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Re:Google Cloud Disruptions / Outage in parts of Europe on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @05:39AM (#50163526)
Revolut was down since this morning, thought it was some problem on their end but now it seems its due GCloud going down.
This is war, not a slope. Escalations happen in every conflict this is the next step. And why bring Israel into this? Especially when they glassed Palestine...
It is a civilian infrastructure target, which is being used by the military for storage, warehousing and distribution. Items such as drone parts, drone release mechanisms for payloads, fiber optic spools, body armor gear and the logistics network.

If US was using walmart to supply troops, even if its mostly used by civilians it could make it a legitimate target

Not sure Epic, who owns Unreal engine would be happy with optimizing for SteamOS and its API's after the whole debacle with Epic Store vs Steam.
Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @06:59AM (#22944266)
On the topic of vaping to quit I would add something I learned my self.

I tried to quit smoking with vaping 3 times before it worked and it was due to a multitude of reasons.

1. Cheap vaping kits. They leak, are hard to change the coils and to fill up with liquid. On my current attempt, I got a proper set (40eu) and made sure it fills up by unscrewing the top and not the whole top bit. It stops leaking, its easier to fill up and its less of a chore.

I think that was the main reason as with cheap kits, they would leak, be hard to maintenance and it was such a hassle that picking up a cigarette and lighting it up was much easier.

2. Flavours, as you mentioned finding a flavour you like and sticking to it is key. I tried many and found just the right flavour level that suits me and it was a huge break through for me.

I started on 12mg nicotine level, lowered to 6mg after 4 weeks, and 6 months later I'm on 3mg and feel so much better. My next step is to go no nicotine vape then kick it entirely.

Re:Gadgets That Refuse to Die on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @04:39AM (#22811118)
Instead of Ducky One 2, I would look into either Varmilo or Leopold. Similar design, better quality and in the case of Leopold its very understated, no RGB and game-ry branding.
Re:Pwn.college on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:31AM (#22402749)
Looks good but if I may add a suggestion is to remove the slides from google docs. Maybe let us download them locally?

1. Corp VPN's will block google docs very regularly 2. Some people refuse to use google services 3. It shouldn't take you to a different domain to read the learning material

Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:04AM (#21981208)
Musk's family owned an emerald mine in south africa
Re:Google Kills Cloud Print on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:27AM (#21606371)
Another one bites the dust
Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:20AM (#20757415)
Reading that article it actually makes sense. But to potentially spend between 78,000 and 120,000 dollars a year to manage your SaaS would require a high assessment if it's worth it. Especially when they are targeting small to medium companies, for which that money could be spend on a few junior developers, sales people, or on ACTUAL SaaS.

It's a tough sell but I can get the idea

Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @09:49AM (#20757098)
Vendr.com: A SaaS to keep track of your SaaS subscriptions.

and a 6.5k or 10k PER MONTH for someone to buy your SaaS subscriptions seems super expensive. I'm not too versed in the SaaS market but is this really something that you need a dedicated "SaaS expert" to manage for you?

Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:21AM (#20582048)
I did a 6 month internship in IBM 2 years ago and I'm glad I didn't get an offer at the end of it. The culture, the politics and the fear was too much for me.

Every week there would be some sort of a "commotion" or "going away" party as people were let go. It mostly DBA's and Unix Support guys that were clearly over 40 years old.

My manager was straight up implying "if you don't get the work done, you won't get a good reference for me and you'll be on the next list". I'm in my 20s and that was the first time someone in a professional setting threatened me in such manner.

I needed a reference after I left, but from my team the manager was let go, 3 out 5 team members were let go and the others and the remaining 2 left. The manager of the manager was forced to a sabbatical and just like that poof, my old team was gone.

I will never go back to IBM, no matter how cool and hip they make it for my generation.

Re:Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:14AM (#20295132)
Interesting.

I get a 0.7 on Chrome with no account logged in and uBlock Origin installed.

Same browser, same plugin but incognito it's 0.1.

Papa google needs my data to trust me. Makes complete sense but still interesting that you can affect your score by giving in.

Re:Google’s Rivals Gear Up to Make Antitrust Case on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:36AM (#20264574)
Oh that explains it. guess they could add it world wide
Re:Google’s Rivals Gear Up to Make Antitrust Case on Monday June 24, 2019 @10:55AM (#20264137)
Seems like Google is starting to do some work on trying to fight it.

Few days ago went on Google play store and was greeted with a modal telling me I can install other search bars and it gave a list of Google, Bing, Yahoo and DDG.

After that it tells you there are other browsers available to download and it gives a choice of Chrome, Firefox, opera and some others.

Good move but will it be enough in a high profile case? We shall see

Re:Why Let’s Encrypt is a bad idea on Monday June 24, 2019 @08:50AM (#20262980)
TL;DR of the authors argument is that you could plant someone inside Lets Encrypt to take over the KMS. No further mention of how, goes on bashing it because its free and has no "skin in the game". And all of his worries are due to the people managing certs in an organisation, not Lets Encrypt itself.

