It's more a case of the fox being in charge of the chicken coop; or bank robbers gaining control of the bank.

The job of the press in a democracy is to hold officials up to scrutiny.

Sad I could justify dropping $20k on a Mac Studio if one was available north of 128gb these days (check the site all above 96gb are gone)

I believe they are advertising the 512's gbs are coming in a few months.....

The reality is Apple very much positioned their product line as fashion items,

Having an Apple product hasn't been a "status' symbol of any sort for decades now....

They're just commodity products, nice ones....but commodity products and no one buys them or sees them as a fashion or status symbol purchase...

That's been a thing of the past for quite awhile now...

if you get the roof replaced, get in-roof solar that replaces the tiles with panels,

Maybe we're using different words/meanings....but if we both consider a tile a "tile"...then in the US, most house roofs are NOT done with tiles....in fact I'd only seen roof tiles on old houses when I moved to New Orleans....it isn't common to see roofs with tiles.

Asphalt shingles are the most common roofing material in the US.....when I think "tile" I'm thinking like terra cotta, or the like and that's not common. You used to see wood shingles too back in the day, but not so much anymore.

So, not sure if a solar 'tile' replacement type thing is really offered here in the US (it may be)....but if it is, I'm guessing it would be sky high in price for materials and then add on specialized labor would be $$$$.

Well, technically, we're letting Natalie do it, which is, of course, worse in every way imaginable, since she's immune to the sense of embarrassment that sometimes restrains him from acting on every little whim.

To be honest that was actually my first theory, since the bots didn't seem interested in exploring the rest of the domain. I suppose there's no way to know for certain. I concluded that it must be an imbecile's attempt at harvesting, though, because the queries weren't really exploring the string space in any useful way. Here's a sample:

"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&re&results_&results_pagenum=2980 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=2&go=Search&group=0&group_restrict=1&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_pagenum=5440&template=41&type HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_pagenum=33500&templat HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_pagenum=32640&templ HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&res&results_page&results_pagenum=39300 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_&results_pa&results_pagenum=12340 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=2&go=Search&group=0&group_restrict=1&id=48&name_r&res&results_pagenum=6100 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=2&go=Search&group=0&group_restrict=1&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_pagenum=2920&te HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&nam&results_&results_pagenum=17940 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results&results_pag&results_pagenu&results_pagenum=37720 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&results_pagenum=9360&template=41&type_r HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_restrict=1&q&r&results_pagenum=28040 HTTP/1.1"
"GET /index?author=15&go=Search&id=48&name_&results_pag&results_pagenum=10400 HTTP/1.1"

The only thing this is fuzzing is the query string parser. It's not testing the limits of string buffers, it's not using interesting characters, it's just brain-damaged. The fact that it's also fetching different page numbers shows it's trying to follow page links and failing badly at doing so.

The site gets plenty of sniffing from garden-variety pests. e.g. this half-hearted attempt to find a framework or two that I don't have:

"POST /__rsc HTTP/1.1"
"POST /api/auth/session HTTP/1.1"
"POST /api/auth HTTP/1.1"
"POST /__nextjs_action HTTP/1.1"
"POST /.action HTTP/1.1"
"POST /_rsc HTTP/1.1"
"POST /api/auth/callback HTTP/1.1"
"POST /_middleware HTTP/1.1"
"POST / HTTP/1.1"

(of course, none of these URLs exist other than /, and you definitely can't just POST to it)

All this said... I've seen that spammers regularly misconfigure their tools, they'll try to register accounts with names like #[X:\LISTS\NAMES.TXT] and it only makes sense that some other cybercriminals trying to get rich quick have a similar lack of interest in programming shit correctly. Generally people don't turn to script kiddie shit if they have a personality conducive to putting in an honest hard day's work perfecting their craft.

Hey...thank you for the suggestion!!

I"ll go check out that channel for sure!!!

Yeah like those people who vote to keep immigrants out and then find out they need to clean their own shit out of the toilet.

You keep saying that...until the Muslims become numerous enough to start enacting and enforcing sharia law....

There's already swaths of area, neighborhoods that are growing in France and Great Britain that are so ethnic that it is dangerous for cops or non-Muslims to tread in those areas.

It's a disease that is spreading,...you're losing your culture and eventually your countries if you don't do something.

It's not bigotry, it's self preservation at this point.

Why is it never the Republicans who have to appeal to moderates?

These days...especially lately, the Democrats have pulled SO FAR left, that the majority of Republicans ARE the moderates.....

I mean it was getting bad but when you add the DSA on top, the Dems are waaaaay of base to the left, enough to make almost anyone look 'moderate'.

Can you back your car up on a skinny dirt road on the face of a cliff with complete assurance? I know 2 people who have killed a child while backing up. Children don't stay in one place like statues. They wish they had cameras in the back.

I've been driving for about 40+ odd years.....never had a car with a reverse camera.

So far, it isn't been a problem I've run into (no pun intended).

I've been IN some cars that have them, driving...and well, I really don't use them then either...I'm so used to actually turning around and looking BACK while reversing to stare forward at a screen.

A lot of cars now have features where they lower the fan speed on the HVAC system when a call comes in. They also override it for alerts from the car (like when it's trying to warn you that you're going to hit a pedestrian because the car is momentarily pointed at them on a slight curve, and even though they are on a sidewalk with a raised curb and everything). They can always find some reason that a feature might need that kind of control.

I do NOT need or want those features.

I wish to control as much as possible manually on my car and do not want it doing stupid piddly shit like that....turn fan down for call?

When it's this fucking HOT, I will willingly talk louder or tell the idiot calling me I'll call back later when I'm NOT DRIVING anymore......you know?

I miss the days of simple, LARGE displacement engines....easy to work on,, high torque....fun.

You could still be a shade tree mechanic to maintain or even upgrade things as you pleased with a car YOU BOUGHT.

You should be eating the plants directly vs. converting an animal into human food which is inefficient and environmentally destructive.

Somehow I don't see low and slow smoking beets and turnings on my log burning offset smoker is going to give me quite the same thrill and pleasure as briskets, pork shoulders and ribs....

Frankly , I've always cooked for fun and flavor, never efficiency....who cooks for efficiency, except those that dont' have functioning taste buds maybe?

u should be eating natural foods anyhow

THAT'S why I'm sticking with Soylent Green.

The question is - what about brown-skinned people or people with a "funny accent" who are eligible to vote

Then you have nothing to worry about.

If approached, comply...calmly, present your credentials, don't run, don't fight back, etc.

Pretty much like any other interaction with the authorities if you aren't a wanted criminal.