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@acrow said in In other news today...:
My company almost got components shipments withheld by D----y
Decided to hide the guilty after all.
In my headcanon that's now “Disney” and you're in an alternate universe.
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No nice things for you!
Tessica Brown hired an attorney and is weighing litigation against Gorilla Glue, because while the product’s label warns against using on eyes, skin or clothing – it does not mention hair – the outlet reports.
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Brown posted last week that her hair had been stuck in place for a month after she ran out of her usual hair product and opted to use the extra-strong superglue instead
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@boomzilla do we have a Darwin thread? (Other than maybe Florida Man)
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Brown posted last week that her hair had been stuck in place for a month after she ran out of her usual hair product and opted to use the extra-strong superglue instead
So, the product worked exactly as advertised? I.e. "permanently affixes"?
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I wonder if this breaks the "price per square foot" record:
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
Is this petty? Yes, but I'm sure the zoo will see enough
It seems that this is starting to become a trend among Valentine's day fundraisers:
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It is not clear why anyone would want to live in a transparent house, but for people who do, it would be OK to throw stones…
Darn it, they stole my joke!
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
@JBert said in In other news today...:
Is this petty? Yes, but I'm sure the zoo will see enough
It seems that this is starting to become a trend among Valentine's day fundraisers:
Sadly, I have discovered there is a part of my personality that is almost petty and childish enough to say .
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@TimeBandit That's a "davenport", so called because of all the davening required to get one.
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“In our always-on, always-connected world, it no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift and do their jobs successfully,” Hyder adds. “Whether you have a global team to manage across time zones, a project-based role that is busier or slower depending on the season, or simply have to balance personal and professional obligations throughout the day, workers need flexibility to be successful.”
I read that as: "Expect to work more hours and be available 24/7"
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Well... shit.
Anywhere worth living is within 100 miles of a US border.
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@PotatoEngineer said in In other news today...:
Anywhere worth living is within 100 miles of a US border.
I live over 200 miles from the border, and it's a pretty decent place. Every other place I've lived, though, except for a 6-month internship in uni, has been within 100 miles of a border.
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@PotatoEngineer said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Well... shit.
Anywhere worth living is within 100 miles of a US border.
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
I think it's just the ports really, but every international airport counts as a border (and will have a sign up saying so).
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
I think it's just the ports really, but every international airport counts as a border (and will have a sign up saying so).
Good point. If that counts, the 100-mile rule covers something like 99% of all population.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Why that’s not clearly, blatantly unconstitutional is anyone’s guess, but then there’s probably debate over
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Turn your wet laundry into art or parking spot markers:
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
I think it's just the ports really, but every international airport counts as a border (and will have a sign up saying so).
Nope. Coasts, too.
But at least the 100-mile zone doesn't include airports.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Why that’s not clearly, blatantly unconstitutional is anyone’s guess
Because SCOTUS has said it's not.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Why that’s not clearly, blatantly unconstitutional is anyone’s guess
Because SCOTUS has said it's not.
Doesn't explain how they're not blatantly wrong.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
I think it's just the ports really, but every international airport counts as a border (and will have a sign up saying so).
Nope. Coasts, too.
But at least the 100-mile zone doesn't include airports.
Yes! Phoenix is safe from this idiotic ruling!
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Why that’s not clearly, blatantly unconstitutional is anyone’s guess
Because SCOTUS has said it's not.
Doesn't explain how they're not blatantly wrong.
I don't think SCOTUS has ruled on this yet. This was an appeals court ruling.
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@abarker Sorry, Phoenix is within 100 miles of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which is considered a border for purposes of Border Patrol jurisdiction. It's not safe. The infographic artist got lazy.
Edit: I know the law says otherwise. The boots on the ground don't care, and a few court cases have said that it's a "reasonable mistake of law", so there's no counter-incentive to that behavior.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
Out of curiosity: do coasts count as a border? I always though this rule apply only to land border (ie Mexico, Canada).
I think it's just the ports really, but every international airport counts as a border (and will have a sign up saying so).
Nope. Coasts, too.
Coasts of inland lakes too, apparently (I'm talking about Chicago).
It's way more likely that whoever made the infographic doesn't know what a border actually is, and simply took the shape of USA and drew its outline with big fat brush. Look at the bump around San Francisco - that doesn't make sense either. I wouldn't be surprised if that line wasn't even close to 100 miles.
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@Gąska Weird thing is that this infographic comes from the ACLU.
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@Rhywden weird? As in "I really don't want to be prejudiced against them, but weirdly enough, these examples of absolute idiocy just keep piling on"?
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
If there's two different circuits that have given contradictory rulings, that's pretty much guaranteed to go to the SCOTUS. The one thing they've pretty consistently disliked leaving stand is where there are two or more circuits with incompatible rulings on a particular item of law. Indeed, it's close to the only way to actually get them to make a ruling rather than leaving things to lower courts (overwhelmingly their preference).
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
"Just wear two."
As long as they’re not from the same batch, that does statistically reduce the likelihood of having only counterfeit ones.
