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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 10:36:05 JST 
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https://shitposter.world/notice/AqYhMDHbSv5ha97xnU
Yeah, even field IT was training to use Azure cloud at $FORMER_EMPLOYER. I recall seeing that one of the penetrations against Microsoft potentially exposed credentials that would have allowed them to issue admin credentials against any domain (not sure whether it was regular Active Directory or Azure Active Directory) in the world.
The right response would have been to burn down their existing networks ... and all other Microsoft networks worldwide ... to start over from scratch. But since there was no known misuse, it was assumed that this was unnecessary. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 09:09:09 JST
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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3lgrmnuj3w22u
Claim: School choice ==> Koch brothers and Christian book publishers trying to starve public schools to death.
Reality: Bullying, gangs in public schools ==> parents tired of trying to get school district to intervene ==> students move to publicly funded charter schools
Did I mention that Bluesky is full of weird exteme-left politics and not much else? -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 09:46:00 JST
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@sun @why @Gnomeshatecheese If you're doing the equivalent of pushing them across the line into Tijuana, then no it won't help much. But if you drop them off in the Yucatan ... or equivalent ... it can make a difference. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 02:01:01 JST
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@sun There's no first amendment ("free speech") issue and no constitutional right to use TikTok as the medium for spreading one's message. Where there's a constitutional issue is the equal protection clause, because they didn't ban spying (not even spying for China), they banned one particular implementation, while ignoring all the others doing similar things. That's the reason why RedNote wasn't in the same crosshairs despite likely doing the same things that TikTok does.
I'm not a fan of the effort to remove them simply because they didn't target the action instead of the actor. (Because after all, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, etc would all likely be caught by the same rules. And so would auto makers and auto insurance companies -- Allstate is being sued by Texas over using people's cars' data feed to set rates -- and many more.)
I see everyone on Bluesky whining about free speech, as though that was the relevant issue. But not a one of them grumbled about government sponsored efforts to suppress Gab or the little Gablets (Truth Social, Parler, Minds, etc), which actually were free speech related. They wouldn't know free speech if an unapproved viewpoint reached out and slapped them in the foreheads. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 10:28:54 JST
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https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Addendum_What_the_Software_Freedom_Law_Center_SFLC_Really_Is.shtml
Roy Schestowitz is apparently attacking SFC now.
And still calling Windows 11 "Vista 11", as though most people even remember how horrid the Vista user experience was.
Come on, Roy. If you want people to pay any attention to what you have to say, you need to stop using this outdated terminology.
And stop defending SFLC. They went rogue and should no longer be defended or supported (including financially) by the FOSS community. First they apparently strayed from their original mission, then they attacked other FOSS organizations.
After all, they helped form Conservancy, served as its attorneys, and helped it file its trademark registration. At any point, SFLC could have said it objected to Conservancy's name. But they didn't for almost five years after the trademark was granted.
Now, I don't know about you, but when I see someone do this kind of shit, I avoid them like the plague, because I know that once they reveal that side, they will do it again to someone else.
I know you write so many articles each day that you can't have time to do adequate research (and each one has multiple links to earlier Techrights articles, so you're already tied up), but even you have to have noticed that SFLC's recent behavior is not aligned with its earlier behavior. And that your articles about "Vista 10" and "Vista 11" are failing to get as much readership or attention as they once did. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 03:41:57 JST
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@sun Ah, Mr Locke and Ms Keye are such a problematic pair in the first place. It isn't a surprise that Ms Keye doesn't want to hear from us. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 03:03:57 JST
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Today is #FartingFriday. Be sure to tag the gassiest folks you know using the #FF tag. -
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Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 04:05:26 JST 
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People are apparently flocking to #PixelFed now, to get away from Meta products like Instagram. :blobfoxsurprised:
Reminds me of the first waves of users leaving Twitter for #Fedi back in 2016. :blobfoxcomfycomputer: -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 04:33:35 JST
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@tk Maybe they'll give to his Patreon, so Dansup will be able to go full time with #PixelFed and #Loops. I know he's got to be frustrated that every time he pre-announces something, his work schedule makes late. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 05:56:28 JST
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@pyrate @meowski @p @NonPlayableClown @gentoobro
Eucalypts grow in cultivated areas like parks and greenspaces around public buildings. They aren't spreading wildly in the forests of SoCal. These are mostly native plants burning, except for whatever is planted in people's yards and along the streets. Intense drought + plants not watered + high winds = rapid spread when there's a fire. Eucalyptus not required. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 11:24:09 JST
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@gentoobro @meowski @p @NonPlayableClown That brings up another point: there are several illegal pot farms in the SoCal mountains. Booby trapped or even patrolled by armed guards. Even the Forest Service leaves them alone unless they get the sheriffs department to bring a massive convoy with SWAT and bomb squads. I don't know whether they are cartel associated, but they are definitely heavily protected.
