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Look, MikeeUSA:

I don't like systemd. I even go to some lengths to have a Debian running without. But every time I see your dirty drivel, I feel the urge of embracing systemd [1] [2] [3], just to avoid being associated with you.

One could get the impression that you are a pro-systemd false-flag operation except... I think you're just an idiot. One way or the other, I won't give up my stance just because of you.

[1] https://twitter.com/zacchiro/s...
[2] http://etbe.coker.com.au/2015/...
[3] https://identi.ca/cwebber/note...

http://twitter.com/romero/stat... for his tweet and a download link. I played it at the end of my long Martin Luther King Jr., weekend, and it was fun.

One of those, "speak of the devil" moments. I just stumbled on to this medium post.

Apparently at the end of last month people started asking to remove Yukihiro Matsumoto (creator of Ruby) from the "community management" side of it's development. And guess who's involved? Coraline Ada Ehmke, the same person that pushed for the CoC to be included in the Opal project. And her friend Kurtis, who was the troll that started the transphobic accusation with Elia Schito (Opal Maintainer).

No one can seriously tell me these aren't dubious circumstances.

One of those, "speak of the devil" moments. I just stumbled on to this medium post.

Apparently at the end of last month people started asking to remove Yukihiro Matsumoto (creator of Ruby) from the "community management" side of it's development. And guess who's involved? Coraline Ada Ehmke, the same person that pushed for the CoC to be included in the Opal project. And her friend Kurtis, who was the troll that started the transphobic accusation with Elia Schito (Opal Maintainer).

No one can seriously tell me these aren't dubious circumstances.

They have every intention of setting themselves up to be the arbiters of what can be said and done, even outside of campus or a FOSS project.

To support this statement, read through the thread for Ruby. Make sure you sync your reading of the thread with the Twitter feed of the person who opened the discussion. Read her meta comments and those of the people she retweets as the Ruby thread plays out. You'll find that this isn't about being professional, considerate, kind, or ethical. It's a power grab. Plain and simple.

Tweak the algorithms responsible for moderation point assignment. Give more points. Give them more frequently. Abandon the 5 point ceiling.

The Firehose is a disgrace. Destroy it.

Implement Have you Meta Edited lately?

Hire Rob Malda as a Consultant. He's bored and unemployed.

It's worth noting that, according to ex-kernel hacker Matthew Garrett, you can achieve the same bricking using a 20 line program in Windows.

You mean to say that if I accidentally type that 20 line program on Windows, compile it, type the name and hit Enter, my box is toast? That's scary!

Thanks for the warning. I'll be wary of those 20 lines. What were they again, just so that I do not type them accidentally?

Mounting UEFI variables as read only breaks things too. How will you get rid of that problem once you get rid of systemd? Or is everything systemd's fault by default now?

It's not systemd's fault that the kernel allows access to UEFI variables; it's systemd's fault for mounting those variables in a read/write mode by default and closing the bug WONTFIX because LP didn't think it was a problem. systemd now controls that default, not the distributions, not the writer of the `mount` program, not the initscripts package (on RedHat)... and even /etc/fstab is considered more like a guideline than a rule for systemd to interpret.

As I wrote in a post on that Github bug report that the Great And Powerful Lennart saw fit to remove:

If the authors of systemd didn't want to have to be smack in the [middle] of issues caused by disk mounts, perhaps they shouldn't have assumed disk mounting duties from other projects... nor advocated the removal of the easily adjustable init script which controlled them.

Just a thought.

And furthermore, systemd is keeping it R/W because it's a apparently feature not a bug:

We actually write to the EFI fs in systemd. Specifically, when you issue "systemctl reboot --firmware" we'll set the appropriate EFI variable, to ask for booting into the EFI firmware setup. And because we need it writable we'll mount it writable for that.

Thanks, systemd. This is now the time to point out that /sbin/init didn't need to do sh*t like "boot into the EFI firmware setup" and this is exactly why people with concerns about systemd say that it's doing too much. Putting systemd (either pid1 and/or the package into the whole) in the loop is not necessary and is not a paradigm anyone ever asked for... except the freedesktop.org crowd, and Lennart himself.

