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He also called them mûmakil in elvish. In my mind, when the Hobbits call them oliphaunts it is because a long time ago someone talked about elephants, and over the years the correct pronunciation was lost.

Does life suck, or not?

Yeah that's what I thought too. The horrors are described well, they just typically don't get described through their physical form. As you say, because the human mind cannot comprehend it. There is a lot more focus on impressions, comparisons, and effects, rather than on a real physical description. Personally I thought it was quite neat!

AI is a field of research in computer science, and LLM are definitely part of that field. In that sense, LLM are AI. On the other hand, you're right that there is definitely no real intelligence in an LLM.

Yeah a zero-day would be very unlikely, but a months-old, publically known and patched vulnerability could always be attempted. One of the reasons why the hypervisor should definitely be kept up-to-date. There is always someone who forgets to patch their software, why not give it a try? We're talking about a Windows XP scenario after all!

According to the article she did update the car before. She just used to have it done at night, and this is the first time she was in the car during an update.

40 minutes is a hell of a long time for a software update though.

Is it bad that I kinda do want to get high and have my fridge come over to me to fulfill the munchies without ever having to get up?

It's pure speculation, but I assume you'll need

1. Enough access to the guest OS so that you can interact directly with the virtual hardware. That would probably require root access, so you'll probably need to exploit some bug in the guest OS to get there.
2. To break out of the vm, you'll then need to exploit a bug in the virtual hardware. You would want to get the hypervisor to execute arbitrary code.
3. If you want to infect the host OS, then you'll need sufficient access on the host. If the hypervisor doesn't run with sufficient privileges, you'll have to exploit a bug in the host as well to perform a privilege escalation. But I'm guessing the hypervisor will usually have sufficient privileges, so exploiting the host is probably not necessary.

Sounds like quite a bit of work, but I don't see why malware couldn't automate it. An up-to-date hypervisor should help reduce the risk though.

That's a good tip, but I assume he meant he drinks juice of burned beans, rather than burned juice of beans. After all, coffee beans do need to be roasted (burned) before you use them!

Honest question: do you avoid alcohol if you'll be a passenger in a car? To me, that would seem similar to the plane situation you're describing, but I'm sure you'll agree the majority of people wouldn't do that.

Well there is this thing called a speed limit, that is a very clear hard limit. If you go over, it is at the very least financially unsafe.

You couldn't really do that with beer, because beer is typically carbonated and thus you'll need a very strong bag inside of the box. So strong that you'll end up with a can or bottle.