Khue's recent activity
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Comment on I just installed a DNS based firewall (I think) for the first time in my life. Help me understand which addresses to block. in ~tech
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
Khue LinkShogun is fantastic. Not sure why it's not on more people's radar. It's a period drama about the English encroachment into Japan while the Portuguese held a trading monopoly. Focuses on the...Shogun is fantastic. Not sure why it's not on more people's radar. It's a period drama about the English encroachment into Japan while the Portuguese held a trading monopoly. Focuses on the Japanese political environment around that time. Legit feels like some great acting going on.
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Comment on Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on US officials and their families in ~science
Khue Link ParentGiven that roughly thirty years time span I think it's odd that effective countermeasures don't exist.Given that roughly thirty years time span I think it's odd that effective countermeasures don't exist.
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Comment on California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax in ~life
Khue Link ParentI've always thought that supervisors should be responsible for setting priorities over a certain point and charge backs should be associated with IT requests. If I were running a help desk in a...I've always thought that supervisors should be responsible for setting priorities over a certain point and charge backs should be associated with IT requests. If I were running a help desk in a manager capacity, I'd come to monthly meetings showing financial representations of what each department is costing from a support perspective and then I'd break it down by cost to support each department by employee count. So for example if accounting had like 10 employees and operations had like 100 employees, but accounting submitted more tickets with higher priorities, I could show like... An accounting employee costs $160.00 a month to support whereas an operation employee costs $75.00 a month to support. In this scenario, cost of support is simply a man hour representation of a help desk employee. The higher the number/value could be equated to the type of support or simply the number and priority of support request filed.
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Comment on Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on US officials and their families in ~science
Khue Link ParentMy issue with the whole premise of Russia developing this tech is that they effectively have had the economic output of New York State over the last like fifteen to twenty years. The fact that...My issue with the whole premise of Russia developing this tech is that they effectively have had the economic output of New York State over the last like fifteen to twenty years. The fact that they have this tech and the US skunkworks/DARPA/military industrial complex doesn't have equivalent and hasn't been actively using it seems implausible.
The 60 minute episode I saw about the one dudes wife getting hit with this supposed weapon seems interesting until you take a step back and realize... They targeted his wife doing laundry mid day? You have this crazy ass tech and that's what you choose to use it on? It's like the navy developing a rail gun to strike at the Iranian equivalent of a burger king. You ever use a high yield energy weapon to just flex on a Long John Silvers? The whole thing seems silly.
Additionally, all the symptoms of HS are all over the place with very little consistency.
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Comment on Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Why? in ~life
Khue Link ParentSeems to me that op wrote a lot of bullshit to simply distract from the entire concept that economic conditions due to rampant capitalism (mostly in decline) makes it an insane proposition to...Seems to me that op wrote a lot of bullshit to simply distract from the entire concept that economic conditions due to rampant capitalism (mostly in decline) makes it an insane proposition to gamble on being able to afford a child AND raise it properly.
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Comment on What irrational video game requirements do you have? in ~games
Khue Link ParentMany, many years ago when I first started playing FPS games, I had very small hands. Take into consideration that I am VERY old, and the FPS meta is asdw for movement. So in the late 80s or early...Many, many years ago when I first started playing FPS games, I had very small hands. Take into consideration that I am VERY old, and the FPS meta is asdw for movement. So in the late 80s or early 90s when the first FPS games started using asdw, my middle finger couldn't really reach the W key on the MASSIVE old mechanical keyboards. In order to fix this, I compensated by moving the "backwards" key from 's' to 'x' and made the forward key 's'.
Now it's 2024 and asdx is hardwired into my brain and I cannot operate in any other way. If I cannot rebind buttons in an FPS and I have to use asdw, I just straight up cannot play the game. It's totally weird, I know. I could probably try to retrain myself, but you know... old dog/new tricks.
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Comment on Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021] in ~misc
Khue Link ParentYou know what, I re-read your comment and I had to go back to the drawing board and refresh my memory. I think I am confusing debt and the deficit which are two different monetary mechanisms. I...You know what, I re-read your comment and I had to go back to the drawing board and refresh my memory. I think I am confusing debt and the deficit which are two different monetary mechanisms. I may be wrong about debt and confusing it with deficit. This 1dime video expands on to the myth of the deficit and I think I mistakenly confused that with debt.
