Comment That explains it (Score 1) 36
I was wondering why a site I was on this morning decided to stop loading. Since other sites were still working I thought it might be the site itself. The hamsters got too tired and took a nap.
Comment Re:Canada is Free? (Score 2, Insightful) 12
The most liberal, most feminist and atheistic people are *absolutely enamored* with this religion that seemingly is against all of what these individuals espouse.
Nice trolling. Why would an atheist be "enamored" with this religion? Or any religion? They're atheists.
As for the rest, considering Catholicism and Christianity are also religions which are seemingly against all of what "those people" espouse, is it any wonder they "hate" these religions as well.
Nice trolling. Why would an atheist be "enamored" with this religion? Or any religion? They're atheists.
As for the rest, considering Catholicism and Christianity are also religions which are seemingly against all of what "those people" espouse, is it any wonder they "hate" these religions as well.
Comment Re:It a guidebook... (Score 1) 224
This seems relatively innocuous compared to other batshit crazy things.
Such as whining books by black authors contained hate messages or would indoctrinate kids, or removing books by Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, or Ernest Hemingway.
Such as whining books by black authors contained hate messages or would indoctrinate kids, or removing books by Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, or Ernest Hemingway.
Comment So it's like humans? (Score 1, Troll) 74
How many times have people been told to use the Oxford comma and still get it wrong?
Even worse, the use of lists without the Oxford comma is showing up more and more in publications who should know better, creating wording or joins the author never intended.
If this software is just now getting punctuation correct after several years of trying, it's doing just as well as humans.
Comment Re:A fool and their money... (Score 1) 36
Or if you're more cynical, it's like a Collateralized Debt Obligation
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing. And just like a CDO, what happens when someone doesn't, or can't, know the value of the underlying security?
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing. And just like a CDO, what happens when someone doesn't, or can't, know the value of the underlying security?
Submission + - Five people plead quilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US companies (techcrunch.com)
smooth wombat writes: Within the past year, stories have been posted on Slashdot about people helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at U.S. corporations, companies knowingly helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs, how not to hire a North Korean for a remote IT job, and how a simple question tripped up a North Korean applying for a remote IT job. The FBI is even warning companies that North Koreans working remotely can steal source code and extort money from the company, money which goes to fund the North Korean government. Now, five more people have plead guilty to knowingly helping North Koreans infiltrate U.S. companies as remote IT workers.
The five people are accused of working as “facilitators” who helped North Koreans get jobs by providing their own real identities, or false and stolen identities of more than a dozen U.S. nationals. The facilitators also hosted company-provided laptops in their homes across the U.S. to make it look like the North Korean workers lived locally, according to the DOJ press release.
These actions affected 136 U.S. companies and netted Kim Jong Un’s regime $2.2 million in revenue, said the DOJ.
Three of the people — U.S. nationals Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, and Alexander Paul Travis — each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy.
Prosecutors accused the three of helping North Koreans posing as legitimate IT workers, whom they knew worked outside of the United States, to use their own identities to obtain employment, helped them remotely access their company-issued laptops set up in their homes, and also helped the North Koreans pass vetting procedures, such as drug tests.
The fourth U.S. national who pleaded guilty is Erick Ntekereze Prince, who ran a company called Taggcar, which supplied to U.S. companies allegedly “certified” IT workers but whom he knew worked outside of the country and were using stolen or fake identities. Prince also hosted laptops with remote access software at several residences in Florida, and earned more than $89,000 for his work, the DOJ said.
Another participant in the scheme who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and another count of aggravated identity theft is Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, who prosecutors accuse of stealing U.S. citizens’ identities and selling them to North Koreans so they could get jobs at more than 40 U.S. companies.
The five people are accused of working as “facilitators” who helped North Koreans get jobs by providing their own real identities, or false and stolen identities of more than a dozen U.S. nationals. The facilitators also hosted company-provided laptops in their homes across the U.S. to make it look like the North Korean workers lived locally, according to the DOJ press release.
