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Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Trabisnikof posted:

You can still phish for 2 factor tokens, you just have to be ready to immediately use the credential.

That may be true for password cyclers, but not for a good cryptographic challenge-response hardware key like a yubico.

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Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



exploded mummy posted:

No, the founders took a $2.5B buyout and left the developers.

Notch himself took about $1.7B

There's gotta have been some decent retention bonuses for key contributors. It's not a portion of the sale on paper, but it might as well be. There's no way MS paid that kind of money for Mojang without SOME kind of assurance it wouldn't immediately catch fire.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




Trump is literally Milhouse: "I, I meant for that to happen".

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Weren't pod coffee machines originally designed for corporate meeting/board rooms?

For all the hate they get, they kinda make sense in that one context, considering the alternatives.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



"It feels like there's a little bit of a media bias, to be honest."

Oh, this guy is going to be fun.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



I really don't get why Twitter blocks are bi-directional, instead of a simple "ignore" feature in the first place, which is probably how Trump's using it.

Tweets are public, so what gives?

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Rigel posted:

Guys, we don't have much time left to get some sweet Trump gear!

https://twitter.com/jimhigdon/status/896028091843215360

Supply-side merch economics, makes sense to me.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Rotacixe posted:

Peter Singer has weighed in on the issue. He at least used to have some left wing credentials. I haven't kept up on the latest purity rankings.

Why Google was wrong
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/google-wrong-article-1.3399750?cid=bitly

From an ex-Googler perspective, this whole thing is absolutely crazy.

The company invests a frankly silly amount of time and money to research these issues in an actually scientific manner, as well as sharing the results and conclusions of these studies with everyone in the company.
A single engineer spending a weekend to cobble together that memo and broadcasting it in such a way comes accross as flat-earther employee of NASA level of intellectual disonhesty and flagrantly racist and sexist. That he should be taken seriously in any way is absolutely laughable.

Aramis fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Aug 11, 2017

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Rotacixe posted:

For sure the document is coarse and not very nuanced. But as far as i can tell it doesn't egregiously conflict research on the issue. I don't think the memo warrants the incendiary reaction, that partly gives credence to his allegations that there is something wrong with the company culture. Maybe in polarized times such as these, people don't want to give even an inch to their "enemies", and think that even a tiny concession is a prelude to a rollback in gender relations.

The issue I personally have with it is that it just spits in the face of constant company (reasearched) efforts to educate their employees on these issues. By choosing to "start from scratch" and ignore the fact that the policies he's railing against did not come out of thin air, he just exposes his bigotry. His memo is an insulting waste of time.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




quote:

Are you a homosexual? If yes, click Here.

I'm dying.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

This isn't directed to anyone here; I'm speaking generally: something is bankrupt about society when someone says or does something racist/sexist, gets fired for it, and sparks a long debate about whether it was right that they received blowback. I appreciate the fact that we want to protect the ability of people to speak their mind, even when it's not something we agree with. But the First Amendment never said that you have the freedom to not suffer consequences for what they say. That's what people like the Google guy don't seem to appreciate or understand. Google and CNN are private companies that are well within their rights not to put up with that bullshit from their employees (or, in Lord's case, on-air pundits).

Google lures tech talent with the promise of "the best work environment evar", which includes being an environment where everyone has a say on everything. "As long as your arguments are sound, you will be listened to. No one will brush your opinion away because you have not established yourself as an authority. Facts are values above all else, etc...". Firing someone for expressing their opinions can be seen as Google pulling a bait-and-swith on their employees.

It doesn't matter, because Goolag guy was being an intellectually dishonest rear end in a top hat for the sake of bigotry. But, on paper, if he was being honest, respectfull, and data-driven in his approach, he should have been able to express his "controversial" opinion safely, according to the company culture as promised by management.

Aramis fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Aug 11, 2017

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



"We need to come together in love for our nation"

Holy poo poo.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Pikavangelist posted:

I'm personally a fan of this take on the weirdness of the world.



This is also known as Quantum Immortallity, and you better hope it's is wrong, because it's much worse than nuclear armageddon.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



The most insane part of this to me is his inability/unwillingness to manage messaging. I'm sure there's a way to word-smith his poo poo-heel position into something that at least wouldn't come accross as siding with the Nazis, (I certainly won't take a crack at it, I don't feel like burning my keyboard afterwards) but he simply cannot be bothered. It just boggles my mind.

Aramis fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Aug 15, 2017

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



stone cold posted:

you're glad they got arrested?

:gb2gbs:

He's glad they broke the law. Edit: At least I am, and I assumed that's what he meant.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



There Bias Two posted:

Say it publicly you shits.