Follow by a careful pointer that you should buy certs from a CA and not trust "free" stuff. And on top of that BUY CYBER INSURANCE.

Jesus, is this the new hot thing in online marketing? Love the name drop of Digi Cert in it too. Gonna go buy some certs of them /s

Re:You probably don’t need ReCAPTCHA on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:53AM (#20163103)
My mistake,

looked into it again and it seems Chrome enabled it again in Chrome 68: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25823448/ng-form-and-aut...

Firefox had it disabled too but enabled it back again: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Securi...

And IE is just a cluster f.

My point being, Autocomplete off is not a valid solution as it can break at an updates notice, and the code hacks, while may work, are a pain to deal with

Re:You probably don’t need ReCAPTCHA on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:25AM (#20162743)
'Autocomplete' doesn't work for Firefox (since version 38), Google Chrome (since 34), and Internet Explorer (since version 11

Huge pain

Re:Army Camouflage That Failed to Hide Its Soldiers on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:42AM (#19796889)
If you are on android 9 you can set a Private DNS that will stop loading of most ads on the whole system.

the one I use is dns.adguard.com

During my time in IBM I was walking by the "main" Watson server everyday into work. I was always impressed at the package, and what ever they said it could do.

Finally got my hands on it and was incredibly disappointed. Lacking features, archaic interface, and not delivering on what it was promised. Talked to some guys working for the Watson team and they told me that half of the AI stuff is just them doing it manually under the guise of "integration and configuration".

I did have fun "talking" to Watson whenever I was bored at work, trying to make him swear

I remember my parents telling me that when the explosion happened, the schools forced all kids to either A). swallow an iodine capsule (if under 8 years old) or B). To drink a tablespoon of iodine.

This was in Poland so close enough to be affected by the fallout.

Re:Pwning eBay – How I Dumped eBay Japan's Website Source Code on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:26AM (#18559045)
>No cash reward

Well that just sucks. It was clearly in scope and should have been rewarded. Clear example of information leakage.

Re:Dutch DPA: Uber fined for data breach on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @07:02AM (#18541589)
Can a mod alter the title? Nothing to do with GDPR. OP is a bit confused it seems.

This was an independent action by the Dutch Data protection authority.

Re:Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:37AM (#18503433)
I have a motherboard from 2016 that has USB 3.0 ports and get this, PS/2 ports. It's nice having choice. I use the PS/2 port for my keyboard, leaving 1 extra USB slot free.

In my phone I have Bluetooth and a headphone jack. I love the choice there too.

Point being, it doesn't have to be one or the other. You can have both. And 3.5 headphone jack is not even comparable to PS/2

Re:Google may shut down its news service in Europe on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:49AM (#18501662)
Some random site says that another site reported and doesn't link it to the original article?

Is this them getting ready for the link tax? So now we will see these "news" sites that regurgitate other peoples news omit links to the original articles as to not pay this "tax"?

Will this actually be beneficial in the long run? Omitting core internet functionality, linking, because it costs extra. Only help to spread fake news as links to sources and references will be omitted. Or is there some clause that only tech giants will be taxed? How do you define a giant then. Certainly google but what about Reddit? Or Hacker News?

Don't have answers to any of these questions but until we know more I'll be very skeptical of this "link tax"

Re:The State of JavaScript 2018 on Monday November 19, 2018 @08:47AM (#18486332)
It's hilarious. Doesn't work in IE, in Edge the button to start doesn't show and if you go directly to https://2018.stateofjs.com/introduction/ the navigation and styling is broken.

And in 10 the floating squares don't even show up. And it doesn't have fall-back for browsers with no SVG support - really nitpicky but it is an actual problem.

Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:37AM (#18431992)
Had a similar experience while on holiday. Should have done research as I found out 90% of card readers only accept Maestro cards and reject Visa.

What a shit show

Re:The McRib Effect on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:05AM (#18431846)
When I think about how volatile our biggest systems ( finance, politics etc) and how complex they are I first get too confused to understand them, then frustrated, then I lose hope.

Do we just throw stuff at the wall and hope something sticks? Or is it all just a big gamble?

Between all the pollsters, financial forecasts, weather forecasts or even project planning, is it just a game of chance if you are correct in your assumptions and calculations?

Re:Yahoo to Pay $50M to Victims of Massive Security Breach on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:47AM (#18293423)
That's definitely a bargain for them if it's approved. I was distraught when I heard the news that my e-mail and info got leaked but thankfully didn't have any financial loss. But thinking of all the other people, $350 is pitiful.

Off-topic but I always get confused when there is news about acquired companies.

"Yahoo? Weren't they bought out by AOL? Wait no...AOL is owned by Verizon. So is Verizon paying? No it's Yahoo, but their subsidiary in Asia.."

Miss the times when if you read Company X, it actually was that company and not a part of some convoluted conglomerate.

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