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There was a post the other day that Amadeus (one of the major backend GDS systems) had been persistently exposing passenger information via a vulnerable endpoint since 2023

So that or similar other hacks

Safe to say that money and prosperity can be linked, but are not equal.

Lack of regulation in tech causes real harm, like addiction, social issues and misinformation,not to mention issues with cyber bullying and suicide in teens.

Do some people make out like bandits with billions or millions of dollars, sure but I don't think that's a good barometer for progress or prosperity.

To paraphrase Doctor Who "Human progress isn't measured by industry, it's measured by the value you place on a life. An unimportant life. A life without privilege"

And by that measure we are still cavemen.

Even if you don't want to personally remove them, it should be easy and front and centre to do so.

It's my disk space, processing power and electricity. Apple shouldn't get to use it as they please

Two options from what I could see.

You can entirely opt out of algorithmic feed and just see an unfiltered list of your connections posts.

Or if you choose the algorithmic option, there's some ability for the ministers to request content be removed.

Could it be abused to remove content they don't like? Of course

Is it a marked improvement on Meta/Tiktok getting carte Blanche to select what people see? I think so.

500k doesn't get you much house in Australia these days, try double that.

I'm constantly using the "Extract this in basic technical terms, be succinct and assume the reader has technical knowledge"."

Because good lord, does claude waffle when left to its own devices.

A PR is a collection of commits?

Integration into main ideally is squashed down to a single merge commit though.

It shouldn't matter how many commits a pr takes to from 0 to finished

Half of being a staff engineer is politics unfortunately, you need to build capital with "sponsors" in different areas of the business and use that to nudge change where you don't have direct control.

Quick coffee chats, trading favours and the like can get you pretty far in large orgs.

I tend to judge my impact as a staff engineer by the things I stop other engineers from shipping, as much as the things I "fix".

It's one thing to make architecture changes and features that people need, but being in the right conversation to say "don't do X, Y will cover 80% of your requirements for no extra tech debt" is afaic more valuable.

You've just taken a feature from a 3mth chunk to a 6 week chunk and thats a big thing.

Not USA based so do with that what you will.

Independent cameras, often not networked let alone internet connected are not the same thing as a single entity controlling a huge, internet capable, always on, cloud recording panopticon.

Logistically the first limits things like police access by units of both access and time (is it recording? Does the memory card overwrite? Did it expire before a warrant was issued?)

Putting that all in a convenient console and handing direct god eye view to police with a "oh you need a warrant first, wink wink", massively reduces friction for abuse of power.

You're right I was thinking of civil vs criminal penalties.

Personal downloading is generally only a civil violation, requiring the rights holder to sue you for reparations.

Torrents are legal?

Seeding is often considered the actual point of infringement, aka sharing copyrighted material without the right licence.

I should note I suppose that I don't agree with companies using artists or developers hard work for their own financial gain without compensation, whatever form that may take.

The problem as usual is the availability of legal loopholes when you have a team of lawyers and near infinite money.

Obtained, read, viewed, learned, discovered.

The knowledge wasn't obtained illegally or illicitly, immorally perhaps.

Illegal entry/trespass is a crime regardless of the method used however.

In your analogy copying the code (online content) isn't necessarily illegal, however using that knowledge without compensation, permission or attribution may be a crime (depending on copyright law, judges rulings etc).

KEMH already do some fantastic work for prem babies, this is just icing on the cake (really good icing)

$580 aud for a single 32gb module last month, that really hurt