I've seen his stuff going back to PC Magazine or Byte or one of those in the mid-80's.

Most of the columns I read made me think "well, that's obviously wrong, and why is he being such a dick about it?"

I guess some people like that style. Never my cup of tea.

Once I realized I was almost always right when I thought "well that's obviously wrong" I learned to just skip his columns. In my teens I thought it was wise to give everybody a fair shake repeatedly, but then I learned about opportunity cost.

To be fair, he somehow got paid for decades despite his track record, so he must have been quite skilled at the hustle.

"Don't speak ill of the dead" and all, but he seemed to enjoy people being acerbic, so here we are.

Oh, it's not just that, they claim 100 miles from any border now.

Since I'm in New Hampshire and there's no part of the state further than 100 miles from a border, I've had to inform my friends that we've been kicked out of the United States.

Our ratification of the Constitution by the Legislature is what makes New Hampshire part of the United States. If the Constitution doesn't apply, well then the ratification has been nullified by DC. Unfortunate, but not our choosing.

This would apply to any of the Thirteen Colonies that joined and are in this situation (Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware) but likely not so for the States that were never independent. There's a real territorial integrity conundrum for the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Only a tiny sliver of Vermont, Maryland, and Massachusetts have Constitutional Law under DC's theory. Texas was independent and is in this half-in, half-out situation as well.

Of course the Constitution is what authorizes the Federal Government so if it doesn't exist then they have no legal authority. It's *almost like* they're an outlaw gang at this point with no basis in law. Might be better for everybody if they followed the law.

CBP may have no interest in bringing a court case. They might be happy with the intel alone.

Because he tells them through the jail cell bars as they enter the address and passwords into the phone. Give them a code that wipes the backup and he's going to be there for a loooong time.

Good. Then after wiping his phone and placing him in detention, CBP can grab a copy of that upload and he can try again. But this time, with the correct password. Wiped it again? Another copy, rinse and repeat.

So he's not even back on US soil yet? Habeas corpus does not yet apply.

From where? Remember; the cloud is nothing more than someone else's computer.

better to not have that data on you when you cross certain borders

How about any border? Even more generally, at any situation, when the ordinary rights do not obtain...

Prove to whom? And with what level of verification?

You can have my Vanuatu passport when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands.

One ping only, Vasily.

I wonder, what the long term consequences of obtaining — and using — this skill are, if any... Does it make one smarter? Or faster? Does it reduce — or increase — the risk of developing Altzheimer? Does it affect personality in any way?

Also, can the skill be lost — if not regularly used — or is it more like bicycle-riding?

I saw a wall-sized TV at Walmart tonight for $698. Like foot traffic might damage it in a normal house.

There has to be some additional revenue source.

Or Saint Helena. It's been a while since they had such a distinguished "guest".

Such as?

I wish this was completely true but I had a monitor I brought in from home to use on a work computer, and a mid-stage upgrade within Windows 11 caused the monitor to stop working at its native resolution and only work at 640x480. It was an older monitor and natively DVI on the monitor itself. I couldn't find a ready solution to the problem. Work ended up giving me an extra to replace mine.

I can only suspect that some kind of security setting was not being met, but either way it was really irritating.

It's a goddamn monitor. It should be compliant with video interface signaling standards and to be able to notify the system of what standards it complies with through the video interface itself or with minimal drivers that are basically just an FYI. Even if it has other features like audio capability, USB passthrough, or even some kind of software-based control of the monitor for some other reason, that shouldn't require crazy amounts of permissions to accomplish.

This sort of crap is what I hate about modern consumer electronics. It used to be that most peripherals didn't require much to function, and either software that ran at the user-level with minimal drivers or else features functioned directly onboard said device let it be controlled. This modern era where everything requires copious permissions and comes packed with malware is truly awful. And frankly Microsoft shares some blame here, for even allowing this in the first place.