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sglerman95814 ,
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@rbreich
Seriously, I would rather vote for President Biden's dog, Major than former President Trump.

dlek ,
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@rbreich How about Harris and Biden switch places. He’s still in the picture, she projects strength and confidence—it’s a modern power move for both and everybody wins.

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“Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

Patelco Credit Union in Calif. shut down numerous banking services after attack.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/everythings-frozen-ransomware-locks-credit-union-users-out-of-bank-accounts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

lorgonumputz ,
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@arstechnica What is amazing to me is that the software responsible - the system by which the phishing email gave the bad guys control - is never mentioned.

Systems that are this vulnerable should be banned from these kinds of businesses. e.g. "All banks have 6 months to remove vendor X from all banking systems."

Furthermore, were all of their backups also encrypted? Is so - how? How do you fail this badly at system security?

I have multiple layers of security on my systems. Backups can be added - so, a compromised system could upload an encrypted (not by me) backup.

But it cannot remove previous backups which would mot be ransomewared*. None of the systems doing backups have that kind of access.

This is almost trivial to set up. How are these companies failing so badly at this???

  • Is "ransomewared" a word? Well it is now.
aggiepm ,
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@arstechnica sigh, this is my bank and it SUCKS!

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RVLara23 ,
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@georgetakei she's right. That's so gross. Such a ridiculous broadcasting decision to put them in that position.

This is probably one of the worst case scenarios but they're all kinds of innocent sports fans falling victim to the cameras anymore for a variety of reasons and being turned into memes and whatnot.

TLDR - show fans more respect ESPECIALLY women fans when you damn well know what's going to happen on interpretation.

raiaren ,
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@georgetakei Agreed.

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bodhipaksa ,
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@georgetakei I cannot imagine any mainstream publication bringing out an article arguing that a 34-year-old man is a bad role model because he is not married and does not have children.

What f*cking century are we living in?

Whiskerkenbrook ,
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@georgetakei sadly, outrage is merely a traffic amplifier.

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Life... finds a way.

Kazunodan ,
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@georgetakei
Well, I'm currently eating dinosaur shaped soup from "La moderna" and I've been eating them since my childhood <3

coyoty ,
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@georgetakei I see lots of stegasaur pasta online, but no raptor pasta.

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384,000 sites link to code library caught performing supply-chain attack

Many website admins, it seems, have yet to get memo to remove Polyfill[.]io links.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/384000-sites-link-to-code-library-caught-performing-supply-chain-attack/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

nicolaottomano ,
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Wait once it happens to jQuery or FontAwesome...

asmaloney ,
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@arstechnica It's not really a "supply chain" - it's a dependency. "supply chain" implies some kind of financial arrangement that simply doesn't exist when using a random person's git repo.

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The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world

A new generation of engineers has realized they can push heat pumps to the limit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/the-hunt-for-the-most-efficient-heat-pump-in-the-world/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

artfulrobot ,
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@arstechnica coefficient of performance above 5! Incredible.

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Juice8767 ,
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@georgetakei That’s a bummer that he feels that way. That laugh is contagious, it rules.

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In "How Men Like Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, And Brock Turner Are Made," writer Amelia Mavis Christnot explores the roots of toxic masculinity and privilege. From Ivy League halls to positions of power, see how entitlement shapes behavior and fuels impunity. A powerful read—dive in now by visiting The Big Picture. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/culture-made-trump-kavanaugh-turner

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@georgetakei Very well written article. What always amazes me isn't so much the toxic people who grew up surrounded by privilege and yes-people becoming so terrible as the way society, as a whole, bends over backwards to enable them to do so even outside of applicable context. For example, when they were "investigating" Kavanaugh and intentionally chose not to interview witnesses and to ask almost no questions, that was no ivy league school -- he was being appointed as a Supreme Court justice.

JoeTheDumber ,

@georgetakei I’m looking for combat veterans who want to address the loss of the democracy we fought for. To have a few privileged misfits ending this 250 yr democracy is not sitting well with me. We need to take it to them up close.

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Soda additive “no longer considered safe,” gets long-awaited FDA ban

Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is used in citrus sodas but has largely been phased out.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/soda-additive-no-longer-considered-safe-gets-long-awaited-fda-ban/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starcade ,
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@arstechnica

It's funny how manufacturers were quiet about phasing it out in the US. Apparently the EU banned it long before we did.

Yes, it WAS in Mountain Dew.

Also, it's interesting that there's articles on the internet that resurface every few months saying it's still in drinks, even after it was removed-- probably because, it was never mentioned as being removed.

phaysis ,
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@arstechnica Brominated vegetable oil was in OK Cola, so, eh.

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atanae ,
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@rbreich Since I can’t read the rest: YES. Yes there should be an open convention.

The Democrats pearl-clutching over something that happened over 50 years ago is killing the Party. The superdelegate system is an abomination, stacked with corporate lobbyists. This is why the Party can’t gain traction - it has shut out the voice of their constituents.

Anointing pre-selected candidates through the farce of the primaries is what got us Trump, and got us here.

The DNC has got to get over 1968.

SouthFresh ,
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@rbreich convincing everyone their votes don't matter and that justice has a price tag?

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In his presidential immunity opinion, Chief Justice Roberts accused Justice Sotomayor and the two other Democratic-appointed justices who joined her in dissent, of “fearmongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals.”

He's wrong. Let me explain. https://t.co/q7LEVH6z0m

murraymitchell ,
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@rbreich what if Biden , in jest, orders seal team 6 to assasinate his rivals for the November vote? What will the SCOTUS do then?

DreamingBard2024 ,
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@rbreich

It isn't extreme to think that someone might abuse the power to break the law with impunity in a nation where, just a few short years ago, one of the candidates for the highest office in the land incited, willfully, an armed assault on democracy and other officers of their government in direct violation of the oath they took when they assumed the mantle of the presidency.

In fact, it would be incredibly naive to believe anything else. Chief Justice Roberts doesn't even believe what he is saying; he's only mouthing nonsense to try to distract the people of America from what a card-carrying Batman villain he is.

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AlexKourvo ,
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@georgetakei Big Gretch keeps it real.

blueQuaternary ,
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@georgetakei every single interview, op ed and most social media posts need to repeat this simple truth

Trump is a criminal
Voting for a criminal is voting for crime

And maybe add…
The recent SC ruling basically makes the president a king, unaccountable to the people for his crimes.

kde , (edited ) to KDE
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Learn how to reduce the power usage and make your apps more accessible in 8 minutes flat.

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-07-02_selenium-guides/

@kde

MatthiasMailaender , (edited )
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@kde @kde Have you measured Akonadi based applications? I just had to uninstall Kontact because the memory consumption brought down my computer. It was also constantly writing to disk and requiring 10% CPU, probably indexing related?

anzo ,

Yeah, disable file indexing or wait until it finishes.

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The SCOTUS immunity decision drove deep despair and concern that Trump’s indictments and even the verdict against him are now in jeopardy. While the path is tougher, the way forward remains clear and viable. I explain in today’s piece, link in the replies.

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