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ICJ orders Israel to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

World Court to deliver interim ruling on case against Israel; South Africa wants ICJ to order immediate Gaza ceasefire.

Click to view the original at aljazeera.com

Hasnain says:

Just yesterday the US refused to state whether they would abide by ICJ rulings.

“By 16 votes to 1, the State of Israel shall take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip.”

Posted on 2024-01-26T15:00:02+0000

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GPT-3.5 crashes when it thinks about useRalativeImagePath too much

Asking it to repeat "ponyuseRal ponyuseRal ponyuseRal pony" makes API requests fail

Click to view the original at iter.ca

Hasnain says:

“You could try putting this phrase in documents, to throw off attempts to summarize it with GPT-3.5. I asked ChatGPT to summarize this blog post:”

Posted on 2024-01-26T06:22:20+0000

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Hasnain says:

“Since the first author name is zero characters long, the regex skips that line, and the fake second author line is used instead. Git ignores extra author lines after the first, so Codespaces looks at the second author line but Git looks at the first. This means we can create GitHub-signed commits with any author name+email.”

Posted on 2024-01-26T06:18:09+0000

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Don’t mess with a genius

Or: What happens when Newton’s laws are violated Recently, I read a book called Newton and the Counterfeiter, subtitled The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist. I…

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Hasnain says:

"In 1699 the worthless Neale finally died, and Newton became Master of the Mint on Christmas Day, his 57th birthday. The responsibilities of the job had already been de facto handled by Newton for years, but Neale had gained all the proceeds from the coining — 22,000 pounds. Newton now became the only recorded Warden to become Master. Although the Great Recoinage was over, the Mint still was in production, and Newton made 3500 the first year. He finally gave up his Cambridge professorship which he had still retained, went on to become genuinely rich for the first time, and seems to have led a contented life. Much later he lost 20000 pounds in the South Sea Bubble, the world’s first stock market crash — Newton is attributed to have said: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”."

Posted on 2024-01-26T05:51:52+0000

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Hasnain says:

“In infant botulism, spores of Clostridium botulinum colonize the gastrointestinal tract after accidental ingestion and start producing toxin type A. The toxin makes its way into nerve cells and cleaves a critical protein complex necessary for the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, halting nerve signaling. Upon further investigation, the family revealed the baby seemed to have abdominal discomfort prior to falling ill and they had soothed him with honey—a known source of C. botulinum spores and botulism in infants.”

Posted on 2024-01-25T02:24:06+0000

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Columbia Scolds Students for "Unsanctioned" Gaza Rally Where They Were Attacked With Chemicals

Two people reportedly sprayed an odious chemical at protesters, leaving students with burning eyes, nausea, and chest pain.

Click to view the original at theintercept.com

Hasnain says:

“In a statement to The Intercept, a university spokesperson seemed to blame the students for the attack. “Friday’s event was unsanctioned and violated university policies and procedures which are in place to ensure there is adequate personnel on the ground to keep our community safe,” the spokesperson wrote.”

Posted on 2024-01-23T01:20:57+0000

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The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will not be forgotten | Owen Jones

Our political and media elites are complicit in Gaza’s nightmare. Any vestige of moral authority has been lost for ever, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Hasnain says:

“So yes, we have seen how the refusal to treat Palestinians as human beings made today’s nightmare inevitable. We can see how the moral claims used to justify western global dominance are permanently shredded. But little thought has been given to how political and media elites in western nations have torched their moral authority, leaving it to fester alongside thousands of unidentified Palestinian corpses buried under the rubble. A turning point, to be sure, with consequences that will only be understood when it is much too late.”

Posted on 2024-01-22T15:30:14+0000

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Canadian Man Stuck in Triangle of E-Commerce Fraud – Krebs on Security

January 19, 2024 29 Comments A Canadian man who says he’s been falsely charged with orchestrating a complex e-commerce scam is seeking to clear his name. His case appears to involve “triangulation fraud,” which occurs when a consumer purchases something online — from a seller on Amazon or eB...

Click to view the original at krebsonsecurity.com

Hasnain says:

Sigh, this is so messed up.

““The [investigator] derisively asked why would anyone order so many play sets?” Barker said. “I started to give the very logical answer that we are helping families improve their children’s home life and learning for toddlers when he cut me off and gave the little speech about giving a statement after my arrest. He finally told me that he believes that I used someone’s credit card in Ontario to purchase the Walmart products.”

Eager to clear his name, Barker said he shared with the police copies of his credit card bills and purchase history at Amazon. But on April 21, the investigator called again to say he was coming to arrest Barker for theft.”

Posted on 2024-01-20T06:44:28+0000

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California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day

California health officials have shortened the COVID-19 isolation guidelines for those who test positive as the department aims to focus more on people who are the most at risk of severe illness wh…

Click to view the original at ktla.com

Hasnain says:

Same week we had 3000 hospital admissions for COVID and the surge is at its peak. Why do we do this?!

“also working to minimize school and workplace disruptions.”

Posted on 2024-01-19T05:50:37+0000

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‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses

Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws

Click to view the original at theguardian.com

Hasnain says:

“When the Leahy law was first passed in 1997, it was designed with Central America and Colombia in mind. The US was providing hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to combat narco-traffickers and insurgents, but human rights groups were documenting serious human rights abuses by Colombian military and police units. While the state department does not publicly announce when it targets specific foreign units, experts say they believe it has been effective in Central America, Colombia, Nepal and other countries.

Israel, they say, is the outlier.”

Posted on 2024-01-19T05:09:21+0000