These actions affected 136 U.S. companies and netted Kim Jong Un’s regime $2.2 million in revenue, said the DOJ.
Three of the people — U.S. nationals Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, and Alexander Paul Travis — each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy.
Prosecutors accused the three of helping North Koreans posing as legitimate IT workers, whom they knew worked outside of the United States, to use their own identities to obtain employment, helped them remotely access their company-issued laptops set up in their homes, and also helped the North Koreans pass vetting procedures, such as drug tests.
The fourth U.S. national who pleaded guilty is Erick Ntekereze Prince, who ran a company called Taggcar, which supplied to U.S. companies allegedly “certified” IT workers but whom he knew worked outside of the country and were using stolen or fake identities. Prince also hosted laptops with remote access software at several residences in Florida, and earned more than $89,000 for his work, the DOJ said.
Another participant in the scheme who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and another count of aggravated identity theft is Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, who prosecutors accuse of stealing U.S. citizens’ identities and selling them to North Koreans so they could get jobs at more than 40 U.S. companies.
Comment Re:hard to believe (Score 1) 105
They have an all-in-one package from Verizon. Phone, internet, and tv. It is well over $100/month. Cutting out tv would get them just below that amount.
When I gave up cable well over a decade ago price was the reason. I couldn't justify the yearly cost increases when I was only watching ten or so channels on a regular basis.
Comment Re:hard to believe (Score 1) 105
My parents still do though my dad keeps questioning if he wants it any longer. They don't watch much any more and the cost is out of hand.
What they do is spend two hours or so every night watching YT videos of places around the world or watching shows about this or that subject.
Comment Re:Those severance packages are pretty good... (Score 1) 24
Who knows, maybe I could write a cool indie game during my 18 months off and I'd never need another corporate job again?
Let us know what torrent it's on.
Let us know what torrent it's on.
Comment Re:Thanks for the research data (Score 4, Insightful) 115
When the next Democratic president waves their hand you can be sure the Supreme Court will do its duty and say that waving is not part of presidential powers and block whatever it is they want to do.
Comment Re:What about top speed? (Score 4, Insightful) 92
Nearly every time they investigate, the person mixed up the pedal and the brake. When the car starts accelerating, in their panic they push said "brake" (actually the pedal) harder, and keep pushing it to the floor trying to stop the car.
Then these people shouldn't be driving. If they are unable to put their foot on the correct pedal, what else aren't they doing?
The demise of the sitck shift rears its head again.
Then these people shouldn't be driving. If they are unable to put their foot on the correct pedal, what else aren't they doing?
The demise of the sitck shift rears its head again.
Comment And yet (Score 4, Insightful) 42
Still no button to turn off all notifications of updates. Something so simple which Firefox used to have is now a distant memory.
And yes, I will bring this up in every Firefox article. No, I don't want to hear how I can make changes somewhere deep in the settings. They had it for 15+ years. Considering all the time and effort they're putting into this stuff, they can put it back.
Comment Re:Who cares about preparation when race trumps al (Score 1, Insightful) 162
I find this whole conversation amusing because it is one group who has explicitly said one particular group shouldn't be allowed to go schools with the other. In fact, that same group went after the other group by using police, police dogs, fire hoses, and even guns.
And yet, we're to believe this group suddenly wants everyone to be treated equally.
Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 1) 181
That only works for one item at most. Savvy shoppers would strategically buy combinations of items that always round down.
There is no such thing. Stores will adjust their prices to make sure they always round up.
This is inflation as prices will rise.
There is no such thing. Stores will adjust their prices to make sure they always round up.
This is inflation as prices will rise.
Comment Web site is still up (Score 2) 46
The Sonder site is still up and appears to be functional. I never got to see if there were still listings as having to unblock the 20+ scripts and who knows how much other cruft wasn't worth my time.
One would think taking down the site or at least putting up a message would be one of the first things to do when you're going out of business. But then, when your web site has that much cruftiness, maybe they couldn't figure out how to change anything.
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