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Comment Accounts Eat Their Own (Score 1) 177

I worked at an accounting firm early in my career. Accounting is a thankless job. There's a joke about how nobody hates lawyers more than other lawyers. The same holds true for accounting. They worked super long hours during tax season only to be laid off when tax season was over.

Comment Re:Security Company (Score 2) 28

"Honestly the real scandal is the super premium prices they ask for this stuff given what it actually is." if you think the purchase price is bad, just wait until it's time to renew support. That's when they break out the shoulder-length rubber glove. It's also funny how PAN sales reps bash their competitors for vulnerabilities. You'd think by now they would realize how that blows up in their faces. ALL OF THEM have the same problem. All we can do as customers is to watch how they communicate and how quickly they address the issue. We also have to assume that a breach WILL HAPPEN, and have an incident response plan in place before it happens. The best time to ask the question "What should we do?" is before a breach happens. You should also have all sorts of "trip wires" in place like scanning, analysis and alerting tools, and perhaps some deception technologies that can alert when someone is poking around inside the network.

Comment Some people like to make money (Score 3) 284

It would be nice to be so independently wealthy that you can pursue your passions without any regard to increasing your future earning potential. Those of us who still need to work for a living need to treat higher education as a financial investment. A CS degree can lead to a more lucrative career where you can support yourself and perhaps repay student loans while you are still a young adult.
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TikTok-parent ByteDance Launches Its First Gadget, a Smart Lamp With Camera and Display (techcrunch.com) 14

ByteDance on Thursday unveiled its first consumer hardware product, a smart light lamp with a display and camera, that it says is part of its education technology portfolio as the Chinese internet giant continues to expand to categories beyond social video. From a report: The Dali smart lamp features a display, camera, and a built-in digital assistant. The Dali smart lamp, which starts at $119, is aimed at school-going children who can use the device to finish their homework, ByteDance said at a press conference. The camera will enable parents to tutor their kids and check in remotely via a mobile app.

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