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 Discussion on question by Neil Meyer:…

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jmoreno
Jan 26 21:19
@PeterM: for the purpose of this question you an assume the spiker was a YouTube idiot who live-streamed, narrated and testified to spiking the drink of a random stranger for the lulz. That the drink was spiked without the accused’s knowledge is beyond question.
 

 Discussion on question by DK WW: Why …

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jmoreno
Jan 23 09:18
I don’t know if it will help, but my first attempt to throw money at the problem would be to get a UPS. If you have unstable power, that can lead to your device effectively being turned on and off again multiple times a day.
 

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jmoreno
Dec 29, 2024 15:55
They would be clicking a link to confirm a verification code they requested seconds ago…that’s totally different from a verification that they never asked for or one embedded in some random message.
 

 Discussion on answer by Buffy: Is it …

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jmoreno
Oct 11, 2024 22:45
I think the melanti of the two situations are quite clear — in one the professor is acting in the capacity/role of a professor interacting with a student acting in the capacity/role of the professors student, while in the other the professor is acting as a purveyor of online content and the student is acting as an independent researcher. Melanti is a term used in the Liaden SF series by Miller and Lee.
 

 Discussion on answer by Speakpigeon: …

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jmoreno
Feb 5, 2024 12:43
A valid argument, sound or not, can be useful. Not so with an invalid argument. Note that an incomplete argument is not the same as an invalid argument.
jmoreno
Feb 5, 2024 12:43
You are imputing more to valid than it contains. Valid means that an argument is logically constructed, given its premises the conclusion will follow. The basket was empty, X added 2 apples, Y added 3 apples, no other apples were added or removed in any way, there are 5 apples in the basket. This is a valid argument. If Z removed 5 apples from the basket, it is still a valid argument, but the premise that no apples were added or removed is incorrect. So it’s not a SOUND argument. Soundness is not equal to validity.
 

 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Ca…

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jmoreno
Jan 6, 2024 21:35
What makes you say the ruling was in good faith? We are dealing with insurrection and conspiracy, a deliberate attempt to destroy democracy.
 

 Discussion between JacquesB and Jimmy…

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jmoreno
Jun 4, 2023 02:29
Even if the schema or table name make it explicit that this is supposed to be a lookup table, all that means is that the schema and/or name is misleading, it is vertical partitioning.
jmoreno
Jun 4, 2023 02:28
@JimmyJames: your example data and structure describes a vertical partition, not a lookup table. Whether it should be a lookup table (or even calculated column on the main table) is a separate issue. If it’s not a vertical partition, then you have not correctly conveyed the design of the table in your effort to obfuscate the source.
 

 Discussion on answer by Schwern: Did …

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jmoreno
Dec 22, 2022 10:42
@Jontia: adjusting the factors to account for your local conditions is one of the ways you determine what the LOCAL policies should be. Treating Appalachian coal miners the same way you do SF Bay Area techies isn’t going to do them much good and vice-versa.
 

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jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 16:23
@MichaelHall: it wasn’t stolen, it was being given away. If someone is giving 50 dollars to the first 50 people to stand in line, it’s not stealing to go to the back of the line and get another 50. He requested information, the only restriction on providing the information was that it had to be correctly described, and even then, they didn’t do anything if it wasn’t.
jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 16:02
@TylerSelden: when you have to login and then can see someone else’s info by changing the url, I would call that an exploit. If the link was sent and then time limited, I would call it an exploit, but a “secret” PUBLIC url? Hoping that people don’t stumble across it isn’t security.
jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 15:53
@TylerSelden: I wouldn’t call it an exploit because there was no effort made to secure it.
jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 02:01
So, while accessible without any special tools or methods, doing so was a crime. Could have sent you a link, with your Id, then you clicking on the link would make you a criminal. I think that is wrong and reprehensible, feel free to disagree.
jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 01:58
A “unique iPad Id” doesn’t assert ownership of either the iPad or the information, but as far as the CFAA is concerned that is irrelevant. In fact, whether it was his iPad Id or someone else’s was irrelevant, his usage was in a manner that they didn’t like, and THAT, not the fact that he supplied someone else’s “Id” is what made it a violation. The URL was “meant” to only be called from within their app, the publicly accessible url was not supposed to be known,
jmoreno
Sep 10, 2022 01:49
@MichaelHall: he wasn’t convicted of trickery he was convicted of violating the CFAA, which, as I said, makes using a computer in a way the owner doesn’t like, a crime. No prior notice or efforts to prevent you from so using the computer is required.
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:51
There is no misrepresentation or trickery involved, because there’s no prior step that requires representing anything. In this case, they didn’t WANT you to enter someone else’s number (or more likely never considered the possibility) and so through the CFAA it’s a crime to do so. There wasn’t even a terms of service saying that you agreed to only look up your own iPad.
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:51
@MichaelHall: Because the system doesn’t include a process of asserting that the iPad is yours. SSN is an excellent example: if the IRS created an endpoint, that given a SSN it returned the name and taxes due/refunded, using someone’s else’s number wouldn’t be trickery.
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:05
@MichaelHall: no. The url of this stackexhange question is law.stackexchange.com/questions/84142, there will be another one at law.stackexchange.com/questions/84143, he basically changed 84142 to 84143 and then went to jail for a year (well, he did it 100,000 times, still same thing). It’s not what they wanted to happen, but it’s not trickery.
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:05
@MichaelHall: I would not characterize changing the number at the end of a url as “trickery”, although I’ll give you mischief in his case. Note that he did exactly what the OP asks about, and it is/was generally considered a crime although as he is out of the country no charges have been filed
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:05
@MichaelHall: nope, how easy it is to access is irrelevant. See apple/att and endpoint that returned email addresses, no password, right out there in the open, no restriction at all. Jail: nbcnews.com/technolog/…
jmoreno
Sep 9, 2022 23:05
Ethics are irrelevant to crime, and the CFAA makes it a crime to do anything on a computer that the owner of that computer doesn’t like. This is easily into the bounds of doing serious time in jail
 

 Discussion on answer by TimRias: Is t…

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jmoreno
Jul 8, 2022 01:43
Would not the created black hole also be moving well beyond escape velocity?
 