I am going to poke around a bit more.
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Comment on Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021] in ~misc
Khue Link ParentAlso, debt is fairly inconsequential as far as I understand it. With modern monetary policy and currency sovereignty debt is just a made up construct and doesn't functionally serve a purpose. Debt...Also, debt is fairly inconsequential as far as I understand it. With modern monetary policy and currency sovereignty debt is just a made up construct and doesn't functionally serve a purpose. Debt is just a narrative tool used to push political agendas. Critiquing Trump on his expanding the debt is like so far down the list of legitimate complaints against the guy, it's laughable. Additionally, a Republican was in office... Of course the debt would rise.
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Comment on What is the "bible" of your hobby or activity? in ~hobbies
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue (edited )Link ParentI'm sorry but I am a little confused on your logic line. You claim that Eastern Bloc countries (those countries with ideology running parallel with the USSR) had self-imposed anti-west...I'm sorry but I am a little confused on your logic line. You claim that Eastern Bloc countries (those countries with ideology running parallel with the USSR) had self-imposed anti-west restrictions. The implication here is that by that choice, they hurt themselves economically. That's fine, but simply by being a part of the coalition self-aligning with the USSR would have lead the West to impose the same trade restrictions. Unless I am completely uninformed, WHICH I MAY BE, were there Eastern Bloc countries aligned with the rest of the coalition of communist states that had unrestricted free trade with the west identical to members of the "west" at the time?
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue Link ParentYes, but capitalism actively motivates for a single entitiy's self interest, the capital owner over the working class/the rest of society. Any good that comes to a society through capitalism isn't...Like all economic systems, capitalism may have some bad outcomes - this doesn't make it inherently bad
Yes, but capitalism actively motivates for a single entitiy's self interest, the capital owner over the working class/the rest of society. Any good that comes to a society through capitalism isn't the primary driver, its a tertiary outcome. I suppose hypothetically if EVERYONE could be a capital owner somehow, then arguably you could say that capitalism isn't inherently bad as it promotes the capital owners, but that's not possible. Not everyone can own the means of production in capitalism... after all that's socialism. If we choose to live in a society as a collective group, capitalism is inherently bad for anyone who isn't a capital owner.
To use your example of medication, it takes a massive amount of resources to develop a pharmaceutical drug
I ask you, who do you think is responsible for the development of drugs? Who do you believe is responsible for the bulk of the research for medical developments?
I think you're conflating capitalism with corporatism
This is a narrative capitalism apologists use all the time. Corporatism, crony capitalism, and techno feudalism are all the same thing... capitalism. A doberman, a golden retriever, a pitbull... they are all dogs. Same concept.
Also, for what it's worth, millennials aren't buying diamonds because they'd rather spend their money on more meaningful products or experiences.
Cultural norms and traditions often run counter to logic. If younger people had disposable income to spend on "real diamonds" they would continue to do so. In the hierarchy of needs food and shelter trump frivolous purchases and take away from available disposable income. Asserting that younger people just want "experiences" is a weird position to take. I've not seen data that that supports the concept that younger people actively choose to use disposable income on experiences over material items and I don't know how you test that hypothesis because the actual value of an "experience" varies while physical material items actually have a value assigned to them, like diamonds. What are you going to set as a control to test experiences over things like diamonds? Example being, a flight to a vacation spot, a hotel, and activities can be more or less expensive than an engagement diamond. Are younger people partaking in experiences that are largely less expensive or more expensive than said diamonds? Additionally a diamond is a particular type of good that falls outside the norms. It is a veblen good (I think that's the name, I am on mobile and I am having issues looking it up). There would need to be more data to support the theory. That theory being:
Younger people that have the means to purchase veblen goods forego the purchase of said goods in favor of experiences
Going back to something you said earlier in your last post:
What drugs should we as a society develop? The profit motive, as an organizing force, prioritizes drugs that have a wide application. It's unfortunate that rare diseases are less likely to be cured in this case, but would you rather neglect common diseases? Separately, the issue of people currently not being able to afford drugs with low demand is, I think, more to do with health insurance and intellectual property law.
