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itsthebizon Mysterious rock depicted in 15th century painting is likely a Stone Age tool

It looks like the beginning of a paper titled “Historical argument for the existence of Breast Augmentation” much in the same vein of “Jesus is real because Judaea existed” or “Spiderman is real because New York is a real city”.

itsthebizon Hackers stole access tokens from Okta's support unit

See, you’re thinking about it all wrong. Why do you need to allow users to connect? 99/100 times you don’t.

itsthebizon Accounting prof testifies about FTX's misuse of customers' money

“I remain unconvinced that FTX was not a wash trading front for a money laundering operation run by an intelligence agency”

Haha this is not an opinion you should share with others. :)

itsthebizon Hackers stole access tokens from Okta's support unit

Adding to your unpopular opinion: if it does not NEED to be connected to a network, do not connect it.

You actually can write and test software on a system that never gets connected. (Shockingly true!)

itsthebizon Okta's stock plunges after security breach

Companies pay lip service to idiots to collect cash from said idiots. Mentioning this tends to make the dumbass business goons have a frowny face reaction. (It’s better to pay lip service than admit one is a morally adrift turd)