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by rando444 9y ago
Speaking in general terms, not running updates near a weekend is only so you know you have personnel on hand to fix problems. If you have the people available, then weekends are best, because it's usually a lower impact for end users.
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by rando444 9y ago
the device still has a cache... plus unlocking a device with your google account and then handing it over to a border guard is the last thing I would want to do.
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by rando444 9y ago
Why bother feigning ignorance? If you don't want them to have it, and you're willing to deal with the hassle, tell them that you won't give it to them. More people standing up and saying no is one of the few things that migh
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by rando444 9y ago
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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by rando444 9y ago
Knowing about the bug != having all of their systems patched. Also, I shouldn't have to point this out, but not everyone runs the same systems in the same fashion. Lastly not only has everyone not patched their systems yet, but patches
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Scientists Make Coldest Liquid Water Ever(gizmodo.com)
2 points by rando444 9y ago|0 comments
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by rando444 9y ago
Security I would imagine. If your videos are on youtube, if someone copies the link they can just publish it somewhere else, or make a public playlist of all your 'paid' content.
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by rando444 9y ago
Doesn't have to be related.. but do you honestly think that the employees at Intel would have kept such alarming information from reaching management for 5+ months? To reach that scenario you'd have to have engineers lying to thei
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by rando444 9y ago
It's not just about security. These bugs are going to impact customers' performance by up to 30% or more and that can't be fixed. This is a huge deal for cloud providers' revenue. The class action lawsuits are only just
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by rando444 9y ago
Very true, I think the point still stands though that the best thing to do is to point them out rather than to try and argue them.. otherwise you end up legitimizing the discussion and going off on some irrelevant tangent rather than debati
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by rando444 9y ago
Arguing logical fallacies is a waste of time and effort. They are things that never should have been said in the first place because they're only made to deflect, detract, or support a nonsensical argument. If you get caught up in tryi
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by rando444 9y ago
How is that a convincing argument? You honestly believe that Intel as a company kept all information about these serious vulnerabilities from the CEO for 5+ months? And nobody got fired for this?
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by rando444 9y ago
Consistent? Look at the link you posted. He goes from trading a few thousand shares here and there to trading almost a million in one go.
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by rando444 9y ago
Should all criminals be able get away with crimes by claiming unbelievable levels of ignorance?
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by rando444 9y ago
I was originally defending this logic.. I've since changed my mind. Two major points (1) Intel was informed in June. His stock sale was planned in October and executed in November. You'd have to believe that somehow the CEO was no
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by rando444 9y ago
The main reason is because you can't edit a blockchain. With a database there's always ways around editing the data if you own the entire system. With a blockchain it's not possible to edit the data without replacing the enti
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by rando444 9y ago
The vulnerability aside, it looks bad in general when a CEO suddenly dumps all of his stock other than the required minimum. Throw in Google disclosing the vulnerability to Intel in June, and it looks criminal.
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by rando444 9y ago
I'm particularly impressed that they added a free VPN solution to their browser. I'm not speaking to the trust or security of this specifically, but the fact that they're offering it built-in to the browser already shows an i
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by rando444 9y ago
Well currently they'd have to completely rebuild the hardware. This person gave a very good explanation here: https://np.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/7m91u9/if_go...
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by rando444 9y ago
This has been exactly my experience as well.
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by rando444 9y ago
The urban legend is that cows can't get back up on their own. Even if you tipped a cow (or 50), the cows could still just stand right back up.
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by rando444 9y ago
Why would you expect the BBC to refer to "English" as "British English"? To assuage American readers? That's a rather condescending attitude, don't you think?
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The revolution will not be proofread(theoutline.com)
2 points by rando444 9y ago|0 comments
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by rando444 9y ago
Honestly, I'd be willing to consider anything.. but I've seen nothing so far. The only evidence available right now is code reuse tying similar attacks together, and since people aren't willing to assume that the Sony attack
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by rando444 9y ago
No. There is independent analysis pointing at a group called 'Lazarus' which is believed to be linked to North Korea. So, it's either a North Korean group, or a group shielding their identities pretending to be North Korean.
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by rando444 9y ago
There's nothing wrong with a centralized blockchain. The central organization can scale the infrastructure much better than something decentralized, with the end benefit of the blockchain being that the data in it can not be changed li
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by rando444 9y ago
That's just how sleep works. Everyone's REM sleep cycles last 90-120 minutes. https://www.howsleepworks.com/types_rem.html
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by rando444 9y ago
The garbage logic is nobody is in jail == nothing was illegal. I agree that someone asserting that a plea deal equals undeniable guilt is also faulty logic, but that was not the argument presented. My only point is that it's not possib
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by rando444 9y ago
It pangs me to see this sort of garbage logic on a site like HN. This whole "it wasn't illegal" mindset is just so far removed from reality. Do people honestly think that Goldman Sachs paid 5 billion dollars in settlement mon
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by rando444 9y ago
The people doing this are abusing the system and trying to take their benefit and sell it for profit.

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