I think this illustrates that we are just not going to come to any sort of middle ground. Drugs that we produce should be produced without being bound to profit. The drugs that get produced should be drugs that save lives. Very basically, I value human life over profits. No matter the cost, we should always be working towards saving lives for the betterment of society. Using profit as the motivator, increasing someone or something's wealth as the driving force to save lives is such and irrevocably broken way to exist in society, I am just not sure how to combat that. Regardless, I thought this was a very pleasant conversation and thank you for the book recommendation. I will for sure investigate.
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue Link ParentIt's inherently a bad thing because that means human progress/well-being takes a back seat if it cannot generate profits. When a medication doesn't have high demand, but saves lives do you think...but you point out yourself that capitalism's defining power is monetization strategy, and I refuse to see this as inherently a bad thing
It's inherently a bad thing because that means human progress/well-being takes a back seat if it cannot generate profits. When a medication doesn't have high demand, but saves lives do you think corporations continue to make that medication? I'm sorry but fuck your kids because we can't monetize this drug very well anymore.
Monetization usually also entails finding a way to produce a technology cheaply
Yes, but not for some kind of noble reason as if to make the product more affordable. Making something more cheaply is meant to increase profit margins. Whether this means to reduce staff and increase working hours, purchasing lesser quality materials to produce the good, or skirting regulations and potentially making an unsafe product, the purpose of making things cheaper is not to pass savings on to customers but to increase margins.
And capitalism has frequently shown itself to be superior at it.
If by "being superior at it" meaning extracting profit, then yes. It is absurdly brilliant at filtering wealth upwards. Capitalism is an ouroboros that will continue to filter profits (wealth) to a small few until there is no more available wealth to purchase the products it creates thus causing it's own downfall. Why aren't millennials buying diamonds anymore?!?!
Also, your example of the wheel is kind of a straw man - the wheel was such an early development in human history that it's likely that capital as we understand it did not really exist yet.
I disagree, my premise was that the wheel, something rudimentary to us but probably ground breaking at the time, wasn't paywalled by a capitalist. It was immediately put to use. It was most likely shared between tribes. Capitalism and the concept of capital, was developed far after that point.
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue Link ParentTo this I would simply ask if you have proof that the wheel was some how monetized by who ever invented it. What about the internet? There was no interest in corporations developing anything like...Technological advancement has almost entirely been primarily for the advancement of those whom own it, not those whom use it.
To this I would simply ask if you have proof that the wheel was some how monetized by who ever invented it. What about the internet? There was no interest in corporations developing anything like it. Only after the cost of developing it had been undertaken did corporations even think about it. There's hundreds of thousands of examples of technologies being developed by academic and government run organizations without seeking any kind of profit motive and only AFTER their discoveries and a viable monetization strategies developed are they adopted by capitalistic forces.
The whole narrative that "capitalism drives innovation/technology" is completely false. Capitalism is the god of middlemen, figuring out how to develop revenue streams where none exist.
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue Link ParentTotally reasonable assertion but there's a difference between "not operating in a vacuum" and foreign intervention actively working against democratically elected administrations seeking to divest...Totally reasonable assertion but there's a difference between "not operating in a vacuum" and foreign intervention actively working against democratically elected administrations seeking to divest from capitalism
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue LinkWith regards to technology and capitalism: technology is being co-oped as a means to increase profit margins. Technology itself has never been the threat. Technology is/has always been employed to...With regards to technology and capitalism: technology is being co-oped as a means to increase profit margins. Technology itself has never been the threat. Technology is/has always been employed to make our lives as humans easier. Technology is meant to be used to make trivial tasks take less time or be eliminated.
That's not how technology is being used now. Technology is being used as a cudgel to cut operating expenses/eliminating human labor thereby increasing profit margins. AI itself isn't a threat. AI being weaponized to eliminate aspects of the labor force is the issue. AI being used like free labor is the problem (slavery?).