 Discussion on question by The Great: …

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jmoreno
Jun 13, 2022 09:12
Do you want to know what you should have done then or what you should do now, or what you should do if the situation arises again in the future?
 

 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: US…

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jmoreno
Jan 26, 2022 13:01
Men as a class do not have an interest in a political monopoly on voting, it in fact defeats the purpose of having votes, meaning that if you suppose voting is good then it harms them.
 

 Discussion on answer by PcMan: Could …

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jmoreno
Oct 11, 2021 17:58
Pressure ought to be determinable, and would give them a depth, just as it does for us and atmospheric pressure.
 

 Discussion on question by Anixx: Most…

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jmoreno
Sep 26, 2021 13:14
@Anixx: last minute research is unlikely to be useful let alone necessary, unless you are planning on having a mcguffin fix everything. As for missing info, that is easy—accident or sabotage destroying critical bits
jmoreno
Sep 26, 2021 12:32
@Anixx: closest approach is less than 3.25 light minutes, greatest is less than 23. But if you were right, that would be even more incentive to cache everything remotely useful locally. Local cache is going to have everything except cats, and even a lot of cats
jmoreno
Sep 26, 2021 12:23
@Anixx: There is a 6 minute delay in querying Earth. If there is a fair sized city on Mars, then they will have a data center and that data center will basically contain all human knowledge other than what Mary’s cat did last year. Scientific and engineering data is miniscule. Wikipedia is under a hundred gig (which I believe includes the 1911 Britannica)
jmoreno
Sep 26, 2021 12:23
@Anixx: no, what really takes the space in today’s world is videos of cats playing. All of the scientific and engineering and comments on same would easily fit into a single google/Amazon/ms data center.
 

 Discussion on answer by Kilisi: Recei…

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jmoreno
Mar 29, 2021 21:27
@TomTom: there can be traffic between the two, even if they are in separate buildings. And that is by no means guaranteed—retail and HQ typically at least start out in the same building, only getting more space when they are larger.
 

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jmoreno
Jan 22, 2021 21:35
Also, would this be an on topic question?
jmoreno
Jan 22, 2021 21:35
I’m considering buying a house that would need an addition for it to meet my needs, but I’m not sure how I would go about finding a contract for such a project. Any suggestions?
 

 Discussion on answer by Caleth: Why a…

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jmoreno
Jan 17, 2021 17:37
@gerrit: if they they vote their fear, they should instead quit and get another job. Unthinkable doesn’t come into it.
 

 Discussion on question by Smithey: Do…

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jmoreno
Dec 20, 2020 12:48
It’s a parents duty to raise and educate (indoctrinate if you like) their children. From the language they speak, to what clothes they wear, and what they eat. Babies dying from eating E. Coli wouldn’t be fun for anyone.
 

 Discussion on question by Jarvis: How…

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jmoreno
Nov 13, 2020 12:49
Why do you not think she is not working more than 4-5 hours a day? Has her output or quality of work been halved?
 

 Discussion between Ted Wrigley and JB…

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jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 04:02
Which is not to say that I think Trump is a good President, I am defending sociopaths in general, not T4ump in particular
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 04:00
Nothing at all prevents one from being both a “good” President and a sociopath. Sociopaths aren’t required to go out and eat babies
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:57
Nothing in the Constitution says you can’t be a sociopath and President
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:57
Congress is above the President, as they just got through showing...they could have removed him from office. But everyone knew they wouldn’t, which makes bring the charges at all a betray of the public trust. It makes him look more powerful than he actually is
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:53
Nothing is going to make Trump feel bad about himself or his actions.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:51
As for institutions, Clinton established that it is OK for a President to lie while under oath, not say fuck off, not say I’m the President and you have no authority to compel me to answer any question, but to straight up lie.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:49
So, Trump has been held to account, he was impeached and was found not guilty by a narrower margin than Clinton.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:46
The R’s aren’t my preferred party, that has generally been the D’s, except on a couple of issues.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:45
So, how do you determine whether an oath is OK to break for personal convenience or ambition? Gah, you almost got me defending Trump. Trump sucks, that doesn’t mean the D’s were all noble to impeach him and the R’s all crazy to defend him.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:21
i haven’t seen anything which makes me think that either side is doing what they think is best for the nation. Hell, I haven’t seen anything which indicates they are even capable of weighing what is best for the party, let alone for the nation.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:18
Personally I think (and said at the time) that if Clinton had said he discussed his sex life with his doctor and people he was having sex with, and he already had a fine doctor...so suck it up or go onto the next question, I would have been more than fine with it. Lying under oath? Not fine. Anyway, you are praising one side as courageous defenders of right, and the other as smarmy weasels. I think they are both smarmy weasels.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:18
As for national security concerns, they are about even — dirt opens you to blackmail. What rational grounds do you see for acquitting Clinton other than expediency?
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 03:18
@TedWrigley: Clinton was impeached for committing perjury, a lot of people consider the subject of the perjury irrelevant. Trump was for requesting that his opponents be investigated. If there is any evidence that he considered them innocent, I haven’t seen it.
jmoreno
Feb 7, 2020 00:56
@TedWrigley:which doesn’t explain what makes the D’s immune to this mode of thought. And when I think of the impeachment of Clinton (where he confessed before the trial), it seems to me they might not be immune after all.