#LLM Coding (Vibe coding), the unstoppable trend of convenience... Cloudsmith 2025 Artifact Management Report, highlight a widening gap between AI adoption in software development and oversight of the associated risks. The Good: - 59% apply additional scrutiny to AI-generated packages, - 34% use tools that enforce policies specific to AI generated artifacts, and Thr Bad: - 20% of developers said they trust AI-generated code “completely”. The Ugly: - 17% report having no such controls in place at all.

📰 It seems NVIDIA is going tyrant... #NVIDIA has recently implemented a policy requiring users to provide age verification to access certain features of their graphics card applications. Buying a new graphic card or gaming laptop? I personally will avoid NVIDIA like a plague. If you decide to go shopping, bookmark this note or take notes ## 🖥️ NVIDIA Competitors in Graphics Cards NVIDIA faces competition from several key companies in the graphics card market. Here are the main competitors: ### 🕹️ Major Competitors 1. **AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)** - **Product Line**: Radeon graphics cards. - **Strengths**: Competitive pricing, strong performance in gaming and productivity, particularly with their RDNA architecture. 2. **Intel** - **Product Line**: Intel Arc graphics cards. - **Strengths**: New entrant in the discrete GPU market, focusing on integrated graphics and entry-level to mid-range performance. 3. **ASRock** - **Product Line**: Phantom Gaming series. - **Strengths**: Offers budget-friendly options and unique designs, primarily based on AMD GPUs. 4. **MSI** - **Product Line**: Gaming and workstation graphics cards. - **Strengths**: Known for high-quality cooling solutions and overclocking capabilities, often using NVIDIA and AMD chipsets. 5. **Gigabyte** - **Product Line**: AORUS and Gaming series. - **Strengths**: Offers a range of performance levels and innovative cooling technologies, compatible with both NVIDIA and AMD. 6. **EVGA** - **Product Line**: Primarily NVIDIA-based graphics cards. - **Strengths**: Renowned for customer service and warranty support, with a focus on high-performance models. ### 🛠️ Comparison of Key Features | Company | Product Line | Strengths | Target Market | |----------|----------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------| | AMD | Radeon | Competitive pricing, strong gaming | Gamers, content creators | | Intel | Arc | Entry-level performance | Casual gamers | | ASRock | Phantom Gaming | Budget-friendly options | Budget-conscious users | | MSI | Gaming | High-quality cooling, overclocking | Gamers, enthusiasts | | Gigabyte | AORUS | Innovative cooling technologies | Gamers, professionals | | EVGA | NVIDIA-based | Excellent customer service | High-performance users | These companies provide a range of options for consumers, from budget-friendly cards to high-end models, catering to various needs in gaming, content creation, and professional applications.

🇪🇺 EU preps biometric checks for foreign visitors, the Orwelian union continues their surveillance agenda, now, it will include non EU visitors as well...

EU preps biometric checks for foreign visitors

Beginning on October 12 a new program known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) will be launched, requiring biometric data instead of paper checks of pa...

### IMF 2025 Projections | Rank | Country | GDP (PPP) | BRICS Member? | |------|------------------|-----------|---------------| | 1 | 🇨🇳 China | $40.7T | ✅ Yes | | 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | $30.5T | ❌ No | | 3 | 🇮🇳 India | $17.6T | ✅ Yes | | 4 | 🇷🇺 Russia | $7.2T | ✅ Yes | | 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | $6.7T | ❌ No | | 6 | 🇩🇪 Germany | $6.2T | ❌ No | | 7 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | $5.0T | ✅ Yes (2025) | | 8 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | $5.0T | ✅ Yes | | 9 | 🇫🇷 France | $4.5T | ❌ No | | 10 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom| $4.4T | ❌ No | Notice that 5 of the top 10 world economies are part of the BRICS and their PPP combined adds up to $75.5T... USA was economy against the BRICS seems a folish one, time will say. #PPP

📰 Not a dull day with Trump... Trump says he FIRED Labor Statistics Commissioner over 'fake numbers' 'We're doing so well, the numbers were phony just like they were before election' ### Market reaction: ### Meanwhile in the Geopolitical arena these two events add FUD to the markets: 1. Deadline to super power countries ( no indicative signs they care ) 2. Military threats to super powers for nothing is more distracting than the beginning of world war three (WW3)

The more I test Chat GTP, the less I like it...

