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pete_dushenski: i honestly hope gchq follows
their own recommendations. should make for some good lulz when
they get pwned.
pete_dushenski: "By simplifying your organisation's approach, you can reduce
the workload on users, lessen
the support burden on IT departments, and combat
the false sense of security
that unnecessarily complex passwords can encourage."
pete_dushenski: in other news, "Britain's spy agency
the GCHQ has changed its password security guidance in a new document offering sensible advice
that, if followed, should harden systems and make life easier for admins and users.
The guidance advocates a ban on password strength meters, mandatory resets, and predictable combinations, instead encouraging brute force rate limiting and reduced access controls."
pete_dushenski: now if apple's 'iphone upgrade program' were available in canada, which is isn't,
this phone would have
to be ~cdn$50/month, seeing as usd$ pricing 'starts at $32/mo' for base iphone 6s with 32 gb and cdn-usd is 0.75.
pete_dushenski: plus, ppl break and lose
their phones constantly, so want
to replace with similar without going back
to cell phone co.
pete_dushenski: the
trick being
that
the phone depreciates $100 - 200 per year, and crapple's charging customers
twice
that
pete_dushenski: it's a raw deal if my local classifieds are any indication of
the resale value of 1-year-old phones. (they maintain ~95% value in
this market)
pete_dushenski: ya, ~$30 per month ad infinitum gets you
the latest greatest iphone
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 10-09-2015 18:21:20;
trinque: Steve's dead, and
they put
the supply-chain bean counter in charge
assbot: Logged on 11-09-2015 03:01:59; mod6: whereas v0.5.3.1 has no disclaimer contained within,
TEST2 does have a bit of a warning
the README.txt file. So perhaps
the warning could go away.
cazalla: heh,
they really do look like wheelchairs don't
they
pete_dushenski: cazalla: vitalik looks right at home in
that wheelchair
they gave him.
pete_dushenski: mere reallocation from
the official
to
the unofficial sector. " << in summa : obey
the law and you'll all be richer !
pete_dushenski: "The comparison of actual and counterfactual development shows
that
the presence of mafia lowers
the growth path, at
the same
time as murders increase sharply relative
to
the synthetic control. Evidence from electricity consumption and growth accounting suggest
that lower GDP reflects a net loss of economic activity, due
to
the substitution of private capital with less productive public investment, rather
than a
pete_dushenski: reading
the shit
those 'dreamers' scrawl... oh goodness me.
cazalla: you don't care for some diet snappe and reeses bars as in
that pic just linked pete_dushenski ?
pete_dushenski: compared and contrast, if you will, dear, log readers, with
the steaks eaten at 'conference 3', as documented on
trilema.
pete_dushenski: right. so
then quadruply fucking inexcusable catering at 'consensus'
pete_dushenski: cazalla: didn't 'consensus' cost, like,
thousands of dollars or some shit ? i'm just
trying
to wrap my head around
the PLASTIC water bottles and
TIN pop cans on
the
tables. seriously low fucking rent.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: if strippers can be found for chinese funerals, why not paid pro hoes for software firms. doesn't seem like
that huge of a leap.
cazalla: looks like coindesk had a black people only
table at consensus
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform:
though if memory serves mircea_popescu had some choice quotes about one women being able
to service many multiples of men
pete_dushenski: step 1. software firm hires boys
to write code, step 2. firm hires girls
to keep mood light and boys amused.... ok, y'know i see how
this would just be utterly distracting now
assbot: Logged on 11-09-2015 03:24:17; pete_dushenski: "internet companies "across China" are hiring "pretty,
talented girls
that help create a fun work environment. Dubbed "programming cheerleaders,"
these young women serve
to chit-chat and play Ping-Pong with employees as part of
their role."
cazalla: i can't imagine either place steers
too far from
the office space environment.. Corporate Accounts Payable, Baozhai speaking! Just a moment!
pete_dushenski: "internet companies "across China" are hiring "pretty,
talented girls
that help create a fun work environment. Dubbed "programming cheerleaders,"
these young women serve
to chit-chat and play Ping-Pong with employees as part of
their role."
☟︎☟︎ pete_dushenski: "unlike Google and Facebook, where employees must walk (or ride Segways)
to company restaurants for free food,
these cheerleaders will reportedly
take breakfast orders from employees right at
their desks." << suck it, sv.
pete_dushenski: "Chinese
tech companies reportedly hiring 'cheerleaders'
to motivate programmers" << ok
this is cool
pete_dushenski: some kinda strange coping mechanism, but who am i
to argue with mother nature ?
pete_dushenski: cazalla: no complaints
thus far, my man, no complaints
thus far.
pete_dushenski: "The reason
the insane can't
treat
the sane is
that sanity is one whereas insanity is numerous and varied. Should
the sane
try
to
treat
the insane,
they are all proceeding
towards
the same goal. Should
the insane
try
to
treat
the same
they are all proceeding
towards different goals, and necessarily
their efforts will come
to naught." << mp on sane v. insane
pete_dushenski: cazalla: bizarre
the way some insane children
think
the way
the world work
cazalla: how's life with
the little one pete?
pete_dushenski: edmonton is all about
the stabbings
this last decade or so
pete_dushenski: "Gun control advocates in
Tacoma, Wash., are
thinking inside
the box -- literally -- with a controversial proposal
to set up a gun "drop box"
to encourage residents
to
turn in firearms, no questions asked." << "we also advise residents
to wipe
their guns clean of fingerprints and bodily fluids because we WILL be inspecting each and every firearms for evidence
that may be used in any ongoing investigation"
☟︎ BingoBoingo: <Vexual> warning: bitcoin << "Warning use of
this software puts you at odds with every national government and all agenst of socialism"
mod6: whereas v0.5.3.1 has no disclaimer contained within,
TEST2 does have a bit of a warning
the README.txt file. So perhaps
the warning could go away.
☟︎ cazalla: Vexual, nah i left because of some issues with asbestos and
then started a new job, but
turned out $25 p/h for an 8 hour working day actually meant $25 p/h for first 8 hours, work for next 4 hours for free! (fuck 12 hour days even if it was fully paid)
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 28-03-2015 16:35:32; mircea_popescu: mod6 ben_vulpes you
think some warnings should be brewed maybe ?
☟︎ Vexual: aren't you supposed
to be in some mine somewhere caz?
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: if you have a 0.3 adapted
to work on modern net, let's have it ? << I don't pussling at
this dilemma as well
mod6: lemme find it in
the b-a logs.
mod6: asciilifeform: at one point ben and I discussed a 'warning' or 'disclaimer' because mp asked us
to put something up
there iirc
cazalla: how bout
that weather Vexual
Vexual: nothing left
to chop alf?
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> which bitcoin, precisely, ~is~
to be used ? << production==rand(Bitcoinreleases) prolly 0.3.23
BingoBoingo: "That’s why Hunter, among others, had been prepping as all dedicated explorers do: crawling under her bed and contorting herself
through wire hangers for reassurance... But no amount of bedroom gymnastics could prepare
the
team for what it would be like."
BingoBoingo: ^ also fluffypony
those are your people, your ancestors
BingoBoingo: On
the other hand
though I value hanbot's health
BingoBoingo: Yeah, I pity
the USG philipenis stuck
there without hanbot
to
tell
them how it is
lobbes: I must say,
the only good
thing about
that forum was
that I found
this place
through it.
shinohai: "nasa.exe has encountered a problem a needs
to close .... "
BingoBoingo: I'd rather find out in channel
than on
the article's comments
lobbes: I always feel like a weenie pointing out
typos, but *shrug*