lordlimecat

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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Both are attacks on availability in an IT context which is what makes it illegal. The goal is to cost the company money by reducing their ability to use recruiting systems, which is rather analogous to taking down a website in the eyes of t
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
The intent to access systems in an unauthorized way in order to disrupt those systems-- the clear intent of this script-- would fall afoul of the rather broad CFAA.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
There is a difference between picketing-- which is refusing to work-- and actually sabotaging company systems. The DDOS would fall under (among, I'm sure, other laws) the CFAA and could be a felony if someone wanted to pursue it.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Said money will be recouped when they sue the people flooding them under the CFAA and seek damages.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
My understanding is that there is poor evidence that any of the vaccines cause a statistically significant increase in blood clots over any other vaccine-- that the act of getting an immunization can (very rarely) trigger a blood clot regar
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
In the case of the mRNA vaccines (e.g. Pfizer) it is the spike protein targeted, and that has a hard time effectively mutating because most changes to it make it less infectious. Other aspects of the virus may change but the spike so far ha
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
This is not my area but isn't the point of the mRNA vaccines that that virus' DNA is never introduced into your body? You only end up with a narrow transcribed slice of that DNA targeting a specific protein. I've also never h
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
By the time you're experiencing symptoms, the infection has been present for some time. Most of the symptoms you experience are from the immune response mounted, but do not represent the time your immune system was exposed to the virus
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
It does work if you rely on actual relevant data. Disparity is a terrible measure, especially when you consolidate the entire world into one pot. China has higher taxes than the US, and far worse inequality as well as far lower median incom
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
The theory of trickle down does not suggest or imply that inequality will decrease. It suggests that allowing the entrepreneurs (eventual billionaires) to succeed will result in an overall increase in wealth throughout society. Using an ine
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
If you are saying that a Windows application cannot tell if virtualization is in use, you are incorrect. It can both tell whether you are in a virtualized instance (e.g. if you have Hyper-V on) and if you are running a hypervisor. In the fo
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
If I am understanding correctly, it is an Xbox issue because game systems do not like virtualization / emulation / containerization functionality because of its potential for enabling cheats. Many test proctoring systems are the s
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
So now the kids need a PC to game, and the parent needs a second PC to game, and I'm wondering how this is more reasonable than a single dedicated appliance that costs less than half of the two PC setup.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
>I’d say your kids pc doesn’t need docker on it. I have nephews who are tinkering with Java and python, and I assume will be hitting docker at some point. You're being incredibly nitpicky over a reasonable example of why PC is not a
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
The utility of crypto comes from two factors: its decentralization, and its pseudonymity. The decentralization is only useful in a world where the central authority (e.g. banking system, governments) are not trustworthy, and this excludes l
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
The fact that USB-C is a bloated and complex standard does not imply that other solutions are better. Magsafe is only nice to the extent that all Apple laptops used it, so if you were in the apple world and never lost your $50 charger it wa
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
I'm going to hazard that much of the punchline is due to terrible QC / fraud problems on the shipper's website. It would not be a former bookseller named for a South American river, would it?
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
USB-C PD cables will work for your new laptop same as the old laptop. I can bring a single power brick (with 3 USB outputs) and charge a macbook and a windows laptop and my phone-- all at once. Will it support higher wattages? Maybe not: th
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Were in a room with 150 engineers, techies, and problem solvers who have been asked whether a cutting implement is overly complex or dangerous. 100 of them have provided an opinion and 99 of the opinions are that it is. Everyone in the room
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
For a moment there it sounded like you were equating his inflammatory research with the feces left by his office and the vandalism of sound equipment during his sessions. Many of the responses he has gotten would be criminal outside the ins
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Protonmail cannot, cannot protect you on their own from all privacy concerns, nor can they educate you in a frontpage splash. Proper Opsec for dissidents requires multiple layers and technologies and simply cannot rely on a single vendor.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
I fail to see why it is their duty, or in their interest, to explain the nuances of Swiss court orders and extent of their powers in their marketing material. If its something you care about, you should not be making your choices on the bas
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
>Seems reasonable to understand "no tracking or logging" to mean that in the event of a government demand to produce records, they could honestly reply that no records exist. No one with the least understanding of the internet
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
The individual in question sent in 15 Pepsi points and a check for $700k. The Pepsi points were irrelevant here. If he had spent a ton of money to make equivalent Pepsi points then maybe there would be a case here.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
It's not generally government subsidy, its "corporate ethics" which is to say PR and investor relations. It "looks good" and attracts business, especially government.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
As I've thought about this, the conservative in me has reared its head and asked, "Why is this a federal issue?" And the more I think about it, the less of an answer I have. This primarily affects farming states, which are in
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
I have worked at companies where their referral bonus schedule rewards white males at one-quarter the rate of female Asians. But the application of course states that race and gender are not considered....hmmm.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
>you can have stickers that decay over time and void your warranty They claim it voids your warranty. It does not. This is an important distinction. Ask them for the warranty repair, if they refuse send a demand letter. If they blow you
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Is the sticker actually a violation of Magnusson-Moss? They cannot enforce what the sticker says, but lying is not necessarily illegal.
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by lordlimecat 5y ago
Ironically given the anti-GOP slant of the story, that amendment was introduced by.... Harry Reid. Which, of course, NPR conveniently neglected to mention, instead crediting a GOP house member for "shepherding it" (its approval wa

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