🇸🇻 El Salvador passes constitutional reform to abolish presidential term limits.

A new player in the 2FA arena, Proton launched theirs, I personally won't use it since I prefer my 2FA tool 100% offline, removing that attack vector IMO is most important. Aegis and KeepassDX so far check all the boxes, people keeps downgrading their security in exchange for convenience...

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Say Goodbye to Microsoft Authenticator! Proton Just Introduced a Solid Alternative

Proton's 2FA app helps keep your accounts safe and secure.

🇬🇧 Banning VPNs for safety... the upside down world. Not clear how they will manage to enforce it but trying to make them illegal is already bad enough...

🇪🇺 📰 The EU plans to have a back door into all E2EE apps by 2030 is no joke, they have been pushing for it for years now, the latest document is quite clear, dated May 2024. Here the link to the "GOING DARK" initiative with a 42 points plan: https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2024/06/2024-05-22-Recommendation-HLG-Going-Dark-c.pdf #### Summary of the document for the ones with little time to read: The document discusses challenges faced by law enforcement in accessing data for criminal investigations in the digital age, particularly regarding encryption and data retention. It outlines 42 recommendations clustered in three areas: - Capacity building measures - Cooperation with industry and standardization - Legislative measures ***Key issues addressed include:*** - Lack of cross-border cooperation on digital forensic tools - Difficulties with accessing and decrypting data from user devices - Challenges with data retention and access to data in provider systems - Need for cooperation with industry and standardization efforts - Proposals for legislative changes to improve lawful access to data ***As usual the EU politicians are clueless:*** The document recognizes the challenges posed by VPNs and E2EE messenger apps to law enforcement while emphasizing the importance of balancing these challenges with fundamental rights, data protection, and security considerations. ***Now laugh a bit:*** The recommendations focus on cooperation, standardization, and legislative measures to address these issues effectively. So... They will end up banning apps with no back door and making it illegal for users to use apps with no back doors. This will not end well. It is moronic, black hats are for sure salivating about it.

🇶🇦🇪🇺Qatar threatens to stop EU gas sales if fined under due diligence law, FT reports By Reuters LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Qatar would stop shipping gas to the European Union if member states strictly enforce a new law on forced labour and environmental damage, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday. The level of incompetence of the EU leaders is already unbelievable, they damaged their economy beyond repair sanctioning their major energy supplier. Now they are buying gas and oil much expensier and threatening those new provoders to follow their environmental and labor standards... Their level of stupidity has no limits... If they were not in an economic recession, divided and in a geopolitical disaster I will say, well they can try, although is obviously disrespectful to tell other nations how to conduct their business...

### Lumo First Impressions **The Good:** - Excellent privacy, end to end encrypted chat with no logs, all chats are stored on your device. - Ghost mode for one time chats. - You can upload docs for Lumo tp analyze as per your instructions. - There is a free tier, you don't need to login to use it. - The current paid users of proton Unlimited and duo have access to Lumo Plus. **The Bad:** - The Android app is too raw missing features. - On Android, using my own private VPN, it won't connect and therefore the app does not open, the irony... But... Using the same VPN and accessing Lumo with the browser works perfectly... Why to block the use of the VPN on the mobile itself is quite odd, still scratching my head about it... - You can't upload images, video or audio for analysis. - Does not create images or videos. - The paid tier is pricey Did you tried? What are your thoughts? #Lumo #firstImpressions #askNostr

