Well, actually, no, at least one of them can't. The three biggies all de-platformed him, working together.
If only there was a way of spreading information on the internet by setting up a computer to serve said information upon request... Then we might not need any number of "biggies".
You can print newsletters on your ink jet too.
But if all the big newspaper syndicates and print shop chains colluded at once to "deplatform" a writer, I think the Left would still be saying something about it, and it wouldn't be positive. Even though the writer could still print newsletters on his inkjet.
Correct. What they are shutting down are the bots and fake accounts.
People can still spout their paranoid conspiracy theories and can still troll for lulz, they just have to do so from one account linked to their own name, not 1000 accounts linked to 1000 fake names,
Well, actually, no, at least one of them can't. The three biggies all de-platformed him, working together.
Now, I don't like what I've heard about the guy, but that's immaterial. He wasn't a bot and he wasn't a fake account.
If so, then rather than universally complaining about how demanding and shitty the jobs are, people who have worked there would probably just keep relatively quiet about their cushy jobs, like the workers at "defense" contractors.
They complain "universally"? Every man jack of them?
The good news is that they did not get credit card numbers, social security numbers, or passwords, according to the company
Way to spin a disaster... oh yeah, we got hacked... but they didn't get your Credit Card Number... BUT GOOD NEWS EVERYONE they just everything they need to know to sign you up for fake Credit Cards and otherwise fake your identity.
Not to defend them, but is there anyone on earth who doesn't know your name and address? Even junk mailers do.
"some" customer data including names, email addresses, account numbers, and other billing information.
Maybe I'm just jaded, but judging by the catalogs I got in the mail, shoe companies (for example) that I'd never shopped at had at least this much information about me. In the nineties.
(OK, in all seriousness, yeah, possible social engineering attacks and all that. Though I must point out, even I don't know my account number... )
Yeah, good luck with that. Theoretically being against alcohol as you chug one down in the strip club (see the 9/11 guys) is not the same as actually abstaining.
Here's hoping -- she's a national treasure and deserves a good, cushy job after being railroaded for doing her civic duty and reporting election fraud to the media.
No, you don't get to misuse classified information just to score political points.
(Well, unless you are already a major Democrat politician.)
Frameworks, languages should always provide a clear migration path and never jump major versions. Python, Zope, PHP, and many more learned that lesson in a hard way.
PHP has been deprecating things and giving warnings for years.
I know there are still sites out there that run on PHP 5.6 (and earlier!) that should really be moved on, either updated for PHP 7.2 or if the code is unmaintainable due to years of abuse by developers, simply rebuilt in a modern framework.
Sure, let me just go back to the hundreds of small businesses we've built websites for over the past 10 years and tell them their sites need to be "simply rebuilt". I promise you that 95% of them will see no problem with leaving their PHP 5.6, 5.4, 5.2, etc... websites alone because "they still work fine". Why would they pay us money to rebuild them?
The older websites probably have horrible looking admin interfaces making work flow slow and cumbersome...
Maybe, but the site owners know how to use that admin interface, and getting them to that point was like pulling teeth. Now you want to train them on a brand new interface? Good luck.
I'm not saying this guy doesn't have some points, just that he doesn't seem to live in the real world.
We have some clients like that. What can you do? We just explain the risks, and if they want to take them, that's their look out. Some of them are even willing to spring for something like Sucuri firewall as a stopgap rather than upgrade anything.
Eventually the hosting company itself will force a PHP upgrade (and their site may or may not stop working, but it will be unplanned). Or they will get hacked first. Either way, it's on with the game face, try not to say "I told you so" (unless they try to blame it on us), and start quoting the restoration/rebuilds...
We've been upgrading sites to PHP 7+ for awhile now.
Haven't been too many issues, as long as the CMS is reasonably up to date. When issues do arise, it's usually some old theme/template with too much functionality stuffed into it, or some obscure CMS plugin/addon.
The only constant is change itself, and all that... hasn't been a huge deal.
"I'm sorry, we only hire people who have proven their maturity by spending their parent's retirement for four years while burning couches on the weekends after drinking binges."
