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There is no such thing as an innocent billionaire.

Pfft. Real programmers use butterflies

A standard reference model in 3d modeling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot

From a national security standpoint of the government, it absolutely does matter who has the data.

The value of the DNS is that we all use the same one. You can declare independence, but you’d lose out on that value.

Why Windows doesn’t have an ‘expert mode’ (2003)

For some reason this specific graphic has always been one of my favorite parts of this movie.

Edit: I love the internet sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jIQm0YcCs

Does the library provide ethernet jacks for patrons to use? If not then I can understand why a librarian would be surprised.

That’s the opposite of what the court said.

Well, no. The courts struck down Trump’s Tiktok ban because he used an executive order that overstepped his authority.

Tiktok has been a subject of national security concerns since at least 2020.

Install SponsorBlock.

To the boiler room of hell. Allll the way down.

You Linux users sure are a contentious people.

Fun fact: The Windows executable format is originally based on an old Unix executable format.

Partner represents and warrants that it shall not introduce into WhatsApp’s Systems or Infrastructure, the Sublicensed Encryption Software, or otherwise make accessible to WhatsApp any viruses

The technical definition of a “computer virus” is actually quite narrow, and true viruses are rare these days because they are passive and slow compared to more modern malware types.

A strict, literal reading of the text says that all other kinds of malware are acceptable.

That’s enough money to fund a rogue nuclear weapons program. So, I hereby start the rumor that reddit is developing weapons of mass destruction.

E-mail is a lingua franca. It’s used not because it’s superior, but because you don’t have to worry about whether your recipient is using the right software setup to receive your message. It’s the lowest common denominator of internet messaging and can only be replaced in that role by a new lowest common denominator.

• A company that rejected basic email would necessarily be rejecting some percent of legitimate messages and/or increase their IT costs. While this doesn’t mean it’s impossible, it would be at least be a painful transition. Users will hate it.
• Adding PKI just amplifies the software setup problem because now you have to worry about primitive selection, centralized authorities, key lifecycle management, etc. And there’s no way for the sender and recipient to negotiate security parameters, so they have to be agreed on in advance, something basic email doesn’t need.
• PKI is too finicky and abstract for the average user to understand or care about. We can’t reasonably expect them to make good decisions about a subject that even professionals and large organizations struggle to understand. A big reason for email’s longevity and success is that the average user doesn’t need to understand it at any technical level.

Part of my job is to review security footage for reported incidents.

If there is a long-lasting visual cue that the event has or has not happened yet (e.g. a window is either broken or not), then a binary search is very useful.

If the event lasts only a moment and leaves no visual cue (e.g. an assault), then binary search is practically useless.