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Cymrukicks··on British government mocked for advertising head of cyber role with £57K salary
Goverment connections are a big plus when it comes to the private sector especially at the C level. You tend to find alot of people moving from the FCA or PRA which pay poorly to senior private companies. When new info/regs are coming they can just pick up the phone and ask about them.
Cymrukicks··on UK sets up fake booter sites to muddy DDoS market
Except he didn't, he used his own personal twitter account. He is a contractor and there were a variety of previous presenters who did the same thing (eg. Alan Sugar vs Corbyn). Only they didn't criticise the government as Gary did and the BBC board is stacked with members of the Tory Party including the chair who arranged a finance for the previous Primeminister while applying for the role of Chair.

It was a clear case of goverment interference using the impartiality rules, only the conversation around impartiality went right above Gary to the powers that be immediately after his removal which is why he is back.

Cymrukicks··on Netanyahu Can't Stop Israel's Regime Coup
>I don't Know much about Israel or the politics but let me take this opportunity to badmouth Arabs.
Cymrukicks··on How India’s caste system manifests in Seattle-area workplaces and beyond
Yeah that was crazy and so blatant, it really allows you to see how pervasive this is when its somewhere you'd think of civil like HN.
Cymrukicks··on Netflix's New Chapter
That would actually be a monster acquisition. A huge blow for AWS aswell as they would no doubt switch to Azure.
Cymrukicks··on Sam Bankman-Fried vs. the Match King
People will keep focusing on the individual here but surely they should be questioning the system? In particular the VC's as most of this was actually institutional money. How on earth did he get £16Billion? Well turns out he went to Stanford same class as Theranos and his Girlfriend whom he made head of the trading arm also went there. She's the daughter of an MIT Econ Professor. It's quite clear FTX only got started because of political connections and back door deals. Sadly this won't be the wake up call that we need to bring back some sort of meritocracy to American society.
Cymrukicks··on Sunak is facing a major crisis with “deeply unhappy” Conservative Party
What do you mean UKIP collapsed post brexit, the right wing of the party or the ERG is basically UKIP as the poster says they have been holding the party to ransom for a while. Sunak needs to purge them from the party if he is to win another election.
Cymrukicks··on Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confirms ruling
Quite easily on a very expensive bed they bought with that Meta money.
Cymrukicks··on 'The worst is yet to come' for the global economy, IMF warns
I just don't see it happening, The UK housing market has all the coming issues which have been spoken about but no single politician came out and said the truth. One of the biggest issues people are going to suffer with their mortgages is house prices are insanely high. During the pandemic they went up nationally around 17% thats a bubble you're going to lose when the bubble bursts. If no one is willing to tell people the truth then I don't see how they can stabilise properly.
Cymrukicks··on Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline
Far too late for that now, The place is a cesspit with no hope for decent discussion. The funny thing is they are redesigning groups to go in the opposite direction by copying Discord. True Insanity.
Cymrukicks··on The UX of Porn Tube Sites Are Designed for the Ultimate Money Shot
Yup thats true, They also pushed cybersecurity very hard it was a very competitive industry and companies could go out of business very quickly if the site weren't properly locked down.
Cymrukicks··on Why has software supply chain security exploded?
Actual human lives depend on software development. Hospitals, Airports, Airplanes, missiles, satellites. If any of these are attacked via supply chain lives will be lost and countries could even collapse if the attack was severe enough.
Cymrukicks··on Ask HN: Should I inform investors that my startup employer is a scam?
Name the company, I'd love to get an additional job there collecting money for free.
Cymrukicks··on The day the music died? Denmark Street’s new ‘digitally enabled streetscape’
You just need to be aware its not for you you dirty peasant. Its everything you loved, built and in some cases contributed to, distilled into a lovely aesthetic that can be sold for way more money than you can afford as a back drop in an instagram post.
Cymrukicks··on UK Household Incomes Are in the Longest-Ever Run of Declines
This is a not true its been an economic choice pretty much across the UK and US to increase profits while suppressing wages. This is the underlying factor in inflation, the shot in the foot didn't help by crashing the pound though. In a microcosm you only need to look at the LGV driver shortage people left the industry as they weren't willing to work for the wages offered but companies simply wouldn't increase them.
Cymrukicks··on Formula One’s sharpest car designer is also its master of loopholes
If you don't think there were rumors of cheating you clearly don't watch the sport. The rumors and accusations are pretty much part and parcel of the sport and always have been. It's the Spiderman meme with team principals mouthing of to the FIA and the media in the battle to get an edge.