On a more serious note, within margin of error all of this stuff comes from China. So nobody should be surprised if the imprint says it’s according to standard but in reality it isn’t.
IIRC earlier last year we’ve had politicians do a nice photo shoot when a large batch shipped by air cargo, only later to be 80% garbage.Also, I’ve heard estimates that the total capacity for meltblown production (the inner part of the mask that actually does particle filtering) isn’t high enough that they even could sell all masks with the filtration properties they claim to have.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Sigh, and the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory released today indicates that the attack vector was use of Windows 7 (EOL, obviously) and TeamViewer w/unattended access. For fuck's sake.
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Article @Rhywden posted in In other news today... said:
On Wednesday night, Google’s apps began to complain about the lack of updates. According to user reports posted on social media, a number of apps including Gmail, Google Maps and Google Photos issued notices warning their users that the app was “out of date”, despite the fact the users were on the latest version.
Ah, love those baked in "Huh, your version is temporally old. Clearly there was an update and you just missed it". Didn't think Microsoft's version of planned obsolescence would have taken off, but here we are...
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Finally someone realizing an operating system is a market of its own with respect to applications working on it and therefore anti-monopoly rules shall apply? That would definitely be a good thing.
It would limit opportunities for fighting like this, though in this specific case
@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
some good might come of that fight too. When two fight, the third one laughs and I don't trust either of those two companies anyway.
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@heterodox There's a reason Viss has stopped doing Shodan Safaris. This shit keeps fucking happening, with the same fucking outdated platforms, with the same fucking unauthenticated remote access software packages, by the same fucking incompetent departments, controlling the same fucking critical infrastructure projects. Sometimes it's a sheep shearer, sometimes it's a grain silo, occasionally it's the security camera system and KVM of a random hacking group. Usually though it's public utilities. The news always goes on about how "shocking" it is that someone came so close to poisoning out water supply, cutting our power, blowing up our foundry, whatever. It's not. The only thing that's shocking is that, with how many of these god damn thing are online, are still online, and are being freshly put online, after over ten years of cybersecurity researchers screaming about it from the hills, that there hasn't been a major fucking disaster yet.
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@TwelveBaud said in In other news today...:
The only thing that's shocking is that, with how many of these god damn thing are online, are still online, and are being freshly put online, after over ten years of cybersecurity researchers screaming about it from the hills, that there hasn't been a major fucking disaster yet.
That's not really shocking either. The poorly secured systems fortunately don't have the authority the security researchers like to think (to feel more important).
Hacking into the system and opening the dispenser too much can raise the amount of sodium hydroxide dispensed to dangerous level. But so can the dispenser failing, an accident during filling of the storage bin and probably couple more physical issues that still require a safeguard. And the same safeguard will stop the hacking attempt. The aquarium with trout in the control room, and the controller who hits a big shut-off button if the trout dies are not going anywhere in foreseeable future.
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@TwelveBaud Quite. It's so bad, in fact, that I've been wondering if it's being done on purpose. Spy stuff in preparation for the next world war, or something. Probably not. But, y'know, the next big war is going to get very interesting very fast...
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
aquarium with trout in the control room
Hold up. Is this a real thing that exists?
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
@Bulb said in In other news today...:
aquarium with trout in the control room
Hold up. Is this a real thing that exists?
Yes. I did see them in the water treatment plant here. It's been some years, but I don't think they removed that—it is a great last check.
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
@Bulb said in In other news today...:
aquarium with trout in the control room
Hold up. Is this a real thing that exists?
Yes. I did see them in the water treatment plant here. It's been some years, but I don't think they removed that—it is a great last check.
Yep, used in water plants around here too. Not sure if trouts though.
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@MrL I suppose the species might vary, but (river) trout is the usual one here. They prefer colder clean water, are quite sensitive to contamination, and are bred for food, so easy to get.
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@TwelveBaud said in In other news today...:
@heterodox There's a reason Viss has stopped doing Shodan Safaris. This shit keeps fucking happening, with the same fucking outdated platforms, with the same fucking unauthenticated remote access software packages, by the same fucking incompetent departments, controlling the same fucking critical infrastructure projects. Sometimes it's a sheep shearer, sometimes it's a grain silo, occasionally it's the security camera system and KVM of a random hacking group. Usually though it's public utilities. The news always goes on about how "shocking" it is that someone came so close to poisoning out water supply, cutting our power, blowing up our foundry, whatever. It's not. The only thing that's shocking is that, with how many of these god damn thing are online, are still online, and are being freshly put online, after over ten years of cybersecurity researchers screaming about it from the hills, that there hasn't been a major fucking disaster yet.
It's like none of them have watched the documentary Live Free or Die Hard, smdh
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
bred for food, so easy to get
Do you put the packets of fish in the water whole or do you flake them up first?
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
@TwelveBaud Quite. It's so bad, in fact, that I've been wondering if it's being done on purpose. Spy stuff in preparation for the next world war, or something. Probably not. But, y'know, the next big war is going to get very interesting very fast...
SkyNet?