If the company didn't rescind his credentials immediately upon firing, that's all the reputation you need to know.

This is basic security practice taught in every 100 level IT security course.

will whine about having to pay for anything

You mean like people on here and elsewhere who brag about stealing music/movies/software because they don't want to pay?

If it's okay for you to steal someone else's work, why is not acceptable for these companies to scrape available content?

Maybe you shouldn't have been pushing stuff like puberty blockers without parental consent (or knowledge),

Which of course never happened.

But it's perfectly fine for a parent to let their child die of a preventable disease because "vaccines bad", right?

People no longer have access to the National Archives, the largest repository of information in the country. Even the Natoinal Archives web site has removed tons of information.

So much for "transparency".

Rather, "not allowed". Sure, my Dell XPS 420, that a friend gave me, is old, but it runs Windows 10 like a champ - though I did replace the HDD with a SSD; I imagine it would run Windows 11 just as well if not for the (arbitrary) hardware "requirements" Microsoft imposed for Windows 11. Same for my other systems. Instead of buying something new(er), I'll be switching to using my Linux Mint 22 system full-time instead - which is also old, but works great (i7-3770, ASRock Z77 Extreme3, 32 GB RAM, Samsung SSD).

Good thing SSDs can't be replaced. /s

My latest vaccine shots had the 6G upgrade, to take advantage of the higher-speed web access when the networks upgrade, but if they're selling those frequencies to high-power carriers, then I won't be able to walk into any area that handles AT&T or Verizon. :P

Seriously, this will totally wreck the 6G/WiFi6 specification, utterly ruin the planned 7G/WiFi7 update, and cause no end of problems to those already using WiFi6 equipment - basically, people with working gear may well find their hardware simply no longer operates, which is really NOT what no vendor or customer wants to hear. Vendors with existing gear will need to do a recall, which won't be popular, and the replacement products simply aren't going to do even a fraction as well as the customers were promised - which, again, won't go down well. And it won't be the politicians who get the blame, despite it being the politicians who are at fault.

I had thought about this and was why I initially used Authy as they had a Windows app I could use as my backup/alternate - "had" being the operative word. I've since switched to 2FAS where I can export the data to JSON and manually copy the TOTP seeds into KeePassXC, which runs on Windows, Linux, ... I can also keep encrypted copies (via 2FAS directly or something like AxCrypt) of the 2FAS data where ever I want as well in the Google online backup. Another route would be to stand up a virtual phone/tablet device in something like Android Studio and install a copy of your authenticator app on that -- 2FAS could load the existing data from the online backup.

Good to know if your phone is lost/stolen/damaged you are shit out of luck.

Depending on jurisdiction, establishments are sometimes being forced to accept cash, to not exclude the under banked.
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I still use cash from time to time, and I am not under banked. In fact, I used cash on Saturday to buy gas for my mower, and I always use cash to buy gas for my car. Never have to worry about my card being compromised. Or anyone knowing what I'm buying when I use cash.

situations where lupus is mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis,

It's never lupus.* Until it is.

* I wanted to post a video of House saying it's not lupus, but for some reason YT is now requiring me to sign to confirm I'm not a bot. Sorry for not posting the reference.

I always tell people when setting up their 2FA not to use Authenticator. First, it does not reliably work. Second, it's from Microsoft which means they can stop it working or make changes to it at will.

Instead, I tell people to select the Text or Phone option. Text is preferred as it will always go through unless they're in a cave.

I recommend this NOVA episode Arctic Sinkholes (full episode) from Feb 2022, described in the articles below.

- Methane craters documentary highlights rapid Arctic warming
- Nova episode explores Arctic methane explosions

Pete Hegseth gets asked that all the time... :-)

I don't mind a little triage at the beginning of a call to get some basic information that will be passed along, but (a) I much prefer to press buttons than "speak or say" and (b) there's a point at which all the prompting becomes annoying. What's often lacking is a clear way to end/bypass this and just get to a person. While the secret word is usually "operator", "representative", or pressing zero, etc... they often don't tell you and you have to guess or deal with "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Please enter your..." over and over again until some built-in limit is reached and you're passed along - or you or they hang-up.