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Comment on The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) in ~misc
Khue Link ParentCan you provide an example of a country that has tried to go away from capitalism without being interfered with by the dominant global hegemonic capitalist power? Spoiler alert: you can'tCan you provide an example of a country that has tried to go away from capitalism without being interfered with by the dominant global hegemonic capitalist power?
Spoiler alert: you can't
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Comment on How do you even find quality appliances anymore? in ~life.home_improvement
Khue (edited )LinkInterested in what other people say here. I had a Whirlpool refrigerator that came with my place. Probably was originally installed in the early 2000s. Never had an issue with it but I wanted some...Interested in what other people say here. I had a Whirlpool refrigerator that came with my place. Probably was originally installed in the early 2000s. Never had an issue with it but I wanted some newer features like the French door models and freezer on bottom. In 2021 I bought a brand new LG to replace it. The Whirlpool still worked find mind you. For about 2 years everything was fine but I eventually switched my dog over from kibble to fresh food because he's the best boy and I love him. The fresh food required that I store it in the freezer until the day before so I ended up having to store about 10 to 15 days of food packs in the freezer. The packs aren't big at all. Imagine storing like 10 bags of frozen corn in the freezer. Filled it up about halfway or so. Plenty of room for more if needed. Well... Apparently that's asking entirely too much. With about 10 to 15 days worth of food in the freezer it causes ice to build up around the radiator in the freezer and about 14 days in the ice builds up so much that it pushes against the circulating fan and the fridge noise kicks up to the equivalent of a DC-10. So now every month or so I have to disassemble the freezer and take a heat gun to it to thaw out. It fucking sucks.
I had some people come take a look at it and I've spent around 400 dollars but basically at this point I have no reasonable recourse but to just buy another refrigerator. It feels so incredibly wasteful both from a cost perspective and a waste perspective.
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Comment on ‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything in ~tech
Khue Link ParentLiterally had a 12 year old refrigerator with nothing wrong with it but I wanted some newer features. I bought a new one in 2020. The freezer section's defroster broke and now every three months I...Literally had a 12 year old refrigerator with nothing wrong with it but I wanted some newer features. I bought a new one in 2020. The freezer section's defroster broke and now every three months I have to take a heat gun to it and melt the ice build up or it sounds like a DC10. I already spent 400 bucks for some dip shit to replace the fan unnecessarily. I could go buy YET ANOTHER REFRIGERATOR... But that seems so wasteful. I'm so pissed off. Everything is garbage now.
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Comment on Why do Americans think the economy is bad? in ~finance
Khue LinkAt work so I can't watch the video, but I suspect that Americans think the economy is bad because the media pumps the narrative without nuance 24/7. The economy is certainly better currently than...At work so I can't watch the video, but I suspect that Americans think the economy is bad because the media pumps the narrative without nuance 24/7. The economy is certainly better currently than it was, but the benefits of that prosperity don't meaningfully impact a majority of citizens. I'm sure there's an upper echelon of society that is having a good time, but the majority is certainly not. The system is rigged to filter benefits of prosperity to the top and under capitalism, this is "as designed". People can argue against that concept trying to spin it as "croney corporatism" or some other economic system that is aesthetically "not capitalism" but at the end of the day, capitalists or people with capital/private property will always be butt fucking the rest of us under the current economic organization, capitalism and on a more global scale, imperialism.
"OCSP" stands for Online Certificate Status Protocol typically. When you see destinations referencing this, know that most likely it's used to check validity of certificates. Your browser does a ton of different things checking certs and one of them is to reach out and reference the certificates revocation servers and see if the cert presented by the website has been revoked. Why would a cert be revoked? Many reasons but these lists are typically maintained by the CA (Certificate Authorities) themselves. If a certificate is revoked, typically modern browsers bail and disallow the connection from occurring. Depending on the configuration of the browser, if it cannot reach the OCSP/Revocation server, it may also kill the connection.
The relevant part that you want to question is typically the root domain of the OCSP DNS name. Common ones like:
These examples are all pretty obvious and allowing them is probably a good idea.
Also... I am not super familiar with the product that you are mentioning but to me it doesn't actually sound like a Firewall, it sounds more like a CASB/Web Content filter, kinda like OpenDNS. Source: IT Security guy.