Interesting question - what would AI generated IT be like?

I agree, sounds like they were short on money, and decided to take an axe to the IT department. Then the inevitable happened.

It is very true that best practices will not guarantee successfully keeping the bad guys out. But we hear so many stories about the keys to the pwned kingdom being accidentally left in plain view. A lot of low hanging fruit out there.

Of course, having the IT department as a cost center doesn't help either.

One good practice. In addition, remove internet in off hours.

Has the EU tried fining the threat actors?

I've done that, mostly during the time that Grandma had their machines loaded up with crap that they barely functioned. Thinking they needed to get a new machine. I loaded Linux Mint and they didn't look back.

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

It is exactly Stockholm syndrome, with a sprinkle of not knowing just how stable other OS' are. The Linux classes I was teaching, after months of pickering around with Windows, ended early after all the students had things running problem free. Went through the syllabus at light speed, when the previous classes were a study in frustration, mostly figuring out what Windows update broke. They want to do more, so I have to figure out a new class.

If Microsoft can convince the users that their piece of guano OS and its poor performance is just a universal trait of OS', and that MacOS and Linux are even worse, the koolaid is easier to drink.

As long as you are in a situation that you can install and use it.

It shows how pathetic a product Windows is when you have to install outside applications to get raw basic functionality.

I feel badly for you. When people can only post with one angle, it usually involves deep seated trauma. Have you considered therapy?

And not even a good one. I have been struggling with W11's various issues, like reinstalling onedrive, placing programs on onedrive, which breaks them, it's abysmal audio issues, it's BOHICA updates, that destabilize the system even before installation, randomish program settings changes.

I even started to think "Maybe you're just getting old and losing your touch Olsoc you dotard old twatwaffle!" I mean, it's hard to imagine that Microsoft could put out this bad a product.

Then I tried an experiment. I dug out a W10 laptop that was sitting around, and installed the programs I was having problems with on W11.

And... they worked. Took 30 minutes to install and set up. Worked great - it wasn't me. And there is the undeniable fact that now that W10 isn't supported by Microsoft any more, that it is stable now.

Even in the darkest of times, humans can find humor no matter the source. You ave evolved into permanent desperate ennui. How's that workin' out for ya?

And people making predictions about those booms and busts have been wrong pretty much forever.

DeepSeek is doing exactly that.

DeepSeek is 30 times cheaper than OpenAI and delivers better results.

The reasons DeepSeek is cheaper are its use of less energy and the smart use of prompt caching.

Before you assign the F.C.C. as further example of the Trump administration, that the F.C.C. is behind the design and operation of this Satellite, go back and read the F.C.C. document. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/at...

They are granting a station license.

Any time a satellite is launched, if it has communication abilities - all do - the regulatory agencies of the world must be in approval. A station license is granted. This satellite needs coordination, and that the F.C.C. coordinating the frequencies in use, and granting them station licenses does not makes them part of the design and operation. I have F.C.C. granted station licenses, as long as I work in the frequencies the license grants, and comply with the modes of operation allowed, they don't have anything to do with my stations.

This coordination happens on everything launched, not just communications satellites. And seriously, unless the satellite never transmits, it needs coordination. RF does not know political parties.

Almost as funny as people who think that the RF spectrum is political.

Make no mistake. The only thing the F.C.C has to do with this satellite is assigninging the Frequencies it communicates on. they have nothing to do with anything else. It has nothing to do with Trump, Obama, Bush II Clinton, or any political party. It has nothing to do with the design or use of the satellite. It has everything to do with RF, keeping radio signals away from each other.

Anyone using it as a further example and source of outrage for their hatred of a country, that this is politics - is only showing that they know nothing about what they are talking about.