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Comment Re:Don't have much sympathy... (Score 2) 57

And on the other side of that coin, the OCC just accused BOA along with the other eight largest US banks of discriminating against customers based on "reputation risk" rather than clear and objective criteria.

Which is the polite way of saying Trump threw a hissy-fit over being debanked as a 34-time convicted financial fraudster, and decided to punish Moynihan and Dimon and the rest for daring to hold him to the same standards as every other human on the planet. The core accusation itself is the most telling - OCC is primarily accusing banks of using political criteria, which despite what Team Red might want to believe this week, isn't a federally protected class. Refusing to make a cake for a gay wedding? "Right to free association". Blocking a convicted criminal from accessing a company's financial services? Waaah, unfair, make 'em suffer, Daddy Gould!

It's not often I side with banks on any issue, and the much-reviled BOA even rarer; but if they're going to be punished either way, may as well just do what they want and earn the fines.

Comment Re:Who's surprised? (Score 2, Informative) 12

Many businesses don't care about the people that work for them because they only view them as liabilities, not as assets.

More accurately, zero businesses care about people who work for them, because businesses are legal fictions, which only exist in the legal system. They don't have brains, hearts, or emotions. People who work for them might care, but as the business increases in size, that becomes decreasingly relevant, and once it becomes publicly traded the shareholders can act to remove officers who don't follow the charter. And while corporations aren't legally obligated to maximize profits by default, the charter pretty much always says something about that, as that's why people invest.

A sole proprietor might care about you, and that might even be relevant...

Comment Re:Graaa! We Must Secure The Code!! (Score 3, Insightful) 57

Maybe there will be software jobs in the future after all?

AI may be what gets the industry to start taking security seriously. Most computer systems are designed with security as an afterthought, tacked on at the end. Performance has been the primary selling point. But now that AI makes it feasible to find holes that previously would have required a lot of manpower to exploit, perhaps we will see the focus shift in that direction.

Comment Re:Stop the hyperbole. (Score 2, Informative) 83

What about that means disconnecting kids from the internet? What about that is a termination of the program?
Nothing.

It costs money to provide those services, and schools and libraries are already wanting for funding in this post-fact America. What's between your ears? Nothing.

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