Kinda a mix of everything. It's worth noting that, according to ex-kernel hacker Matthew Garrett, you can achieve the same bricking using a 20 line program in Windows. So it's not a Linux (or systemd! Seriously, don't we have enough hate against systemd without TFS adding fuel to the fire?) issue, it's more a design fault.

Clearly UEFI variables are expected to be written to by suitably privileged programs under consumer operating systems, otherwise Windows and Linux wouldn't expose them the way they're exposed. Yet clearly variables are being exposed like this that shouldn't be written to under normal circumstances.

Kinda a mix of everything. It's worth noting that, according to ex-kernel hacker Matthew Garrett, you can achieve the same bricking using a 20 line program in Windows. So it's not a Linux (or systemd! Seriously, don't we have enough hate against systemd without TFS adding fuel to the fire?) issue, it's more a design fault.

Yeah. It's nothing short of amazing when a UEFI fault becomes automagically a systemd fault.

Must..... resist......argghhhh!! ummhhh! Oh hell!

Thanks Obama!

Kinda a mix of everything. It's worth noting that, according to ex-kernel hacker Matthew Garrett, you can achieve the same bricking using a 20 line program in Windows. So it's not a Linux (or systemd! Seriously, don't we have enough hate against systemd without TFS adding fuel to the fire?) issue, it's more a design fault.

Clearly UEFI variables are expected to be written to by suitably privileged programs under consumer operating systems, otherwise Windows and Linux wouldn't expose them the way they're exposed. Yet clearly variables are being exposed like this that shouldn't be written to under normal circumstances.

The kernel dev who wrote the efi code says it's not a systemd problem and following the bug report's suggestion would be the wrong way to solve the problem.

But don't let that stop you from jumping on your favorite whipping boys.

Donald Trump spews forth a trolling stream of hate and other abuses

Says the guy who posted this. And this. And this. And this.

Donald Trump spews forth a trolling stream of hate and other abuses

Says the guy who posted this. And this. And this. And this.

Donald Trump spews forth a trolling stream of hate and other abuses

Says the guy who posted this. And this. And this. And this.

Donald Trump spews forth a trolling stream of hate and other abuses

Says the guy who posted this. And this. And this. And this.

Being a complete hypocrite

Take a look at Lauren Weinstein's very own political speech on his own Twitter complet with Trump/Hitler/Nazi photoshops: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein... Yet Slashdot accepts this story and expects to listen to this fucking quack.

Lauren Weinstein's bigoted bias clearly shown in what he likes to post to his Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein. Godwin's Law

What's even more pathetic about this story on /. is Lauren Weinstein's very own Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein. Scroll his twitter and you will see plenty of photoshops placing Trump as a Nazi. I find Lauren's twitter actually hateful and Trump's not at all.

Well this gonna get posted into the bottom of the comments (so a mod up would be really appreciated) since I only thought of checking it now but lets look at Lauren Weinstein's twitter:

https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein

Just scroll thru his Twitter and look at all those hateful photoshops of Trump with hitler and Nazi's. Who's twitter is more hateful? It's pathetic that Slashdot editors actually accept his story. The submitter is biased to the point of bigotry. The story is utterly irrelevant to technology. I don't see it anywhere linked above so a mod up would be much appreciated. Why do I want to listen to anyones opinion if they are so narrow minded, biased, and immature that they have to fill their Twitter with Trump photoshopped into various Nazi era photos. Yet this quack is asking why Trumps twitter is not shut down yet? Seriously Slashdot? Pathetic

Well why don't you take a look at Weinstein's twitter https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein and tell me who's acting more hurt? Look at all those images, enjoy.

How's this? https://twitter.com/loganabbot...

I've seen LEGO compatible parts made on an Othermill. Some examples:
    Wooden bricks: https://twitter.com/Andymakes/...
    Circuit bricks: https://othermachine.co/storie...
(Disclaimer: I work for the Other Machine Company)

I am talking about every user that gets these errors

Every user that gets these errors can install the Perspectives extension to make self-signed certificates not dangerous.

and decides that the site is somehow dangerous in a way that the user doesn't understand, more dangerous than a http site, while in reality it is not more dangerous.

It's not about whether a site is dangerous per se as much as whether a site is as dangerous as a reasonable person would expect when keying in the URL.

and it will also put a big red 'birdy' near an http site.

