I was asked by a friend of the family why I had to "mod" everything, "You make it all so it doesn't work right!"
...because "working right" in this day and age is a privacy nightmare, a security disaster, and relinquishing your rights, duh! Then I asked her how much the lawyer cost to understand what she's agreeing to in all the EULAs of services she's signed up for just to make things "work right".
The joke goes like this:
People who don't work in tech: "I have a smart TV, smart doorbell, smart thermostat, smart fridge, smart clothes washer..."
People who work in tech: "The only computerized devices in my house are the Linux PC and the printer, and I keep a gun next to the printer in case it makes a sound I don't recognize."
Psychology. The sign gets extra attention and also makes one think the people holding the sale might be stupid and not know the value of the items they're selling.
It's an early specimen of "unregulated bank", founded in part by Trump buddy Peter Thiel and merged with Elon Musk's X.com in 2000.
They have a history of locking accounts under false pretenses and seizing the money. It's screwed over many a Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Early in Minecraft history, Notch lost access to over half a million dollars. They've failed to pay rewards in their software bug bounty program.
Edit: The usual antics for Musk and friends for 20 years.
Also, I checked my records. I'm biased (a word that the current US administration is erasing from all government documents) because of an early Amazon third-party seller plus PayPal experience; the item I was sent was wrong and 5% of the value of what I ordered. Returned sealed cheap item, seller wouldn't refund. PayPal ruled in the seller's favor and Amazon did not care because of third-party seller terms and conditions. A young person out a few hundred bucks doesn't forget that.
Braintree, Honey, Paydiant, Tradera, Xoom, and Zettle all owned by PayPal.
FREE SPEECH! FREE SPEECH! unless it's something I don't like
As a selling point, photo backup used to not count against Pixel owners' Google account data storage maximum... then Google apparently sold enough Pixels to rescind the offer.
On Jerboa: Tap the three vertical dots menu in the original post, Copy > Copy post text.
Don't Mess With Our Kids
Sounds good, we won't mess with your kids and you won't mess with mine. That means we won't force our religions on each other's children via the public school system; and if my kids need "controversial" healthcare, you won't interfere. 😉
200+ models from 5 big device makers
Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.
Bleeping Computer reports 813 products from 10 vendors.
Checked the BIOS update file of a Gigabyte motherboard I have here (Z170X - Gaming 7):
DETECTED PKfail untrusted certificate
Issuer: CN=DO NOT TRUST - AMI Test PK
I was servicing an arcade game room at a campground, and had a Cruis'n USA in which the picture looked a bit dim. I take the back panel off of the game, and see a 2cm hole burned through the Sharp Image monitor's chassis (circuit board) where there presumably used to be a resistor. It was still working, nobody complained about smoke or a smell?!
Biblically accurate ~~angel~~ Anglo