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Comment misconfiguration on Microsoft DNS servers? (Score 1) 15

I'm guessing someone either requested or accidentally took the initiative to add a C-Name pointing to the Japanese domain name. Normally this would be considered a small mistake and non service impacting... I disagree with the cybersecurity risk of someone using a fake account@example.com with real passwords. That seems like an odd concern (unless I'm missing something)

Comment Live streaming toilet cam? (Score 0) 50

That's what I was expecting. He found some misconfigured cameras streaming people's personal spaces to the Internet.. Instead he discovered weather and traffic cameras in public spaces live streaming to the Internet? There are a lot of government websites that purposely do this. Causing lots of drama over a small mistake is a very unprofessional thing to do if you want to be taken seriously as a "reporter"

Comment Cheap Chinese EV and 0% financing? (Score 2, Interesting) 91

If these EVs are cheap and 0% financing, I would consider buying one. The Canadian car manufacturing is dead, and hopefully the west coast can encourage some of these Chinese EV manufacturers to build some manufacturing in western Canada and flip the bird at Ontario and the legacy car manufacturing industry and unions.

Comment Re: "Massively Popular" (Score 2) 51

Artists are still making pretty creative music Videos in the post cable TV era. They just post them on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.... If MTV was smart, they would have moved everything to Twitch, YouTube, etc... and kept some live programing there... My guess is that they want easy revenue generators, and a music video channel would let them print "investor value"...

Comment This is why I started bike riding (Score 1) 137

The bus I would take from my home to work downtown (less than 9km) was ok in the morning, but horribly unreliable going home. I started bike riding because of this, and it's absurd that in 2025 the transit system is so pathetically run. Unfortunately I think it's on purpose.. I read that Ontario's fat slob for an excuse for a Premier is trying to get rid of bike lanes for people who think transit sucks, and too close to drive... I also think it's partially in order to encourage people to buying cars and waiting in gridlock like Muppets instead too. (Ontario used to have a large car manufacturing industry until Trump killed it)

Comment Automate! (Score 1) 38

I've noticed Japan has started to allow more low skilled workers from South East Asia to work in restaurants and retail. But they are also automating a lot more as well. Anyone who says working age people are supporting "dependents" are IMO trying to explain social programs that were not properly funded. As a result, the argument is to open the immigration floodgates to close that gap. The problem is that in the west (who tried this approach), the policy makers decided not to invest in housing, medical, education and general infrastructure to accomodate the abnormal of their country population. Now a lot of their voters are anti immigration and all the social services are falling apart from lack of investment. Automation is the best solution, and a strict points based system to invite only the most desirable people to immigrate to your country is the model to follow.(Based on needed skills or wealth)

Comment not cheap! (Score 2) 15

These cameras "aren't trying to be the best, the most flexible or the most practical. They're intentionally, knowingly niche." Or cheap... I don't know much about cameras, but the mark-up must be quite high... I always thought the big cost items were the lenses... There's no way a black and white only fixed lens camera is worth $7800 price tag.

Comment Success vs failure rate (Score 2) 282

I think the climate for these kind of programs are making it very politically unpopular. Canada is the same, and lobbyists for the Canadian version of the h1b program (temporary foreign slave program) also tried to gaslight and say it was racist if you were against the program. My hunch is that there were a few success stories with H1B, but like Canada the h1b program turned into a program dishonest employers could hire low wage and unskilled workers to undercut the local skilled/experienced employment pool.(Putting downward wage growth pressure)

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