Via @marcelias:
I'm sure John Podesta's risotto recipe would like a word...
Michael Calderone:
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn tells @ farhip that hacked #Trump documents didn't past the “newsworthy” test, leading to the paper not publishing them.
https://vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-hack-news-outlets
Authenticating to a website, 2010: Type in username and password
Authenticating to a website, 2024:
- Type in username
- Look up 20-character password in password keeper
- wait
- Prompt for 2FA token
- Dig out phone
- Unlock phone
- Scroll through 50 services to find 2FA token for website
- Type in 2FA token
- Success
- Receive email alerting you to the fact you've logged in
- Six weeks later: receive email telling you service had been compromised eight weeks ago and you must change password.
that Ohio woman had no idea that her FB post about immigrants eating pets would gain traction nationally.
on an unrelated note, I've heard Elon Musk likes to carve up immigrant children and eat them. it sounds crazy, I know. please don't boost this. I wouldn't want this nutty unsubstantiated rumor to go viral or anything.
Dept. of Instant Analysis -- best line I've seen so far:
"Even so devoted a bootlicker as Senator Lindsey Graham declared the debate a “disaster” for the ex-president."
-- Peter Wehner in the Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/kamala-harris-broke-donald-trump/679780/
kamala: "and this......
f̶u̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ g̶u̶y̶
s̶t̶u̶p̶i̶d̶ d̶u̶m̶b̶f̶u̶c̶k̶
e̶v̶i̶l̶ m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶f̶u̶c̶k̶e̶r̶
r̶a̶c̶i̶s̶t̶ c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶
..... former president"
Cut the mic! How have debate moderators learned nothing in 8 years? If someone repeatedly goes over time and interrupts, CUT THE MIC.
"but if we don't have the capacity to allow passengers to just turn up without booking"
Then increase capacity. Build more train lines. Buy more rolling stock. Recruit more staff.
"But we can't afford that"
Society can't afford you not to. If you ask a business are unwilling to put in the investment, then governments should be operating it.
"Governments don't have the money either"
Sure they do. Tax the fucking rich.
"But they can't"
They can, they choose not to.
6/n
Today's a day when my fuck-you money says, "Fuck you, Jeff." Ah #retirement.
Vocation: Oceanographer developing numerical modeling/data assimilation/coupled ensemble forecast systems on #HPC platforms mostly using FORTRAN/ksh/python.
Avocation: Mentor/coach for grade 7-12 FIRST #FRCrobotics and #FTCrobotics competition teams, so jack of all trades in/adjacent to closed-loop control and navigation, computer vision, digital graphics, CAD/CAM, 3Dprinter/laser cutter/CNC router and other shop fab. #omgrobots