I've already got a big blue 'birdy' on an HTTPS site.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Personally, I use twitter as a concise newsfeed of tech, infosec, and events by following people I'm interested in (eg thegrugq, landley, and briankrebs). The 144 character limit means I get a snippet of things, and (if there's a link) I can choose if I want more info. I even get a smattering of humor by following parody/humor accounts (eg BobRossGameDev, BoredElonMusk, and CommitStrip).

Sure, just like any other social media site, there's shitty parts. That's what happens when you allow the masses to generate content. But you know what's awesome about Twitter? You only see stuff from accounts that you follow. You can mute/block accounts that you never want to see. The content is 100% up to you...dislike a content type or source, and you can easily remove it from your feed.

I've used Twitter heavily for the past three years. I'd gladly pay a low ($1-$5) monthly amount to use it, especially if paying would remove stuff like promoted tweets (which I currently kill with an adblocker).

I agree, tweeting about buying socks is pointless, just like a facebook status update about buying socks is pointless, or a tumblr post about buying socks is pointless. The medium of communication has zero to do with the pointlessness of any given content.

The vast majority of the info I get from Twitter is more along the lines of "High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic --> link" and "Titan Souls is great example of picking small target audience and making a perfect experience for them. Great example for new devs." than it is about who is taking a shit or buying undergarments.

Twitter may not have any value for you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

I don't know much about how iPhones work, but how complex is the average person's password?

I hear you, brother.

It's BS. What THE AUTHOR doesn't understand is that in order for the surface to warm the TROPOSPHERE also has to warm. It's a matter of physics. So if the troposphere is not warming, neither is the surface. You can't have it both ways. It's a bit more complex than that, but that's it in a nutshell. [Lonny Eachus, 2016-01-22]

Once again, I told Lonny Eachus that AGW requires a cold upper troposphere.

You DO know how the physics of greenhouse warming is supposed to work, don't you? [Lonny Eachus, 2015-11-24]

Yes. Again, I've repeatedly told you how greenhouse warming REQUIRES a cold upper troposphere.

I rather think it's the other way around. Theory REQUIRES mid-to-upper trop. warming. [Lonny Eachus, 2015-11-24]

No, I rather think it's the other way around. Again, greenhouse warming REQUIRES a cold upper troposphere. Warming from any source (solar, volcanic, alien heat ray, etc.) tends to cause an emergent property: faster warming in the tropical upper troposphere. Even if this emergent property were missing (which hasn't been proven), that would have nil implications for attribution and roughly nil implications for climate sensitivity. Are you absolutely sure that the word "REQUIRES" describes that situation accurately?

@cbfool Exactamundo. No satellite or radiosonde "signature" of warming. REQUIRED by theory... but not there. [Lonny Eachus, 2015-11-29]

"REQUIRED"? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. See above.

And anyone who clicks on my link will see that I've repeatedly told Jane/Lonny that "even if" the "hot spot" were actually missing, Jane/Lonny would still be wrong about the implications. [Dumb Scientist]

You cited one person's opinion about that. ... [Jane Q. Public, 2015-10-28]

... You quoted one person's opinion. ... [Jane Q. Public, 2015-10-06]

No, I cited Ingram 2013, specifically this figure, and cited Soden and Held 2006 fig. 3 (left) because it's just a mirror image of that Ingram 2013 figure.

... Further, if your quoted passage (that was presented out of context as has been your usual habit) was NOT from the paper, then my mistake. Fine. But I cleared that up straight away. ... [Jane Q. Public, 2015-09-30]

They are in the education phase of their grand schemes.

"Did the Linux Foundation just drop all semblance of community representation because it's afraid of GPL enforcement? ref ref

What is a "9/11 Truther"? And what does it have to do with climate change?

