#opinion
Ceux qui disent que Windows est plus simple que Linux n'ont jamais eu à installer ni l'un ni l'autre.
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Alan Zimmerman
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An Opinionated Critique of Duolingo
https://isomorphism.xyz/blog/2025/duolingo/
#HackerNews #Duolingo #Critique #Language #Learning #Education #Technology #Opinion
Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦
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Over my career and as part of personal projects I have repeatedly scanned nearly all of the Internet's routable IPv4 space and some portion of IPv6 space. In one of those projects we were scanning multiple times a week. If you've never been in this space I can assure you that the amount of unpatched gear and software would surprise you. The amount of gear that is YEARS past EOL is substantial. The amount of services that should never be public facing is, to be blunt, inexcusable. Even after the publication of the ETERNALBLUE exploits and the WannaCry, NotPetya, and related worms it still took months to see any significant reduction in exposed SMB endpoints. Even then, IIRC, a significant % of that reduction was due to ISP action and not system owners clueing up. There are often reports of massive DDoS events sourced from compromised routers, cameras, DVRs, cable models, etc. The original Mirai botnet is an excellent example of how impactful a worm infecting cameras and routers just using default creds can be.
It is my personal opinion that in every international jurisdiction it should be both legal and protected from civil repercussions to wipe all data and render permanently inoperable(1) any device or service directly connected to the Internet and remotely accessible with a default (out of the box or in documentation) credential or has a publicly disclosed vulnerability older than 2(2) years old which enables the action.
- This doesn't include setting the device on fire, creating an explosion, etc. If it merely drops internet or power then I suspect someone's lawyers will have something to say to the party responsible for such a negligent implementation or management.
- Arbitrarily selected to allow controlled patch time, detection of oversight, etc. We could even start with something like 4 years and decrease the window over time. We could give folks a 1 year warning to get their house in order.
I believe that the initial result would be chaos but soon after the internet would be a "safer" place . I also think that perhaps there would be more pressure on vendors to improve the security of the device or service as well streamline and user proof the patching and hardening process.
For those who might be concerned that their gear, software, network, or services might be impacted I say:
Quit shitting up the internet for everyone!
Over my career and as part of personal projects I have repeatedly scanned nearly all of the Internet's routable IPv4 space and some portion of IPv6 space. In one of those projects we were scanning multiple times a week. If you've never been in this space I can assure you that the amount of unpatched gear and software would surprise you. The amount of gear that is YEARS past EOL is substantial. The amount of services that should never be public facing is, to be blunt, inexcusable. Even after the publication of the ETERNALBLUE exploits and the WannaCry, NotPetya, and related worms it still took months to see any significant reduction in exposed SMB endpoints. Even then, IIRC, a significant % of that reduction was due to ISP action and not system owners clueing up. There are often reports of massive DDoS events sourced from compromised routers, cameras, DVRs, cable models, etc. The original Mirai botnet is an excellent example of how impactful a worm infecting cameras and routers just using default creds can be.
It is my personal opinion that in every international jurisdiction it should be both legal and protected from civil repercussions to wipe all data and render permanently inoperable(1) any device or service directly connected to the Internet and remotely accessible with a default (out of the box or in documentation) credential or has a publicly disclosed vulnerability older than 2(2) years old which enables the action.
- This doesn't include setting the device on fire, creating an explosion, etc. If it merely drops internet or power then I suspect someone's lawyers will have something to say to the party responsible for such a negligent implementation or management.
- Arbitrarily selected to allow controlled patch time, detection of oversight, etc. We could even start with something like 4 years and decrease the window over time. We could give folks a 1 year warning to get their house in order.
I believe that the initial result would be chaos but soon after the internet would be a "safer" place . I also think that perhaps there would be more pressure on vendors to improve the security of the device or service as well streamline and user proof the patching and hardening process.
For those who might be concerned that their gear, software, network, or services might be impacted I say:
Quit shitting up the internet for everyone!
An Opinionated Critique of Duolingo
https://isomorphism.xyz/blog/2025/duolingo/
#HackerNews #Duolingo #Critique #Language #Learning #Education #Technology #Opinion
vruz
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Claves: lo que dejaron las fotos de la infamia con Trump y Netanyahu - https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Claves-lo-que-dejaron-las-fotos-de-la-infamia-con-Trump-y-Netanyahu
Por: Fernando Scolnik
#LaIzquierdaDiario #Noticias #JavierMilei #DonaldTrump #BenjaminNetanyahu #FMI #Opinión #Política
Claves: lo que dejaron las fotos de la infamia con Trump y Netanyahu - https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Claves-lo-que-dejaron-las-fotos-de-la-infamia-con-Trump-y-Netanyahu
Por: Fernando Scolnik
#LaIzquierdaDiario #Noticias #JavierMilei #DonaldTrump #BenjaminNetanyahu #FMI #Opinión #Política
Angela Antunovic
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The Banality of Evil
https://archive.md/HGpLX
❝ It's the silence of the majority, the moment at which people get used to the evil and stop thinking, opposing or refusing to be part of it. ❞
#Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Complicity #Haaretz #Opinion #Politics #Palestine
The Banality of Evil
https://archive.md/HGpLX
❝ It's the silence of the majority, the moment at which people get used to the evil and stop thinking, opposing or refusing to be part of it. ❞
#Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Complicity #Haaretz #Opinion #Politics #Palestine
the only reason to use VSCode instead of Code OSS is that you need some proprietary features, like AI. even in that case, you might want to consider quitting coding with AI and just using vim.
Freedom News: The space between us: Parenting and the generation gap
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/29/the-space-between-us-parenting-and-the-generation-gap/
I am not the parent I thought I’d be, but revolutions rarely unfold as we predict
The post The space between us: Parenting and the generation gap appeared first on Freedom News.
#Analysis#Comment#Opinion#Children #Education#Generations#Parenting
There’s Magic in Reliving ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere, but the AI Technology Saps Dorothy and Friends of Their Humanity
#Variety#Columns#Opinion#Reviews#LasVegasSphere#Sphere#TheWizardOfOz
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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I'm gonna say it. After several films released in the last five to six years.... I've grown beyond tired of the "bury your gays" trope. Just scrap it, toss it, burn it, squish it. Take it into a dark hole full of snakes and never let it see the light again.
#opinion #writerslife #lgbtqia
I'm gonna say it. After several films released in the last five to six years.... I've grown beyond tired of the "bury your gays" trope. Just scrap it, toss it, burn it, squish it. Take it into a dark hole full of snakes and never let it see the light again.
#opinion #writerslife #lgbtqia
Beardy Star Stuff
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#opinion #sexualité
La série "Sex Education" de Netflix a plus fait pour l'éducation sexuelle que tout ce que le gouvernement français prétend avoir fait ces dernières années.
(Vraiment, montrez-la à vos ados ! Et en plus c'est très drôle.)