Yes, Republicans have repeatadly demonstrated that they have no interest in how the country is governed, so this means absolutely nothing.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



vaginite posted:

This is the raddest thing I've ever seen in my life is this from a movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092549/

You are in for a treat...

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Oh my god, do yourself a favor and go watch The Miami Connection. It'll brighten up your day.

In fact, everyone go watch The Miami Connection. We can all use the moral boost today.

We can all be reminded that "Only through the elimination of violence can we achieve world peace."

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Was the alt-left moniker a thing at all prior to today's press conference?

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



boner confessor posted:

yes but not really, it mostly exists only as a counterpart to the far more widespread and well defined alt-right. as in, "there is an alt-right so there must be an alt-left somewhere"

But Alt-Right is a what the post tea-party far right calls themselves, no? Acknowledging that Alt-whatever is a pejorative in general feels so very counterproductive.

Edit:

Aramis fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Aug 16, 2017

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Krispy Kareem posted:

3 legitimately good kids' movies.

Now we get to have an argument about which trilogy I'm talking about.

Galaxy Quest, Galaxy Quest and Galaxy Quest?

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




"If I had been allowed to bring my gun, I wouldn't have felt compelled to be preemptively violent"

Making a great case for yourself there buddy.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Dapper_Swindler posted:

i didnt see the "all lives matter" as a attack on anything. she was a socialist activist who fought for all people no matter race or class. she was murdered doing that.

"all lives matter" is a rallying cry for racists accusing BLM protesters of being racist, and a huge dog whistle. He was probably unaware of that, and made an unfortunate choice of words.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Internet Kraken posted:

So if Trump were to pardon Sheriff Joe, how much uproar would there be?

I fully expect him to make a big deal of the fact that he could, and is tempted to do so because Joe has been so loyal to him. Yet in the end, he won't do it and expect to be applauded for his restraint.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




This is just amazing. The bad fit, the tied last button... Truly a fashion genious.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Boris Galerkin posted:

Is there something inherently more damaging about looking at the sun during eclipse vs any other time? I mean I would just think that if the damage is the same then there should be way more people randomly going blind every day?

Because of the overall darkness, your pupils dilate and lets a lot more light in.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




Stupid moon, hogging the news cycle. I can block the sun too!

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Just two hours ago: :allears:

1337JiveTurkey posted:

Telling people not to stare at an eclipse or the sun is the science equivalent or telling people not to kick puppies. Nobody seriously disagrees with it and it's just masturbatory after a certain point.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but I can just picture the outrage that would have resulted from Obama being such a poo poo example for kids.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



I can only think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMw-ePhr5j0&t=40s

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



This is as bad as him pardoning Joe. He's basically calling him a hero for what he did.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



"We want walls that we can see through. We want to see what's on the other side."

The most amazing backpedaling poo poo I've ever heard.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



I'm just impressed at his connectivity. How the hell is he successfully uploading in that?

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



SkySteak posted:

Apologies for the ignorance but what is so bad about this? Is it just that the 'Disaster Proclamation isn't a real thing or?

"unleash the full force of government help" : He is clearly excited to have an opportunity to show off.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Kelly posted:

"The goal here is to win elections" - Mitch McConnell

NO. The goal is to serve the people.

It's almost as if it was important that a country's constitution be made in a way to ensure one leads to the other...

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




And unless I'm mistaken, that happened just a month after the legendary correspondant dinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8TwRmX6zs4&t=187s

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009




Of course that's what Trump meant. Anyone with half a brain cell can tell that much. The issue is Trump being incredibly insensitive towards the widow through his awful choice of words. I really hope Kelly gets taken to task on this.

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



Willo567 posted:

So what you're saying is that if we use a pre-emptive strike against North Korea, then apparently using nukes will be the new norm?

I think enough people know about how devastating a nuke is that they wouldn't use it easily

How does using a nuclear weapon without immediate negative consequence not send the signal that the US considers using a nuclear weapon not as big a deal as people make it out to be?

Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



mango sentinel posted:

More germane to this thread, the State Department just openly backed Madrid, unsurprisingly.

So we can expect a Trump tweet somewhat favorable to Catalonia within the next 6 hours, right?

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Aramis
Sep 22, 2009



empty whippet box posted:

:lol: oh my god yes yes yessss this weekend is going great so far

What can he possibly aim to accomplish here?

He can't possibly argue that TOS on social media are fundamentaly unlawful, so his only valid angle is to accuse Twitter of selective enforcement, I guess?. If he wins, all he'll get is Twitter actually enforcing its rules and banning most of the Alt-right and maybe even Trump himself from the platform.

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