKgk
    https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvPR2
    https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvPYm
    https://www.palain.com/travel/rv-trip-2022-2023-southeast-us/florida-to-georgia/

    HPR4079: The Corresponding Source

    HPR4079: The Corresponding Source

    The Corresponding Source

    The Corresponding Source (formerly Free as in Freedom) is a bi-weekly oggcast, hosted and presented by
    Bradley M. Kuhn and Karen Sandler.
    The discussion includes legal, policy, and many other issues in the Free, Libre,
    and Open Source Software (FLOSS) world. Occasionally, guests join
    Bradley and Karen to discuss various topics regarding FLOSS.

    The Corresponding Source is produced by Dan Lynch
    of danlynch.org.
    Theme
    music written and performed
    by Mike Tarantino
    with Charlie Paxson on drums.

    Please email feedback and comments on the show
    to . You
    can keep in touch on SFC
    XMPP room at general@chat.sfconservancy.org. You
    can also
    follow SFC on
    the Fediverse.


    Follow the RSS and Other Feeds

    Link to the podcast webcast https://sfconservancy.org/casts/the-corresponding-source/

    There is RSS for both ogg format
    and mp3 format.


    Thanks to Dan Lynch for posting the tip.

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
33 Ratings

33 Ratings

Reece O'Bryan ,

Love this idea

Keep it up

Andrew Erickson ,

This is real Open Source

With a different host every day, you get people's once every few month bit of tech awesomeness every day, not oh no we have to do a show, let's throw something together. Great job on this show community. Way to go open source podcasting.

JDanielPeel ,

Mixed bag, at best

Some of it is moderately interesting from time to time. But after just listening to a guy (probably drunkenly,) ramble about installing an SSD and 16 gigs of RAM into a decade old MacBook for 18 minutes straight, I can't recommend. (Real hacker stuff, that...) There's plenty of better podcasts that are more consistent and technology-focused out there.

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