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vlan0··on Every Louisiana driver's license holder exposed in cyberattack
State government is tricky. Pay sucks and doesn’t attract a lot of talent. Same with the education sector.
vlan0··on Americans have never been so unwilling to relocate for a new job
>Resources are things that we exhaust, pump dry, clear cut, and eventually discard.

This is how humans treat nature without mindfulness. I suppose it should not be a surprise when we treat each other as we do nature. As humans are also part of nature.

vlan0··on Rear-wheel-drive cars are back and we have EVs to thank
That’s the truth. Track performance on the Civic type R was surprising.
vlan0··on Always use Zoom in a browser. Avoid the app (2020)
Was thinking this was something new. But is two year old article.
vlan0··on America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok
I feel it's because nearly everyone today has a dysregulated nervous system. Causing us to react out of emotion, rather than responding thoughtfully.

It's like fighting dogs into the pit. They've been put through so much, they'll fight to the death. They want to keep us this way. Much easier to influence and control.

vlan0··on America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok
I feel it's 100% about control. TikTok was eating their ad lunch. Growth potential for a creator feels much higher TikTok. The writing on the wall for me was when Meta, just two weeks ago, paused their creator payout for the TikTok competitor, reels. I also recall Zuck lobbying hard against TikTok for a while. Unsure if causation is there. But god damn that timing is sweet, eh?
vlan0··on Reddit to vacate current headquarters and relocate
>It's insane how many employers are forcing employees back to the office because they refuse to let go of their pre-covid building leases.

There's so much money tied up in commercial real estate. It feels like a complimented mess. Just look at NYC. Building owners will let units sit vacant for years rather than lower rent costs. Which then lowers building value, etc.

vlan0··on I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms
OPEX and CAPEX costs are significantly reduced with native IPv6 vs large NAT deployments. Adding layers to stretch IPv4 = complexity/gear. Gear/complexity = higher costs.

And if you're already moving away from perimeter defense, to more identity based zero-trust, the move to IPv6 makes much sense.

vlan0··on Employee claims she can't use Microsoft Windows for “Religious Reasons”
Not surprised. I was forced to move a wireless access point from someone's office because they claimed to HR about the "heath risks."
vlan0··on TikTok-owner ByteDance planning to layoff thousands in coming months
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” seems to hold true everywhere. You get less blow back when you can shed folks and blame the economy.
vlan0··on What happens if you plug two USB-C laptops into each other using a USB-C cable
Reminds me of the IEEE 1394 days. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2734
vlan0··on Ask HN: Where would I find out about leasing land to telcos for 5G?
If it’s anything like the Verizon proposals I’ve seen, they’ll want to dictation antenna location.
vlan0··on Linux Kernel MultiPath TCP Project
Indeed! I always appreciate help explaining. I've been deep in networking for so long that I struggle threading the needle between not enough and too much information.
vlan0··on Linux Kernel MultiPath TCP Project
This isn’t a gab at you. But this question doesn’t make sense. I think the things you don’t know you don’t know about TCP and distributed system design make this difficult to pick apart.

Remember, your identity in a TCP connection is your IP address. If you connect from another IP and want your session to continue, identity must be handled higher in the stack.

TCP connection technically live forever by default. It’s up to either party to complete the handshake. Without that mechanism, your box would run out of ports.

vlan0··on 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone
Windows is 18%. The rest are a mixed bag. All kinds of Linux/IoT.
vlan0··on 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone
Want more data? I've got a campus with roughly 60k unique devices. 50% are iOS. Another 20% are MacOS. Android is 7%.
vlan0··on 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone
And with a much better regard for security!

For instance, you could still own an iPhone 5s, released in 2013, and receive security updates.

vlan0··on Wireless ISPs embrace fiber as they face do or die moment
For sure! I drive right through the mountains in the ADK often. Unless you're in a well populated village, there is no cell service at all. Break down on the road and you're walking 10+ miles.
vlan0··on How much people lost with Celsius Network
>Therefore, no one is going to pitch a legit arbitrage opportunity to you.

I'm feeling parallels to "How to get rich quick" or "Make $5000 a week from your home" pay-per-click sites from 20 years ago.

I think the lesson here is always be wary of easy money. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

vlan0··on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana
I agree, it's not what we'd like to see. But It does not have to be binary. We must celebrate all wins, no matter how small.
vlan0··on Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think
I agree.
vlan0··on Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think
>Who learns how to build new environments?

Feels like this is happening already. There is no incentive to learn the fundamental concepts. We need more people interested in the why, and not just a quick buck. Folks interested in the why is the only reason we are here to begin with!

On the other hand....it's great job security! Less and less people understand networking everyday it seems!

vlan0··on Large scale Internet SSH brute force attacks seem to have stopped here
>which organically does not support password-based auth

This is the way. Everything else is just gravy imo.

vlan0··on Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute
Feels like we’re a dying bread with everything cloud first and serverless.
vlan0··on LastPass: Notice of Security Incident
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/apple-google-and-micr...
vlan0··on The end of the manual transmission is near?
Huh, thanks for calling me out on that. My brain must have been in a different gear.
vlan0··on LastPass: Notice of Security Incident
While this is true, and I did this for the better part of 2010s, it was pretty clunky. Especially if one needs a platform for their wife or children to also use.

I'm gonna ride out LastPass until webauthn really takes off. Which could be soon based on what we're hearing from the mobile vendors.

vlan0··on EPB launches America’s first community-wide 25 gig internet service
I'm not sure I agree. Many devices can saturate a 1Gb pipe these days. Even if it's for a brief period of time, your latency sensitive applications will suffer. Everyone should be using AQM.
vlan0··on The end of the manual transmission is near?
While true, the motivating factors for F1 and mass production vehicles are not the same. F1 is pure min/max. Which of course means manual is gone.

But min/max on my GTI means I lose connection with the vehicle and my ability to drive matters less. For what? .4 faster 0-60 or 1/4? Eh

vlan0··on EPB launches America’s first community-wide 25 gig internet service
Running away to the mountains to escape it all? Need company?
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