If you read TFA you will see that "why we can't have nice things for cheap" refers to the tactic employed by large companies of threatening legal action against small competitors that those competitors can't afford to defend against, even if they are likely to win. It's a tactic that Acushnet has used before.
The problem I've encountered with transferring money isn't the number of local banks. It's easy enough to ask for someone's routing number and account number, because that's on every check in their checkbook.
The problem I've seen is that it's mind-bendingly hard to do a one-time transfer to an individual. Banking sites just show you your balance and history, and let you move money between your personal accounts. To transfer money you have to use a separate "bill-pay" site which isn't geared towards one-off individual transfers.
Maybe your bank does this better. None of the ones I've encountered do.
My stab at an answer, based on reading Seth's blog for over a year:
Embrace your tribe (made up of people who love your product) and encourage its members to help it grow. A strong tribe will bring many repeat customers as well as new customers.
Focus on producing a quality product over providing "value for money". The former will engage your tribe, while the latter will just put you on track for a race to the bottom.
Employ people who are as excited about your product as you are. This goes double for employees who interact with your customers.
Set aside time to work on big ideas. Ideas that other people dismiss as "that will never work". Then implement them and enjoy their success or learn from their failure.
Do not let your critics define what you do, including your inner critic. Listen to them, but be wary of their advice.
His answer will probably also include "read my blog or one of my books you can download for free and share with your friends".
"That guy likes books. Let's show him ads for books." "That guy went to a book store. I bet it's because we showed him ads for books, and not just because he likes books."
This bug has nothing to do with the language it's written in. It's a simple matter of failing to properly escape special characters when switching contexts (filename -> executable command). You can mess that up in any language.
to click on an attacker-supplied HTTPS link that looked much like this one that led to the authentic SmartThings login page.
Emphasis mine. Also you can see from the link that that is indeed what it does. Yes it's a phishing attack, but not one that uses a look-alike login page.
No. One of the flaws is that users who click a link that takes them to THE SMARTTHINGS LOG-IN SCREEN, where they then provide their credentials, which then sends their credentials to some OTHER web site, are then vulnerable to OTHER people using their credentials. The news is that Samsung's API happily sends log-in results to any arbitrary third party. That's bad, although "the OAuth mechanism has recently been fixed."
By posting this here as "news" we can all feel smug and laugh at them and learn from their mistake.
Same here. I allow Chrome to show notifications from Gmail, and those pop up whenever I get new mail. I still have no idea what the "Notification Center" is.
"stolen or guessed iCloud login credentials to gain access to photos [and] restored iCloud backups [giving them] photos from MMS messages [even those] erased from user phones"
This threw me off too, because "65 million cycles per minute of spectrum" hurts my brain.
However, "spectrum" is defined as "frequency range", similarly to how you can talk about "temperature range". If today's high temperature is 70F (20C) degrees and the low temperature is 50F (10C) degrees, then today's temperature-range is 20F degrees or 10C degrees. To define the range you need to include the unit in which the end points of the range are measured.
I still want to call the temperature range "20 F-temperature-points" and the spectrum "65 Mhz-frequency-points", but maybe that's because I skipped lunch. I shouldn't skip lunch.
I have to post this comment because otherwise Slashdot mods might think I clicked in to actually read said drivel. I did not. I only read Bennett posts for the funny comments.
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If you read TFA you will see that "why we can't have nice things for cheap" refers to the tactic employed by large companies of threatening legal action against small competitors that those competitors can't afford to defend against, even if they are likely to win. It's a tactic that Acushnet has used before.
Google found a draft (pdf) for the "Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2017". So tell your representative to keep an eye out for that one.
The problem I've encountered with transferring money isn't the number of local banks. It's easy enough to ask for someone's routing number and account number, because that's on every check in their checkbook.
The problem I've seen is that it's mind-bendingly hard to do a one-time transfer to an individual. Banking sites just show you your balance and history, and let you move money between your personal accounts. To transfer money you have to use a separate "bill-pay" site which isn't geared towards one-off individual transfers.
Maybe your bank does this better. None of the ones I've encountered do.
My stab at an answer, based on reading Seth's blog for over a year:
His answer will probably also include "read my blog or one of my books you can download for free and share with your friends".
Basic prioritization:
1. Fire hydrants
2. Kitchen faucets
3. Other faucets
4. Toilets
5. Outdoor spigots
Except, that's not how it works, and the world still keeps spinning. All you need is a set of big enough pipes.
(something, something, California)
The most important part is buried at the bottom of TFA:
Red Dwarf XI starts on 22 September at 9pm on Dave. It's available to preview on UKTV Play now.
That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage!
"That guy likes books. Let's show him ads for books."
"That guy went to a book store. I bet it's because we showed him ads for books, and not just because he likes books."
This bug has nothing to do with the language it's written in. It's a simple matter of failing to properly escape special characters when switching contexts (filename -> executable command). You can mess that up in any language.
From the article:
to click on an attacker-supplied HTTPS link that looked much like this one that led to the authentic SmartThings login page.
Emphasis mine. Also you can see from the link that that is indeed what it does. Yes it's a phishing attack, but not one that uses a look-alike login page.
No. One of the flaws is that users who click a link that takes them to THE SMARTTHINGS LOG-IN SCREEN, where they then provide their credentials, which then sends their credentials to some OTHER web site, are then vulnerable to OTHER people using their credentials. The news is that Samsung's API happily sends log-in results to any arbitrary third party. That's bad, although "the OAuth mechanism has recently been fixed."
By posting this here as "news" we can all feel smug and laugh at them and learn from their mistake.
Quite true. While "if" is an awful, tinny word, "guard" is nice and woody. You can't beat wood.
Damnit, I clicked the article. Now Slashdot editors will think we enjoy Bennett's posts because they get a lot of clicks.
I'm sorry, but I have to do something to offset this:
Bennett Haselton posts suck.
I hope that's enough.
This thread is worthless without screenshots that include some HR Giger walpaper.
You see where it says "vice.com" in the header? You're supposed to click there.
Yeah, I don't want to either.
ROFL > LMFAO because ROFLCOPTER
Same here. I allow Chrome to show notifications from Gmail, and those pop up whenever I get new mail. I still have no idea what the "Notification Center" is.
"stolen or guessed iCloud login credentials to gain access to photos [and] restored iCloud backups [giving them] photos from MMS messages [even those] erased from user phones"
Straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox...
Ads? What ads? Am I the only one who messes with settings?
Options->Preferences->Advanced
offers.left_rail_offer_enabled=false
offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled=false
I'm sure you should change these settings at your own risk. But it was worth the risk to me.
URL filtering engine to block most ad banners
That's cool.
You can open up to 10 tabs.
That's not.
This threw me off too, because "65 million cycles per minute of spectrum" hurts my brain.
However, "spectrum" is defined as "frequency range", similarly to how you can talk about "temperature range". If today's high temperature is 70F (20C) degrees and the low temperature is 50F (10C) degrees, then today's temperature-range is 20F degrees or 10C degrees. To define the range you need to include the unit in which the end points of the range are measured.
I still want to call the temperature range "20 F-temperature-points" and the spectrum "65 Mhz-frequency-points", but maybe that's because I skipped lunch. I shouldn't skip lunch.
The only good think about this Bennett Haselton post is that it gives us a break from the HughPickens.com posts.
This place is going down the shitter quick-like.
I hate Bennett. His posts are drivel.
I have to post this comment because otherwise Slashdot mods might think I clicked in to actually read said drivel. I did not. I only read Bennett posts for the funny comments.
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