A "9/11 Truther" is someone who regurgitates these arguments (they'll deny it, because they deny things the way most people breathe).

https://archive.is/G58Im https://archive.is/GuGzE

https://archive.is/TjlMk https://archive.is/uIGnF

https://archive.is/vLlom https://archive.is/Iz0A2

https://archive.is/k10c4 https://archive.is/KFkCq

https://archive.is/XtZO6 https://archive.is/LHZC7

https://archive.is/MKEDO https://archive.is/NNjEv

https://archive.is/B1jsw https://archive.is/dqD3R

https://archive.is/1EDRS https://archive.is/rhYhe

https://archive.is/fvX5f https://archive.is/E9iuB

https://archive.is/RXXHh https://archive.is/upXjj

This is very similar to climate change, where Sky Dragon Slayers like Dr. Latour deny basic physics. A "Sky Dragon Slayer" is someone who regurgitates these arguments (they'll deny it, because they deny things the way most people breathe).

http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

http://politics.slashdot.org/c...

http://science.slashdot.org/co...

http://science.slashdot.org/co...

http://news.slashdot.org/comme...

http://ask.slashdot.org/commen...

http://science.slashdot.org/co...

http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

http://news.slashdot.org/story...

http://news.slashdot.org/story...

http://science.slashdot.org/co...

http://news.slashdot.org/comme...

http://science.slashdot.org/co...

https://twitter.com/eachus/sta...

relevant tweet

Holy fucking crap.

So, Elissa Shevinski, noted self-proclaimed feminist and author of the anti-SFBay-discrimination book Lean Out, is working as the Head of Product for a browser startup by Brendan Eich, most famous for being forced out of Mozilla for funding anti-LGBTQ views through funding efforts against CA Prop 8. This is weird.

This is not weird at all. Feminism has always been anti-GBTQ. See the comment I just posted in the Ashley Madison discussion but substitute gay men for trans women. Feminism only fights for homosexual rights when it's the L's rights we're talking about. I can only figure that Eich does not have a quarrel with lesbian marriage.

Well, shoot. I really was thinking about giving this browser a spin. I don't really care about Eich's beliefs, just that he does not profit from my use of whatever browser. Thanks for the heads up about the connection to feminism, AC.

Knowing that feminism is involved, this browser is now dead to me due to the cold war with actual real life consequences for me feminism has declared.

Somebody else can link to squirrelking's Full Life Consequences for the lulz. I have nothing to lol about at the moment.

So, Elissa Shevinski, noted self-proclaimed feminist and author of the anti-SFBay-discrimination book Lean Out, is working as the Head of Product for a browser startup by Brendan Eich, most famous for being forced out of Mozilla for funding anti-LGBTQ views through funding efforts against CA Prop 8. This is weird.

Also here's a link to Sean Cassidy's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/sean_a_cas...

https://twitter.com/sean_a_cas...
"LastPass now requires email confirmation for logins from new IPs, even with 2FA: https://lastpass.com/support.p..."

Does that mean the 2FA issue is addressed?

Also here's a link to Sean Cassidy's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/sean_a_cas...

https://twitter.com/sean_a_cas...
"LastPass now requires email confirmation for logins from new IPs, even with 2FA: https://lastpass.com/support.p..."

Does that mean the 2FA issue is addressed?

The latest tweets from Musk indicate that on reading the data, the landing was not "hard". Apparently one of the legs failed to lock. Also it landed 1.3m from the center.

Elon Musk @elonmusk 6h6 hours ago

Definitely harder to land on a ship. Similar to an aircraft carrier vs land: much smaller target area, that's also translating & rotating.

Elon Musk @elonmusk 6h6 hours ago

However, that was not what prevented it being good. Touchdown speed was ok, but a leg lockout didn't latch, so it tipped over after landing.

Most of the posts in this discussion are based on incomplete information.

Doom Builder 2

prisoner exchange all seems to be heading in the right direction

You call that horse trading the right direction? It was a travesty of the rule of law. The US released convicted felons in exchange of Jason. It was never about Jason or press freedom or simply the human rights of an American. It wasn't even about the nuclear deal. It was all about kowtowing to the terrorists.

Just like we did with Germany after WW2 and the Soviet Union after the Cold War.

Just like? We partitioned and occupied the shit out of Germany. We still have military bases there. We still have military presence in Bulgaria, former little brother of SU and we now have Poland, the Baltic nations, Romania and Hungary as our allies. We fucking disintegrated their fucking empire.

Liberty doesn't win through the phoney "deals". The British Crown didn't "deal" with us until we captured Corn-fucking-wallis.

allow Iran to rejoin the international community

What community? From their point of view there is no such thing as "international". Islamic terrorists has no modern equivalent notion of "nation". It's Caliphate vs. Infidel-i-stan.

we have to be vigilant

It's hard to remain vigilant while stabbing yourself.

