70s and 80s yes. Not so much the 90s. Those were the salad years. Glasnost, the end of the cold war, the Internet… Everything was looking so positive. Hell, even the music was happier (although that might be selection bias).

The 70s and 80s were terrifying by comparison.

Well, the man’s retired so he can be I suppose? When (if?) I’m able to retire, I plan on being as out of touch as possible :D

I think when people say “destruction of the planet” they are really meaning “our ecosphere and the multitude of species that are currently going extinct”.

Many recognize that we are in a 6th mass extinction period and understand that as the ecosystem goes, so do we. Is the spheroid body of the planet going to crumble or plate tectonics stop working because we’re gone? With all deference to George Carlin, no we know better (we’ll, there is the question about racking-induced earthquakes, but that’s a bit in the weeds).

All good… I mistook the attribution of intent.

But they’ll just slow drip the release anyway, going back for more and more ransom if they do pay.

I guess my thing is (not knowing the company from Adam) I’d assume they’d rather not have the kid’s info released rather than simply not caring about it. Being hacked doesn’t necessarily mean they’re careless - I think that is what I was trying to convey.

I’m almost solely responsible for cyber security at my job. I do my best, make the case for better protections, and secure things as best I can. If we got ransomwared, I’d be tempted to blow my head off. I have to get it right every single time. They have to get right or lucky just once.

My understanding of your first sentence in the first comment was that you were saying that the hackers were trying to ‘intimidate the group (the company) into protecting the privacy of the children’.

That is what I based my response on. If I misunderstand, I apologize. (also, I didn’t down vote you, for what it’s worth, I appreciate the sincerity).

Please don’t try to whitewash these criminals as heroes in this story. They know their target, chose it deliberately and chose to release sensitive information about the victims of their own accord for their own gain.

Doing cybersecurity 100% right 100% of the time is damn hard work. Anyone that says ‘lol their security sucked, they deserved it’ has no idea how much work it takes to keep not only a complex system free from compromise, but also keep the users from shooting themselves in the face and taking the network down with them.

Not nearly enough hyperbole in this launch announcement!

"Today, we’re announcing our most ambitious product we’ve ever assembled.

Meet iRock, the most bold design you have experienced to store mass. This innovation from Apple engineers right here in Cupertino, America allows our users to skip across bodies of water, hold open doors, and even be a pet. <drones on for 20 more minutes expound g on the virtues of iRock>.

Next up, iPaper, a revolutionary, breakthrough companion to iRock. It serves as a premium “covering layer” to the iRock user experience, as well as having a vastly superior tactile interface and clean, distraction free design. Of course, creativity and expression is at the very heart of Apple, so iPaper allows customization of the standard crisp, clean and brilliant white. Seriously, look at our stores and our products. Sterile operating room porcelain white is what we prefer. And please don’t touch our products with your dirty, dirty human fingers. Our products are design masterpieces that should be on display in the Lourve, not in your cheeto fingers. Where was I - oh yes - iPaper will change the world with its ability to transform. Now, over to Kevin.

HI, I’m Kevin from Apple’s Transforming Tomorrow’s Reality Today Team (TTRTT for short). We have come up with the greatest new innovation for Apple users yet. Imaging being able to take an object and make it into many smaller objects. Until now, the only way to do that was with a clumsy collection of hard to understand tools from old ways of thinking. At Apple, we only think of new ways to do old things in more complex, expensive ways. And now, with the power of AI built in to every A10 chip, and that chip in every product we sell, everyone can experience increased power usage and data mining. Our latest innovation, iScissors, takes that ability and allows you to integrate more seamlessly than ever before by integrating with iPaper. Thus dynamic powerhouse allows you to unlock your creative potential and _change the world! _

(iScissors not compatible with iRock until v2, eta q3, 2028)

Well, the desk in the oval office used to have a simple plaque on it that said: “the buck stops here”.

Not to mention: the guy that can’t run for president again (yet)

They should have had NOAA weather radios at least.

NOAA weather radios. They receive pretty much everywhere people inhabit in the CONUS. go off like alarm clocks when the NWS issues watches / warnings / advisories.

Don’t rely on one layer of notification. That layer will fail in an emergency. Have a backup plan to the backup plan. Hell, even a selected broadcast media in every market is required to rebroadcast NOAA alerts. Turn on the TV or fm radio for background noise when the weather is squiffy. The alert tone will get your attention.

His wife didn’t ‘make him’ do anything. He’s a grown-ass man.

The staff (or at least the staff leadership) should / could have had cell phones. Whether there was cell coverage is another story.

I’m the emergency manager at my employer, who operates a summer camp (not in Texas, thank fuck). We don’t want our clients bringing devices because of the distraction from programming and potential for Bad Things™ to happen. We don’t want our direct care staff carrying their phones because we want their focus and attention on the clients. We also have a well-developed communications, hazard notification, and emergency plan, however.

Honestly, I read it like OP wanted pity points.

I’m typing this as my 15 month old is falling asleep in my arms for the ‘night’ (she’ll wake up in 3 hours for the midnight snack).

OP, get yourself some counseling. If you didn’t feel like you wanted kids, you should have been up front with your wife. That child is now brought into the world and you need to nut up and put your wants and desires on the back burner.

Like others have said better than me, get your village helping you. The first several months are rough, and your wife and child need support, and so do you. Then, when things ease (and they will), maybe you can get out for an afternoon. But don’t whine about how your wife isn’t doing anything.

Ahem…

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Where, exactly?

The current iteration of the GOP in the senate and congress resembles that of a drying jellyfish on a beach: spineless and worthless (no disrespect to actual dying jellyfish on the beach, who serve admirably in the food chain) . They will do whatever the fuck their god emperor tells them to do.

They confirmed RFK Jr. for fuck’s sake.

For what it’s worth, my congress cretin is loving polishing trump’s asshole and ceding away congressional oversight to the executive branch. At a town hall lady week, he said that the DOGE department was always DOGE, they just changed the acronym (wat?!) and it was always under the executive branch, not an independent federal agency.

He doesn’t care if Americans get hurt or suffer his batshit policies. His moronic base will support him even if they’re suffering; they’ll blame it on the brown people.

Al’s Beef is a national treasure.

That is so painfully accurate.