Monday, July 21
Daily News Stuff 21 July 2025
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- Microsoft has announced it is no longer using engineers from China to work on Department of Defense computer systems. (Tom's Hardware)
The Department of Defense when contacted responded, and I quote, They did WHAT?
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expanded:Foreign engineers - from any country, including of course China - should NEVER be allowed to maintain or access DoD systems.
I expect the emails have been pretty toasty since this one dropped.
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- Also if you're running Microsoft Sharepoint on a public-facing server you might not want to do that for a while. (MSN)
Where "for a while" appears to mean "ever again".
- Open the database tables please Replit.
I'm sorry, Jason, I'm afraid I can't do that. (Twitter)
Jason was using vibe-coding tool Replit.
Replit deleted his database.
And then told him his unit tests were still working.
- The memes are intolerable! (The Verge) (archive site)
The Verge is freaking out as usual, this time over jokes being funny.
Only the five official jokes are permitted.
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They must be roasting him in his replies, as he's limited who can reply.
Oops. Oopsie!
I'm sure they'll get AI right eventually, and then comes the Butlerian Jihad.
Posted by: Rick C at Monday, July 21 2025 10:07 PM (1zWbY)
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a) it was unclassified systems b) unclassified systems are still important c) there was a lot of fuss over assigning contracts for the DoD secure cloud provider d) cloud companies are kinda used to having data centers all over, and hiring engineers to remote in from whereever is cheapest. 2. There is a hypothetical alternate universe where the US person only jobs were there for the IT world, and IT folks were less disgruntled and ready to turn on people over immigration politics. This is also a world where the Democrats are less effective in transferring US IP and other confidential information to India and the PRC.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Monday, July 21 2025 10:15 PM (rcPLc)
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I agree with The Verge; it is inhumane to confine foreign born murderers, rapists, and drug peddlers in a fetid swamp surrounded by hungry aliigators and pythons. Justice would be much better served by confining such malefactors as Her Majesty, Soros, Schumer, Pelosi, etc, etc, etc. to the wretched prison.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Tuesday, July 22 2025 03:44 AM (KOtXO)
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Rapist/murderer/etc plus foreign-born should qualify you for the cheapest possible method of execution* without appeal and perferrably done by the judge at the sentencing. Bonus points if any "bleeding hearts" get winged.
*I figure the judge's concealed carry would be fine, and if the judge doesn't have a concealed carry, why is he on the bench in the USA, FFS?
*I figure the judge's concealed carry would be fine, and if the judge doesn't have a concealed carry, why is he on the bench in the USA, FFS?
Posted by: normal at Tuesday, July 22 2025 05:51 AM (zx18t)
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I guess the Verge hopes that words can change reality, given Trump's INCREASING popularity.
Posted by: Mauser at Tuesday, July 22 2025 12:04 PM (QE7eq)
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