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    Microsoft Pivots, Offers Free Windows 10 Updates after End-Of-Life Deadline with a Strategic Catch - WinBuzzer

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    The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states

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    I wouldn't call it unprecedented, just more obvious
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    First Tesla Robotaxi Ride

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    How do you heil a Tesla cab?....you don't. Unless you want to end up rotting in a concentration camp in El Salvador. Fuck face is exactly the type who would rape you in the morning and then walk outside the room into the balcony and shoot an innocent bystander for no reason. See "Schindler's list". So you don't.
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    I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days

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    I believe that's what a write down generally reflects: The asset is now worth less than its previous book value. Resale value isn't the most accurate way to look at it, but it generally works for explaining it: If I bought a tool for 100€, I'd book it as 100€ worth of tools. If I wanted to sell it again after using it for a while, I'd get less than those 100€ back for it, so I'd write down that difference as a loss. With buying / depreciating / selling companies instead of tools, things become more complex, but the basic idea still holds: If the whole of the company's value goes down, you write down the difference too. So unless these guys bought it for five times its value, they'll have paid less for it than they originally got.
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    You Don't Need a Big Budget for Big Security: Secure Your App with a Free, Powerful WAF

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    If you're a developer, a startup founder, or part of a small team, you've poured countless hours into building your web application. You've perfected the UI, optimized the database, and shipped features your users love. But in the rush to build and deploy, a critical question often gets deferred: is your application secure? For many, the answer is a nervous "I hope so." The reality is that without a proper defense, your application is exposed to a barrage of automated attacks hitting the web every second. Threats like SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Remote Code Execution are not just reserved for large enterprises; they are constant dangers for any application with a public IP address. The Security Barrier: When Cost and Complexity Get in the Way The standard recommendation is to place a Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of your application. A WAF acts as a protective shield, inspecting incoming traffic and filtering out malicious requests before they can do any damage. It’s a foundational piece of modern web security. So, why doesn't everyone have one? Historically, robust WAFs have been complex and expensive. They required significant budgets, specialized knowledge to configure, and ongoing maintenance, putting them out of reach for students, solo developers, non-profits, and early-stage startups. This has created a dangerous security divide, leaving the most innovative and resource-constrained projects the most vulnerable. But that is changing. Democratizing Security: The Power of a Community WAF Security should be a right, not a privilege. Recognizing this, the landscape is shifting towards more accessible, community-driven tools. The goal is to provide powerful, enterprise-grade protection to everyone, for free. This is the principle behind the HaltDos Community WAF. It's a no-cost, perpetually free Web Application Firewall designed specifically for the community that has been underserved for too long. It’s not a stripped-down trial version; it’s a powerful security tool designed to give you immediate and effective protection against the OWASP Top 10 and other critical web threats. What Can You Actually Do with It? With a community WAF, you can deploy a security layer in minutes that: Blocks Malicious Payloads: Get instant, out-of-the-box protection against common attack patterns like SQLi, XSS, RCE, and more. Stops Bad Bots: Prevent malicious bots from scraping your content, attempting credential stuffing, or spamming your forms. Gives You Visibility: A real-time dashboard shows you exactly who is trying to attack your application and what methods they are using, providing invaluable security intelligence. Allows Customization: You can add your own custom security rules to tailor the protection specifically to your application's logic and technology stack. The best part? It can be deployed virtually anywhere—on-premises, in a private cloud, or with any major cloud provider like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Get Started in Minutes You don't need to be a security guru to use it. The setup is straightforward, and the value is immediate. Protecting the project, you've worked so hard on is no longer a question of budget. Download: Get the free Community WAF from the HaltDos site. Deploy: Follow the simple instructions to set it up with your web server (it’s compatible with Nginx, Apache, and others). Secure: Watch the dashboard as it begins to inspect your traffic and block threats in real-time. Security is a journey, but it must start somewhere. For developers, startups, and anyone running a web application on a tight budget, a community WAF is the perfect first step. It's powerful, it's easy, and it's completely free.
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    Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

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    A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months

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    Welcome to the 21st century Welcome to it's not a textbook (and it wasn't about order of operations anyway). We have this thing called the internet so people can share information without killing trees We also have this thing called textbooks, that schools order so that Maths classes don't have to be held in computer labs. It’s the resource material for a college course And the college doesn't teach order of operations. That’s like the definition of a text book by someone who can't back up their statements with actual textbooks. One is a PhD teaching a college course on the subject Yep, exactly what I said - a random person as far as order of operations is concerned, since he teaches Set Theory and not order of operations. the other is Wolfram Yeah, their programmers didn't know The Distributive Law either. I’m willing to bet their credentials beat “claims to be a high school math teacher” pretty soundly Happy to take that bet. Guarantee you neither of them has studied order of operations since they were in high school. This portion of the discussion wasn’t about order of operations Yes it is. I said that order of operations dictates that you have to solve binary operators before unary operators, then you started trying to argue about unary operators. it was about the number of inputs an operator (+, and - in this case) has Yep, the ones with more inputs, binary operators, have to be solved first. Try to keep up Says person who's forgotten why we were talking about it to begin with! At least your repeated use of the plural maths means you’re not anywhere near my kids. Well that outs yourself as living in a country which has fallen behind the rest of the world in Maths, where high school teachers don't even have to have Maths qualifications to teach Maths. when those symbols are being used as a “sign of the quality” of the number it’s referring to which is always. As usual, the comprehension issue is at your end. not when it’s being used to indicate an operation like addition or subtraction Yes it is Hopefully that clears it up That you still have comprehension issues? I knew that already This is ignoring the fact that a random screen shot could be anything The name of the book is in the top left. Not very observant either. For all I know you wrote that yourself You don't care how much you embarrass yourself do you, given the name of the book is in the top left and anyone can find and download it. because the first “+” isn’t an operator Yes it is! It’s, as your own picture says, a sign of the quality of 2 and a sign of the quality of the 3 too. There are 2 of them, one for each Term, since it's a 1:1 relationship. I would love to know how you get to a sum or difference with only one input. You don't. Both need 2 Terms with signs. In this case +2 and +3. 2 is the first, and 3 is the second Yep, corresponding to the 2 plus signs, +2 and +3. 1 unary operator, 1 Term, 2 of each. Two inputs for addition 2 jumps on the number line, starting from 0, +2, then +3, ends up at +5 on the number line. This is how it's taught in elementary school. Did you get it this time? The real question is did you? Was that too fast? No, you just forgot one of the plus signs in your counting, the one we usually omit by convention if at the start of the expression (whereas we never omit a minus sign if it's at the start of the expression). You can go back and read it again if you need to I'm not the one who doesn't know how unary operators work. Try it again, this time not leaving out the first plus sign. Fine, operation then Nope, not an operation either. The fact that you think “!” is the same thing as brackets I see you don't know how grouping symbols work either. Maybe you’re just being weirdly pedantic about operator vs operation Grouping symbols are neither. Which would be a strange hill to die on since the original topic was operations You were the one who incorrectly brought grouping symbols into it, not me. I could keep providing sources You haven't provided any yet! I still don’t have the time to screen shot some random crap with no supporting evidence Glad you finally admitted you have no supporting evidence. Bye then!
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    Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech

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    Okay, I'd be interested to hear what you think is wrong with this, because I'm pretty sure it's more or less correct. Some sources for you to help you understand these concepts a bit better: What DLSS is and how it works as a starter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Learning_Super_Sampling Issues with modern "optimization", including DLSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJu_DgCHfx4 TAA comparisons (yes, biased, but accurate): https://old.reddit.com/r/FuckTAA/comments/1e7ozv0/rfucktaa_resource/