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  1. ...but it always does what I want, with no talking back.

    And that is just the thing: Once you are an actual system administrator and not just a glorified user with delusions, this is priceless.

  2. Indeed. Just wasted several hours ripping his crap out of armbian. Now things actually work in the way I want and I can customize things easily.

  3. Re:Why do they need to be REPLACED? on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then you would have to compete on merit, i.e. your new shiny greatest thing (TM) would actually have to be better to be successful. It rarely is.

  4. Oh, yes. But seeing that takes actual insight and experience. The ones pushing for these new "faster" tools usually lack both.

  5. Re:That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Being able to code things fast and have them execute slow is not a "fundamental flaw". It is a valid design choice and actual experts understand that.

  6. Re:That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem isn't new tools. It's crap tools.

    Crap tools written by morons with huge egos and rather mediocre skills. Happens time and again an the only sane answer to these people is "no". Good new tools also do not have to be pushed on anybody, they can compete on merit. As soon as there is pressure to use something new though, you can be sure it is inferior.

  7. Also really stupid. A competent attacker (and only those manage it into your network, right?) is not even slowed down by things like this.

  8. What was the reason for replacing "route" anyhow? It's worked for decades and done one thing.

    Idiots that confuse "new" with better and want to put their mark on things. Because they are so much greater than the people that got the things to work originally, right? Same as the systemd crowd. Sometimes, they realize decades later they were stupid, but only after having done a lot of damage for a long time.

  9. Just in line with their new moto "be evil" on Are Google's Cat-Loving Employees Killing Burrowing Owls? (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Now Google has the extermination of a species in on its belt. Lets see what the upgrade to next in the physical space.

  10. Ah, classic AC doing pattern matching without understanding. Yes, I just called you stupid, because you are.

  11. As Amazon is not allowed to stop selling to stupid people, why do you think they should issue refunds to stupid people? Is there some logic to your expectation?

  12. Re: Not a bug on Amazon Explains Why Alexa Recorded And Emailed A Private Conversation (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That AC is either stupid, in full-on panic mode (causing stupidity) or trying to spread propaganda (i.e. lying). While attacks by apps against careless users are easy, it is a whole different story to attack a carefully managed phone. And no, the FBI does not have that capability. Maybe the NSA has in some cases, but if so, they are very careful to protect it, which means it does not get used a lot. Also note that this is pretty easy to detect for a competent expert, as the data exfiltration will show up in various ways.

  13. Re: Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, just another aspect of why so many coders are so bad: They cannot recognize whether a tool is good or bad.

  14. Re:Not a bug on Amazon Explains Why Alexa Recorded And Emailed A Private Conversation (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stupid people that do not even begin to understand the technology they bought in bright-eyed enthusiasm. Of course, it is the technologies fault now.

    Now, I do not plan to bring such a listening device into my home, ever. But if I were to, I would at least familiarize myself with how it works...

  15. Re:Why not both? on Gamers Behind Fatal 'SWAT' Call Now Face Life In Prison (wlwt.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed.

  16. Re:Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    You think older mistakes should not be corrected?

  17. Re: Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Ada is a design-catastrophe for other reasons. That is why it is a niche-language and will remain so. It is barely usable.

  18. Re:Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The good is minuscule, the bad is massive. And that was obvious back then. We did joke "Now Java even supports malicious mobile code!" when the feature was announced and wondered how this could ever be secured. Of course, many people though it was great because they did not get it. Just as many people today.

  19. Re:Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 0

    If you really do not know how to solve this problem sanely, then you have no place in this discussion. This is a problem that has been solved long ago, far longer than Java exist. No, I am not going to tell you how.

  20. Was very obvious back then on Oracle Calls Java Serialization 'A Horrible Mistake', Plans to Dump It (infoworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But the Java fanatics just put in more and more features, regardless of whether sane languages had them or not.

  21. But probably really bad for patients. But right in line with Trump's idea of how the works should work.

  22. Of course, they threw in all their customer's data on Microsoft Wins A Big Cloud Deal With America's Intelligence Community (spokesman.com) · · Score: 1

    for free. MS would never landed something like this without that. But anybody sane already knows you cannot trust the cloud in any way anyways, so it does not make a lot of difference.

  23. Re:Resoundingly YES on AI-Enhanced Weed-Killing Robots Frighten Pesticide Industry (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I fully agree. This is a very good idea. Eventually, it may be completely poison-free, but obviously that is a future stage of development.

  24. Re:We just call them insects and birds. on AI-Enhanced Weed-Killing Robots Frighten Pesticide Industry (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You cannot control that. "Nature" is inefficient, slow and fails often. That is not compatible with industrial food production. And, lets not sugarcoat it, unless we do industrial food production, a lot of people are going to starve.

  25. Re:Why spray them? on AI-Enhanced Weed-Killing Robots Frighten Pesticide Industry (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    It is a stage of development. Pulling it out is far more difficult than spraying it. You cannot have the final solution in the first viable product.