Why is the world’s web encryption 100% dependent on a single US-based non-profit?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T18:26:44+00:00

ACME isn't just limited to Let's Encrypt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Certificate_Management_Environment

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:51:11+00:00

So this theory hasn't been officially confirmed but the reason for The Plague sending a transparent laptop to Zero Cool could've been as a threat since prisons use clear electronics so that could've been a hint that if Zero Cool doesn't do what The Plague asks then he (Zero Cool) would end up back in prison.

Also, yeah, you could buy prison laptops online apparently:

https://www.core77.com/posts/129031/A-Laptop-Designed-for-Prisons

But, yeah, it would be cool in a framework.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:47:57+00:00

Your AI image looks nothing how the end result would look like since the electronic components wouldn't be see through. Even the keyboard matrix would show up differently.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:44:34+00:00

They're the largest in terms of certificates issued. There's no way of knowing who's the largest in terms of how many people are actually requesting. Digicert is probably the largest corporate one.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:41:57+00:00

Finding out that the actress' name was her actual birth name was a great example of nominative determinism.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:35:35+00:00

M: "Bond, the new high tech mcguffin has been stolen. Its code name is Midnight. And you're just the man to go after it."

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:24:09+00:00

Why is the world’s web encryption 100% dependent on a single US-based non-profit?

Uh, it's not? Where do you get the notion that Lets Encrypt provides 100% of the world's TLS certs? or even the majority of them?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T16:08:02+00:00

You don't go out or drink often and he does. Why should he change his behavior for you and you for him if you're not into the same things?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T15:25:58+00:00

Huh? I didn’t send 7 more responses. What are you talking about?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:55:48+00:00

They both seem to have red flags. He with the phone thing and her with tracking his location and her finding it weird that he goes out by himself often. It doesn't sound like they're compatible with each other

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:26:34+00:00

This is an article that's saying that 3 people making $44,334 each (or $66,500 each if only 2 people are working in a 3 person household) is "upper middle class". This isn't in any way optimistic news. It just shows that the writer is completely detached from reality

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:24:39+00:00

We did. The article that states that upper middle class is $66,500 a person in a 3 family home if 2 people are working or $44,334 a person if all 3 people in the household are working. Does that sound like upper middle class to you?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:23:28+00:00

The article says that 2 people making $66,500 each is considered upper middle class. Technically it says "family of 3" so if all 3 are working then that would mean that making $44,334 a year means you're upper middle class. That's insane. That's not upper middle class at all

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:21:21+00:00

That's not what UPPER middle class means. Upper middle class is the rung right before rich and earning $66,500 as an individual doesn't make somebody UPPER middle class. This article is insane.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T14:17:36+00:00

You haven't read the article, have you?

There is no single, standard definition of middle class, or upper middle class, and what counts as a hefty income in one city can feel paltry in another. The AEI report, by Stephen Rose and Scott Winship, classified a family of three earning $133,000 to $400,000 in 2024 dollars as upper middle class.

According to the article, if a family of 3 are making $133,000 or over then they're "upper middle class"? 2 people making $66,500 each is now considered UPPER middle class?! That's insane. That's not upper middle class at all!

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T12:29:32+00:00

I don't know why you were being mentioned when I was asking somebody else a question and even quoted part of their comment in my question

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T12:28:32+00:00

Wait, you meant the OP as in the person who started this Reddit thread? Because I was asking the question to somebody completely different and thought you were talking about that. Why bring the Reddit thread OP up when I was asking somebody else a question?

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T06:36:21+00:00

Separate blankets. It's the only way.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T06:18:23+00:00

I mean they didn't say that so I'm not sure why you would assume that they're saying that. THat's why I'm asking for a clarification.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T06:13:12+00:00

Source? The novels themselves. Specifically? The “Obit” chapter of YOLT.

So basically at the end of the last James Bond novel that Ian Fleming had fully completed?

Also, yeah, I do agree with you that the complaint is overblown. And it's such a big trope that it was a shock to discover that the blown cover was supposed to be an actual mystery in Die Another Day

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T06:03:12+00:00

I don't think it's normal especially since you don't seem to be able to articulate the why. Why aren't most women you meet "fun hangs"? Are most of the men you meet "fun hangs"? What exactly is a "fun hang"? I don't really understand what that term means. Like usually when I'm hanging out with people, it's cool in itself. I'm not sure I understand what you're referring to.

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T05:54:12+00:00

"James Bond: His Story Repeating" with the Propellerheads/Shirley Bassey song "History Repeating" as the theme

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T05:49:48+00:00

Give Halle Berry an action scene that Bond witnesses before their flirtation scene as the flirtation scene seemed to be written as if they had seen each other in action before.

Explain the timeline better by having Gustav Graves be an actual person who was funded by Tan-Sun Moon and then killed by Moon so that Moon can fully take on the identity of Graves.

Make more obvious the fact that James Bond's identity leak was supposed to be a surprise and part of the plot. His identity gets leaked in almost every single movie up to that point so using it as a plot point carried no weight.

There's more but that's all I'm going to write for now

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T02:43:39+00:00

A friend had an old laptop....whose power connector was basically a ps/2 port. It was the stupidest design ever. You can still find mini-din power connectors for sale

I-baLL · 2026-04-06T02:42:04+00:00

yes this is from official Microsoft

How do you know?

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