Notices by Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@mastodon.technology), page 5

@strypey @Wolf480pl I learned a few things, and certainly got a couple of troublesome concepts in better focus.

Thanks for the discussion.

@strypey @Wolf480pl it's going to be like explaining "blue" to a blind man.

I am so not looking forward to those conversations.

@Wolf480pl @strypey that could work for me. It's suboptimal for discovering new things, but of all the things we could lose here it seems the least damaging.

@strypey @Wolf480pl I don't know, but this is exactly the sort of discussion that needs to happen in the halls of the legislature.

There is risk involved, and regardless of where the law ends up after all the shouting and lawsuits are done we have to face it.

@strypey @Wolf480pl I'm not qualified to answer that. I think it *should* be the customer, but I don't know.

@Wolf480pl @strypey that's a fair line, which side of that line does "The Algorithm" put FB on?

@Wolf480pl @strypey more importantly, would it cover news channels?

@profoundlynerdy there are multiple techniques to maximize the effectiveness of your fighting. Most of them amount to tons of practice and work, and even at that there are limits.

Being lucky helps, too.

*Don't touch it.

If you are hit with ransomware, a crime has been committed.

*Leave the system turned on
*Disconnect it from the network
*Call the cops! (US Secret Service or FBI in the US)
*Don't touch it until they give you the OK
*No, really, not at all, not even for that "just one little thing I need to do".

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/b6u4m9/ransomware_what_to_do_best_practice/

@bthall the value of deductive reasoning is limited by the quality of the premises.

This is a hard limit, and most real-world premises are of poorer quality than advocates of pure deduction want to admit (even to themselves).

@reason funny how much of this happens in the states run by parties that claim to be opposed to such shenanigans.

@MatejLach @feld the subject of a statement is the only one with standing to say whether they find it offensive or not, and once they have nobody but them has standing to say otherwise.

But you do you.

@nergalur the facilitator controls makes it a tough call.

You can certainly do the basics with existing open source packages, but that bit is "tricky".

It might be worth building.

Moving to the Charleston, SC, USA area next week.

Ping me if you live in the area and want to meet IRL, or if you know someone who lives a reasonable distance away who might want to meet a cranky old sysadmin.

@fuzzface I'd pick him again, but I think Tina Smith is doing a good job so far.

The intersection of celebrity and politics is difficult to reason about.

@emsenn @freakazoid additional note: Minnesota is one of many states with effective and certifiable voting systems.

This is one of the reasons I still support the electoral college despite recent events.

@emsenn @freakazoid you know, I actually do talk with my representatives about this stuff, and they do a pretty good job.

In a couple of weeks I will have a new set of representatives, and I get to have more fun because they don't know me yet.