8 smoke alarms, 1 smart thermostat, 4 smart locks, 48 smart lightbulbs and someone needs to go flip a switch on each of them every time a firmware update is needed? No thanks.
I would be glad to flip a switch on each of them every time a firmware update is needed if it kept them from being hacked.
What's more important, a few minutes of your time once in a while or some fairly bulletproof security?
Given that you arbitarily declared "SJW" as something people labelled themselves
Don't be such an idiot...there are *lots* of people who proudly declare that they're "social justice warriors", in case you haven't been paying attention. Which you obviously haven't.
You probably think it's OK when cops cover their faces and remove their badges and IDs.
Once they do that, as far as I'm concerned they're no longer cops, they're gang members who just dress alike and will be responded to as such.
And if a gang of men tried to kidnap, interfere with, or assault me or my wife, I know what would happen next.
If a police officer removes their identification, what they're telling me is that they're no longer a police officer, they're just some guy or gal playing dress up, no matter how authentic and detailed their uniform appears to be.
For a couple of hundred bucks you can assemble a uniform identical to any police force in any city. If you cover your badge and ID, I'm going to assume you're a police impersonator and treat you as such.
In the late 1980s, we heard rumors that we could read newspapers from ORBIT.
And it was bullshit. I was pretty sure it was bullshit at the time, but eventually it was indeed confirmed as bullshit.
It's very, VERY unlikely that this degree of resolution will ever be possible, mostly because of the effects of atmospheric distortion. There are real-world limits.
Ah I see that in your world, listening to what someone has to say and forming a judgement about that is entirely the same as hurling arbitrary insults around (like SJW) and then forming an opinion based on the fact you've just insulted someone.
Thanks, but you couldn't be more wrong if you tried. The whole reason I use the term "SJW" is because of the judgements I've made over years and years of observing many of these people, people who self-identify as "social justice warriors". Not all people that want social justice are SJWs, but some are..
So it's not a just a catchy term I throw around, it's a specific term for a specific kind of person, usually an authoritarian masquerading as someone who pretends to want equality but is willing to crush the rights of others to get what they claim to want.
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Personally, I judge people on what they say.
Really? No wonder you're so confused about all this stuff. I judge people not on what they say but on what they do.
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The correlation between "spouts off about SJW" and "raging twit" is currently awfully strong, but that's not my fault, that's just life.
Some people are hard of hearing, but you, serviscope_minor, you're hard of thinking. And your descent into name-calling and labeling people ("raging twit") just proves my point.
I really hate that phrase... it's not a defense of the person
That's right, and I'm not defending him- I'm merely pointing out that even someone you hate or disagree with can (occasionally) say things that are true. It's opposite of the defense of a person, more akin to damning with faint praise. But perhaps that nuance escapes you.
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it's just saying no one is always wrong so you can't make that claim...
No, that's not what I'm saying. Some people are always wrong. Honestly, your comprehension of this whole thing seems kinda shallow.
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trolls like this are parasites on websites like twitter, plain and simple.
What's your point? That anyone you label a "troll" should not be allowed to participate? Before you answer, keep in mind that there are probably people who would blithely label you as a troll,just because they don't agree with you (or you with them).
You sound like you already have. Go crawl in a cave instead of posting the same scare tactic shit over and over. "I can't guarantee my own security so I won't even try" that is exactly what you are saying.
Nope, if it sounds that way to you, you're mistaken. I do what I can to preserve my privacy within what I feel are reasonable boundaries.
If you read what I wrote, nowhere do I say I've "given up" or whatever. What I said (in one instance) was, "Do you really think that the NSA, FBI, or CIA couldn't read or monitor your communications if they wanted to?"
As far as privacy being "dead", yes, in most of the ways that matter it is, for all intents and purposes. It's not hard to keep stuff private from a casual observer or snoop, but the people that are snooping are government sanctioned or serious operators, then they'll read your stuff.
Encryption is like most door locks- they'll only keep the honest people and the laziest criminals out. Those that really want will get in.
