Notices by Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se), page 77

HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 13:36:09 UTC HN Tooter

North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-11/north-korea-hackers-step-up-bitcoin-attacks-amid-rising-tensions
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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 14:43:39 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat
- nds
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@nds @lnxw48a1 Then make the members of the House and one-third of the Senate pay dearly in 2018. They're all up & need defeat in whole.

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zerohedge (zerohedge@quitter.im)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 11:09:45 UTC zerohedge

Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah https://quitter.im/url/658944
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zerohedge (zerohedge@quitter.im)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 11:13:26 UTC zerohedge

Vitamin World files Chapter 11

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 06:30:12 UTC Hacker News ( unofficial )

The only safe email is text-only email

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199

Source: https://theconversation.com/the-only-safe-email-is-text-only-email-81434

#hackernews
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2. The only safe email is text-only email
  
  from The Conversation
  
  It's impossible to be certain of safety while using Gmail, Yahoo mail and other web-based email systems. The best solution is a radical one: It's time to return to plain, text-only email.
Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 10:44:39 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

Going to school riding LakeTran down today. Must get homework done...

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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 10:43:27 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

AM broadcast band DXibg while driving I-90 between Ashtabula & Madison at 1035Z, got S9 copy of WSM 650 AM. Usually can't hear them...

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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 01:21:06 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

New Blog Post: http://skellat.freeshell.org/blog/encountering-denial-without-getting-wet.html
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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 23:38:42 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat
- nds
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1 @nds The Steel Seizure Cases during Truman's presidency remain very instructive. The Supreme Court opinion is easy to understand

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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 23:01:05 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat
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@nds There's no "But it's Trump" exception in the Constitution. It is going to be a long term with more weirdness to come.

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zerohedge (zerohedge@quitter.im)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 19:32:57 UTC zerohedge

WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISER SAYS FLORIDA KEYS MAY NOT BE FIT FOR RE-ENTRY BY REGULAR CITIZENS FOR WEEKS

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Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 19:29:16 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

Not doing my homework yet. This week is a "reframing the present" exercise. I wanted to do something on "due process" but not scare prof.

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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 18:33:15 UTC HN Tooter

Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41188560
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1. Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'
  
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  Researchers and LGBT groups clash over facial recognition tech that supposedly spots gay people.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 19:01:11 UTC Hacker News ( unofficial )

I downloaded an app and was part of the Cajun Navy

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15220136

Source: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/I-downloaded-an-app-And-suddenly-I-was-talking-12172506.php?cmpid=twitter-premium

#hackernews
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2. I downloaded an app. And suddenly, was part of the Cajun Navy.
  
  from Houston Chronicle
  
  I read an article about the Cajun Navy, and on a whim, downloaded Zello, the walkie-talkie-type app they used to communicate.
Simon Phipps (webmink@mastodon.cc)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 15:10:42 UTC Simon Phipps

No, using open source doesn't automatically mean "going it alone" and blaming the community when you do and you fail is plain wrong. https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/11/choice-of-insurance/
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1. Open Source Means Choice Of Insurance
  
  By Simon Phipps from Meshed Insights Ltd
  
  No, using open source doesn’t automatically mean going it alone.
  
  Some say that companies don’t want open source because they want the security of a relationship with a big business. But this outlook reflects misunderstandings of the real values of open source. It’s yet another consequence of the “price frame”.
  
  There is an overall price-related message-frame that proprietary software companies like to use around open source. In each instance, an idea completes the phrase “open source may come with free licenses but…” in creatively manipulative ways. In many cases, the resulting statement conceals a weakness of proprietary software by casting it as a weakness of open source.
  
  In the case of software investment protection, the phrase gets completed “… but you need a proprietary vendor for long-term investment protection”. That’s a deceptive statement that embodies an incorrect view of open source as a “knock-off copy”. The open source model – done well – offers more security than the proprietary model.
  
  It’s a powerful and persistent myth because it builds on at least two misconceptions:
  
  No need to walk alone
  
  It may reflect a belief that using open source software means you’re on your own, and that “open source” is the antonym for “supported”. But that’s not true. While you have the liberty to use open source software any way you want without needing to ask permission or buy the “right to use”, all significant enterprise open source software has companies ready and able to provide all the same protections as are available with proprietary software.
  
  It’s just unbundled, giving you the flexibility to decide who you buy from, how much you pay and how long to continue. Of course, that’s incredibly threatening to proprietary vendors who want to lock you in to their product. They would rather you believed that optional service and support means no service and support.
  
  It also means you can proceed without any form of support or assurance if you want to. Just check that’s not hubris before you do, and don’t blame the community whose software you’re using if you get caught out – open source is a collaboration, not a product.
  
  Small Can Be Beautiful
  
  It may reflect a belief that using open source means trading with small companies, and that trading with large companies is safer. That’s partly true. Building a multinational software corporation may be impossible without proprietary lock-in.
  
  The first part has a positive dimension; having a choice of supplier gives you more control of your negotiations. But the second part – that large companies are safer – is not necessarily so. In today’s economy, even large companies can fail or be acquired. Companies can change strategy after getting a new CEO or making a large acquisition. If you’re dependent on proprietary software, the size of your supplier will be little help when this kind of change happens.
  
  But with open source software, the flexibility to use, study, modify and distribute the software without further permission means any community member can take over the lead. As long as the business opportunity exists, someone will be there to “rehost and carry on“.
  
  It may once have been the case that “no-one got fired for buying $large-vendor”, but today’s economy means the flexibility that open source permits – and which is taken away from you by proprietary vendors – is more important than ever. If you hear this investment protection meme, it’s worth asking why it’s still believed so strongly and why a choice of where to buy insurance for your software is bad.
  
  (An earlier version of this article was published by ComputerWorldUK in 2011. This version comes courtesy of Patreon patrons)
Michael W Lucas (mwlucas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 15:13:19 UTC Michael W Lucas

I've wanted #FreeBSD to move the default Postgresql data directory under /var/db for decades. Literally, since about 1996.
They finally did it.
It's timed *perfectly* to maximize my inconvenience.
If they'd done it earlier, I would have caught it in the first draft of #af3e. If they'd done it after it hit print, I'd shrug and move on. But no, I have to rewrite this section.
I am forced to bow to their amazing skill.

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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 13:55:45 UTC HN Tooter

California bans drones from delivering marijuana
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16286350/california-ban-drones-delivery-marijuana
(submitted by dvdhnt)

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BBC (bbc@social.undernet.uy)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 14:13:21 UTC BBC

Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces' #bbc #technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41188560
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  Researchers and LGBT groups clash over facial recognition tech that supposedly spots gay people.
zerohedge (zerohedge@quitter.im)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 02:43:33 UTC zerohedge

These Are America's Fattest States http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-10/these-are-americas-fattest-states
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zerohedge (zerohedge@quitter.im)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2017 23:53:04 UTC zerohedge

Chinese Banks Suspending N. Korea Transactions: Kyodo

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