Daily Tech News 18 September 2021

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Deliver sixteen tons what do you get
A bottle of piss and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the Amazon store. (Bloomberg)

On the one hand, anything that hastens the exodus from and collapse of large liberal cities is an unalloyed good. On the other hand, all the people pushing for these company towns vote Democrat anyway and they will turn out to be just as bad as the first time around.
Speaking of company towns, bit of a kerfuffle in Melbourne today. The old-school working class socialists have had quite enough of the new-wave managerial class socialists and decided to break things.

Safe prediction: The Victorian government, which collectively has the decision-making capacity of a week-dead wombat, will promptly step in to make everything much worse.

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There's a chipset driver bug that affects security on all AMD desktop and laptop systems. (Tom's Hardware)

This probably doesn't affect Linux servers, particularly ones with Epyc CPUs, which don't actually have a chipset. And it only affects you if you're running untrusted software on your computer, at which case you're already screwed.
The lower-end Alder Lake desktop parts won't have the low-power efficiency cores. (WCCFTech)

Which makes total sense for several reasons. Those cores are mostly for laptops where you need to save power, but are also useful for Intel's high-end desktop parts because they draw about as much power as a space heater. The lower-end desktop parts don't fall into either of those categories. Mostly.
The Biden administration is planning to sanction crypto exchanges and wallets used by ransomware groups. (Bleeping Computer)

That description is a bit confused, but the idea is not without merit - prevent them from turning their ill-gotten digital gains into ill-gotten fiat gains. I expect the implementation to be a disaster.
The operator of a DDoS for hire service is facing 35 years in prison. (Bleeping Computer)

Good.
If you're a Linux admin on Microsoft Azure you're probably having a lousy week.

As mentioned yesterday, if you don't pre-emptively firewall every single thing it only takes one network packet to get root access. (Bleeping Computer)

If you do, it still only takes one network packet from a local user.

Also, you need to manually update every single server because Microsoft neither told you about the management agent it was installing nor provided automated updates.

And it's already being actively exploited. (Bleeping Computer)

So if you don't want all your Azure servers mining crypto and joining botnets, update them now.

Disclaimer: And then never use the cloud again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:56 AM

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1 *waves to Pixy*

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at September 18, 2021 03:06 AM (bgWIn)

2 A) Poor week dead Wombat.

B) Not that I would ever condone pirating.....or have done it myself....but say I DLed something from a torrent, any idea if there's a way to scan the .dmg installer (I'm on a mac) or sort of run it in quarantine, so that it can be fully scanned for viruses? I know I've run these programs before, i mean I've heard of others running them before, and the terminal window pops up and closes, which may be a normal thing, but I always think "fuck that probably did something not good."

Posted by: Rbastid at September 18, 2021 03:06 AM (2Dt+o)

3 Like clockwork

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:10 AM (2JoB8)

4 Pixy at a miniatures forum see no priority or 1st class is going from US to Australia.

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:11 AM (2JoB8)

5 from the ONT

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Australia (and New Zealand) have gone full Nazi. There has been backlash, and here are the remarks of the leader of "Australia One", a new political party:

https://streamable.com/9h6cik

This guy is maybe the Nigel Farage of Australia.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at September 18, 2021 02:24 AM (Mzdiz)

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 03:14 AM (rk2/G)

6 32-year old Matthew Gatrel of St. Charles, Illinois, ran two websites that allowed paying users to launch more than 200,000 DDoS attacks on targets in both the private and public sector.
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Huh, so he's from my neck of the woods.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at September 18, 2021 03:14 AM (bgWIn)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 18, 2021 03:27 AM (arJlL)

8 *waves to Pixy*
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual

Look atchoo !

Posted by: JT at September 18, 2021 03:28 AM (arJlL)

9 To get or not to get up?
That is the question

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:29 AM (2JoB8)

10 https://legalinsurrection.com/bidens vaccine booster plan a bust as fda panel rejects widespread distribution

Someone knows it doesn't work, it's not the yearly flu shot and Sundowner administration has no idea what to do.
Actually believing lots of the high Leftists didn't get the Vax.

