So... what are you talking about? Can you continue your rambling until we understand?

How cool. Thanks a lot for sharing, David Emery.

Sure. I do not doubt that. But do you think that spending indicates what you get for your money? I remember a well functioning healthcare in my youth and compared to today the difference is wild. You can spend 12 hours in the emergency or more before seeing a doctor. Obviously, if you have been shot you get taken care of right away and that is all good - but that the mean case in the emergency can lasts for 12 hours? Is that super cool? The problems with the healthcase are many - it is not just finance.

The US healthcare has been shown many times to be extremely inefficient, yet is at the top of the list. Just to indicate what I am talking about - spending does not translate to quality.

I am a Swede who left the country a few months ago. The Swedish system is not well funded at all. The health care is not what it used to be either - the population has grown some 20% in just 15 years whereas the health care system most definitely has not grown 20%. The tax base also has not grown 20%.

The Swedish "model" is inaction. How so many have failed to grasp that is beyond me. Not doing anything is not a model for crying out loud.

Apparently the argument is that the radio waves weaken your immune system and makes it easier for you to develop COVID-19.

What is this? Cringely week? Give us a break.

Don't count on lowered prices. Here in Sweden the tax for food in restaurants was halved to 12.5% a few years ago. That had zero effect on prices and restaurants profits simply increased.

The title says it was an "accident" which is incorrect. This was done with open eyes all the while security responsible protested and a lot of other IT people.

The director ordered this outsourcing project to continue and give access to the IBM contractors before they had been given security clearance. IBM's personnel are located in different countries such as Serbia, Poland, etc. The access is (still) administrative access to databases and data shares.

It's of course not just one big database but many. What's also not in the summary is that an encrypted inter-agency network was also exposed. Oops.

The motive of the (now ex) director's order was to speed up the project, because the transport agency otherwise would have issues with their daily work (issue driver licenses, etc.). The government has also been breathing down their necks to save money, hence this outsourcing (short-sighted madness).

It's a trainwreck from beginning to end, really. Heads will roll.

IAAS (I Am A Swede) as well..

I've fled KDE before when they launched the public alpha as a major release. Since back then it's improved hugely in terms of performance and usability. I used to be a Gnome fan, but the new UI, while usable on the TV, is unusable on the dev box.

About the bling and widgets/plasmoids I just don't use them so they're not a problem. It's a way of attracting a certain user group.

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FUCK BETA.

This video is lame. What did these guys accomplish? It is kind of hard to tell. 10 projectors + smoke. A guy claims there is a sphere -- well I do not see it. Now he says he is walking inside the sphere. Still do not see it.

What the hell is this?

Okay, so everyone thinks the cost is directly financial. What about the cost in PR?

This company just got mentioned in article after article in just about every newspaper on the globe. No pretty headlines, either. Lax security. Leaked data again? Oh.

The direct cost might be possible to calculate - but the cost of no one trusting Sony with personal data could disrupt their online business entirely.

The rootkit disaster, as often mentioned, still sits in all of our minds and everyone we talk with. Do not underestimate the badwill. Want to be a contender? Do not fuck up - this economy will not allow it.

The cloud crap gets another black eye and this one is hardly deserving, considering the immense lack of competence security-wise on Sony's part.