SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Newly declassified documents reveal previously secret CIA bulk collection
100% this
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SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: A Transistor for Sound Points Toward Whole New Electronics
very interesting and innovative. great work.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: The harrowing journey to Elephant Island by Ernest Shackleton and Endurance crew
"Shackleton's Boat Journey" by F. A. Worsley is a first hand account of the journey, written by the Captain of the Endurance.
No fluff in this book, it gets directly to the action. Worsley has a very direct writing style which is easy to read.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
>There comes a point where the money just isn't a motivating factor anymore
clearly you've never been poor.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Leaving academia
amen. thank you. unfortunately similar challenges exist in industry enterprise environments. small companies can be immune from it.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Leaving academia
>the sheer incompetence of HR
please expound. i am in a similar predicament and feel like a lone voice in the wild when trying to express this to my peers. i can't tell if they don't see what i do or if they are on board with it.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Secret Military Telephone Buttons
he shipped the manuals to russia through a third party to obscure his identity because he knew it was illegal.
the reaction to the crime may have lacked proportionality but there are more details to the story.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Alibaba researchers went rogue and disclosed Log4j now CCP is making Alibaba pay
I wonder if this was due to engineers releasing it on their own or if management had their back.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive (2019)
Yes, and validation as well.
If backups are not tested by actually retrieving data on a regular basis, you might get a nasty surprise.
The Legato NetWorker bug which resulted in 64 bit XFS inodes not getting backed up bit Pixar very hard back in the day (LGTpa40680).
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: 3Y0J: The Bouvet Island Amateur Radio DXpedition
wow that looks like a lot of fun! nice work on the project and securing funding, congrats!
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids
i didn't dismiss or justify anything. my comment was a simple observation of fact. calm down you two.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids
sometimes powerful people in positions of authority are evil. it is heartbreaking.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Norm Macdonald's story about the first time he met Bob Dylan
due to the seemingly incomplete ending of the book of job, many people suspect the original ending was too extreme and was omitted later. how extreme and in what direction has been debated for a long time.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life
how does apple protect againat hash collisions?
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: FBI Seized $900K from Safe Deposit Box on 'Pure Conjecture,' Federal Judge Says
no, you said it was "unlikely"
all this aside, how about some sympathy for innocents caught up in this unconstitutional dragnet? does the 4th amendment even exist anymore once the feds get involved?
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: FBI Seized $900K from Safe Deposit Box on 'Pure Conjecture,' Federal Judge Says
yes, until you run into a judge & prosecutor who are golf buddies.
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: FBI Seized $900K from Safe Deposit Box on 'Pure Conjecture,' Federal Judge Says
and how's that working out for these unfortunate folks?
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: FBI Seized $900K from Safe Deposit Box on 'Pure Conjecture,' Federal Judge Says
>I’m not scared of corrupt dumb people regardless if they have a federal badge.
i envy you
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: Jeffrey Epstein Got Away with It
lol
SOMA_BOFH | 4 years ago | on: PG&E will bury 10k miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
it may be hard work but it's necessary.
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