Re: Neptune does another Robert Maxwell....nah...he fell in
And yet the jury acquitted him.
Points though for the correct use of culchie.
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Condolences to his wife, what a horrendous experience.
There are certainly questions about how it sank considering a neighboring boat managed to stay afloat despite the weather conditions.
Also I thought modern boats were all supposed to be buoyant.
I do hope it's properly investigated and understood.
The PSNI didn't tell the 200 people affected by the theft for a month, and then claimed no information was taken from the device.
But that issue is moot considering the officers' info was released later anyway.
From the Graun:
Last weekend it emerged that about 200 police officers and staff were not informed for almost a month about the theft of devices and documents with data potentially affecting them, the PSNI said.
A police-issued laptop, radio and documents were stolen on 6 July from a car parked in Newtownabbey that is understood to belong to a superintendent.
Todd said in a statement last Saturday it was believed the laptop and radio were deactivated “shortly afterwards”.
“We are confident no data has been lost from these devices and they are of no use to any third party,” he added.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/16/man-arrested-after-northern-ireland-police-data-leak
Apparently Brazil and Chile are also popular.
The "Ancient Aliens" people believe that UFOs stop over at Chile for all their rare earths. I know that because I managed to sit through an episode : )
Meanwhile, here's a scientific response.
https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.67-mar92/messenger-no67-56-57.pdf
Yes, a sensible idea! If after a few years, it works really well, the restrictions can be relaxed. This type of driving will be a gradual development, not a "miracle" rush-job.
For other parts of the world not blessed with California's semi-arid conditions, even greater restrictions will be necessary. For example, tropical countries during monsoon, rainy parts of Ireland (i.e. most of it) etc.
They're firing staff because they have too *many* calls? Most nonprofits would try to expand their services and seek more funding, pointing to increased usage, which is considered a success by funders. I would think having lots of callers would make their helpline staff more essential instead of less so.
In reality these services should be government-funded anyway and not left to the vicissitudes of the nonprofit world.
I'm not surprised, but am saddened, that the journalist facing Musk was unprepared. I have been watching BBC World News from various time zones and the low journalism standards are depressing. Whether or not it is government-funded, the interviewers and anchors are not that smart, not prepared and leave important questions unasked. It's actually cringe-inducing sometimes to see what interviewees can get away with. I'm not surprised he agreed to an interview. He knows how shoddy their journalism is now and he would never allow someone like Amy Goodman to interview him.
I'm wondering if some of those in the system were police informants, and whether or not that is indicated in the data, as would be their current, non-public addresses.
Or, if someone is "hiring". There is no end to the usefulness of a database of crooks, for myriad people and a myriad of reasons.
Someone on Twitter pointed out that Musk's original defamatory tweet was in his own feed, but his apology was a response in the feed of some guy who has 2000 followers. Deliberately trying to minimize the reach of his apology, while leaving millions of people with the misimpressions created by the earlier tweets. However, it didn't stop the nauseating sycophancy of fanbois reverentially praising his amazing generosity in apologizing.
I thought young folks these days were supposed to be so much smarter than the rest of us when it comes to "computer stuff."
I do have sympathy for those who get caught, however. There have always been scams but it seems so much easier when everyone has their lives displayed for public view.
I think socializing online is boring. It's like some younger people need to be taught how to socialize offline.
As to why TSLA's share price is now up to c. USD182 a share, even after this news.
Apparently MBA types think it's a good time to buy because the filing indicated expansion of the Nevada factory and they like increased sales numbers from the recent price cuts. Yet, it also revealed that Musk may sell more stock because of Twitter debt servicing. And those price cuts were necessary because of Musk's Twitter escapades. Perhaps they also missed this tech angle. I guess a good outcome of his stupidity is making the EV market more competitive.
https://in.investing.com/news/tesla-updates-risks-to-include-musk-selling-stock-to-satisfy-other-commitments-432SI-3503473
https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/01/31/why-tesla-stock-trounced-the-market-on-tuesday/
Looks like the Water Rabbit year is starting out inauspiciously for some of our Chinese friends.
"While it will be painful to say goodbye to many of our talented colleagues . . .”
Ugh, stop lying. It won’t be painful when you get a bonus for being “courageous” enough to fire people
to increase the cost of living even more with higher expenses for transpo cyber security. It will get passed on to us.
The Maersk attack was massively successful, IIRC their proprietary software was still intact at only one office in the world, where the power had gone out before the attack happened. Otherwise they would have lost everything.
As an Irish person, I find this kowtowing to foreign (usually US) companies highly embarrassing. I'm also shocked that the DPC is contemplating going to the Court of Justice over this, it's a bloody disgrace.
The NOYB link below has even more egregious details about DPC's behaviour. It looks like the job of enforcing the GDPR should go to another country.
https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertising