I can only speak as an outsider, but this interview with Marjorie Feld useful about the *long* history of tensions between Zionist and Anti-Zionist American Jews seems useful and informative: https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-16-2024/
Wow! 😲
CrowdStrike’s CSO sold $1.5M worth of stock right before the outage today!
I repeat, the Chief Security Officer sold $1.5M worth of stock!
https://www.barrons.com/articles/crowdstrike-insiders-sold-stock-cac5e509?siteid=yhoof2
@varx lol! We're locked out of our perfectly maintained and fully running 100% Linux cluster because Windows is probably somewhere in the chain for authenticating/authorizing SSH sessions.
On this day in Anarchist history, July 19th we remember the start of the Spanish Revolution, when thousands of Anarchists took control of Barcelona.
Via Scientific American:
ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information
The Big Tech companies responsible for this should be required to reimburse victims for the economic and other damage they've caused.
Sorry, kidding. Accountability doesn't exist for the damage caused by huge, arrogant corporations. https://www.reuters.com/technology/global-cyber-outage-grounds-flights-hits-media-financial-telecoms-2024-07-19/
This might be the very first time I've ever seen a major global IT issue described as it should be: a "Microsoft Windows problem". https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/19/microsoft-windows-pcs-outage-blue-screen-of-death
Our #cellarDoor POS runs on #Linux and we accept #cash - we’re open from 11am to 5pm at the #brewery on Saturday in #UpperHutt
The thing that needs to be shouted from the rooftops is this:
Markets don't efficiently provide public services. They do, however, love to cannibalise them, by asset stripping and turning core departments into vehicles for rent seeking.
We tried neoliberalism for four decades. It's destroying everything except the balance sheets of the ultra wealthy. Time to kill it and move on.
Watching what some are pronouncing "the world's worst IT disaster" unfolding from the comfort of a completely Enterprise-Windows-free zone that is, unsurprisingly, entirely unaffected. Sorry for those poor sods who're having to mop up this mess - created by IT policy makers who probably don't have to do 'call'.
Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to #Windows PCs - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/19/microsoft-windows-pcs-outage-blue-screen-of-death well, you know, some of us have been warning people for 30 years not to use Windows.... #OpenSource
I feel bad for folks who're forced to run Windows (no one would do it by choice, would they?): https://mastodon.nz/@alexs/112811417815697253
"I want to remind the court once more that my reasons for taking action were not beliefs or opinions. Earth’s life-support systems are breaking down due to human activities, whether we believe it or not." - Cressida Gethin, court statement
She was sentenced to four years in jail.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa