"If you are in an acquisition and somebody pays a premium for your stock, by definition it means something has to change"
Stock in itself has no value. The only value comes from what someone else will pay for it when you sell it. Until you sell it, it has no intrinsic value (just ask the former owners of Enron stock).
DRM is snake oil sold by companies to foolish game company executives with the promise that it does something useful and with the threat if they don't buy it, their sales will tank when 'pirates' steal their games.
Linking to a propaganda mill like The Hill isn't the way to gain credibility for your assertion, especially since the crack "reporters" therein don't bother to show the source of their ire.
Instead, you should read the letter yourself and then ask if "Congress has been putting unconstitutional pressure to" blah, blah, blah "Fox News"? The answer is no.
Whenever I hear about some study, I tend to dismiss it until/unless it is published in a peer-reviewed, reputable journal. Never forget no-longer-a-doctor Andrew Wakefield's garbage "study" that has caused immeasurable damage to thousands if not millions of children.
With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised to see this is a published study. For interesting reading, check out the reviewers' comments and discussion about the study data.
Allow the Fathers actually love^ their family.
(As opposed to his being chased away or neutered/castrated from said responsibility...
Projecting a little hard there, buddy. If a father doesn't have his act together, is not emotionally mature enough to be responsible, then perhaps he isn't fit.
On the other hand, there are lots of us fathers who do love our kids, who see violence as not a form of control, but of an out-of-control, emotionally damaging act.
If you want to do something to your kid that would get you arrested or put in the hospital if you tried it against another adult, then maybe you don't know what you're doing, so either get educated or GTFO
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We need to turn it back on them. Use their overcorrecting content filters to take down THEIR legit stuff, just like how Metallica got self-owned.
What stupid Hollyword execs don't realize is that remixing, memeing, sharing and lipsynching all drive traffic to the original. Remember the Hitler parodies clips from the movie Downfall?
Eliminating public (re)use prevents that viral thing the kids are always talking about. Remember Quibi? You couldn't make screengrabs, so no memes, no parodies, no nothing. The app died due to Katzenberg's hubris, but it sure wasn't helped along by being unshareable.
Those who wish to violate my bodily sovereignty are anti-American
Sure, Typhoid Karen. You have an absolute right to bodily sovereignty. Just not in America, maybe in Bir Tawil.
Do you have the right to put any substance in your body, such as cocaine or heroin? Or can the state use force to stop you or punish you for doing so?
Do you have the body sovereignty to go run on the freeway? Your legs, your choice, am I right? Or can the state use force to prevent you from walking wherever you want?
Do you have the body sovereignty to say anything you want? Can you say you are going to kill a high-elected official, or can the state use force to punish you?
Do you have the body sovereignty to practice whatever religion you want, even if said religion includes ritual animal sacrifice and cannibalism? Or can the state use force to punish you and prevent you from doing so?
Do you have the body sovereignty to look at any images you want? Even if they are illegal? Or can the state use force to stop and punish you?
our backup is no longer your backup, because there's no original
For a philosophical discussion, what's the difference between the two?
Let's say you have two text or image files, one a backup of another. How can you tell which one is the original? From the directory timestamp? Is it the location each is stored?
If you move both files to another volume - hell, both to the same volume - and reset their directory timestamps, how can you tell which one is the backup and which one is the original?
This isn't an issue in meatspace. Making an exact duplicate of any physical thing is not possible for the foreseeable future (or ever, if you take into account the Observer effect), and that's what the courts are used to dealing with.
That's also why they fail so spectacularly to frame their rulings without putting their collective feet in their collective mouths.
Now if you were to hold certain C-level folks criminally liable, they would most certainly do something about it. Not sure if that's possible to do in an S-Corp, though.
The point of all these questions is the same: a backup password. If you forget your password, the secret question can verify your identity so you can choose another password or have the site e-mail your current password to you. [snip] The answer to the secret question is much easier to guess than a good password, and the information is much more public. [snip] And even worse, everybody seems to use the same series of secret questions.
Essentially, the site is using a weak password as a backup to a (hopefully) strong one. This is entirely bass-ackwards.
So what should you do?
My usual technique is to type a completely random answer — I madly slap at my keyboard for a few seconds — and then forget about it. This ensures that some attacker can’t bypass my password and try to guess the answer to my secret question....
If you have a password manager (you do, right?), then you can store the random-character answer in your manager, so it is available if you really need to use it.
Sites don't take your security seriously, so you have to.
I like to think that if I forget my password, it should be really hard to gain access to my account. I want it to be so hard that an attacker can’t possibly do it.
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Stock in itself has no value. The only value comes from what someone else will pay for it when you sell it. Until you sell it, it has no intrinsic value (just ask the former owners of Enron stock).
See also: the Tulip Mania of 1634
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I'm sure they would like a nice Yelp review for their efforts.
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The moment your software requires a bios-level fix to run properly, you've failed as a publisher and deserve to go belly up.