It amuses me the young coders calling out Vibe Coding when we have been doing that for so many years, it was just harder since we needed to fork or analyze the code of others building our own libraries of reusable code... Not so long ago someone coined the phrase Google Coding... now with AI is Vibe Coding, things evolve but don't change much. If you are an experience coder it is most helpful, if you are an amateur or a wanna be, it will be challenging, you learning curve will be impacted but with proper discipline you will get there faster than your predecessors did

I was researching what percentage of hacking happens due to insider criminal behavior. I was surprised to learn that 25% of hacking incidents involve malicious insiders. Normally human error involves most of the issues but the criminal factor seems to be growing. Centralization is a problem when your data is on the hands of employees, they may decide to sell your data or be incompetent and let the system vulnerable to external access. #hacking

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Is a specialized agency of the United Nations. - It was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Paris, France. - Aims to promote world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture. What it means for the UNESCO the USA withdrawn? Besides the obvious, which is the funding (being USA the highest contributor), it signifies a shift in the dynamics of international cooperation in education, science, and culture, with potential long-term effects specially in global initiatives. For now it will mean less influence from USA in the spheres of education and science, Why? Because money talks...

EU continues entering the 1984 Orwellian fascist status... ***Check this out:*** The Spanish government is considering a law that would require a minimum of two people per vehicle in an effort to reduce traffic congestion, particularly in major cities. In addition to this two-person rule, other measures are being discussed, such as limiting car ownership to one vehicle per household and charging fees for non-resident vehicles on certain roads. ***Welcome to the reality of Europe, and for those who think that they will not move forward with it...*** , think again... With little to no consultation nor resistance from the passive people. Fee years back the same government implemented a law that legally forbids you from driving your car in tagged major Urban areas unless is electrical or hybrid, and a limited for those newer vehicles with "low contaminant sticker" (bull shit, a Hummer is okay because has a big second battery, yet... it is a CO2 abomination). The whole law is to support the pockets of few conglomerates epically screwing the population. For those of Gen X that bought their vehicles Diesel (more efficient engine and economical , quite common in Europe), do not get a pass sticker, meaning, ***YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE CAR IN URBAN AREAS UNLESS YOU LIVE THERE.*** So most Gen X and pensioners that can't afford to buy a new car got epically screwed if they needed to commute to any of those tagged Urban areas for work or recurrent services. And the majority of the European Millenials and Gen Z (Gen 404) with their eyes glued to their mobiles and their asses glued to their couch do not push back, saddly Gen 404 and Gen Alpha will live a very distopian reality, I hope we will see a change but it seems unlikely. ***Infuriating...***

If you are using SharePoint read on and path ASAP

Warnings issued as hackers actively exploit critical zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft has issued an urgent patch for most SharePoint servers after cybersecurity researchers found threat actors globally exploiting a zero-day...

It was only logical, like it or hate it, no way around it, old fashion coding will most probably be obsolete in under a decade... Some believe is already obsolete...

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Amazon Targets Vibe Coders With a New Cursor Killer IDE, Also Available on Linux

A new vibe coding tool for Linux devs is here. Watch out Cursor!

This world needs the Milenials and the X generation healthy and productive until their late 70s... Generation Z should be called Generarion 404 instead... Generations: - Baby Boomers (1946–1964, ~18 years) Shaped by post-WWII prosperity and the Cold War. - Generation X (1965–1980) Economic and cultural shifts of the early 1980s. - Millennials (1981–1996, ~15 years) Grew up during the rise of the internet and 9/11. - Generation Z (1997–2012, ~15 years) I call it Gen 404... Defined by smartphones and social media. - Generation Alpha (2013–mid 2020s) Tied to the proliferation of AI and touchscreen technology, with its end point still being debated.

#NOSTR My wish list for the second half of 2025: 1. 0xChat Lite and White Nose added features: - notifications, - disappearing messages, - message deletions - improved dark theme (oxChat lite) 2. #Amethyst added features: - previews - NIP-EE (MLS) - Voice Calls (0xChat has it, it will be only natural Amethyst competes) 3. Primal - NIP-EE (MLS) @White Noise @Amethyst @0xchat