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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/marcod; my proof: https://keybase.io/marcod/sigs/f6u-I4sOttprH1mxZXNjkHPf8yTzbgYDIhL0iZoKIFc ]
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marcod··on Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years
I'm in the US, but how many noticed of data breaches I have received in the last few months from mortgage companies and so on is really staggering.

All they offer is some credit monitoring... there should be real consequences for companies or they will never prioritize keeping our data safe.

marcod··on Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years
What consequences does "Finland's largest psychotherapy company, Vastaamo" have to face?
marcod··on Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years
Still much preferable to an unsecured online database, no?
marcod··on What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017)
Please, non plus.

(original Latin meaning ;)

marcod··on Amazon HQ2 was supposed to add jobs last year. It shed them instead
Unless you get guarantees in a contract which Amazon would never give :p
marcod··on AI Terms Explained
My first thought when I read the definition of token was - that's how they bill you :p
marcod··on Winlator: Android app that lets you to run Windows apps with Wine
I just played Master of Orion (bought via GOG), which is a DOS game on DOSBox, one Wine, on Android :)
marcod··on Backlog size is inversely proportional to how often we talk to customers
I've always been a fan of the scale of "T-shirt size estimates"
marcod··on Backlog size is inversely proportional to how often we talk to customers
I've worked in companies where it wasn't a thing and we were horribly ineffective at helping customers with complicated issues on our system.
marcod··on I pwned half of America's fast food chains simultaneously
Once they changed the credentials and no longer share them, this particular issue should be gone, no?
marcod··on I pwned half of America's fast food chains simultaneously
Most vulnerability reports I see at work come from security researchers in Pakistan and India.

I have never found out if this is a side gig, a full-time job, or a hobby for people.

marcod··on Sounds of Cologne – The WDR Studio for Electronic Music
Because you don't care for it?
marcod··on Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
WindowsX ;)
marcod··on Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
Most peeps I know already have the insta account, so while the incentive to switch isn't very high, the friction to do so is very low.
marcod··on Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
Which is even funnier when you know he tried to rename PayPal to X before and got fired over this abysmal idea.
marcod··on All code is technical debt
I mean I have definitely felt like a liability before :p

"What do you mean, we have to pay health insurance for all of them?? Let's get the cheapest option available!"

marcod··on Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
> But the last word goes to Brandon Moyer, who was eliminated in the final. In his post-game interview, the US competitor thanked his wife, who “never made fun of me, even once, for competing in the Microsoft Excel world championship”.
marcod··on Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7M people
If I say "this AC is on its last legs" I'm likely talking about acceptance criteria ;)
marcod··on 2023 WebMD Wrapped
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/babylon-bee-sati...
marcod··on Turbo Pascal Turns 40
Perl at 35 (almost 36)

> How do you do, fellow kids?

marcod··on Download all of Wikipedia on your phone
Especially since the mentioned app apparently doesn't run on the newest Android version...
marcod··on Windows users can soon ditch Bing, Edge – but only in the EU
I'm gonna hope that power users will be able to get those builds wherever they live ;)
marcod··on Amazon announces online car sales for the first time, starting with Hyundai
It's not the first time.
marcod··on Is my toddler a stochastic parrot?
Worked incredibly well for our first born, but 2nd child just wanted to talk like their sibling.

Almost 20 years later, I still know all the signs for baby food ;)

marcod··on Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year
I don't know much about this, but my first association was with Fifth Element :)
marcod··on Koch Snowflake
I was worried this would be a political post :p
marcod··on Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Digital Markets Act
I'm gonna try and channel the average user's priorities when selecting their messaging app:

1. Are the people I chat with on there?

2. Is it free?

3. Do I have to install something?

4. Is it easy to use/sign up?

5. Does it have the bells and whistles I want?

..

X. What does end to end encryption mean?

marcod··on Google argues iMessage should be regulated by the EU's Digital Markets Act
SMS were expensive in Europe.
marcod··on How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer [video]
I failed somewhere around step 4 :p
marcod··on As the public begins to believe Google isn’t as useful, what happens to SEO?
> Google is a verb, it’s the default

Hence, the lawsuit ;)

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