View looks great from up here. Any peanuts?

Security through obsolescence!

That's how we got Chinese APT in our phone systems that we are apparently going to do nothing about. Seriously, can be fixed, AT&T et all just won't

Because data should be secure. Full stop.

In a perfect world, yes, but this is a for-profit company and there's almost zero repercussion for doing it half-assed. They'd have to pay someone to implement it, and deal with the overhead and complexity.

Now they are in a position where they can sell new models with enhanced encryption and more features.

If it increases development or operating costs by $1 they won't do it unless there are consequences that could cost them more than that.

Measles was eliminated in the US by 2020. Texas had an outbreak last year with 2289 confirmed cases. They’re up to 2900 cases this year. The right-wing readily laps up all the misinformation it spews.

Probably time to change the oil.

It depends on who writes the regulations. Today money writes the regs and people pay the price. Take money out of politics. But all three branches are captured. Anything that resembles returning power to the people is derided as socialism. So the result is power over the people.

uh oh

Then after realizing my mistake and connecting the correct EPS connector I lost an additional 3 drives trying to test if the backplane was still ok.

Double uh oh.

Take over Scotland and Wales?

Very droll.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...

"The school curriculum in England is the responsibility of the Westminster Government. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for setting their own curriculum policies."

^^^ case in point.