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Dan_JiuJitsu | 4 years ago | on: US Supreme Court Restricts Scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act [pdf]

Just so I understand here; he's still on the hook for taking the bribe and running the license plate, he's just been cleared of unauthorized access because he was granted access to the system. Right? Seems to me the prosecutor messed up when charging him under CFAA, which as we can see here is a complex and nuanced section of law, instead of something straightforward, if less sexy like public corruption/bribery.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 5 years ago | on: A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company

Seems 5% attrition is a very small price to pay to weed out the bad apples.

Looking at this through another prism, fully 95% of the company decided that being apolitical at work is reasonable.

What happened to the rule against politics and religion in polite society?

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now

I think a lot of this is due to people in the neighborhoods not wanting the neighborhoods to change. It's this way in the USA precisely because of citizen control. Single family home neighborhoods are some of the nicest places to live in America. Why shouldn't the people who have invested in the community get to decide how the neighborhood evolves?

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17, 2019

The NYT is a business supported by employing authors to write articles and sell advertisements to people who want to read those articles. To claim that NYT as a business has nothing at all to do with it's product, that it payed to create, curate and publish is clearly nonsense.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event

I will never purchase another game from Activision or Blizzard unless they recant this backwards position. American art and media should not be subject to Chinese influence.

I've been a loyal customer over the years, but I have a long memory. Refuse to delete my account if you will, it will never be used again.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: The Modern Man Is Getting Stoicism All Wrong

This! ^^^ The author paints an overbroad cartoon picture of a complex philosophy in order to fabricate a tale of 'toxic masculinity'.

Self control is not the act of not displaying or feeling one's emotions or drives. Rather it's the act of moderating one's behavior in response to those drives and emotions.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: Let's build houses for people, not cars

Sure that's you. One anecdotal example. As a data driven counter example, take the number of card on the road in Los Angeles at a given time. I live in LA, and there is a zero percent chance I expose my child to typhus on the train.

You are a very distinct minority.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: Let's build houses for people, not cars

It's not a right to live in the most desirable area of the country. If you can't afford to live somewhere you desire, your options are: A: Suck it up. B: Increase the amount of money you take in in order to afford the luxury you desire.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 6 years ago | on: Let's build houses for people, not cars

This article is bullshit, written and funded by real estate developers who want to build high density housing without concerning themselves with where the people who live in that housing are going to park the cars they own. This appears to rely on the fallacy that people are going to give up their cars to take non-existent public transportation to bring their kids to school or get groceries. The public transit that does exist is rife with drug addicted, mentally ill homeless people. No fucking thanks!

Dan_JiuJitsu | 8 years ago | on: Some terrible personal news

Your beautiful remembrance of your cherished love is both touching and poignant. Thank you for sharing this life lesson. I hope the act of writing down and expressing your feelings can bring you some comfort.

Dan_JiuJitsu | 9 years ago | on: Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp backdoor story

So, basically, your argument is that 'People can not be trusted with information that may be nuanced, so instead news outlets should limit themselves to headlines that minimize risk.' Comparing the use of an app to a lifesaving medicine is, in my view, a gross mis-characterization. The article suggested a more secure alternative that we all agree is more secure. What's the issue?

Dan_JiuJitsu | 9 years ago | on: Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp backdoor story

I stand by my assertion that the vulnerability exists exactly as described. You have said nothing that disputes that. If I understand you correctly, you take issue specifically with the characterization of the vulnerability as a 'backdoor', which suggests intent. I don't know the dev's intent, so I'm unable to speak to the validity of that characterization in that context. That said, the Guardian corrected the story in this regard, and the text now reads 'vulnerability', which I think we all can agree on.

WhatsApp is not a secure communications platform. Claiming otherwise is disingenuous.

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