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‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CIO Responds

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Post by black_puppydog »

I clicked through to the linkedin post [0] and airforcemag was clearly not reading this carefully. Not sure how they missed that, but Mr Kanaan never once in his letter wrote "Fix My computer" as is stated in the airforcemag title (and in quotes) but rather every. single. line of this letter ends with "Fix our computers."

Quite a different tone. He seems desperate, but he's not self centered.

[0]: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljkanaan_technology-fut...

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Post by codyb »

noahth wrote: post #4

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Alternatively. The USAF are a bargain for a more stable world with less regional conflicts. While the Middle East is a disaster, and there are many easy to point out missteps on its record that truly are awful and horrific.

It's also currently the world's pre-eminent power in a history dominated by strong militaries and during its tenure as such the world has unequivocally been more stable and peaceful than it's ever been statistically.

The access to free trade over more porous borders has lifted billions of people out of poverty. Europe hasn't been this peaceful ever as far as I can tell. Every major democracy in the world exists under America's umbrella.

Certainly it's not all roses, Iraq was probably just a decade of war crimes, but we can see what happens as soon as we leave places like Afghanistan (wasn't perfect, but was certainly a lot better a year ago than today), Syria (Kurds abandoned have to re-align with Russia, Turkish troops move in), Philippines (never even left after Duterte quickly reconsidered given China's encroachments in the S China Sea).

Pulling the US military into a more isolationist or more equal to others stance would almost certainly result in more regional conflicts around the world as the stakes go from "hey we definitely won't win this thing" to "hey, we've got a fighting shot here".

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Post by yabones »

> Currently the service uses both McAfee and Tanium software packages to scan and protect service-issued endpoints like laptops.

The problem isn't hardware, it's that they're using the worst antivirus known to mankind. It's not throwing money at the problem, it's about what can be removed.

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Post by wahnfrieden »

noahth wrote: post #4

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It’s however also the way that the US funds private sector development. They can’t as directly fund and direct private corporations as that would be “communism”, so they pump money into the military such that it provides corporate welfare and spurs private sector innovation and economy diffusely. It’s inefficient by design this way.

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Post by illnewsthat »

black_puppydog wrote: post #2

I clicked through to the linkedin post [0] and airforcemag was clearly not reading this carefully. Not sure how they missed that, but Mr Kanaan never once in his letter wrote "Fix My computer" as is stated in the airforcemag title (and in quotes) but rather every. single. line of this letter ends with "Fix our computers." Quite a different tone. He seems desperate, but he's not self centered. [0]: https://www.linkedi…

The article does mention that: “ Each barrage ending with the same invocation: “Fix our computers.””
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