There is safety in posting as an anonymous coward. ---

But, to my ears, you describe a male-dominated workforce that has circled the wagons and s profoundly hostile and suspicious of women:

They're likely more afraid that SJW's would dox them, and try to get them fired for having an opinion that doesn't sit with them.

Seems to me, it's just like when the usual flappy headed idiots said "we're not going to take your games away from you..." Queue censoring DOXA, Xenoblade, and this latest bit...

Actually once you get to the nitroglycerin step you are squarely in the ATF's purview, since they regulate explosives. "ATF" is an anachronistic acronym; since 1970 agency's full actual name is "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives".

But glycerin is a commonplace an innocuous chemical widely used in cosmetics and food; you can buy it by the barrel without raising any eyebrows. It makes no sense to reason that fats are under the purview of ATF because you can produce glycerin from it.

I tried to google the source of the grease story, and it appears that back in 2011 SCL asked for ATF's technical assistance in tracking down grease dumpers, but that the camera placements currently in question are for use in a current investigation by the Puget Sound Regional Crime Gun Task Force.

So no big mystery about why the ATF is tracking down grease dumpers, that's just a misreading of the evidence trail.

From today's New York Times:
https://twitter.com/brianstelt...

I've posted this, today, on slashdot and I'm posting it again.

In particular, Fuck Ethan Siegel, the handle resembling a human name used by the StartsWithABang guy, well-known Internet troll and manipulator of disinformation ("digital strategist" in today's Internet dysphemism), who is claimed to be "professor" perhaps of nothing but the art of aggressive marketeering.

dieethandie.

Forbes is a well known scam site.

The website "offers" 17 trackers on a single page serving what they claim to be "content", by the count of Ghostery. In comparison, Slashdot serves 6.

The site claims to promise "light ad" and nags you to turn off the ad blocker. In reality, it's 4% content and 96% ads.

What's worse, the blogs hosted there offers no information that is so unique that is worthy of whitelisting the site in your content blocker. The "Starts with a bang" blog, for example, "publishes" stories that are actually regurgitated, thinly-wrapped, dumbed-down, borderline plagiarism from science journals, websites and blogs. The link to the actual news is usually buried with a wall of distracting text and images copied or re-phrased from the original source. The whole blog serves no other purpose than baiting the reader for the purpose of tracking.

In addition, it appears that the purpose of hosting ads includes malware delivery.

The behavior of Forbes.com is at best sociopathic and outright criminal at worst. They look really desperate.

It's only a matter of time before this hub of mal-adverts gets its page ranks bitchslapped by Google, and pulling down the rank of all prolific referrers, including Slashdot.

Which is completely deserved.

Forbes is a well known scam site.

The website "offers" 17 trackers on a single page serving what they claim to be "content", by the count of Ghostery. In comparison, Slashdot serves 6.

The site claims to promise "light ad" and nags you to turn off the ad blocker. In reality, it's 4% content and 96% ads.

What's worse, the blogs hosted there offers no information that is so unique that is worthy of whitelisting the site in your content blocker. The "Starts with a bang" blog, for example, "publishes" stories that are actually regurgitated, thinly-wrapped, dumbed-down, borderline plagiarism from science journals, websites and blogs. The link to the actual news is usually buried with a wall of distracting text and images copied or re-phrased from the original source. The whole blog serves no other purpose than baiting the reader for the purpose of tracking.

In addition, it appears that the purpose of hosting ads includes malware delivery.

The behavior of Forbes.com is at best sociopathic and outright criminal at worst. They look really desperate.

It's only a matter of time before this hub of mal-adverts gets its page ranks bitchslapped by Google, and pulling down the rank of all prolific referrers, including Slashdot.

Which is completely deserved.

The PS4's security does appear to have been at least partially compromised, however. A recent video appears to show Linux running on a PS4, along with a version of Pokemon. Note that we don't yet have independent verification of this, so there's a chance (albeit probably a slim one given the track record of the group in question) that this is a hoax.

Yes, they got in through a FreeBSD security vulnerability. The Pokemon game is running in a Gameboy Advance emulator. No, it's not a hoax. Team Fail0verflow has a GitHub repository with all the patches needed for Linux and its GPU drivers. You can follow their Twitter account for updates.