Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike

On 04/08/2024 00:18, Your Name wrote:

On 2024-08-03 17:41:44 +0000, Paul S Person said:

On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 15:26:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/2/2024 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 08:46:39 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
wrote:

On 2024-08-01 07:58:16 +0000, BCFD 36 said:

On 7/23/24 00:56, Charles Packer wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

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xkcd: CrowdStrike
https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
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Make the best of bad times.
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Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
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Lynn

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Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.

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We were on a river cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. We were
about 2 hours late leaving from one port because of the problem. It
makes no sense why this should be so.

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Various possibilities. For example, the Crowdstrike glitch could have
affected the boat's navigation computers, the company's ticket buying
and checking system, etc.

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Just wait till we all have chips in our heads that can be disabled (by
disabling a server they must connect to) by something like this. Won't
/that/ be fun!

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You first !  I will be the last and they will have to catch me first.

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I don't really expect to see that day, being 77 and all.
Well, unless it's part of Project 2025 and a certain D Trump gets
elected.
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The awesome "The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047" by Lionel Shriver has>the entire population in the USA getting a money transaction chip at the>base of their skull connected to Starlink in 2040 and cash money is>outlawed.
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https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X/

Some spectators judge that Shriver has issues.

I haven't read that, but that doesn't mean I didn't encounter the
concept of embedded chips somewhere -- oh, wait: /The President's
Analyst/ had it.

 There are quite a few fools who have had chips implanted into their arms so they can do checkout tap-n-pay, open security doors, etc. without having to go to all the "difficultly" of taking a card out of their pocket / lanyard or using a smartwatch.

It /is/ inconvenient when you're moving
around, say, your workplace, and you have
to unlock doors.
Where I work now, I have a stiff plastic
pin-on pocket that I made myself, to display
my ID pass while also being able to lift it
out quickly and tap it on the electronic lock,
which evidently recognises a chip inside
the card.
At a previous place, we had a fob to do
that with - a flattened blob of plastic.
To go from desk to bathroom or kitchen; to
be exact, this was to get back to your desk.
I mounted my fob on a ring, so I could sweep
it past the lock thing while striding up to
and through the door without stopping.
When I worked out a knack of aiming and
timing the presentation of the fob, just so,
the door /usually/ opened - a conventional
handle and latch also were used.
Getting ut close enough, for long enough,
without taking the time to aim precisely,
was the trick.
Implanting it would be I'll say conspicuous.

There have also been a few people with disabilities that have trialed brain implant chips to allow them to regain some abilities. I don't think any have been fully successful, but some have worked better than others (Elon Musk's Neuralink trial "malfunctioned" ... unsurprisingly, just look at his failures with his rockets, his Tesla cars, etc. to know how much of an idiot he is and rushes things out to suit his own looney ideals).

It's an early stage and I don't know what
Elon Musk's brain chips are supposed to give
you, wireless keyboard?
Also this happens:
<https://spectrum.ieee.org/retina-implant-pixium-sa-receivership>
You don't want "retinal implants" and
"resorted to home repairs" in one news article.