Posts by asickness231

Julian Assange says Cambridge Analytica asked WikiLeaks for something

No wawa in NYC

You can't find tech staff – wah, wah, wah. Start with your ridiculous job spec

Deaf Ears

It took me almost a year to find a job out of college. I was succesfully employed during college with a very great (read well managed) hardware concern in SV. They went down hard, and i was up a shit creek with no paddle.

The best I was able to do after that was less than 2/3rds of what i made as an intern, and management is intragnisent to say the least. The problem is very obviously no the "pool" of employees". It's idiotic employers who simultaneously bemoan a lack of tech talent, yet are unwilling to either foster an environment of technical expertise or hire people who are willing to. "never program wearing a suit" is advice I've heard many a time. Yet that seems to be the only job available.

Also how about an obligatory we have a huge tech staffing problem were I currently work.

I love disruptive computer jargon. It's so very William Burroughs

"Instead of something British and bland such as “Repeat the previous three steps and click OK”, it’ll say something like “The user will be behooved to reitify the aforementioned functionation in advance of affirmerating the mode of acceptancy”."

I mean have you ever tried writing this stuff? You have to make it interesting or you'd blow your brains out.

"Please understand that to my feeble British ears, all Americans sound like Woody from Toy Story."

OMG thank you!

Culture, schmulture. DevOps, agile need to be software-first again

Oh boo, I got a good chuckle from "agile-splaining". Lighten up!

Steve Bannon wants Facebook, Google 'regulated like utilities'

The most beautiful irony i have ever seen

Partisan politics have shifted against Google. Now the only way to punish them is by enacting laws that have always been opposed by republicans. It really is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

Pastor la vista, baby! FCC enforcers shut down church pirate radio

Re: This is part of their job and it needs to be done

yes, but the article also points out the fickle nature of their enforcement. A light touch when it comes to big rich campaign donors. But for small non-rich offenders, easy targets. This guy cares about a media crusade, the idea that police bands might be compromised never factored into Ajit asshole Pais tiny dickshit head.

Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all

Re: Hmm

I think the business case here is additional data being made available. It ironically a similiar line of thinking that drives R&D budgeting. They don't know the exact application yet, but they know that all data can be used for something. Data is a ridiculously valuable commodity right now. A few $100,000 to a handful of politicians is a paltry sum considering the possible reward. Would it be hard to believe a company like Comcast throwing down a few million for the chance to sell data like this?

Re: Hmm

'I will tell kids of the days when computers were once mail order items and required no waiting periods, registrations, special training or age limits.'

"Them crazy kids will be 3D printing their own VPNs in their bedrooms by then then tje plans will leak online."

I'll be 3d printing a fully automatic VPN for my cyber brain by then.