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Github apologises for firing Jewish employee who warned about 'Nazis'
Software giant Github has apologised for firing a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to be careful about Nazis.
The employee was fired two days after using the word to describe participants in the US Capitol riots. But Github now says that decision was a mistake, and its head of HR has resigned over the scandal. The company says it has offered the fired employee his job back, and clarified that "employees are free to express concerns about Nazis". Microsoft-owned Github is one of the most popular software development tools in the world, with more than 50 million users. News of the internal row was first reported by Business Insider. People associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories stormed Congress. As it happened, the Jewish employee posted to an internal Github Slack channel: "Stay safe homies, Nazis are about." -
E-scooters must follow rules of road 'same as bus'
An Isle of Wight woman is thought to be the first person to be banned from UK roads for drink-driving an e-scooter.
The magistrate told Kyah Jordan the vehicle was "the same as a moped, the same as a bus" in terms of rules the road and penalties for breaking them. The 20-year-old had hired the e-scooter after drinking with friends. The Met Police says fines and penalty points will be handed to e-scooter riders jumping a red light, using a mobile phone or riding on the pavement. It remains illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on public roads, cycle lanes or pavements. And owners risk a £300 fine, six penalty points on their driving licence and an additional fine for not having insurance. But rentals, for which, government guidance says, the operating company will provide insurance, can be ridden - with a full or provisional driving licence - at up to 15.5mph on roads in regions where they are being trialled. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
E-scooters must follow rules of road 'same as bus'
An Isle of Wight woman is thought to be the first person to be banned from UK roads for drink-driving an e-scooter.
The magistrate told Kyah Jordan the vehicle was "the same as a moped, the same as a bus" in terms of rules the road and penalties for breaking them. The 20-year-old had hired the e-scooter after drinking with friends. The Met Police says fines and penalty points will be handed to e-scooter riders jumping a red light, using a mobile phone or riding on the pavement. It remains illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on public roads, cycle lanes or pavements. And owners risk a £300 fine, six penalty points on their driving licence and an additional fine for not having insurance. But rentals, for which, government guidance says, the operating company will provide insurance, can be ridden - with a full or provisional driving licence - at up to 15.5mph on roads in regions where they are being trialled.Standard laws in the US, too. Scooters, bicycles, it's always been that way.
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@scottalanmiller Horse too (just an FYI why would I know that. . . )
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller Horse too (just an FYI why would I know that. . . )
I did know that (grew up on a horse farm.)
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Anyone else seeing like everything online super slow today?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Anyone else seeing like everything online super slow today?
Yes.
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@scottalanmiller I haven't noticed a huge difference
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller Horse too (just an FYI why would I know that. . . )
I did know that (grew up on a horse farm.)
Living in one of, if not the, largest Amish population in the US, I can tell you that we see buggies pulled over for drunk driving a lot.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller Horse too (just an FYI why would I know that. . . )
I did know that (grew up on a horse farm.)
Living in one of, if not the, largest Amish population in the US, I can tell you that we see buggies pulled over for drunk driving a lot.
That's because the Amish tend towards reckless rule breakers.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller Horse too (just an FYI why would I know that. . . )
I did know that (grew up on a horse farm.)
Living in one of, if not the, largest Amish population in the US, I can tell you that we see buggies pulled over for drunk driving a lot.
That's because the Amish tend towards reckless rule breakers.
And tend to one-up each other. The last local Rumspringa saw around 53 arrests for underage drinking.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I'm still dumbfounded how ingrained solarwinds was to so many different businesses.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I'm still dumbfounded how ingrained solarwinds was to so many different businesses.
Other than they shit sales tactics... why do you say that? Their products seemed to be pretty good.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I'm still dumbfounded how ingrained solarwinds was to so many different businesses.
Other than they shit sales tactics... why do you say that? Their products seemed to be pretty good.
Because this is starting to look like one absolutely massive IPOD from an outside perspective.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I'm still dumbfounded how ingrained solarwinds was to so many different businesses.
Other than they shit sales tactics... why do you say that? Their products seemed to be pretty good.
Because this is starting to look like one absolutely massive IPOD from an outside perspective.
You're going to have to explain that one to me?
Assuming you mean something like the world moving toward a homogenous tool and that a single flaw screws the world... I don't see that as an IPOD at all, it might qualify as a SPOF...
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@Dashrender Because all of these outside organizations used and relied on Solarwinds, and when Solarwinds was compromised everyone who relied on SolarWinds was also compromised.
Everything looks great from the top down "we manage everything for you with magic" but in reality these organizations were farming out their work to third parts such as SolarWinds.
Causing a large cascade of failures all the way up to the US government.
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So you're saying that no one anywhere should use centralized anything.. pretty sure that's not what you are saying...but maybe.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
So you're saying that no one anywhere should use centralized anything.. pretty sure that's not what you are saying...but maybe.
No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that these services need to be vetted and have backup systems outside of a single source, such as SolarWinds.
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Covid-19: Amazon offers to help with US vaccine delivery
Amazon has offered to help distribute Covid-19 vaccines in the US, in a letter to new president Joe Biden.
The letter, penned by the firm's chief executive Dave Clark, said that the e-commerce giant stood "ready to assist you in this effort". Amazon has come in for criticism about its handling of the pandemic, with some staff claiming conditions in its warehouses were not safe. But it is also asking for vaccines for its workers to be prioritised. The firm has signed an agreement with an unnamed healthcare provider to administer vaccines on site at its warehouses around the US. It has requested that its 800,000 workers around the world be among the first to receive the doses, because they are unable to work from home. President Biden has vowed to deliver 100 million Covid-19 vaccinations to US citizens in the first 100 days of his administration. In the letter, Mr Clark wrote: "We are prepared to move quickly once vaccines are available."
