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@topspin said in In other news today...:
How about MS fix their systems to not execute malware from emails in a fucking office document.
But... functionality
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
How about MS fix their systems to not execute malware from emails in a fucking office document.
But... functionality
To be fair, macros in documents (the example from TFA) can be useful.
You're always going to get users who will open any document from any person and who think it's a superb idea to ignore the warning Office gives you when opening a document with macros from an untrusted source and then also ignore the second warning when deliberately taking the document out of protected mode.What it really needs to do is report them to IT for an application of the cluebat.
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@izzion GDPR-walled
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@pie_flavor Hey, that would be cool if it really works.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@pie_fwavow Hey, that wouwd be coow if it weawwy wowks.
Maybe. But then it would be expensive as shit and I've been told giving money is bad or something...
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That'll do, James....
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
How about MS fix their systems to not execute malware from emails in a fucking office document.
But... functionality
To be fair, macros in documents (the example from TFA) can be useful.
You're always going to get users who will open any document from any person and who think it's a superb idea to ignore the warning Office gives you when opening a document with macros from an untrusted source and then also ignore the second warning when deliberately taking the document out of protected mode.What it really needs to do is report them to IT for an application of the cluebat.
How about the ability to print documents without enabling macros? The current system is like shooting porn; you have to take off the condom before the camera starts to roll.
Or, how about disabling the ability to enable macros for documents received from outside (when the documents are already marked as such)? Why allow users to do that in the first place?
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
Medical company believes they have the cure for HIV/AIDS
Claims like these have been made numerous times before. While none of the revolutionary claims have turned out to be true, treatment has indeed steadily improved to the point infected people can lead normal lives.
Will be interesting to see if this turns out to be an actual cure, a further step along the way, or nothing at all.
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
Or, how about disabling the ability to enable macros for documents received from outside (when the documents are already marked as such)? Why allow users to do that in the first place?
They might need to open documents from outside. If they trust the sender, why shouldn't they?
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@loopback0 Because if the user thinks they will see dancing bunnies, they will trust any devil to see them?
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
Or, how about disabling the ability to enable macros for documents received from outside (when the documents are already marked as such)?
I usually have the opposite problem, I wrote the macros, but I can't enable them.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
IT has an hourly cron job scheduled on everybody‘s machine for clamscan
...... the fuuuuuck?
like.... what the actual fuck?
hourly clamav scans?! that's SO wasteful of resources!
just set up monthly (or if you're really paranoid, weekly) full disc scans, and use INotify to scan files on demand as they are written in the mean time.
much more sensible that way.
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
hourlyclamav scans?! that's SO wasteful of resources!I don't see why I need to spend resources on my linux box to fix Windows problems.
The scans do only affect user-writable local paths, though, mostly things like
/tmp
.scan files on demand as they are written
Ugh, no thanks. I'm sure the compiler would love that.
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In other news 11 years ago
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Let the assholes of the world unite us all.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Let the assholes of the world unite us all.
I figure we have a fair bit of headstart here
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Let the assholes of the world unite us all.
I figure we have a fair bit of headstart here
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ThisTightKiskadee-size_restricted.gif
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Could the problem be that we're caring for each other too much?
Americans? Yeah, sure!
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@Boner SO. MUCH. BETTER.
Also, YouTube comment on the trailer:
Post Credit Scene:
Mario: *Appears out of nowhere in the dark
Sonic: Who are you?
Mario: It's a-me, Mario. I'm here to talk about the Smash Initiative
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
Mario: It's a-me, Mario. I'm here to talk about the Smash Initiative
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@Boner said in In other news today...:
This is exponentially better.
edit: it does make me wonder if the original Sonic was a clever marketing thing or not, but it seems unlikely.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Like it’s not bad enough IT has an hourly cron job scheduled on everybody‘s machine for clamscan
I wish their cron job worked.
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
edit: it does make me wonder if the original Sonic was a clever marketing thing or not, but it seems unlikely.
oh like the thumbprint attractor or whatever the catchy name for it is. You make a perfect thing, add in one obvious mistake, submit for review, reviewer spots thing, asks for changes, is satisfied, bam.
"make a good sonic, and then ask the intern to make a bad sonic. I have a devious plan."
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@AyGeePlus Jeff once reposted a buch of proposed jargon, there it was called "a duck" by kyoryu.
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@JBert That's the bunny. Thanks.