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:32 AM (2JoB8)

11 To answer the question or not, that is the question. Yeah, i might get up. Finish cleaning the kitchen or finish off the spaghetti i made earlier, or play some guitar. Or even work (on a case that gets me paid) or lie here on my couch and maybe go to sleep. Meh. Big decisions.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 03:33 AM (KAi1n)

12 Good morning morons

San Franciscans are such damn pussies

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 03:37 AM (EZebt)

13 Not you, neighbor

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 03:41 AM (EZebt)

14 Literally the second Mrs. F heard about the drone strike when it was initially announced, she said, "A damn lie!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 03:42 AM (EZebt)

15 https://tinyurl.com/c469k7f7
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:46 AM (2JoB8)

16
Someone knows it doesn't work, it's not the yearly flu shot and Sundowner administration has no idea what to do.

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:32 AM

Yup, doesn't work. A large scale data analysis out of Israel is pretty damn conclusive:

https://tinyurl.com/huwbtbay

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at September 18, 2021 03:46 AM (dQvv7)

17 The administration keeps saying it wants a cure, but they don't need a cure, it serves their purpose to continue the "crisis" at any cost.

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 03:50 AM (2JoB8)

18 Newsom is not forever. His current term ends on January 2, 2023.

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 03:59 AM (cME97)

19
At some point in time it will become overwhelmingly obvious that the vaccines are in fact worse then useless. At that point in time they'll blame Trump for rushing approval.

Bet your bottom dollar on that.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at September 18, 2021 04:00 AM (dQvv7)

20 Huh, so he's from my neck of the woods.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at September 18, 2021 03:14 AM (bgWIn)

And IL has many nice prisons.

Posted by: GnuBreed, vax-free pureblood at September 18, 2021 04:01 AM (F0YaR)

21 They will find another carbon copy of Gruesome to take over.

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 04:01 AM (2JoB8)

22 Thanks Pixy (I think) for the well written Tom's Hardware info on how to update my AMD chipset.

Been a long time since I've done this sort of thing.I'm gonna try it later this am.

Posted by: GnuBreed, vax-free pureblood at September 18, 2021 04:04 AM (F0YaR)

23 Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at September 18, 2021 03:46 AM (dQvv7)

It concludes that natural immunity is better than vaccine immunity. Not surprising.

Where does it say that the vaccine doesn't work?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 18, 2021 04:09 AM (Q9lwr)

24 That no other U.S. military leader has taken the necessary action to hold the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to account for his crimes and failures is incredible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:11 AM (EZebt)

25 Literally the second Mrs. F heard about the drone strike when it was initially announced, she said, "A damn lie!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 03:42

You knew it was BS when they couldn't name the terrorist killed, they could find him, drone him and can't tell us his terrorists connections? Milley should be fired, he's a worthless POS, traitor to boot.

Posted by: Farmer at September 18, 2021 04:11 AM (55Qr6)

26 Fine, I'll go make coffee then decide if I'm getting up

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 04:16 AM (2JoB8)

27 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:11 AM (EZebt)

The highest levels of our military seem politically identical to the deans of any large university.

Nonsense-speaking, leftist mush-brains who are blown by the prevailing political winds.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 18, 2021 04:17 AM (Q9lwr)

28 Not you, neighbor
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I didn't take offense. I also wasn't partying, maskless, at the Black Cat.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 04:17 AM (KAi1n)

29 I didn't take offense. I also wasn't partying, maskless, at the Black Cat.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 04:17 AM (KAi1n)

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I heard some mealy-mouthed defenses of her blatant hypocrisy that really enrage me. I haven't been asked to show my papers yet but when I am I'm displaying her photo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:21 AM (EZebt)

30 �That no other U.S. military leader has taken the necessary action to hold the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to account for his crimes and failures is incredible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:11 AM (EZebt)

Brian Suits made a good point, that Miley actually committed treason by attempting to take control of thr nuclear codes on Jan 8. And that he also didn't push back when Pelosi asked him to take Trump out of all military remsen and to refuse Trump's commands, which again is reason on both thier parts.

