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therockspush··on SolarWinds hides list of high-profile customers after devastating hack
As noted in the other comment here, the list is easy to find so this is theater at best.

It was only a partial list anyways. Almost every large enterprise i've talked to has some solarwinds sprinkled in there somewhere.

therockspush··on U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors
I think Inverted Totalitarianism explains it better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism

therockspush··on Tendies, the ‘Anti-Incels,’ Roleplay Failed Manhood Without Shame
Picturing the goodboys mom having to duck after having the 13th piss jug of the day thrown at her is killing me right now
therockspush··on Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging
Fun story. There are currently 69 comments, im ruining that.

Hopefully Fuckerberg, Austria never changes.

therockspush··on [dead]
They kind of glaze over the first part where this bloke claims he setup a hotspot and sniffed antifas packets. Then somehow found their social media identity.

If im reading this right it sounds like someone just stalked a bunch of people on Facebook and then tried to make it look like some leet hacking.

therockspush··on The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done
I concur.

The amount of useless emails has gone through the roof, with a lot of the content being managers reminding people they are still there.

Everyone cc's everyone now. If someone wrote an email to the ALL distribution group back in the day and there were more than 2 replies to that email, someone would immediately lose their shit and tell everyone to stop replying-all. Now those reply-all email chains happen weekly, with junior VPs laying hot takes all over the place.

therockspush··on AWS Network Firewall – New Managed Firewall Service in VPC
This was also something AWS was a couple years behind Azure on.

Azure internal load balancers have some hang ups, but load balancing egress or east-west traffic across security appliances in AWS has always been diabolical in comparison.

I've never used the Geneve protocol, so I can't really tell if this is going to affect which vendors can use the GWLB.

therockspush··on AWS Network Firewall – New Managed Firewall Service in VPC
Looking at the firewall vendors that are listed as official partners here, this looks like another pretty security-lite, native product for companies that are just looking to check a compliance box and not a real enterprise offering.

Similar to the AWS WAF, this seems geared for a smaller team that can't afford the time to deploy and manage virtual security appliances.

It looks like they're following the same formula as the WAF on this one by letting partners provide rulesets.

I'm waiting for AWS to really flesh these products out and eat all these "partners" lunches.

therockspush··on The biology of dads
Its a sudden visceral awareness that you were a host for the DNA thats been passed down from millions of people that came before.

The previous, relatively selfish person you used to be, almost immediately upon first seeing them, now only exists to protect this vulnerable life that's completely dependent on you.

therockspush··on Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)
It's a little bit different, but theres actually some reason behind this.

Buyers Stockholm Syndrome or post-purchase rationalization.

https://fifthperson.com/avoid-stockholm-syndrome-buy/

https://cxl.com/blog/post-purchase-rationalization/

therockspush··on British Airways Flight 5390
B-52s can turn their gear so the don't have to do the de-crab part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyc9Imjaqs

https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/05/watch-this-incredible-...

therockspush··on AWS hearts multi-cloud? It's gonna happen
managed service provider
therockspush··on Sean Connery has died
You're the man now dog. RIP
therockspush··on Canadian military tested propaganda mission on Canadians that went off the rails
Good recommendation.

I would add most of the stuff by Adam Curtis to this list. Been pretty eye opening for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

therockspush··on FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals
As diabolical as this is, you wouldn't really need state level actions to take down hospitals.

Anyone who has been to one in the last year, pre-covid even, understands the ferris wheel of nurses and doctors that churn through the butter of what goes on there.

These weren't exactly hardened targets to begin with.

therockspush··on The self-driving car is a red herring
I think the best way to reduce those outlier cases in this phase is to just focus on self driving on the freeway. That's where it has the most value for me, taking over for the long boring hauls.

On the freeway you minimize a lot of those wildcards like bikes and pedestrians, everyone is going about the same speed, and there are only a few places you can enter and exit.

We don't need to jump all the way to self driving in SF, and have people point out all the things that can go wrong, since theres a huge gain just from being able to do it on the freeway.

therockspush··on Surveillance company harassed female employees using its own facial recognition
you're right. i did it for a summer.

those guys smoke, sit in the sun all day, work with all kinds of toxic shit, can fall, and don't have huge career growth potential.

they have nothing to lose and the humor shows it

therockspush··on Why Do Virtual Meetings Feel So Weird?
Agreed, but the thing that makes it "weird" for me is that anytime people stop talking in a zoom meeting it becomes dead air that people feel compelled to fill up.

Natural breaks in the conversation don't work virtually right now.

therockspush··on Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F
100%. If you can live in SF and then decide during these times you want to live in Boise and be happier because of it bless your heart.

I've lived in a lot of these other states, TX, NC, NV... No matter how big your backyard is, the grass isn't greener there.

therockspush··on Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F
sounds about right.

take the bay area salary, work remote in texas/arizona/nevada because its cheaper and rationalize it by saying its the politics thats making me move.

i've had this conversation 5 times this week with friends and colleagues, and none of them have actually spent more than a week in texas/arizona/nevada.

anyone that wants to live in one of those states, try it for a couple months if you can before taking the dive.

therockspush··on Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22
I've asked the drivers in 5 rides I've taken in the last few weeks. They were all for it.

They were also willing to throw uber under the bus for other transgressions, but liked making a few extra quid and couldn't see themselves driving if it doesn't pass.

Take that for what its worth.

therockspush··on Nginx Service Mesh
I see people writing this off already in the comments. Probably people who are knee deep in k8s and already have their favorites.

For the 20 year data center guy getting reborn in the cloud, walking down the cereal aisle of service mesh offerings, nginx is going to look like a warm blanket of familiarity.

therockspush··on A toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for tech
sounds like you know the area, good chance you have kaiser permanente healthcare.

you can appreciate the scale of this lake if you know the permanente.

therockspush··on A toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for tech
Link to the satellite view of the lake.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6350939,109.6828376,5323m/da...

Link to the satellite view of the permanente mine outside cupertino.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3198492,-122.103036,5187m/da...

therockspush··on Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage (2018)
This stuff cracks me up. Do they think Hashem is up there looking down, thinking "Good one guys. You got me there. I thought I had all my bases covered. I'll save you some extra latkes when you get here."

Someone help me understand why some folks treat this stuff like a tax loophole.

therockspush··on Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says
I've been lied to again?

Hopefully people can find good stuff to do with the heaps of shite we've already created.

Theres a guy in the UK that got started making skateboards out of this plastic, and showing people how to do it. Looks like they branched out. https://preciousplastic.com/

Some other companies jumping on the wagon train too. https://wasteboards.com/about/

This could just be more greenwashing, but it's inspiring.

therockspush··on I Started an Escort Service Generating $200K/Month
Good on ya for providing the man on the street view.

The oldest professionals still finding ways to monetize.

therockspush··on The Airline Industry's Meltdown
I used to catch a Delta flight back and forth from sjc to sea, that was consistently about half full.

I would always wait until everyone boarded, then move up to comfort plus or whatever it was called. On my last flight the attendant told me to move back since it wasn't fair for the suckers, no offense, that paid for it.

I offered to pay a nominal amount for the seat. The attendant pulled up the little register stick and said it would be $75. I said no thanks and moved back to my empty row about 3 rows back.

I guess some airlines do it differently.

therockspush··on Skating legend Keith Hufnagel dies at 46
Used to watch Penal Code 100a every morning before school for a couple years to block the dread. Hufs part was legendary.
therockspush··on 179 Arrested in Global Dark Web Takedown
ya, its almost like the doctor doesn't have his patients best interest in mind.
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