Burned out owner of a fully depreciated Ph.D. in computer science. Born in the US, still there, not proud of it. January 20, 2025 was our catastrophe.
Because my instance is infosec.exchange:
Bad Security Metrics Part 1 https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2018.011301733, Part 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2018.021921653
Mostly sunny with a chance of cyber (presentation) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11165.72166
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What was the worst, least fun, classic arcade game?
Frogger was pretty bad. You struggled and then you died.
Dragon's Lair holds a place of infamy in my heart because it was simultaneously extra-expensive (the first game to demand 50¢) and prone to killing you in the first 30 seconds if you didn't have the expected quick time responses memorized. It felt a lot like pulling a slot machine. You put the money in, there's a moment of activity, and then the money is gone. Not fun.
CEO blames current round of layoffs on record profits
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/03/ceo-blames-current-round-of-layoffs-on-record-profits
TORONTO – After another quarter of rapid growth and impressive profits, Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos has announced the company must immediately do another round of layoffs. The announcement comes just months after all of the Amazon executives and board were…
Dems are talking about ending the embargo on DHS when we still have ICE everywhere.
New laws or promises to reform ICE behavior are worthless. This administration has ignored the law since day 1. It's a roaring blitzkrieg of law breaking against which the courts are slow as slugs and utterly ineffective. These are people that you just don't deal with because they will fuck you every time. But the Dems are still cutting deals with them.
Officials say an oil refinery fire near the Texas coast has been put out and a shelter-in-place order has been lifted following air quality testing. The large explosion at the complex had shot plumes of smoke into the air. A Valero spokesperson says no one was injured and all employees are accounted for after Monday’s explosion at the company's refinery in Port Arthur. The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war. Valero’s website says the refinery has about 770 employees and can process about 435,000 barrels of oil per day. The plant refines heavy sour crude oil into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
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