In fine tradition the title is overly sensational. The better title is "Some US Gas Stations have morons installing network-connected gear and not bothering to set a decent password". Or ACLs, or anything else even vaguely resembling security.

Rumour has it that various lazy developers were doing Windows version detection in some programs by searching for "Windows 9*", which matches 95, 98, and 98SE. But... this will do bad things when it matches "Windows 9" as well....

That's not IT either. And cheaper to just buy them. (Having said that, yes, I can build a patch cord....)

Spy.

I'd agree with all of them, with the additional caveat of: dispute with respect. I've disputed many papers and exams during my education. But the discussion was always civil. "I think you've marked this answer incorrectly. Could you tell me where and how I went wrong?" and not "You thug! How dare you challenge my obvious superiority!".

I just had my prescription redone. My optometrist recommended my current prescription for "normal" stuff, and a second set of glasses for my computer work. She'd mentioned that progressives were possible, but if I didn't mind switching glasses, I'd probably be happier with two different sets of glasses.

PDF is the prime motivator. Music because I already have the tablet around. (Also happens to have more memory than my phone)

8". Not big enough. My iPad is for reading PDFs and playing music. (OK, and a little email). The 8" form factor is too small for that, and too big to use as a phone.

Or, as mentioned in the summary, the customer is not being abusive towards the officer as often and thus avoids escalation to where the officer feels that they need to up the force.

While yes, patch your servers.... but do you really have your NTP port exposed to the world? Ever hear of a firewall?

What's "batshit insane" is following too closely. "Don't look at the original cause of the problem, let's look at secondary and tertiary effects." Bah.

But... when a library is patched then you have to re-download your entire machine again. What's the point of shared libraries? Just static link everything and you get a lot of the same result. (Not all.. there are other features of containerization... but static linking solves your library hell. And then there's the GPL/LGPL issues....)

The original clone troopers were... but somewhere between Ep III and IV, it was opened up to conscripts.

I'd like to see another label: Ad-supported. That way I know to avoid those apps too. "Get * in-app purchases * Ad supported".

I don't have depth perception, and I drive perfectly fine. I'd argue that I drive better than most. I have 0 accidents and only 2 tickets (speeding, and an illegal left contrary to posted signs) _lifetime_ record. (I've been driving > 20 years...)