It occurred to us that CrowdStrike is an absolutely terrible name. It sounds like a terrorist attack. Of course, it felt like one on Friday.

When I first heard about what was going on, I assumed that “CrowdStrike” was not the name of the software/company, but rather some sort of advanced DDOS-like attack where they used systems they’d previously hacked and had them all do the same thing at once to another target.

We prosecuted those responsible (in absentia) and they will be arrested once they enter Dutch soil.

Sounds like you did absolutely nothing

Also just as plausible that there’s still some broken noodle crumbs and fragments stuck in the bottom flaps of the box.

It’s mostly edgy teens and people who never grew out of that phase of life.

Super weird correlation, I admit, but in my city it’s been my experience that one odd trend I’ve observed has been that Tesla drivers do three things disproportionately more frequently than drivers of other vehicles:

Lack of using a turn signal (which they arguably share with BMW drivers.

Forcing their way into lane changes and/or cutting people off (often accompanied by a noted lack of signal).

And flat out just plain running red lights. This last one is the most alarming and honestly the one I’ve noticed to be most closely linked to Tesla drivers. It’s so bad that even if I have a solid green when approaching a red light, if I can see a Tesla in approaching or crossing lanes, I’ll let off the gas and hover over the brakes, just in case they “pull a Tesla”. I’ve seen many of them pull up to a solid red, drift to a stop, then find a gap in the cross traffic that has a solid green and just dart across. I’ve seen them turn left on red without stopping. Seen them cause near accidents, all running red lights like they’re just a suggestion.

I don’t know of any liquid or gas hairdressers, so I’m guessing it’s good for all of them.

If her partner drives the car, is she required to wear the onesie?

The sticker makes no mention of driving, so I would think that as long as someone in the vehicle is both lesbian and wearing the onesie, its conditions have been fulfilled.

Yeah it’s come full circle.

Cable exists. You pay for content but still get ads because greed.

Piracy gains traction. Technically illegal but usually unenforced. All content, no ads, kinda a pain, but clearly worth it to many.

Streaming gains traction. Cheaper alternative to cable. On demand. No ads. Many pirates diminish or quit pirating content. Clearly most people are willing to pay a reasonable amount for quality on demand content and no ads.

Streaming really picks up steam as the mainstream starts cutting cable for ad free on demand content for less. Again, people are happy paying for what they see as good value.

Greed creeps back in, content is fractured among many streaming services, making the cost basically a wash vs cable but still has advantages of on demand and no ads and the ability to share and juggle subscriptions.

Greed continues, ads creep back in, “premium” streaming offered for higher fees to eliminate introduced ads. Content continues to diminish. People start turning back to piracy for the same reasons as they did 15-20 years ago. Services also start cracking down on sub sharing.

Assuming greed continues, I predict we’ll see these services attempt to squeeze even more money from the loyal subscribers they have left as they restructure their subscription models to contracts. No longer will there be any paying month to month. But rather you’ll have to enter onto a 1 or 2 year contract to stream. I also predict that they’ll very carefully curate their selections so that new seasons are available to current subscribers, then once the season is complete, they go away for a year before coming back, just to get people to maintain subscriptions instead of juggling contracts by year.

In these areas where bribes are so commonplace for all manner of interactions I just can’t help but wonder how it goes on so long without anyone being desperate enough and wild enough to just pull a gun or a knife and basically say, “My bribe payment to you is just do your damn job and I let you live.”

Or I guess maybe that does happen and then those people get disappeared.

“Be happy about your horrible situation because there are more horrible situations out there” is such a shitty take.

Basically you’re saying “unless you’re the single most unfortunate person on the planet, maybe even throughout all of human history, you should be happy”, which is obviously nonsense.

If freedom of speech can’t protect you against corporate censorship then it’s meaningless.

That’s the biggest load of horse shit I’ve read today.

Just because there may be periods of peace doesn’t mean these deep rooted issues just no longer matter.

The only way to disarm “the whole region” would be to basically level all of it and make it totally uninhabitable.

Ehhhhh…when everyone reporting on it and everyone involved all acknowledge these old reasons as the root of the issue, I’m inclined to believe them over some comment on Lemmy.

No it isn’t?

Yes it very literally is.

A driver has ultimate responsibility for where they drive their car, that’s not up for debate.

Google is providing guidance, sure, but the driver, by virtue of being present, having eyes and a brain, and controlling the fucking vehicle is the one responsible for where the vehicle goes.

You may have a (very good) point if this was a self driving car and Google was partially or wholly responsible for the actual motion of the vehicle.

But that’s not what happened.

Google’s guidance is nothing more than them saying, “Based on our data, this is the route we think you should take.” Obviously the driver has better data on local conditions than Google.

That being said, local authorities are to blame for improper signage and safety features. While Google isn’t responsible for road conditions and safety, some government or another absolutely is, and they are absolutely a valid target for a lawsuit, as they should be.

That you think Google shoulders blame in this is actually kind of a sad commentary on how some of society views personal responsibility.

This sort of collective treatment seems awful “communist” for a system that claims to hate it so much.

Almost like they’re okay with it when it means forcing their will and their hardship onto a group that is powerless to resist…

I think they were talking about the ambassador (who may also be a woman, idk) not the foreign minister.

the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy.

So do the vast majority of Americans.

There’s an interesting thought.

While there’s no doubt the US government could withstand any difficulty inflicted on it by Musk’s corporate empire, would the foot shot to their own efforts be worth it to sever ties with Musk?

Perhaps they forgot the cellotape