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• On the post: Dutch Prosecutors Say One Man Got Into Trump's Twitter Account With 'MAGA2020!' Password

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2020 @ 11:20am

  The best people...

  The best people are apparently not advising the president on how to keep his vaunted Twitter account secure.

  That's rather an assumption. Trump is infamous for clinging to his delusions rather than taking advice. The best people may be advising him, but the chances of the advice being taken are low. Very low.

• On the post: AMC Theaters: Risk Death And Disability To Watch Movie Reruns For 15 Cents!

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:18am

  Adam Aran does not watch movies.

  Because he's clearly blind.

• On the post: The Case For Contact Tracing Apps Built On Apple And Google's Exposure Notification System

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 20 May, 2020 @ 11:12pm

  Dr. Ryan's Video Doesn't Work

  I've tried both Firefox and Chrome and all I get in the video the "viral video" link provides is an endless circle. However, I was able to find it on YouTube:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJwaeynSkFY

• On the post: Why Is Fox News Acting As State Media, Announcing Trump's Lawsuits Before They're Filed And Failing To Point Out How Frivolous They Are?

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2020 @ 12:13pm

  Answer in two words:

  "teacher's pet"

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: YouTube Says That Frank Capra's US Government WWII Propaganda Violates Community Guidelines

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 05:15pm

  The entire "Why We Fight" series is up on YouTube.

  Anybody want to go after those idiots for being anti-american? :)

• On the post: Bill Barr: Apple Is Holding Up This Investigation. Apple: You Waited A Month To Tell Us You Needed More Help

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:21pm

  Anybody have an idea why this is so?

  Why do Federal Attorney Generals behave pretty much like spoiled two-year-olds instead of responsible adults? Or is it that there's something in the coffee at DOJ?

• On the post: In This Time Of Techlash, It's Important To Remember That Sometimes Social Media Is Actually Good

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2020 @ 09:18am

  Every tool has two sides.

  That pretty much says it all. Example: Guns can be used to defend. On the other hand...

  The same thing goes for every tool from rocks to everything else humanity has ever built or done.

• On the post: Public Backlash Leads To Backcountry.com Backing Down From Trademark Bullying

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2019 @ 09:40pm

  Hoping to save sales?

  Good luck with that. I'm not going to do business with a company like that.

• On the post: You Know That Mobile Phone Tracking Data You Used As Evidence In Over 10,000 Court Cases? Turns Out Some Of It Was Wrong, But We're Not Sure Which Yet

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2019 @ 12:31pm

  If you want Godlike power...

  you had damn well better be prepared to a deal with the demands of Godlike responsibility.

• On the post: Top University Of California Scientists Tell Elsevier They'll No Longer Work On Elsevier Journals

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2019 @ 04:09pm

  Greed

• On the post: California Judges Nuke Two More SFPD Warrants Used To Search A Journalist's Home And Office

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 11:15am

  Unfortunately...

  That doesn't change the fact that the police seized his hardware and information, and have had plenty of time to copy everything. Even if they can't use that information directly, I'm sure somebody will go through it looking for "where to look." Figuring where to look is over 90% of any investigation. Then they'll make up excuses for how they did it.

• On the post: Reaping What They Sowed: Recording Industry Now Quite Upset About Copyright Run Amok

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 09:54am

  They didn't heed the old warning:

  He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

• On the post: After Missing Cord Cutting Trend, Nielsen Falls Apart

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2019 @ 11:27am

  There are times...

  when if you're not telling your clients/customers the truth, whether they want to hear it or not, you're committing professional suicide.

  Welcome, Nielsen, to a very large club!

• On the post: Killing News Comments Only Solidified Google, Facebook Dominance

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2019 @ 12:25pm

  What did they expect?

  After all, neither "Go away" nor "FO" is considered a friendly greeting.

• On the post: Chinese Spies Intercepted NSA Malware Attack, Weaponized It Against Targets Around The World

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 11:31am

  Cyberwar

  Cyberwar is the first combat arena where the only way you can use your weapons is to give them intact to the enemy to examine and duplicate.

• On the post: Washington Prison Management Software Setting People Free Too Early, Keeping Other People Locked Up Too Long

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2019 @ 12:31pm

  This is NOT a software problem

  It's a peopleware problem. The endless tinkering and revisioning of the law has exactly the same effect as any other carelessly analyzed software revision. In a word, bugs. Systems tend to get more complex as they grow, and when they pass the threshold of our ability to understand them, they are unmaintainable and either have to be abandoned or replaced with simpler, more maintainable ones.

  The peopleware in this case is the legislature. They don't understand the effects of their actions, but they DO understand throwing bones to their supporters.

  "The penalty for mopery and dopery isn't strict enough? I'll put a bill through and thanks for the donations."

  "The penalty for mopery and dopery is too strict? I'll put a bill through and thanks for the donations."

  Wash, rinse, repeat and ignore the fact that the towels are being turned into rags.

• On the post: Blizzard's Sudden Shuttering Of Heroes Of The Storm Demonstrates Why eSports Needs Its Next Evolutionary Step

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2018 @ 09:15pm

  One Other Little Problem

  A company that will pull a stunt like this is one that will cause a lot of people to ask themselves "Why should I buy anything from these dungheads?" I'm going to be very curious about Blizzard's future revenue levels.

• On the post: Corel Manages To Accuse A Totally Legit Customer Of Piracy

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 01:40pm

  Thanks for the heads up.

  My wife and I have used WordPerfect since about version 1. It looks like we're going to have to find something else for our word processing needs. Our livelihoods depend on getting documents right and ready quickly, and we seriously don't need to risk a disaster.

  Bye, Corel!

• On the post: German Court Tells Facebook It Can't Delete Comments, Even Though German Law Says It Must Delete Comments

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2018 @ 11:24am

  Arthur C. Clarke got it wrong.

  He said in an article that the two most terrifying words in English were "means well".
  
  No, the two most terrifying words are "Do something!", particularly when uttered by politicians.

• On the post: Broadcasters Hope To Counter Ad Skipping By Replacing Ads With Short 'Inspirational Videos'

  

  sehlat ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2018 @ 01:50pm

  "shoving more ads into viewing hour"

  That's rather like putting arsenic in the milk because it tastes bad.

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