Posts by JJamesR

Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat

But _did_ Li know?

>Li surely knew he was tempting fate with even an oblique reference to the fact that China's government used tanks and troops to suppress and kill protestors on that day.

But did he? The irony is the Chinese government has been so throughly successful in wiping this event from common knowledge that many people have no clue it ever occurred. Li must be well versed in navigating government censorship laws to have become so successful, so it seems unbelievable he'd make such a mistake. It seems more likely he simply didn't know, but now he surely does. Streisand effect ftw.

Software patching must work like car safety recalls, says US cyber boss

Re: An interesting viewpoint from Mr Inglis

I'm not sure if I've misread the article or your reply, but to me the article is saying this is about making the vendor take responsibility of the open source they use in their products, not the devs of the open source. My take is that the vendor would have two choices: work with the original author to get a vulnerability fixed or fork it and fix it themselves.

To me, this would seem a win for the original devs, as it actually gives incentive for vendors to support and fund devs of the open source software they use, rather than grab it and run.

DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC for trying to permanently cap delivery fees

Simple fix: instead, make a law that requires them to itemise the following at checkout: amount to delivery app, amount to delivery person, amount to restaurant, and taxes. This would give customers actual useful information in deciding which app to support.

I bet that alternative would shut up the complaints about a permanent cap pretty quickly!