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"As I've seen you post before you are a very intelligent and well informed person."
Thank you, I don't think I'm all that smart and I'm probably not all that well-informed either. But I know that the basic nature of keeping secrets hasn't changed in 10,000 years.:)
They would be best served if the incoming feed of people were AI generated and replies, tweets, and retweets never were allowed to go anywhere.
OMG I just had an idea for a great new web service.
It's called 'TwitstagramIn" and it combines the worst parts of both Twitter and Instagram, but it'll be styled poorly like Pinterest and run even slower than LinkedIn. You won't be able to do *anything* on it except view your own randomly-generated, personal user-engagement metrics.
Slashdot Mirror
I love how you come up with nonsequiteurs
And I love how you seem to be pathologically unable to admit when you're shown to be wrong.
I'm auctioning off $100 bills, starting at $110 each. Get 'em before they're gone!
One of them is a very rare misprint- it has both the back AND the front printed upside down. I'm asking $200 for that one.
75% today, but it'll be 100% in a few weeks or maybe a few months.
I'm sure the secret software was just there to make sure it met the emission testing specifications. No way it could be anything nefarious. *cough*
8 smoke alarms, 1 smart thermostat, 4 smart locks, 48 smart lightbulbs and someone needs to go flip a switch on each of them every time a firmware update is needed? No thanks.
I would be glad to flip a switch on each of them every time a firmware update is needed if it kept them from being hacked.
What's more important, a few minutes of your time once in a while or some fairly bulletproof security?
I wrote: "The max service ceiling for the SR-71 is ~85,000 feet, or ~16 miles."
You wrote: "On 28 July 1976, SR-71 serial number 61-7962, broke the world record: an "absolute altitude record" of 85,069 feet (25,929 m)"
That's what I said. 85,000 feet is about 16 miles. No SR-71 has ever flown at an altitude of 50 miles.
So...what was your point?
Given that you arbitarily declared "SJW" as something people labelled themselves
Don't be such an idiot...there are *lots* of people who proudly declare that they're "social justice warriors", in case you haven't been paying attention. Which you obviously haven't.
See for yourself: https://www.google.com/#q=i%27m+a+proud+social+justice+warrior
Well, I've been called an "SJW" numerous times
I rest my case.
"The FBI says..."
That's how modern-day fairy tales begin.
And people laughed at the camouflage netting over my yard...
I don't see any camo- oh, wait.
You probably think it's OK when cops cover their faces and remove their badges and IDs.
Once they do that, as far as I'm concerned they're no longer cops, they're gang members who just dress alike and will be responded to as such.
And if a gang of men tried to kidnap, interfere with, or assault me or my wife, I know what would happen next.
If a police officer removes their identification, what they're telling me is that they're no longer a police officer, they're just some guy or gal playing dress up, no matter how authentic and detailed their uniform appears to be.
For a couple of hundred bucks you can assemble a uniform identical to any police force in any city. If you cover your badge and ID, I'm going to assume you're a police impersonator and treat you as such.
This. The SR-71A cameras were so powerful you could see the divots on a golf ball from 50 miles up.
Bullshit.
The max service ceiling for the SR-71 is ~85,000 feet, or ~16 miles. No SR-71 has ever flown at an altitude of 50 miles.
In the late 1980s, we heard rumors that we could read newspapers from ORBIT.
And it was bullshit. I was pretty sure it was bullshit at the time, but eventually it was indeed confirmed as bullshit.
It's very, VERY unlikely that this degree of resolution will ever be possible, mostly because of the effects of atmospheric distortion. There are real-world limits.
Oh, so they released footage taken from the supposedly non-existent planes?
The planes that they denied existed until they were forced to admit that they were in fact real and conducting surveillance of American cities?
You mean those planes?
Okay, I can see running Windows under Linux, but why run Linux under Windows? It seems like that's the worst of both worlds.
Why can't these vendors and a $1 switch
Because it would cost a dollar, a whole fucking dollar, that's why.
(Actually a switch to enable/disable firmware updates would only cost a few cents, but even that's too much to spend on security.)
Oh, Internet-of-Endlessly-Exploitable-Things, ah love yew! (heart emoji x 1000)
Every day a new exploit, it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet of terrible shit, served fresh and piping hot.
Don't go with Mint: https://lwn.net/Articles/67666...
Interesting read.
I don't know if it's enough to get me to abandon Mint, but I'd definitely be interested to know what distro(s) you'd suggest as an alternative?
Ah I see that in your world, listening to what someone has to say and forming a judgement about that is entirely the same as hurling arbitrary insults around (like SJW) and then forming an opinion based on the fact you've just insulted someone.
Thanks, but you couldn't be more wrong if you tried. The whole reason I use the term "SJW" is because of the judgements I've made over years and years of observing many of these people, people who self-identify as "social justice warriors". Not all people that want social justice are SJWs, but some are..
So it's not a just a catchy term I throw around, it's a specific term for a specific kind of person, usually an authoritarian masquerading as someone who pretends to want equality but is willing to crush the rights of others to get what they claim to want.
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Personally, I judge people on what they say.
Really? No wonder you're so confused about all this stuff. I judge people not on what they say but on what they do.
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The correlation between "spouts off about SJW" and "raging twit" is currently awfully strong, but that's not my fault, that's just life.
Some people are hard of hearing, but you, serviscope_minor, you're hard of thinking. And your descent into name-calling and labeling people ("raging twit") just proves my point.
I really hate that phrase... it's not a defense of the person
That's right, and I'm not defending him- I'm merely pointing out that even someone you hate or disagree with can (occasionally) say things that are true. It's opposite of the defense of a person, more akin to damning with faint praise. But perhaps that nuance escapes you.
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it's just saying no one is always wrong so you can't make that claim...
No, that's not what I'm saying. Some people are always wrong. Honestly, your comprehension of this whole thing seems kinda shallow.
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trolls like this are parasites on websites like twitter, plain and simple.
What's your point? That anyone you label a "troll" should not be allowed to participate? Before you answer, keep in mind that there are probably people who would blithely label you as a troll,just because they don't agree with you (or you with them).
"The Daily Dot is warning about fake wi-fi hubs around Rio, but also networks which decrypt SSL traffic."
No shit? I thought this was a given in Rio. Or any large city.
You sound like you already have. Go crawl in a cave instead of posting the same scare tactic shit over and over. "I can't guarantee my own security so I won't even try" that is exactly what you are saying.
Nope, if it sounds that way to you, you're mistaken. I do what I can to preserve my privacy within what I feel are reasonable boundaries.
If you read what I wrote, nowhere do I say I've "given up" or whatever. What I said (in one instance) was, "Do you really think that the NSA, FBI, or CIA couldn't read or monitor your communications if they wanted to?"
As far as privacy being "dead", yes, in most of the ways that matter it is, for all intents and purposes. It's not hard to keep stuff private from a casual observer or snoop, but the people that are snooping are government sanctioned or serious operators, then they'll read your stuff.
Encryption is like most door locks- they'll only keep the honest people and the laziest criminals out. Those that really want will get in.
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"As I've seen you post before you are a very intelligent and well informed person."
Thank you, I don't think I'm all that smart and I'm probably not all that well-informed either. But I know that the basic nature of keeping secrets hasn't changed in 10,000 years. :)
And you just demonstrated that you're no different by stating "that is why many, many people think that those spouting off about SJW are idiots."
Thanks for serving as a self-referential example.
"Milo is an anti-troll."
"Milo is a sociopathic prick"
Both of those things can be true. They're not mutually exclusive.
They would be best served if the incoming feed of people were AI generated and replies, tweets, and retweets never were allowed to go anywhere.
OMG I just had an idea for a great new web service.
It's called 'TwitstagramIn" and it combines the worst parts of both Twitter and Instagram, but it'll be styled poorly like Pinterest and run even slower than LinkedIn. You won't be able to do *anything* on it except view your own randomly-generated, personal user-engagement metrics.
I'm gonna be RICH!!!