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DRM is snake oil sold by companies to foolish game company executives with the promise that it does something useful and with the threat if they don't buy it, their sales will tank when 'pirates' steal their games.
You wouldn't download a car.
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Yes. How else are you going to get the disc, manual and a card with the 976- hintline you can call ($3.99/minute) to listen to a 3 minute intro?
Don't copy that floppy.
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Linking to a propaganda mill like The Hill isn't the way to gain credibility for your assertion, especially since the crack "reporters" therein don't bother to show the source of their ire.
Instead, you should read the letter yourself and then ask if "Congress has been putting unconstitutional pressure to" blah, blah, blah "Fox News"? The answer is no.
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A study!
Whenever I hear about some study, I tend to dismiss it until/unless it is published in a peer-reviewed, reputable journal. Never forget no-longer-a-doctor Andrew Wakefield's garbage "study" that has caused immeasurable damage to thousands if not millions of children.
With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised to see this is a published study. For interesting reading, check out the reviewers' comments and discussion about the study data.
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Projecting a little hard there, buddy. If a father doesn't have his act together, is not emotionally mature enough to be responsible, then perhaps he isn't fit.
On the other hand, there are lots of us fathers who do love our kids, who see violence as not a form of control, but of an out-of-control, emotionally damaging act.
If you want to do something to your kid that would get you arrested or put in the hospital if you tried it against another adult, then maybe you don't know what you're doing, so either get educated or GTFO
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Thank you fellow person, you have just provided the missing piece of my business plan:
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Here come the lawyers
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The cure is already here
Tut, tut, nonsense! COVID is an effective stupidity treatment. The vast majority of victims today are unvaccinated.
Of course a fraction of those folks are unable to be vaccinated, but it is highly unlikely those folks are gunning for a HCA.
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Solution?
We need to turn it back on them. Use their overcorrecting content filters to take down THEIR legit stuff, just like how Metallica got self-owned.
What stupid Hollyword execs don't realize is that remixing, memeing, sharing and lipsynching all drive traffic to the original. Remember the Hitler parodies clips from the movie Downfall?
Eliminating public (re)use prevents that viral thing the kids are always talking about. Remember Quibi? You couldn't make screengrabs, so no memes, no parodies, no nothing. The app died due to Katzenberg's hubris, but it sure wasn't helped along by being unshareable.
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Enhance
Not invented, PERFECTED!!!!!111
What a time to be alive. And by "time" I mean in an age of grifters and charlatans who purport to recreate information from nothing.
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Your A what?
My A doesn't, but maybe your A does.
Either way you're going to need some help.
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Sure, Typhoid Karen. You have an absolute right to bodily sovereignty. Just not in America, maybe in Bir Tawil.
Do you have the right to put any substance in your body, such as cocaine or heroin? Or can the state use force to stop you or punish you for doing so?
Do you have the body sovereignty to go run on the freeway? Your legs, your choice, am I right? Or can the state use force to prevent you from walking wherever you want?
Do you have the body sovereignty to say anything you want? Can you say you are going to kill a high-elected official, or can the state use force to punish you?
Do you have the body sovereignty to practice whatever religion you want, even if said religion includes ritual animal sacrifice and cannibalism? Or can the state use force to punish you and prevent you from doing so?
Do you have the body sovereignty to look at any images you want? Even if they are illegal? Or can the state use force to stop and punish you?
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I have one weird trick to stop police dogs
I always travel with 6-7 cats. Even in hotel rooms. And my car.
I keep one in my vest pocket and one in a special pouch in my pants when out and about.
They'll never catch me.
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How do you know for sure? How do you really know?
This line caught my eye
For a philosophical discussion, what's the difference between the two?
Let's say you have two text or image files, one a backup of another. How can you tell which one is the original? From the directory timestamp? Is it the location each is stored?
If you move both files to another volume - hell, both to the same volume - and reset their directory timestamps, how can you tell which one is the backup and which one is the original?
This isn't an issue in meatspace. Making an exact duplicate of any physical thing is not possible for the foreseeable future (or ever, if you take into account the Observer effect), and that's what the courts are used to dealing with.
That's also why they fail so spectacularly to frame their rulings without putting their collective feet in their collective mouths.
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Wouldn't help much. Most big orgs budget litigation as a cost of doing business or calculate the cost of litigation vs. fixing the issue. For example, GM figured spending $8.59/car to fix their stupid gas tanks was more than the cost of settling any wrongful-death lawsuits.
Now if you were to hold certain C-level folks criminally liable, they would most certainly do something about it. Not sure if that's possible to do in an S-Corp, though.
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Security Questions are CARP
As Bruce Schneier wrote:
Essentially, the site is using a weak password as a backup to a (hopefully) strong one. This is entirely bass-ackwards.
So what should you do?
If you have a password manager (you do, right?), then you can store the random-character answer in your manager, so it is available if you really need to use it.
Sites don't take your security seriously, so you have to.
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Excellent
Please continue, anti-230 Ozzies!
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