- And so, instead of having an open port for ssh, (ideally) with certificate-only authentication, optionally MFA, you trade it for an open port for tailscale/wireguard, handing over "all" your data to a company who is offering you a service for no monetary compensation.
Also, why do you think that it is better to not change the root password? It sounds like a very suspicious recommendation.
- Swiss here, and I do not agree. We used to be able to trust our government, but more and more, as the years go by, tech-savvy people realize how laws have accumulated into surveillance.
Now there are much worse cases out there, sure. But most Swiss citizens are not even aware of those laws.
Nor are they aware of how much the Swiss government has been trying to hide its incompetence regarding anything IT-related. Like data leaks happening several times per year.
So yes, a big percentage of those almost 50% of "no we don't want this" responses were about lack of trust in the different branches of the government.
- Looking at the examples on the website, I can see the appeal regarding the input. The output makes my head slightly dizzy - not sure why, but like the letters are all slightly off, in both dimensions. Is it just me, or the font/screen combination, or did it occur to anyone else also?
- From my understanding, hunting is already allowed, and they also have a bounty program: https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program
As an aside, and in a different, "Python Removal Agent" is certainly a worthy title for any of us.
- Yes, the change from not being pressed into your seat to being pressed into your seat is jerk. Basically the difference between two acceleration "levels".
Snap is how abrupt those changes between accelerations are. If you accelerate a bit, and then suddenly the light turns orange and you floor it, and the turbo kicks in, and your passengers go "woaaaaaah going to need a barf baaaaag" for example, it was probably not very smooth.
Sometimes instead of linear accelerations, those concepts can be easier to understand as changes in angular motions. You're on a curve of a certain radius, and suddenly the radius changes. The change is the jerk. How sudden the change happens is the snap.
- > Paranoia about this is silly.
Having had to deal with some clients with slightly sensitive data, I wish. Photocopies and printed screenshots lying around in the open, CC data copy-pasted manually to other fields or to generic excel sheets because otherwise "it disappears and we can't book late fees" etc. Not even only the "random third-party" companies vetted and specialised in ID verification, but then they get a new support contract down the road, and a fourth- or fifth-party agent who had the cheapest offer now has remote admin access to those desktops.
Probability is low, true. But all it takes is one compromised access.
We all choose our battles probably.
- Maybe... Someone should teach kids about the pareto principle early on. Or is it about morality?
One might argue that a stone mason or a miner has less left of his body after 40 years of work.
Office work is slightly kinder to the body, although even here one reads worrying studies.
But when you're 12, nothing of that matters really.
- To answer your question: I am insinuating nothing. There is a certain vibe to his comments which struck me from having noticed it in certain people, and the effects it has on their relationships with others. From his answer, I gather that he doesn't care. So, that's it for the free remote psychoanalysis by HN comments.
- From the graph there, it seems like traffic peaked in 2013, and has been declining ever since. Blaming AI sounds a bit contrived IMHO.
And from having tried to contribute on several of their sites, it felt like they did not welcome casual helpers, but wanted significant investment upfront.
Not sure how much help a rebranding is going to bring at that point.
If you have a system where, as I understand it, the main point is to check who is standing in front of your door, and that system now is one automatic update away from dipping into your bank account... How long until the police departments figure out that donations to a specific company could be very profitable?