Companies should be lobbying the federal government for protection. Otherwise the government is as complicit as they would be for "looking the other way" while the mafia extorts local businesses. And in this case, that mafia may even be an arm of foreign adversaries, making this ever more urgent and damaging.
I'm sure the government is already feeling pressure. However the criminals are good at hiding their tracks. There is reason to believe they are being protected by Russia (or other country that nobody wants to go to war with).
With the US under a constant barrage of attacks it makes sense to trash the "space force" and create a legitimate "cyber security force."
This may be our last chance to maintain global power through the use of force at all, given that so many competitors are gaining foothold in every other area.
We need bullet proof IT infrastructure, instant backtracing, and effective retaliatory responses ready to deploy, yesterday!
Why the hell isn't the attacker's computer compromised when they access the data? (rhetorical)
This sort of crime is only possible because the criminals act from within regions where they're not going to be punished (beyond being asked for the house's vig).
The countries protecting these criminals are behaving like the taliban when they controlled Afghanistan.
Poisoning dissidents, hijacking airplanes, crashing hospitals and pipelines, we'd better be careful because eventually someone's going to get hurt.
"Uhh... Houston, we still don't have control of the ship's navigation, will someone send those Russians the damn BTC so we can continue to fight this space war!"
Conservation of energy. I'd love to suggest that we just do everything all of the time, but that's unsustainable and fodder for another dissenting comment, so instead I suggest reallocation instead of creation.
Merging the Space Force back into the Air Force wouldn't conserve any energy. It's still the same people doing the same things with the same equipment.
We need both a space force and a "cyber security" force.
We have to protect our satellites, see what other nations are up to (perhaps even intercepting their sat comms), and make sure our hypersonic game is on point.
It's worth noting that "cyber warfare" is what the NSA already does.
Operating machinery under the influence of anything that inhibits your ability is a bad idea and potentially illegal regardless of the substance's legality.
Some people have very positive experiences with it, however I believe it's also dangerously addictive, which does make it stand out compared to the others.
Though, I'm sure the risk of ketamine is still better controlled in a legalized environment, hence it's inclusion.
Yeah, my wording could've been better. I was referring to that I've heard some horror stories of those who do get addicted. Overuse is really hard on the body. IIRC incontinence / bladder issues specifically.
I think it's an interesting issue you also see with some people and weed. The drug by and large is "too safe". Since fucking yourself up with it is actually kind of hard people get too comfortable and sort of slide down the slope from every so often to daily much easier than something you know is "dangerous".
Basically you respect heroine/meth/coke/etc since you know you can OD and it's doing all sorts of damage to your body but K is "safe" up to the extreme ends so people sort of handwave the risks away.
If I recall correctly about ketamine, the mind altering effects diminish without sufficient restorative period between dosage. This could further be an issue in two ways. Individuals may associate the effects of ketamine to the mind altering effects only, not realising that it affect the body even if they're not getting the same high ("what I can't perceive can't hurt me"). It could also make individuals try higher dosage more often ("maybe it's bad product, it didn't do anything last night, let's try again").
> It's already annoying if you have a house to sell for a ridiculous price but imagine you are looking for your first property. Hopeless.
Yeah, we had to "strong arm" our landlord into selling to us be essentially breaking our lease and being huge pains in the asses. That is, we refused to allow open houses and showings in June/July of last year. Basically, it was "sell to us or good luck selling some crappy tenants."
Maybe this is true but I hope not. I'm specifically thinking of trade schools etc where people can prepare for a career without the frills and cost of university.
Honestly maybe a marketing campaign would be effective in letting people know that blue color work is honorable and needed and they can be productive and get a job that will support them and their family without having to go to Yale. I really like what Mike Rowe has to say about this issue.
> blue color work is honorable and needed and they can be productive and get a job that will support them and their family
Honorable? Maybe.
Able to support a family? Not without a secondary income from a spouse. And who's looking after the kids at that point? I hope you also have extended family that are willing and able to help, otherwise that's not much of a family.
> now i suspect that you simply don't know anyone who does blue collar work.
Incorrect.
HVAC, plumbing, elevator repair, landscaping, painting... These are all careers in my family. My dad was the only white collar of four brothers. Grandpa was AC/Refrigerator repairman.
It's because none of it is secured, and the US has a shit load of infrastructure that all has its own independent systems. Even a tiny percent being hacked per lifetime will be constant hacks in the news.
Independent systems have their own problems but also benefits. The trendy word for this is ‘decentralized’. IMHO, I’d prefer we don’t have one big system. At least when the pipeline was shutdown it didn’t affect the entire country.
Theory: running the same system in pre-internet style would add overhead in salaries and delays that's more costly than being down for a few weeks after a hack.
Posted this on the related thread on the front page: Klaus Schwab of the WEF “predicted” this a year ago [1]. Either the WEF and other NGOs are incredibly prescient on a number of unrelated issues, or we may be getting taken for a ride.
[1]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKRvS-C04o
I imagine it happens everywhere, but tends to make bigger news in the US. You can still find industrial control systems exposed to the internet with password free VNC...
