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Error'd: @#$%^!!

2 months 1 week ago

Here's a weird email but IMO the erorr is just the odd strikethrough. Bill T. explains: "From my Comcast email spam folder. It was smart enough to detect it was spam, but... spam from a trusted sender? And either the delivery truck is an emoji (possible), an embedded image (maybe?), or Comcast is not actually blocking external images." I'd like to see the actual email, could you forward it to us? My guess is that we're seeing a rare embedded image. Since embedding images was the whole point of MIME in the first place, I have found it odd that they're so so hard to construct with typical marketing mass mailers, and I almost never receive them.

 

The WTFs are heating up for Peter G. . Or cooling off. It's one or the other. "Fiji seems to be experiencing a run of temperature inversions. Must be something to do with climate change. "

 

Back with a followup, dragoncoder047 has a plan to rule the world. "I was looking up some closed-loop stepper motors for a robotics project when StepperOnline gave me this error message. Evidently they don't think my project is a good idea. "

 

"My %@ package is missing!" ranted Orion S. "After spending the day restoring my system, I can offer alternatives such as the "@&*% you!" package."

 

Soon-to-be journalist Marc Würth buries the lede: "Not really looking for a job but that is certainly a rare opening." Okay, but what I really want to know is what that Slashdot article is about. Do I even have a Slashdot account still? Why, yes I do.

 

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Microsoft Backs Anthropic To Halt US DOD's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation

2 months 1 week ago
joshuark shares a report from Reuters: Microsoft has filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of Anthropic's lawsuit asking the court to temporarily block the U.S. Department of Defense designation of the AI startup as a supply-chain risk. In an amicus brief filing in a federal court in San Francisco, Microsoft backed Anthropic's request for a temporary restraining order against the Pentagon order, arguing that its determination should be paused while the court considers the case. Microsoft, which integrates the AI lab's products and services into technology it provides to the U.S. military, said that it was directly impacted by the DOD designation. "Should this action proceed without the entry of a temporary restraining order, Microsoft and other government contractors with expertise in developing solutions to support U.S. government missions will be forced to account for a new risk in their business planning," the company said. Microsoft's filing argued the TRO is needed to prevent costly disruptions for suppliers, who would otherwise have to rapidly rebuild offerings that rely on Anthropic's products. The judge overseeing the case must approve Microsoft's request to file the brief before it is officially entered, but courts often permit outside parties to weigh in on important cases.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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