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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 03:00:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I also heard from S. She signed up for a cybersecurity course on #Udemy around Black Friday. This is supposed to be organized around certification requirements for “CySA — Cybersecurity Analyst”. As far as I know, she isn’t Security+ certified, but she does have 20+ years of IT experience, including a former Novell CNA certification.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 02:49:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

No response from #DataCamp today. I keep thinking 🤔 “if they are this slipshod about helping someone pay 💰 them, how bad will they be if there’s a problem with one of the courses?” and I admit it doesn’t look good.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 02:47:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Years ago, if your teacher told your parents that you were not completing your homework assignments, your parents would “attack the problem at its seat” and you would make sure those assignments were done correctly and turned in on time. These days, the kids will come to school and say they didn’t do their homework because they had family #xbox time and their parents will acknowledge it.

We can try to resist this wave of generational ignorance, or we can accept that we have created a permanent underclass of aid recipients who are angry at society for not taking care of them the way they expect. Personally, I’d rather get those students working and learning, so that they are competitive in the job market after they graduate from school.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 02:37:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- GNU Too
@gnu2 Unfortunately, it is not worth it. The US—and world—economy demands educated workers. And I hear daily about how many parents did nothing to help educate their own children during the lockdowns. Effectively, there were many families whose children skipped over a year of schooling.

I’m in favor of homeschooling and charter schools, but parents have to be willing and able to do the required work, including learning about the subjects themselves. If they won’t, then those kids are only damaged by homeschooling and other such outside the classroom schemes. That means we will always need public and compulsory schooling.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 02:29:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://abc7.com/unlv-active-shooter-las-vegas-shooting/14148302/ [abc7 com]

Shooting on #UNLV campus. 3 killed plus gunman.

#NV #crime #Las_Vegas
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1. 3 dead, gunman killed by officers after opening fire at UNLV campus
  
  from @abc7
  
  Las Vegas authorities say a gunman killed three people at the UNLV campus and wounded a fourth before being fatally shot by responding officers.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:18:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Western sanctions do appear to having some impact in RU: https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90795
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 23:52:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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This reminded me of why we got school resource officers in the first place. After Jonesboro and Columbine, we started hearing about violent encounters on campuses more frequently. No one wants the next generation to be slaughtered before they grow up, locked in with their killers like prison inmates. So police and sheriff's departments started stationing officers on campuses to try and prevent such happenings (with wildly enthusiastic support from parents).

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 23:47:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

During the outbound portion of my walk, there were police helicopters from two different agencies circling an area near a school and a shopping area. I saw both city police and county sheriff vehicles speeding in that direction. Later on, I saw school district police and sheriff's SRO vehicles as well.

I checked the local news sites and the Los Angeles television stations' sites, but no one has anything about it. Which is good news, I guess. It means no kids were shot at the school.

By the time I was heading back inbound, the school district and SRO vehicles had departed. The city police and most of the sheriff's deputies were leaving the area.

It's an unsolved mystery. Potential #crime ... #local-news

Also: #step-count: In both October and November of 2023, my steps exceeded 500K (according to my phone). I expect weather, temperature, and the shorter days to prevent this from happening in December and January.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 20:44:18 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
@fu Yes. But in general, when someone else seeks to prioritize your limited time & effort, their priorities differ greatly from your own.

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- GeniusMusing
@geniusmusing That looks like it is what I remember.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 20:31:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/292690

This was in 2016, but I really think the case should have been a criminal case (ending with the dissolution of #Wells_Fargo's subsidiary if not the bank itself, plus prison for all involved managers).