I don't know how or where these fires started, but if they were arson, I can't imagine they were much outside of city limits. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 11:18:01 JST
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@meowski @p @NonPlayableClown
> draining the reservoir so the hydrants were dry
Okay, so I've found https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged-in-palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline and now I know what you're talking about.
I've changed careers a couple of times since I interacted with the water folks (and even then, it was usually MWD, not DWP), so I can't call someone and ask for insights. The article says it's been offline for repairs since February of last year. There's probably a years-long paper trail behind that decision. Even likely one involving the state department of water resources. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 09:16:47 JST
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@NonPlayableClown @meowski @p Yeah, the Central Valley seems pretty flat. It isn't clear to me that Tulare Lake is / was very deep. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 08:13:35 JST
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@p @meowski @NonPlayableClown Tulare Lake, which was big, but I am not sure it was "the biggest freshwater lake West of the Great Lakes" in the 1800s. Tahoe seems like it is bigger.
I am aware that the farmers used (and continue to use) lots of water (about 90% of all CA water use), so it I'm not at all surprised to learn that they drained Tulare. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 04:43:26 JST
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@11112011 @feld @lain Have you ever seen what happens to a concrete structure in that situation? I've seen where CalTrans had to remove and replace roads and bridges through burned areas. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 04:40:51 JST
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@thendrix @feld @lain
> used regulation to ensure they'd push private insurance out of the market
Do you have a source?
This "you're too risky for us" typically happens after a large disastrous event. Some time in the past 2-3 years, I'm sure the same thing happened in Florida, but I don't know whether there's a state program to step in there. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 02:17:02 JST
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@jeffcliff @jenna_leia.skywalker@threads.net Oh, no. Not the eucalyptus tale again.
Yes, there are eucalyptus trees in large public spaces like parks in Los Angeles. No, they're not common outside of cultivation. I lived in SoCal for many decades and never saw a single eucalypt outside of cultivated areas (public parks, cultivated areas of public facilities like schools).
The areas burning are mostly native plants. Like the Australian eucalypts, the native trees and shrubs are low-moisture and high in oils because they live in a low-rainfall environment. The San Gabriel Mountains (Eaton Fire) and Santa Monica Mountains (Palisades Fire) are covered with native trees. I've spent lots of time in the SG mountains and studied horticulture, so I know this personally.
I know this breaks the narrative about eucalyptus and colonialism, but if we're going to try to assign blame for the wildfires, we should at least do the work to find out the truth first. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 13:52:25 JST
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@sapphire @RustyCrab
From what I remember, the people who died in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were mostly the ones dependent on public transit. You absolutely cannot depend on public transit in an emergency.
In SoCal, you can't even depend on the bus to get you to work on time. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 04:52:03 JST
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@jeffcliff But even if California did everything "right", there would still be fires, floods, earthquakes, and so on. I don't know who that politician is, but he's losing his focus on the priorities (getting the fires put out and preventing the damaged areas from causing more damage when it rains) in his attempt to find a scapegoat. -
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Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 04:48:18 JST
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@jeffcliff RE: https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DEkwdLzg7gh
As someone who has been a Californian for most of my life, there are some issues there
* the state doesn't do many prescribed burns because one got out of control and became a major fire some years back
* the state does need more water storage, but most of these wildland fires happen far away from places where that matters
* the state also needs to go hard on desalination plants, so it isn't so dependent on the El Nino for its water needs, but again that has little to do with fires outside of urban & suburban areas.
As for FEMA, I have no insight into how disaster relief funds supposedly got used to care for illegal immigrants (I say "supposedly" because I don't even know whether it is true), but I suppose that if the big guy says "I'm declaring this a disaster" they have to fund it.
That's basically what happened with COVID-19 response. There were something like 55 simultaneous disaster declarations funding things like the military medical teams that came and set up adjacent to hospitals that were overwhelmed with sick and dying patients (including the one that was a mile or so away from where I lived at the time ... I remember seeing giant green MASH tents in the hospital parking lot) and vaccination centers (like the one near where I was working ... I took my lunch break and walked over to get my vax one day, did it again a couple of weeks later).
California, and Los Angeles County, also have their own emergency departments. I don't have any idea what kind of budgets they have. If the federal folks don't have the budget to respond, the state and local folks may.
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