I did most of my growing up in the 70s, when telephones were a mysterious and interesting thing and long distance calls were expensive.
I did most of my growing up in the 70s, when telephones were a mysterious and interesting thing and long distance calls were expensive.
That’s probably too general. I mean, it’s true – but let’s focus more narrowly: Huawei.
Here’s a general rule: when the US government claims to be concerned that some other government will do X it is because the US has been doing X for some time, and considers X to be its sole prerogative. There’s seldom any attempt to justify its prerogrative as appropriate, merely a bunch of stuff about how bad it is for anyone else to do what we do.
Willie Sutton robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.”
My attitude toward internet pseudonyms is probably a bit odd; I’m not sure, though. I don’t know if this will interest any of you, but “why not?”
I wonder if we’ll find out that the twitter hack was an exploit based on stealing credentials using google voice services to capture SMS authentication codes. Probably not; that would be too serendipitous.
I just posted my old drill press on craigslist, because I got a better one.
US president Donald Trump has gone to the edge of the cliff defending his right to privacy, although he would never phrase it that way. For Trump, it’s all couched in the language of “executive privilege” – i.e.: the right of the rich and powerful to do whatever they want (especially if it means getting richer and more powerful).
Recently I was invited to do a talk for the Minnesota ISSA at their June chapter meeting; I hope they don’t regret it.
I hate when I see beautiful critters like this, and they’re already exhausted and ready to die. It’s sad because they put so much work into reproducing themselves, and it’s over so fast.