#USDOJ's actions shield high level perpetrators from punishment.
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1. Wells Fargo Bank Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion for Improper Mortgage Lending Practices
  
  The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled civil mortgage fraud claims against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Wells Fargo) and Wells Fargo executive Kurt Lofrano, stemming from Wells Fargo’s participation in the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Direct Endorsement Lender Program. In the settlement, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $1.2 billion and admitted, acknowledged and accepted responsibility for, among other things, certifying to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), during the period from May 2001 through December 2008, that certain residential home mortgage loans were eligible for FHA insurance when in fact they were not, resulting in the Government having to pay FHA insurance claims when some of those loans defaulted. The agreement resolves the United States’ civil claims in its lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, as well as an investigation conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York regarding Wells Fargo’s FHA origination and underwriting practices subsequent to the claims in its lawsuit and an investigation conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California into whether American Mortgage Network, LLC (AMNET), a mortgage lender acquired by Wells Fargo in 2009, falsely certified and submitted ineligible residential mortgage loans for FHA insurance.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 09:40:23 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

My sister told me that both of her sons are having relationship problems right now because of their finances. I hope they can work things out. Both have children that would be affected by a break up.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 09:36:52 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I wish I could find the book 📕 I read around 1974 where someone proposed a “doughnut” spacecraft in which a high powered magnetic field would compress hydrogen gas enough to cause fusion reactions and thus propel the ship at some fraction of the speed of light. It relied on interstellar hydrogen gas in order to work.

I think their drawings depicted something like a gigantic ramjet engine, with crew quarters and ship control areas embedded inside the walls of the engine.

Almost fifty years later, I would like to see whether the idea could still be viable.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 09:29:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Gary Numan #1979 #song “Cars”

#1970s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs

Someone was saying that musicians only do it for their audiences, rather than for the love of music. I thought “then why do so many famous musicians hate the songs that make them famous?” if they were all about pleasing their audiences, I could get a three hour concert with different interpretations of “Cars” or “1999” or “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” without all the less desirable songs that followed.
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1. Gary Numan - Cars
  
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  Check out the Top of the Pops playlist here ➤ https://bit.ly/2F8np11Working from home alternative classics ➤ https://bit.ly/3aOLq7HA game-changing song and v...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 02:07:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Federati Networks
Official !fnetworks announcement: Federati N5 is no more. N6 is planned, but there are some other things to take care of before that happens.

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How many breeding pairs of humans would be required? https://nu.federati.net/url/292680 [www technologyreviews com] (based on latest technology, so projected time is 6,300 years). Does not discuss the other creatures that would have to be carried.
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  This is how many people we’d have to send to Proxima Centauri to make sure someone actually arrives
  
  Since it would take at least 6,300 years to reach the closest star to our sun, enough men and women to produce many genetically healthy generations would need to make the trip.
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https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/nearest_star_info.html

If Voyager 1 was headed for Proxima Centauri, it would take 73,000 years to reach it. Could we create a mobile and independent colony that could survive that long? Or would it need a boost in speed, so that journey could be shortened?
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1. Imagine the Universe!
  
  This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:29:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I think the possibility that an extraterrestrial 👽 civilization might be malevolent is a good reason for us to start thinking about setting up self sustaining colonies on Mars and the Moon 🌙. And about building a mobile colony that could endure for enough time to reach Alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri. As far as I know, we have not detected any planets 🪐 around either star ⭐️, but if they get there in a century or two and find a habitable planet 🌍, we will have made our species independent from Sol’s lifecycle … and from being obliterated by “greys” attacking earth.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:20:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
In this case, #DataCamp seems not to have considered that one might want to gift a year’s subscription to someone else, so using my personal/ account information and @bthall’s payment 💰 information is likely triggering a fraud alert. The company has not said why the payment hasn’t gone through, but Brandon was able to buy his own subscription without issue.

As I see it, the key is to find the one person in the company that can and will go around the barriers and accept the payment. That gives them some time to suggest the company implements gift subscriptions and some time for the company to do so.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:53:24 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

If there's a lesson that I'm learning from the struggle Brandon is having trying to give me a year's paid subscription to #DataCamp, it is "don't make it hard for people to give you money".

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