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The AWS issue related to DNS entries. And IAM doesn't use Dynamo DB. It wasn't related, other than an outage gives a good way to obfuscate TTPs.

ADHD and ADD have been rolled into one diagnosis: ADHD. There's Predominately Inattentive (PI) [which you might see as ADD] and Predominately Hyperactive-Impulsive (HI). This is my…

How they describe themselves, posted without comment: "The Middle East Forum, a think tank founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, promotes American interests in the Middle East and prote…

I'm not sure how important that is to remember. The president is issuing the orders. The president is chief executive of the country. The president can't pawn off responsibility to…

The best thing I can say about OAuth is that--as an identity dude--it keeps me gainfully employed. If only because people often implement it incorrectly.

I concur. I work in architecture for a large public cloud provider. I'd definitely double-check that something like this isn't already in the market (or open-source). It would be i…

Civil asset forfeiture is when law enforcement seizes property of someone suspected of a crime. Jones was sued and lost. Now his assets are being liquidated to pay off (a small par…

But what is the response that works? Average: I can't afford groceries at the store. Inflation sucks. Response: Well, inflation plays a part, but grocery stores are still recording…

Let's be clear. This guy had CSAM and was caught using digital forensics. The cops would've been able to secure the search warrant at the time had they been required to do so. This…

Laws can also be unconstitutional and remain a law--the law just can't be enforced. For example, in the state of Texas sodomy is still technically illegal, just the law is unenforc…

It dates back to the constitutional ban on "ex post facto" laws. Meaning, the government can't retroactively make something illegal. Which is a good thing, IMO. So, for example, it…

The cited ruling answers your question The court ruled that at the time , when the State Police opened the file, they had no reason to believe that a warrant was required. While th…

Can we stop euphemistic language like this: > In a letter to staff, Houston said that the reduction in headcount would impact 528 people. He fired 528 people. That's what he did. A…

As someone who has worked for less than $40,000 a year, and someone who now makes more than the average pay of someone at DropBox--I'm not sure it's a useful conversation to say "H…

Having been a victim of grooming, trust me. It's better to talk to the parents than to give a child a gift without the parents' knowledge.

First thing I do when playing a multiplayer game with proximity voice chat is to turn voice chat off. Makes play sessions much more enjoyable. Sure you may miss the 5% of chat that…

> As a gamer dad, I try to show my kid better games to play, but because they aren't free, his friends can't play. Just drives him to keep playing and wanting more Robux. It's comp…

It's not just GitHub and it's not just because they don't want to pay bug hunters. In my career, I have escalated multiple bugs to my employer(s) in which the response was 'working…

At least where I work, RSUs are often dangled to you as a way to justify a lower base salary. RSUs are built into the 'compensation philosophy', wherein the RSUs are combined with …

Amazon has a few different programs to retrain people for tech jobs, such as non-tech Amazonians, people separating from the military, under-represented people, etc.

Exactly this.

I'm not for victim blaming generally, but who puts their money into a company that says this: >"...create a parallel system of existence that will change how people live, how we in…

I'm not sure how this has anything to do with AWS. But I guess you can use it to confirm your idea about vendor lock-in if you're bound and determined to convince yourself you're r…

Most probably won't. I think you're greatly overestimating the technical chops of the average PC user.

I reread it every 2 years or so. There's so much in there that you see new things every time.