SparroHawc

joined 3 months ago
[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Because it's beneficial for the software company's reputation. People are more likely to buy the software when they know that it's not going to get a permanently unpatched zero-day the moment the next version comes out.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

The problem is that we see that sort of argument all the time on the internet, which gives us a skewed view of Republicans. The right wing is loud, even leaving out the shills trying to stir the pot.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not even close to all software. There was a broad mix of stuff that used 2-digit years that would have had problems with it, stuff that used 2-digit years where it wouldn't really impact anything, and stuff that used 4-digit years and so wasn't a problem.

However, if it drove any sort of critical infrastructure, it had to be audited just in case it fit in the first category.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My dude, just because the Catholic Church won't stop being the Catholic Church doesn't make a progressive pope a bad idea.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

If you think that'll stop them, I have a bridge to sell you. In case you hadn't noticed, the law doesn't mean anything any more to the people in power.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Part of the purpose of debate is to find the holes in an argument so you can fix them. If you don't understand your weaknesses, you can't guard against them. That is why people play devil's advocate.

Especially when your argument is as full of holes as 'some corporations do horrible things, so clearly making implications about an evil corporation, no matter how wrong, is the right thing to do'.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It would probably be a pyrrhic victory though.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You picked a side

Yeah. They picked truth and honesty over sensationalism.

Spreading lies about corporations doesn't help. They're bad enough anyways; we don't need to make up stories about them to paint them in a bad light, they're perfectly capable of painting themselves.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That depends on if they're reporting LESS money than they actually made, or are reporting MORE money than the shop itself actually took in.

If everything is in cash, you can inflate it pretty easily without raising eyebrows.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I dropped Reddit when it was announced that you could be banned for upvoting something.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Only in the sense that taking an ocean cruise makes you a sailor. She's not an astronaut, she's a tourist.

[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago
  1. grow a beard
  2. fix the cowlick in the front
  3. show the sides, you coward, it might be a competent fade cut you're just not showing it from the right angle
view more: ‹ prev next ›