Sometimes the truth, presented selectively, can be deceptive. I was reading an article on a right-leaning news site just this morning about a recent murder committed by an illegal immigrant in the US. If the murderer had been a citizen, I really doubt the site would have seen it as newsworthy. By just reporting every crime committed by an illegal they can create the impression that all illegal immigrants are murderous, rapist, thieving scum - regardless of how true that may or may not be, and without ever having to tell a single lie.
If the murderer had been a citizen, I really doubt the site would have seen it as newsworthy.
Well, you are wrong. Her disappearance was very widely reported before it was known that she had been killed and that an illegal immigrant had done it
If anything, the opposite will happen now; she will disappear down the memory hole as the "proper" people won't want to talk about how she'd still be alive if we hadn't allowed this person to wander into our country and stay here.
Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has elevated concern over the security of the country's voting systems.
Russians did not "hack" voting machines; they did not "hack" the election, no matter how convenient a narrative that would be for those who lost.
But there's a smooth attempt here to conflate concerns about small Russian linked ad buys on Facebook with notions of voting machines being "hacked".
(obDisclaimer: I like paper ballots, etc. I'm referring to the narrative here, not the concept of paper voting itself. Again, the attempt is to slip a false narrative in there - "we didn't really lose; it was stolen!" - with a packet of sensible ideas that sensible people won't disagree with.)
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Well, actually, no, at least one of them can't. The three biggies all de-platformed him, working together.
If only there was a way of spreading information on the internet by setting up a computer to serve said information upon request... Then we might not need any number of "biggies".
You can print newsletters on your ink jet too.
But if all the big newspaper syndicates and print shop chains colluded at once to "deplatform" a writer, I think the Left would still be saying something about it, and it wouldn't be positive. Even though the writer could still print newsletters on his inkjet.
Why is this on ./ ?
The "moody gamer" angle.
I guess he taught us a lesson. What was it?
Get your depression (whether freestanding or part of bipolar) treated.
Everyone has setbacks, often severe ones. But healthy people do not respond to them by harming themselves and others.
People are NOT getting silenced.
Correct. What they are shutting down are the bots and fake accounts.
People can still spout their paranoid conspiracy theories and can still troll for lulz, they just have to do so from one account linked to their own name, not 1000 accounts linked to 1000 fake names,
Well, actually, no, at least one of them can't. The three biggies all de-platformed him, working together.
Now, I don't like what I've heard about the guy, but that's immaterial. He wasn't a bot and he wasn't a fake account.
People have to figure out what is real, and what is not, without censorship!
You know, some of the stuff Trump says could be truly profound, if not for the source...
That's his method ... he uses outrageous hyperbole, and while everybody gets the vapors, the actual issue really does get some attention.
I don't care if it's a clown crying "fire" if there really is a fire ...
If so, then rather than universally complaining about how demanding and shitty the jobs are, people who have worked there would probably just keep relatively quiet about their cushy jobs, like the workers at "defense" contractors.
They complain "universally"? Every man jack of them?
Or do we just hear the ones who complain?
What if the working conditions really are ok?
I know that's crazy talk, but ... could happen?
So cannabis smoke is, then, a carcinogen. Got it, thanks.
No no, there's something magical about it that makes it not possess the properties of smoke, doncha know??
The good news is that they did not get credit card numbers, social security numbers, or passwords, according to the company
Way to spin a disaster... oh yeah, we got hacked... but they didn't get your Credit Card Number... BUT GOOD NEWS EVERYONE they just everything they need to know to sign you up for fake Credit Cards and otherwise fake your identity.
Not to defend them, but is there anyone on earth who doesn't know your name and address? Even junk mailers do.
"some" customer data including names, email addresses, account numbers, and other billing information.
Maybe I'm just jaded, but judging by the catalogs I got in the mail, shoe companies (for example) that I'd never shopped at had at least this much information about me. In the nineties.
(OK, in all seriousness, yeah, possible social engineering attacks and all that. Though I must point out, even I don't know my account number ... )
A sort of hipster convergence!
If your people are worth poaching, you've got good people.
or practicing vs non-practicing Muslims.
