Posts by wiredrunner

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently

If lists are limited to 30,000 lines of course adblock plus will be impacted.

LuminosityLink spyware mastermind gets 30 months in the clink, forfeits $725k in Bitcoin

With no criminal record (that is an assumption which may be false) and $260k involved 30 months was no deal.

They must have estimated future foreseeable victim costs and built that into the sentencing - meaning they blew up his number. Then they capped restitution at whatever he owned and took it. Or worse yet, because the story doesn't allude to it - he may owe millions more based on that sentencing estimate and the Feds will harass him till the day he dies to take it back sans any actual victim costs.

Crime doesn't pay.

Tesla share crash amid Republican bid to kill off electric car tax break

Re: Electric grid

Some areas need the distribution to be moved to underground conduits and the entire system needs to be made smart grid ready.

Wait till we have a carrington event. Society as we know it will completely devolve.

WannaCry-killer Marcus Hutchins denies Feds' malware claims

In a US Federal Court it's not a usual practice to stand before a Judge in leg irons or cuffs. 3 pm on a Friday though is pretty late in the day for an arraignment so maybe he went straight to the Court room and was never freed from bindings because it was going to be a fast turn around. It's also possible due to the day and time that he was arraigned in a local Nevada court where cuffs and shackles before a Judge is common practice.

Also for someone who would automatically be considered a flight risk not being a US resident a $30k bond is pretty light but kudos to his attorneys for getting the bond that low. Just based on that it's unlikely there is much of a case against him.

It's also not necessary to put up 10% cash if one has an asset that the Court could take as collateral. That type of paperwork however does take some time to process.