What do you do for entertainment? Rock climbing? Working on cars? Painting? Coding? Whatever it is, that's one of the "itches" that sports scratches for many people. However, it's not just that. Being a fan of a sports team also provides an individual with an automatic "in group" which, whether you like it or not, we humans generally need for our mental wellbeing. Also, as long as you don't take it too seriously, (which some people unfortunately do) it gives you a safe "out group" to dislike which is also not a completely bad thing from a social point of view (repeating myself for emphasis, as long as you don't take it too seriously).
For no longer updating an abandoned device? I have no problem with a company saying that a device as old as the Vita is no longer receiving updates. Especially if they're not selling it or any new games for it anymore.
Concerning your question about upgradable cell phones, a couple manufacturers have tried, and failed to make that happen. Even Google has thrown a few billion dollars down that rabbit hole and nothing came out of it. A fully modular cell phone would be about the size of a phone from the 80's if you wanted it to have the same power as a modern flagship device and it would probably cost about 50% more until the economies of scale kicked in. It's just not worth it for a niche device. Lastly, there are massive speed benefits to miniaturization that you just don't get with modular phones. Every time I have to open up a phone or tablet to repair it I complain about the same thing but, I still understand that there are tradeoffs.
Concerning the idea of moving x86 devices back to backplane architecture, unfortunately, front side bus speeds have gotten fast enough on the highest end consumer CPU's that the length of the traces on the mainboard is becoming a bottleneck. Going back to backplanes just isn't an option for the links between the processor and RAM anymore. Also, certain processes have been moved off of the CPU on to separate controllers on the mainboard and those tend to be CPU architecture specific (this is why, for example, you can't use a Zen 2 chip on an A320 board even though they're both socketed for AM4).
Based on your comment, I'm pretty sure you know most of this but I'm writing this for anyone else who happens to see this thread.
I don't think this kid had cash, he just had his innocence (of the crime) and local name recognition (college QB isn't a bad gig). That plus the current political climate made the DA think twice about going for the plea bargain.
Re: Re: Re: it's never going to be over for Shai Werts
In the finance or insurance fields you'd have to report this in most states and we'd probably have a laugh about it in the interview (assuming that it was far enough in the past). Like you said, it's not a "death sentence" though.
The article mentioned that the police failed to mention that this individual had a press pass to the police department or that they were a journalist at all. Both of which were major omissions and was why that same judge quashed one of her own warrants.
They might get away with it if it's just an internal investigation this time. Remember, they're just trying to figure out which cop was leaking to the press. As long as they don't charge that cop with a crime and just find some reason to fire them, they're in the clear.
I currently volunteer for one of the smaller non-profit high school robotics programs that currently receives an amount in the low six-figures in donations annually including money from multiple large automotive corporations. I personally know the leadership of other programs like ours who receive amounts in the seven-figure range who, if the decision went that way, have the connections to make life difficult for anyone who made it hard for their programs to help their kids. I wouldn't cross those people.
Re: Re: Re: Re: You could save Hundreds by signing up NOW
The fine print points out that the credit monitoring from silk three major credit bureaus only lasts "up to four years" but the Equifax monitoring is for the full ten.
The same thing is true of banks dealing in fiat currency. There are plenty of classical banks that don't offer TOTP (Google Authenticator) compatibility and that require SMS as the second factor.
Working with investment banking, I've seen plenty of older people with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in checking accounts that would be vulnerable to this type of attack. Fortunately, I haven't seen any investment bank with SMS only second factor but, I've only been in the industry for a few years.
Some African carriers have set up a database of recent SIM swaps that they allow banks to access.{Wired, possible paywall} Those banks can choose not to allow transfers to be approved by numbers that have recently been swapped. There has been a push from the financial and tech sectors in Europe and North America for our carriers to adopt the same method for additional security but, our carriers are reluctant. If this guy wins his case, maybe it'll light a fire under the North American carriers to set up something similar here.
Yes, unfortunately, the same bill that will update the IRS's computer systems to something modern will also forbid them from providing a free filing system to the public. Also, I was unaware that they were still using the hardware from the 60's I know they're still using software that old with kludges built on top of it to support newer machines but I thought that they'd gotten rid of most of the original mainframes in the 80's and 90's.
In Michigan, which this article is about, it already is. I'm waiting for the end of year numbers to compare the number of drug related arrests in 2018 to 2019 to (hopefully) see that they've declined.
I have a bit of a dilemma here. I don't really want to see this video. I've been on the internet for my entire adult life, if I'd wanted to see it, I would have found it by now. However, when people make (or threaten to make) speech like this literally illegal it goes against a core set of my personal beliefs and makes me want to acquire the data "just in case". Just in case what? I don't know, I just don't like the idea of information not being allowed to be spread to those who want it.