Yeah, good luck with that. Theoretically being against alcohol as you chug one down in the strip club (see the 9/11 guys) is not the same as actually abstaining.
Here's hoping -- she's a national treasure and deserves a good, cushy job after being railroaded for doing her civic duty and reporting election fraud to the media.
No, you don't get to misuse classified information just to score political points.
(Well, unless you are already a major Democrat politician.)
Frameworks, languages should always provide a clear migration path and never jump major versions. Python, Zope, PHP, and many more learned that lesson in a hard way.
PHP has been deprecating things and giving warnings for years.
Sure, let me just go back to the hundreds of small businesses we've built websites for over the past 10 years and tell them their sites need to be "simply rebuilt". I promise you that 95% of them will see no problem with leaving their PHP 5.6, 5.4, 5.2, etc... websites alone because "they still work fine". Why would they pay us money to rebuild them?
Maybe, but the site owners know how to use that admin interface, and getting them to that point was like pulling teeth. Now you want to train them on a brand new interface? Good luck.
I'm not saying this guy doesn't have some points, just that he doesn't seem to live in the real world.
We have some clients like that. What can you do? We just explain the risks, and if they want to take them, that's their look out. Some of them are even willing to spring for something like Sucuri firewall as a stopgap rather than upgrade anything.
Eventually the hosting company itself will force a PHP upgrade (and their site may or may not stop working, but it will be unplanned). Or they will get hacked first. Either way, it's on with the game face, try not to say "I told you so" (unless they try to blame it on us), and start quoting the restoration/rebuilds ...
We've been upgrading sites to PHP 7+ for awhile now.
Haven't been too many issues, as long as the CMS is reasonably up to date. When issues do arise, it's usually some old theme/template with too much functionality stuffed into it, or some obscure CMS plugin/addon.
The only constant is change itself, and all that ... hasn't been a huge deal.
Why would you want someone who you don't know the least thing about spy on your kids? Because he shares his findings with you?
Do you also hire some seedy looking hobo as a babysitter?
I don't. I just don't let my kids have smartphones.
You approve ... right?
Or is your real issue with parents doing anything protective in this regard?
In the event of intrusion attempt:
1. Alert the media
2. ???
3. Profit!
So they hit the media claiming an attack because of an internal phishing test??
I mean, kudos for finally watching for this stuff now, but ...
Makes sense.
"I'm sorry, we only hire people who have proven their maturity by spending their parent's retirement for four years while burning couches on the weekends after drinking binges."
Yeah, that's the problem; not that dangerous populations are being imported into Germany, but that people are allowed to talk about it.
Sometimes the truth, presented selectively, can be deceptive. I was reading an article on a right-leaning news site just this morning about a recent murder committed by an illegal immigrant in the US. If the murderer had been a citizen, I really doubt the site would have seen it as newsworthy. By just reporting every crime committed by an illegal they can create the impression that all illegal immigrants are murderous, rapist, thieving scum - regardless of how true that may or may not be, and without ever having to tell a single lie.
If the murderer had been a citizen, I really doubt the site would have seen it as newsworthy.
Well, you are wrong. Her disappearance was very widely reported before it was known that she had been killed and that an illegal immigrant had done it
If anything, the opposite will happen now; she will disappear down the memory hole as the "proper" people won't want to talk about how she'd still be alive if we hadn't allowed this person to wander into our country and stay here.
... this is how a narrative is constructed.
Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has elevated concern over the security of the country's voting systems.
Russians did not "hack" voting machines; they did not "hack" the election, no matter how convenient a narrative that would be for those who lost.
But there's a smooth attempt here to conflate concerns about small Russian linked ad buys on Facebook with notions of voting machines being "hacked".
(obDisclaimer: I like paper ballots, etc. I'm referring to the narrative here, not the concept of paper voting itself. Again, the attempt is to slip a false narrative in there - "we didn't really lose; it was stolen!" - with a packet of sensible ideas that sensible people won't disagree with.)
Since facebook is so neutral and trustworthy itself, we'll just have it rate everybody (well, everybody that they allow to remain there at all).
What could possibly go wrong?