>The championship lead built by Red Bull was just enough to win the title in the end with some controversy in the final two races. There never were rumors of cheating anywhere.

Sorry but Hamilton was ahead going into the last race and Max won because of Masi's decision making. To deny the rumours of cheating when pretty much every driver came out and spoke against it is very strange.

Cymrukicks··on One-night stands will be illegal at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
They are setup to defend against it, Several countries have reacted against the blatant corruption and Fifa will instantly suspend them for political interference.
Cymrukicks··on Among Us will be virtual reality’s killer app
The biggest problem will be the cost of Hardware. Among Us exploded because it was a cheap investment on behalf of players. Theres no way people are going to pay $200 to play this during soaring inflation.
Cymrukicks··on Should We Celebrate Acquisitions?
Its and exit but not for the founders for the investors. Thats the goal of everyone putting money in and the term has because bastardised.
Cymrukicks··on I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed
Depends on the country in the US its relatively common. Other countries it can be much more difficult.
Cymrukicks··on Dyson launches Zone air purifying Bluetooth headphones with visor
Not where the money is seeing as its free.
Cymrukicks··on How come there’s not an app that’s successful at helping people making friends?
Because friendships are made on apps they are made over shared experiences. You'd have to bring them together over an activity not just matching people if anything the old groupon would have been a good pivot into a friendship app. Matching people who paid for a rock climbing class subscription together for instance.
Cymrukicks··on Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due to crime
Wow what a poor take. "In other words, as criminals terrorize Seattle, its leaders still think police are the problem. The lawlessness will persist until Seattle voters stage a revolt." I think a better take would be that it leaders acknowledge that police are not the solution. They would probably be basing this off the fact that the US has the highest incarceration rates and still has the highest violent crime. This a complex situation that requires pretty much all stratas of society to come together to solve. Going 3000 AD isn't going to help.
Cymrukicks··on Russian firms rush to open Chinese bank accounts
Then they (the west) would have to pay a higher price. Thats the weakness with capitalism if you have a choice between paying more or less for the same thing with the same quality less is always better.
Cymrukicks··on Secure messengers in war time
I had it explained to me The Ukraine comes from "The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" So its offensive as it doesn't acknowledge their new country.
Cymrukicks··on Facebook loses users for the first time
Thats just the internet in general isn't it? Show me any site or platform that has stayed the same and hasn't innovated in 10 Years?
Cymrukicks··on Train burglaries in LA
Hard disagree. The majority probably >95% of _People committing thievery_ will have assessed the risk to reward before doing it otherwise what would be the point? even if just for momentary excitement. They just have very little to lose if they get caught. The problem is so many people are being pushed out of decent society in terms of rewards for work and wealth increase. you even have people who expect to go to prison at some point in their life simply because of the circumstances for their birth.
Cymrukicks··on Ask HN: Is Bay Area in a tipping point for tech talent?
But are they actually hiring? I have seen these ads but they all seem like CV farms no actual plan for hiring. Adverts up for months on end, it really puts me off applying.
Cymrukicks··on Pegasus vs. Predator
It because Android is actually less secure, the theory is that on android NSO have the ability to delete the traces of their infiltration whereas on Iphone they were unable to do that which is how they got caught.
Cymrukicks··on SugarCoat: Private browsing without breaking the web
All white page i'm assuming. Fantastic terminolgy.
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