For example, I have a torrented copy of all those 3D printable firearms that were taken down a few months back because I couldn't get past the idea that the government was trying to make data illegal to transmit. I don't even own a 3D printer myself (although I did check out the files in CAD software).
I'm generally going to land hard in favor of free speech as long as that speech is either true or clearly expressed opinion and not an incitement to violence.
Ok, I'll bite. The split between Youtube/Google and the uploader is 45% for YouTube and 55% for the uploader. If the uploader doesn't own the rights to all the content in a published video and a claim is made against it then the owner of the unlicensed content can choose one of three options; do nothing at all, take over monetization (in this case that 55% cut goes to them), or issue a takedown for the video. Does that answer your question?
Re: I never heard the U.S. say Huawei IS spying…
There's your problem. The United States is a nation of laws. Some of those laws prohibit our government from taking punitive action without cause. Unless there's actual evidence of wrongdoing, the United States government can't simply ban a company from operating here. Huawei has even filed a lawsuit against the government over this now. I guess we'll get a chance to see more of the actual information from both sides in the court documents.
The writers of the Constitution also took a rather limited view on treason. That's why it's specifically defined in said document while no other crime is. They'd had enough of people being falsely accused of treason while under British rule.
Unfortunately, your "aid and comfort" analogy doesn't quite work in all cases. Let's say that it's World War II, there's no specific law against treason, and I decide to knowingly assist Nazi Germany in designing a new bomber aircraft after the United States has entered the war. I have provided aid to the enemy. However, the enemy isn't a criminal or a fugitive. What law have I broken? This is why treason still needs to be a valid criminal charge. It needs to have a high bar to clear in order to keep people from being falsely accused but, it still needs to be there.
While I get your joke, crossplay is already a term in otaku culture, it means cross-dressed cosplay. You know, men dressed as female characters or women dressed as male ones. We can't just assume that they can't understand the language.
I think that other AC is referring to confidence men aka con men. Most of their crimes are performed with only their speech tricking people into parting with their money fraudulently.
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Re: Why Do People Care About Sports?
What do you do for entertainment? Rock climbing? Working on cars? Painting? Coding? Whatever it is, that's one of the "itches" that sports scratches for many people. However, it's not just that. Being a fan of a sports team also provides an individual with an automatic "in group" which, whether you like it or not, we humans generally need for our mental wellbeing. Also, as long as you don't take it too seriously, (which some people unfortunately do) it gives you a safe "out group" to dislike which is also not a completely bad thing from a social point of view (repeating myself for emphasis, as long as you don't take it too seriously).
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Re: Jailbreaks are Security Flaws
For no longer updating an abandoned device? I have no problem with a company saying that a device as old as the Vita is no longer receiving updates. Especially if they're not selling it or any new games for it anymore.
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Re: it's obvious
Concerning your question about upgradable cell phones, a couple manufacturers have tried, and failed to make that happen. Even Google has thrown a few billion dollars down that rabbit hole and nothing came out of it. A fully modular cell phone would be about the size of a phone from the 80's if you wanted it to have the same power as a modern flagship device and it would probably cost about 50% more until the economies of scale kicked in. It's just not worth it for a niche device. Lastly, there are massive speed benefits to miniaturization that you just don't get with modular phones. Every time I have to open up a phone or tablet to repair it I complain about the same thing but, I still understand that there are tradeoffs.
Concerning the idea of moving x86 devices back to backplane architecture, unfortunately, front side bus speeds have gotten fast enough on the highest end consumer CPU's that the length of the traces on the mainboard is becoming a bottleneck. Going back to backplanes just isn't an option for the links between the processor and RAM anymore. Also, certain processes have been moved off of the CPU on to separate controllers on the mainboard and those tend to be CPU architecture specific (this is why, for example, you can't use a Zen 2 chip on an A320 board even though they're both socketed for AM4).
Based on your comment, I'm pretty sure you know most of this but I'm writing this for anyone else who happens to see this thread.
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Re: probable cause
I don't think this kid had cash, he just had his innocence (of the crime) and local name recognition (college QB isn't a bad gig). That plus the current political climate made the DA think twice about going for the plea bargain.
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Re: Re: Re: it's never going to be over for Shai Werts
In the finance or insurance fields you'd have to report this in most states and we'd probably have a laugh about it in the interview (assuming that it was far enough in the past). Like you said, it's not a "death sentence" though.
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The Sentiment Rightly Offered to Police in the United States
"Nobody ever made a song called 'Fuck the Firefighters.'" I heard that line from my brother yesterday. It's pretty on the nose for this article.
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Re: Re: Liars that get Judges to sign...
