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Comment As someone who has no debt to cancel (Score 1) 402

I still support the idea of a debt jubilee. After all, it doesn't do me any good to be the sole economic survivor.

Maybe triage the type of debt. Cancel payday loans first, no one will feel sorry for those vultures. Cancel student loans next, Democrats would support that. After that cancel small business loans, take that load off their business. Then some types of securitized debt, like car loans. Not sure about credit card debt. Not as keen on that one because, most of the time, those are voluntary expenses. Maybe credit card debt for low earners.

Banks are already getting basically free cash from the treasury. They can't survive without an ongoing government bailout. They can either fall in line or get cut off.

Comment These will not drive the last mile (Score 1) 113

These systems will not drive the last mile to completely autonomous cars. If you want to see the state of the art, you need to look at Waymo. Self-driving trucks running between transit points outside of town will be on the roads sooner than self-driving cars. They don't have to learn every driving situation, they only have know one stretch of road.

Comment Why fix it when you can deny it? (Score 1) 73

I remember InMotionHosting got hacked a few years ago and accounts were filled with spam links. They tried to blame the users, insisting everything was fine on their end. Denial is a stupid strategy. Just admit there's a problem and fix it. Though maybe denial is the default when the company doesn't want to issue refunds.

Comment Death From Above (Score 2) 59

Cable companies should be sweating Starlink but, so far, hardly a peep. I have noticed Xfinity offering deals that require a 2 year contract, maybe that's partly the strategy.

When it's available Starlink will offer internet access with decent speeds and lag time anywhere. No cables, no wires, no ground-based infrastructure. Just point a small antenna toward the sky and you're in business.

Comment Hey (Score 1) 15

I thought those socialist countries with universal healthcare were teetering constantly on the brink of insolvency? I thought companies were exporting jobs to get away from the high taxes?

But they still have billions to buy other companies. It's almost like Libertarian economics is complete bullocks paid for by a self-serving wealthy elite.

Comment Medical offices are the worst (Score 4, Interesting) 22

The dirtiest, most infected networks I ever worked on were in medical offices. Weak passwords, sometimes no passwords, ancient desktops that hadn't run updates in months. Pointing out the vulnerabilities was a waste of time. They didn't care and didn't want to be bothered.

Until companies start seeing big fines for being sloppy with data security, it's going to keep happening.

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