I think the odds of him being used by a legit cyber crime organization vs the french victim organization just plain being criminally negligent are pretty even.

Potentially just wildly incompetent...but if I was defense of some 15 year old, I'd lay it out pretty hard that the security was probably so bad my mother could have tripped and fell into the data.

Of course they approved the deal. Somebody is willing to pay super big bucks for something that doesn't have even close to that level of value.

How in the world did you write my story?

Exactly the same. Same origin story. Same frustration with Ubuntu. Same landing spot for same reasons.

The trouble with protondb is that there are gorillas out there that approach a gold rated game, then proudly display their 15 commandline options, some of which aren't actually real, and then declare the game was stuttering, unplayable, or doesn't even launch.

Yo. It launches. Quit screwing with stuff. Just doubleclick the button.

Is it too much to ask for a tiny little lovenote somewhere acknowledging that the PHB that allowed this to happen in the first place is enjoying a severance package?

In what world do you let a newguy do anything important...let alone a newguy that doesn't even breathe.

Roll it to the data centers and nowhere else. They have dedicated lines, if they're built properly they have dedicated backup power generators, etc.

Don't make some normal working stiff deal with warm beer because some rich twits have decided to use AI algorithm abc rather than a more modest algorithm built in a world with physical system constraints. These models do not have to be built with infinity resources. More efficient models will be made, and the sooner economic forces bring these advancements to bear the better.

I clicked at least 5 of those links...none were to the actual current article.

Shame on the submitter and editor here mixing the end of biden administration, 2015, and other random stuff.

Dude just give me the article in question where USA bought a device from SOMEWHERE that looks like it might be the thing that did the thing.

No way. The guys that can't manage to manage a real machine, can't understand how things work, and farming out thought also can't figure out their container shouldn't have hard coded creds?

Yeah this person was just sitting around waiting for this to happen. Like most people that do this they aren't the brightest.

No...HBO Max is not a competitor. They're in the same market, but they're not a real rival.

Some People are Too Stupid To Have Credit Cards

At least 30 years ago these people had to get off their ass, look in the mirror, and then drive down to the mall. Sure there was tv shopping; but you really can only buy so many shitty bracelets and necklaces.

Hey new generation. No this isn't a generational problem. The same people said it about my generation and the one before it. Please internet generation hear this:
" You aren't worth it. You don't deserve it. Shut up and get to work. "

Repeat that to yourself the next time you Ubereat and think something looks nice on a facebook or tiktok.

I don't care what this guy says. He should go play in traffic.

These guys have mismanaged several games, the only one I really cared about was KSP2. Not allowing developers to talk to the existing team, having zero meaningful targets or decision points, allowing good idea fairies to run the show, and not nailing down an actual working game engine....

Then closing it down to focus on more profitable items. I get space sim isn't ever going to make as much money as driving the car down the sidewalk and running people down...but I'm still upset this guy let it all happen the way it did.

So if you plan, and then try to do a big thing, and you find out you're a failure because you didn't actually plan... Please tell me these guys didn't just keep getting paychecks.

You know damn well a single full server rack can have enormous power density and simple math says you can't power it .... and you are just 'hoping' some other enormous project comes along you must be hella stupid.

If you don't control it...you can't count on it.

In other news, 99% of studios and developers in 2025 lack the ability to do proper server administration and bandwidth management.
Many think proper user engagement and marketing involve the words "Join our discord".

Trust me, they are a monopoly, but they literally take care of 98% of the problems you would face upon launch day and continued distribution.

Want to do a public beta test? Easy.
Want to load to 3 million users at once? Easy.
Want to be discovered for your sandcastle building game alongside other competing sandcastle building games? Easy.

Finally found an ISP worse than comcast I see.

Yes, I use the name comcast still. I know they have tried to rebrand to Xfinity because their name was so bad. That is why I use it. It is bad. They shouldn't be allowed to get away from it.

Bluetooth latency from your phone to the speaker .... of all the things to scaremonger about.

Pretty positive that the speaker will react properly in less than 1/3 of a second most of the time.

As much as I hate to see companies brick smart features people paid good money for, lets face it none of these functions were necessary. The only possible legitimate feature is linking multiple speakers together properly. This can be done with more professional methods than some shitty app.