The article mentioned that the police failed to mention that this individual had a press pass to the police department or that they were a journalist at all. Both of which were major omissions and was why that same judge quashed one of her own warrants.
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Re: Re: Unfortunately...
They might get away with it if it's just an internal investigation this time. Remember, they're just trying to figure out which cop was leaking to the press. As long as they don't charge that cop with a crime and just find some reason to fire them, they're in the clear.
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Re: How many other non-profits at risk?
I currently volunteer for one of the smaller non-profit high school robotics programs that currently receives an amount in the low six-figures in donations annually including money from multiple large automotive corporations. I personally know the leadership of other programs like ours who receive amounts in the seven-figure range who, if the decision went that way, have the connections to make life difficult for anyone who made it hard for their programs to help their kids. I wouldn't cross those people.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: You could save Hundreds by signing up NOW
The fine print points out that the credit monitoring from silk three major credit bureaus only lasts "up to four years" but the Equifax monitoring is for the full ten.
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Re: Re: Re:
The same thing is true of banks dealing in fiat currency. There are plenty of classical banks that don't offer TOTP (Google Authenticator) compatibility and that require SMS as the second factor.
Working with investment banking, I've seen plenty of older people with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in checking accounts that would be vulnerable to this type of attack. Fortunately, I haven't seen any investment bank with SMS only second factor but, I've only been in the industry for a few years.
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Re: This should be interesting
Some African carriers have set up a database of recent SIM swaps that they allow banks to access.{Wired, possible paywall} Those banks can choose not to allow transfers to be approved by numbers that have recently been swapped. There has been a push from the financial and tech sectors in Europe and North America for our carriers to adopt the same method for additional security but, our carriers are reluctant. If this guy wins his case, maybe it'll light a fire under the North American carriers to set up something similar here.
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Re: THEY FOUND IT...
Yes, unfortunately, the same bill that will update the IRS's computer systems to something modern will also forbid them from providing a free filing system to the public. Also, I was unaware that they were still using the hardware from the 60's I know they're still using software that old with kludges built on top of it to support newer machines but I thought that they'd gotten rid of most of the original mainframes in the 80's and 90's.
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Re: Drugs and Money
In Michigan, which this article is about, it already is. I'm waiting for the end of year numbers to compare the number of drug related arrests in 2018 to 2019 to (hopefully) see that they've declined.
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A Dilemma
I have a bit of a dilemma here. I don't really want to see this video. I've been on the internet for my entire adult life, if I'd wanted to see it, I would have found it by now. However, when people make (or threaten to make) speech like this literally illegal it goes against a core set of my personal beliefs and makes me want to acquire the data "just in case". Just in case what? I don't know, I just don't like the idea of information not being allowed to be spread to those who want it.
For example, I have a torrented copy of all those 3D printable firearms that were taken down a few months back because I couldn't get past the idea that the government was trying to make data illegal to transmit. I don't even own a 3D printer myself (although I did check out the files in CAD software).
I'm generally going to land hard in favor of free speech as long as that speech is either true or clearly expressed opinion and not an incitement to violence.
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
Ok, I'll bite. The split between Youtube/Google and the uploader is 45% for YouTube and 55% for the uploader. If the uploader doesn't own the rights to all the content in a published video and a claim is made against it then the owner of the unlicensed content can choose one of three options; do nothing at all, take over monetization (in this case that 55% cut goes to them), or issue a takedown for the video. Does that answer your question?
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Re: I never heard the U.S. say Huawei IS spying…
There's your problem. The United States is a nation of laws. Some of those laws prohibit our government from taking punitive action without cause. Unless there's actual evidence of wrongdoing, the United States government can't simply ban a company from operating here. Huawei has even filed a lawsuit against the government over this now. I guess we'll get a chance to see more of the actual information from both sides in the court documents.
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Re: Treason
The writers of the Constitution also took a rather limited view on treason. That's why it's specifically defined in said document while no other crime is. They'd had enough of people being falsely accused of treason while under British rule.
Unfortunately, your "aid and comfort" analogy doesn't quite work in all cases. Let's say that it's World War II, there's no specific law against treason, and I decide to knowingly assist Nazi Germany in designing a new bomber aircraft after the United States has entered the war. I have provided aid to the enemy. However, the enemy isn't a criminal or a fugitive. What law have I broken? This is why treason still needs to be a valid criminal charge. It needs to have a high bar to clear in order to keep people from being falsely accused but, it still needs to be there.
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Re:
While I get your joke, crossplay is already a term in otaku culture, it means cross-dressed cosplay. You know, men dressed as female characters or women dressed as male ones. We can't just assume that they can't understand the language.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I think that other AC is referring to confidence men aka con men. Most of their crimes are performed with only their speech tricking people into parting with their money fraudulently.
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