dynamic_generals

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Lending some anecdotal support, the wireless network of the large flagship I went to (in the time spanning the late oughts to the early 10s) operated well enough for the the time while allowing students to plug their own wireless routers into the single Ethernet port they otherwise us to split. And this was back in 802.11g days; before all the channels of 5ghz.

Students had a DC++ service running on the campus MAN, fed it by downloading Linux isos over the onion network… it wasn’t just us nerds doing it either- nearly everyone had a Wi-Fi router.

As time marches on, more rules are made, none are repealed, and student freedom and innovation is stifled. Then those growing up in relative freedom grow grumpy as they watch things enshittify for the people who won’t have known an alternative. I usually apply this thought to privacy philosophy but I see it fits here too.

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the same AG that blocked the court ordered release of two people who had been wrongfully imprisoned for decades. This was like two people in as many weeks, just a month or so ago. What the hell is going on with Missouri?

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How Right-Wing Billionaires Infiltrated Higher Education

The key, Pierson explained, was to fund the conservative intelligentsia in such a way that it would not ‘raise questions about academic integrity.’ Instead of trying to earmark a chair or dictate a faculty appointment, both of which he noted were bound to ‘generate fierce controversy,’ he suggested that conservative donors look for like-minded faculty members whose influence could be enlarged by outside funding.”

“They must be given grants, grants, and more grants in exchange for books, books, and more books. [To be clear, books written by the Ivy League professors Olin bought; not books for students]

They know their ideas are bad for us and they’re forcing them through anyway. I’m sure nothing we don’t already imagine, but the linked excerpt from Jane Mayer’s Dark Money brings receipts.

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There’s a difference between consumer luxury goods and actual luxury goods which are typically unbranded and bespoke.

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hi, thanks for that. Im not an electrician but I work for the IBEW! In the given example, electricians in my state have years of training and on the job experience*. To a non-electrician like me, my thinking is that they can control their environment- cut off power, and have an idea of what they’re going into at a given time. You don’t know what is behind the door at a domestic violence call.

ETA: *before earning a license. And FWIW, I’m not the one downvote; I was the second upvote. People be out here voting their opinions, not discussions.

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I’ve had this setup and would recommend but since I’ve switched from OpenVPN to Wiregaurd I’m getting constantly hit by cloud flare verification s and captchas… and my IP hasn’t changed once since. Wondering if that’s just the environment now or specific to my protocol change. Any readers’ experiences?

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

In case readers wants a journalist’s take instead of the subject themselves, link below. I think anyone noticing the hyperbolic way she spoke in the interview would quickly be seeking out a non-first-person perspective. The interviewer didn’t even allude to the pre-existing controversy around this lady, what terrible journalism.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pornhub-traffickinghub-laila-mickelwait-book-b2585302.html

This anecdote from the article is technically hearsay, but I for sure buy that a person who uses language like she does is the same kind of person who’d write this:

Aylo also shared a screenshot with The Independent of a post it said Mickelwait shared then deleted on X, describing her husband as a “trained sniper who can consistently hit a target 1360 yards away.”

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interesting parallel with the Havana syndrome guy unveiled by 60 Minutes. A Russian spy, attached to a mysterious division of the FSB, living under cover as a chef who goes on reality shows.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPSD1SUYCY&pp=ygURNjAgbWludXRlcyBoYXZhbmE%3D (7:20)

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

IDK why the preceding comments are talking about wages, this is about a former US govt worker providing US govt secrets and lobbying services for the government of South Korea. For what it’s worth, the article states she was out of government service at the time, and the charge is failure to file as a foreign agent. She was compensated in $3k handbags, fancy dinners, and $37k.

[–] dynamic_generals@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Her Rommate, Luzer Twersky, has a fascinating name.

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