PaulFromChicago

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Aurora doing any damage to the electrical grid / Internet infrastructure?
My daughter just walked into the kitchen and announced she's a badass like Mariner. #LowerDecks

Why would an antivirus program push driver updates through definition updates aka Crowdstrike Falcon? This sort of thing seems inevitable if it bypasses change management controls.

Well, the answer seems to be Crowdstrike's oopsie was not a stealth driver update. Rather, the company is stating today that there was some rather unfortunate programming in a new definition file.

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/technical-details-on-todays-outage/

The definition updates (channel file updates) reside in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike. And the file names end in .sys.

Ok then.

Technical Details on July 19, 2024 Outage | CrowdStrike

Learn more about the July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike outage and the technical details related to it.

crowdstrike.com
The new Metra SD70s are significantly louder than the F40PHs.
I'm in a bad mood today. I might buy a bunch of antique Viking coins, go around Minnesota and the UP, and distribute them liberally. Create nothing but conspiracy theories and problems for future archaeologists.

8 year old changes Apple password to install learning apps.

I put MFA on password logins. But you can change the password without MFA. Because why would you need that? You already have access to a device, so everything must be perfectly safe.

I'm going to mansplain this man vs bear thing, so listen up.

There are approximately 700,000 bears of all types in North America. In 2023, there was one fatal bear attack against a female human. This is a ratio of 700,000 to one, or a probable fatality rate of 1.42x10^-6%. Your odds of winning the lottery are significantly better than being killed by a bear.

There are approximately 200,000,000 men of all types in North America. In 2022, there were 4,251 women murdered in the United States. Assuming 80% of them were killed by men (a figure that seems extremely suspect), then 3,401 were murdered by men. This is a ratio of 200,000,000 to 3401, or a probable fatality rate of 1.7x10^-5.

My indisputable logic and math prove that men are 10 times more deadly than bears.

Interestingly, the figure for men versus bears is even worse, at a ratio of 200,000,000 to 14400, or a probable fatality rate of 7.2x10^-5.

The only logical thing to do is for everyone to move to Alaska and live next to bears. Especially men.

#menvsbears

Going to Superdawg to get some Lake Effect beer.