The China trea sd on is just the 3rd valid reason he should be put up against a firing squad.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 18, 2021 04:21 AM (2Dt+o)

31 I heard some mealy-mouthed defenses of her blatant hypocrisy that really enrage me. I haven't been asked to show my papers yet but when I am I'm displaying her photo.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Breed's a Stakhanovite. They get privileges. You know what we kulaks get.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 04:23 AM (KAi1n)

32 Err that should say "out of all military communication" but some how Swipetext chose "remsen"....

Posted by: Rbastid at September 18, 2021 04:24 AM (2Dt+o)

33 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 18, 2021 04:17 AM (Q9lwr)

Really hard at this point not to presume they're playing for the other side. It seems so obvious.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:25 AM (EZebt)

34 Breed's a Stakhanovite. They get privileges. You know what we kulaks get.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 04:23 AM (KAi1n)

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Yeah, we have to pay when the car gets repaired.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 04:26 AM (EZebt)

35
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 18, 2021 04:32 AM (DUIap)

36 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
14h
White House announces executive order adding measles to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases.

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 04:38 AM (cME97)

37 Morning, Peeps

Going to check the ONT

Posted by: fluffy at September 18, 2021 04:41 AM (UnQlg)

38 Had to look up Azure to find out what it was. I'm still at a complete loss as to why anyone would use it.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at September 18, 2021 04:42 AM (3AD8C)

39 The China trea sd on is just the 3rd valid reason he should be put up against a firing squad.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 18, 2021 04:21 AM (2Dt+o)

Hung by the neck until dead. Firing squad is only for those with a shred of honor left.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 18, 2021 04:44 AM (dYVBk)

40 Azure is a nice shade of blue, could work on curtains or accent wall

Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2021 04:47 AM (2JoB8)

41 Re: Measles. Well it used to be understood that "Quarantine" is for the sick, not the healthy. Not so much anymore. What does this mean, then.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 18, 2021 04:56 AM (oaepv)

42 "Hanged". Hanged is the word you are looking for. One must always use correct grammar in such things.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 18, 2021 04:58 AM (oaepv)

43 "Drawn and quartered" has my vote.

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 05:00 AM (cME97)

44 Traitors can be "hanged, drawn, and quartered," and maybe we could skip straight to the "drawn" part?

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 05:03 AM (cME97)

45 Good night, folks.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 18, 2021 05:05 AM (KAi1n)

46 I vote for dropped into the Pacific from 2000 ft.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 18, 2021 05:06 AM (EZebt)

47 Maybe the punishment could include a Predator drone.

Posted by: m at September 18, 2021 05:10 AM (cME97)

48 EMT is NOOOD

Posted by: Bruce at September 18, 2021 05:11 AM (vd8XM)

49 35 years? Better than the flogging and hanging I'd administer if I was the judge in the DDoS case....

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 18, 2021 06:21 AM (ZSK0i)

50 Pixy's comment about old-style and new-style socialists reminds me of a story told by Paul Johnson, the British historian. It seems that Johnson, in his youth, was a follower of Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party leader. One evening, he attended a Labour dinner at a swank restaurant. As was the custom, given that nearly everybody attending the dinner was male, each place-setting had a cigar, for the gents to light up and enjoy after the meal. After the meal, Johnson, being in those days a socialist prig complained to Bevan about the cigar, claiming that it was "bourgeois". Bevan, who had started working in the Welsh coal mines when he was 13, said, "Oh, you're one of *those* socialists, are you?", then reached over, took Johnson's cigar, and popped into his jacket pocket, to enjoy later. I can't imagine that the old-time working-class left is going to tolerate what Orwell called "the pansy Left" much longer. But we shall see.

Posted by: Nemo at September 18, 2021 09:35 AM (S6ArX)

51 "Really hard at this point not to presume they're playing for the other side. It seems so obvious."

Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. But it's a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Nemo at September 18, 2021 09:40 AM (S6ArX)

52 Had to look up Azure to find out what it was. I'm still at a complete loss as to why anyone would use it.
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at September 18, 2021 04:42 AM (3AD8C)

Company I work for keeps giving these invites to 'get started' using Azure. Not even remotely interested. Get a far better feeling using Digital Ocean or AWS.

Pix, just wanted to thank you for the daily tech thread.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at September 18, 2021 11:19 AM (Hh3y4)

53 Using the cloud? Are you insane?!

Posted by: Angel at September 19, 2021 12:28 AM (oDn7m)

54 Hey Pix, acecomments.mu.nu has not been renewed. Just an FYI since I know you are busy with other stuff.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at September 19, 2021 12:26 PM (Hh3y4)

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