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
@AyGeePlus Jeff once reposted a buch of proposed jargon in which it was called "a duck".
Given the etymology of the term given in that link..... I can get behind calling such features Ducks. it's a charming story.
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@AyGeePlus said in In other news today...:
@JBert That's the bunny. Thanks.
No it's a duck, weren't you paying attention?
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@hungrier
So it's a buck?
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@Luhmann said in In other news today...:
@hungrier
So it's a buck?Better than a dunny, especially if you know your Australian slang...
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
@AyGeePlus Jeff once reposted a buch of proposed jargon, there it was called "a duck" by kyoryu.
I use "rubber duck" quite frequently; including as a development methodology.
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@Vixen said in In other news today...:
@Zecc said in In other news today...:
Mario: It's a-me, Mario. I'm here to talk about the Smash Initiative
ITWKACITTD?
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Not at all to say Linux is perfect and has no exploits
Statistically speaking, the vast majority of exploits these days are against Linux systems. Specifically, IoT devices that installed Linux because it's cheap, which are now being hijacked en masse to create botnets of unprecedented magnitude.
Remember when Windows people responded to securier-than-thou claims about malware with stuff like the following? "Linux doesn't have malware because no one uses it enough to make it a viable target, not because it's inherently more secure in any way. As soon as that changes, you'll see malware for Linux show up in no time flat, and it'll overrun the ecosystem because Linux has never developed defenses against it."
Basically, yeah. That's precisely what happened as soon as the IoT became a thing.
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@Boner said in In other news today...:
The Sonic stuff was cool. Robotnik remains horrifically miscast, though. All the shots of Jim Carrey Carrey-ing on as he has throughout more or less his entire career simply made me cringe. Why couldn't they fix that?
To a significant fraction of the fanbase, the definitive Robotnik was the villain from the tragically short-lived Sonic SatAM cartoon. He was heavyset, deep-voiced, and full of gravitas. In other words, nothing at all like Jim Carrey.
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
@Boner SO. MUCH. BETTER.
Also, YouTube comment on the trailer:
Post Credit Scene:
Mario: *Appears out of nowhere in the dark
Sonic: Who are you?
Mario: It's a-me, Mario. I'm here to talk about the Smash InitiativeA friend of mine sent me this yesterday:
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@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Not at all to say Linux is perfect and has no exploits
Statistically speaking, the vast majority of exploits these days are against Linux systems. Specifically, IoT devices that installed Linux because it's cheap, which are now being hijacked en masse to create botnets of unprecedented magnitude.
Remember when Windows people responded to securier-than-thou claims about malware with stuff like the following? "Linux doesn't have malware because no one uses it enough to make it a viable target, not because it's inherently more secure in any way. As soon as that changes, you'll see malware for Linux show up in no time flat, and it'll overrun the ecosystem because Linux has never developed defenses against it."
Basically, yeah. That's precisely what happened as soon as the IoT became a thing.
Well, in all honesty, those claims were made when 95% of the worlds servers were running linux, so there were ample reason to attack Linux. Now, I'm not arguing that linux is inherently secure, because it's not. There has been enough security holes to disprove that.
Saying that Linux didn't get hacked because it wasn't used where there was any reason to hack it is dead wrong though.IoT is insecure because of the complete lack of investment in security in every IoT device ever. Any system can be made insecure.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
the definitive Robotnik was the villain from the tragically short-lived Sonic SatAM cartoon. He was heavyset, deep-voiced, and full of gravitas. In other words, nothing at all like Jim Carrey.
If he were still alive, I think Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince would be perfect as Robotnik.
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@DoctorJones Jack Black? Otherwise I'm all out of fat actors.
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No display crease? I guess that makes up for the gigantic unnecessary notch, giant chin that'll get in the way of using the Android nav buttons/gestures, and $1500 USD price tag.
And the display will probably develop a crease 10 minutes after purchase
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The best part is the headline
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
The best part is the headline
But did they pull out in time?
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Take a what, onebox title?
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@Boner said in In other news today...:
This is a real Darwin award candidate:
Police say the area is roped off, with a sign alerting tourists to the danger. [This tourist] ignored the warning and climbed over the barrier, claimed [his friend].
[The friend] told police he had “warned [the dead tourist] to stay away but he didn’t listen”.
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
[The friend] told police he had “warned [the dead tourist] to stay away but he didn’t listen”.
Well. He was dead.