I'm sorry you and reality have chosen to disagree. I'm not the only person here who pointed out that you're full of shit. Accept that you were mistaken and move on.
The irrational beliefs of idiots like you mean nothing to me. Accept you are an irrational idiot and move on.
My definition of "cutting access" must be different than yours.
My definition of "Musk directly threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink" must be different than yours.
Yeah, it kinda is:
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-help-ukraine-replace-musks-starlink/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy87vg38dnpo
The first article says "U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters". Doesn't say Musk did it or had anything to do with it, and he says Reuter's is lying.
The second article says "Rubio said Sikorski was "just making things up... no-one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink".
So where is the evidence that "Musk directly threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink"?
I'll put this impolitely: nearly all jobs require or heavily favor candidates with a college degree so it's unfortunately a non starter to bring that up and you're linking to an AI driving website.
shut the fuck up
Fuck you too, asshole.
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U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
That's a handy internet connection you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.
So maybe not Elmo directly but still classic mafia tactics.
So Musk didn't do it and in fact has stated publicly that he would never use Starlink as a bargaining chip.
Moreover the U.S. negotiators may have meant the U.S. will no longer pay for it, not that it would be made unavailable. That's of course assuming any of this is true
to begin with
Has everybody already forgotten how Musk directly threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink, thus partially blinding their armed forces trying to repel Russian invaders?
That's not what happened.
Yeah it's cheaper than a real University but well, try to find a job with a community college degree and let me know how that turns out for you.
I don't have a degree. I went to a City University of New York college for Computer Science as a commuter student. I dropped out when I got my first job at a computer company. Right now a CUNY college costs $7k/year tuition for New York State residents https://www.cuny.edu/financial... , and that's before any financial or merit based aid. Pell grants alone can cover the entire ride https://www.cuny.edu/financial...
But do you need college? Here's a company that says they don't care if you even went to school: https://comma.ai/jobs
"Who we're looking for
We don't care where, or even if, you went to school. We don't care if you have a traditional background. We're just looking for people who can independently contribute to shipping openpilot.
We love a great GitHub, open source contributors, good projects, and competition winners.
Prove your skills with either of these:
1. Bounties: contribute to our open source projects while getting paid
2. Challenges: we made challenges for design, controls, hardware, and more.
So nobody can have it because it's just possible that someone who doesn't deserve it may get it. Understood.
We means-test all kinds of assistance intended for the poor. Why is this different?
And what about the questions on the purpose and how to enforce usage consistent with the purpose:
- If this is meant for schoolkids then why isn't it at least tethered to provide service only to a school-managed and provided Chromebook?
- If this is for doing homework then why isn't it covered under one of the other home internet access programs?
This was a nearly $5B/year program with little oversight as to who would get these devices. School staff, library staff, library patrons, students, anybody who wants one can get it with no justification needed.
If this is meant for schoolkids then why isn't it at least tethered to provide service only to a school-managed and provided Chromebook?
If this is for doing homework then why isn't it covered under one of the other home internet access programs?
"In the old days college was just as expensive as now" Considering that since 1979, inflation has risen 300%... but college costs have risen as high as 1300%... How do you think college was "just as expensive then" when the facts say otherwise? Its amazing you're pushing socialism by pushing... lies? (Is there any other way to push socialism?)
I don't know how to compare how expensive college was long ago, but it was definitely more affordable. Four decades ago, it was possible to work a part-time job and go to college at the same time. That's no longer possible.
You can get an education at a low cost if you try. Community colleges are very low cost. Some states offer free college tuition to in-state students. Then as now joining a branch of the armed forces can get you a free education. There is lots of need and merit based aid available. Online education is available. You may not be able to afford to be a resident student at the college of your choice but you can definitely get an education at a price you can afford.
the Trump administration threatened to kill New York's congestion pricing plan
Yep, NYC needs more pickup trucks on its roads...
New Jersey sued New York to block the congestion pricing plan. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug...
So, way, way back in the day, the Air Force (might have still been the Army Air Force - that's how old this anecdote is) decided to standardize cockpits. Making them highly adjustable is a huge pain in the ass, and very expensive.
So, they brought in thousands of volunteers for measurement. They measured torso lengths, the lengths of shinbones, the lengths of upper arms, the lengths of fingers, etc. Virtually every body part that had a length was measured.
They compiled tables of statistics for all of these data sets. As expected, each measurement had approximately a normal distribution - a bell curve. The plan was to build a cockpit with minimal adjustment that was still able to fit the vast majority of people in the wide middles of these bell curves.
Punchline: Their new cockpit didn't fit anyone.
That's an exaggeration, of course. It fit a few people. But not many, and certainly not the majority of pilot applicants like they hoped it would.
It turns out that even though almost everyone is basically normal in most measurements, almost everyone is also highly abnormal in at least a few measurements. You have stubby fingers. Joe has unusually long thigs. Bob has short forearms.
The moral of the story - and the way it ties in to the article - is that if you have enough dimensions, it is very normal for everyone to be abnormal in some way.
I think this cockpit thing is urban legend. You are describing the analysis done by Gilbert S Daniels in December 1952 for the Air Force report "Anthropometry of Flying Personnel" report of September 1954. If you read the report they are talking about the new Air Force skin-tight garment being worn to counteract the physiological stresses of modern jet aircraft. It being about clothing makes sense when you look at the 10 measurements Gilbert Daniels surveyed: height, chest circumference, sleeve length, crotch height, torso circumference, hip circumference, neck circumference, waist circumference, thigh circumference, crotch length.
See: Anthropometry of flying personnel: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/p...
and "The Average Man?" https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/cita...
I'm reminded of the 90s crisis where we put kids on Ritalin because they were being kids.
We'll look back on this in the future and say WTF.
I was expecting this South Park alternative to Ritalin for the treatment of ADHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
but I don't understand why.
If you have something that has been audited to be suitable for a task and you can maintain control over it in a way that prevents it from losing its audit trail (e.g. using MDM to force only a specific approved version of the package to be installed from an internal server), why would you reinvent the wheel?
Signal does not provide centralized message retention, which I thought was a requirement for government communications systems.
It was "approved" in that CISA (which now does not really exist) said it was an end-to-end encryption as "mobile communication best practices" for government officials personal security safety but there were explcit calls that it cannot be used for non-public DoD information. The same guidance recommended using a password manager, use FIDO and to not use SMS, all stuff we here know is good advice for people.
You can read both memos from the admin here, if you can find anything in there that says "Yeah go ahead and use Signal for classified military plans" then we might have an equivalence.
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/def...
https://dodcio.defense.gov/Por...
But if Signal doesn't retain communications for the required retention time then why is it approved for any governmental use at all?
The second memo doesn't really clarify things. It says don't use unapproved systems, but these people may have been under the impression it was approved.
God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean. -- Albert Einstein
