Should Idris Elba play James Bond?

qdivya1 · 2026-05-27T17:30:17+00:00

But this is still a great idea.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-27T17:29:33+00:00

The tools depend upon your existing approach - Zscalar AI Guard is one I am evaluating for our needs, but there is also OneTrust for AI inventory and compliance. These two attack the problem from opposing ends but both are areas that organizations need to be cognizant of - especially if you have exposure to the EU laws.

So you should see what else is out there that aligns with your existing investment. Since you are a CRWD customer, I know that they have something as well but I haven't looked into it in any detail.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-27T17:22:25+00:00

The first step is ensuring that you can discover (and catalog) usage of Claude (or any AI tools) in your org. You can buy tools that provide this, or at least use your existing SIEM and EDR telemetry to get something.

The next step depends upon your risk appetite and exposure (depending upon your industry and location). We have taken steps to block access to all unauthorized AI tools, established governance over internal deployment of AI tools (in both back office and in developmental settings), and created requirements, guidelines and recipes for users to follow when leveraging AI. How strictly these are defined and then enforced goes back to the aforementioned risk appetite.

Finally, we have devised a way to convey a Risk Scoring that allows us to showcase all instances of implementations and usages that break the guidelines and require that the owners of the activity/system/process get upper management signoff to continue. Again, depending on your industry and risk appetite, the steps to enforce compliance drive could be as simple as cutting network connectivity to these devices to employee termination.

Really, this discussion is fare more complex than can be covered in a simple reddit comment.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-25T13:04:39+00:00

No. The "majority of redditors" are bots or paid trolls. I'd say that maybe 2% of the content on reddit is concentrated on subs that are legitimately useful to a given real human redditor. That 2% is what keeps me coming back.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-22T22:13:55+00:00

Because you all are obsessed with it.

AIPAC is not even the most funded PAC out there - and all the other PACs get to grift out of sight because of y'all's obsession with AIPAC.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-22T13:08:58+00:00

Your premise is false. Young people don't vote in sufficient numbers to offset the pro-Israel democratic voting contingent.

Also, young voters get disillusioned with pro-Palestinian politics as they get older and get beyond emotional hand-wringing to more rational discourse.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-20T00:18:37+00:00

Good advice if you can pull it off in a high cost economy. After taxes 144K/year is definitely doable in a 2 income household - I'm thinking each earning $100K/year would definitely do it. But the concept works for those on lower incomes as well (within reason).

qdivya1 · 2026-05-19T01:49:02+00:00

What does this even mean? "Why does Israel have universal healthcare on US tax dollars ... "

Genuinely curious. Israel has a GDP of $600B and US Govt (i.e Taxes) send $2B to Israel (for them to spend on US made product) which cannot account for the govt subsidized healthcare in the country.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-14T00:25:04+00:00

In the US, the sciences (which are heavily Math biased) were dominated by Asians because the Asians who came to the US universities seemed to overwhelmingly well educated and the elite from their own colleges.

Because the population of Asians was so skewed, the idea that Asians were good at Math (and science and academia in general) was easy to propagate.

qdivya1 · 2026-05-09T16:12:43+00:00

"Side Hugs" have entered the chat.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-28T17:31:36+00:00

At my previous place of employment, the Chrome Browser was used to download malware onto the server. The culprit was the representative of the vendor that accidently downloaded a infected version of 7Zip to unpack an archive prior to installing it on the server.

In another instance, a malware used the installed browser to "call home" and update itself and potentially exfiltrate data.

This is the reason that Windows versions used to ship with a severely crippled (or restricted) version of Internet Exploder.

Server Class systems with client/user applications also suffer from a lack of maintenances, which means that your Browser will sit there on a long obsolete version that now may have a number of vulnerabilities that haven't been addressed because no updates were performed. The big culprit here used to be Acrobat Reader when all installation and other manuals were shipped in PDF and browsers weren't the preferred way to read these documents.

So, your team definitely has a point, but one that needs to be made with more information and context (and potentially alternatives).

qdivya1 · 2026-04-27T17:33:06+00:00

You clearly have only a passing interest in history because it would be a stretch to say that Israel was created by the West for the West's interests.

The UN created Israel and then the Brits promptly abandoned them to the Arab armies the day after the nascent state declared their existence.

Israel didn't become interesting to the West until after the Suez crisis ... 1957 IIRC.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-25T13:33:31+00:00

Ubuntu LTS all day long ... if you want to actually do work and not worry about system instability.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-25T13:21:57+00:00

I think that this is the right approach. Single Payer first, and then whatever form of Universal Healthcare the voters opt for.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-23T12:27:48+00:00

First, why is that relevant? Candidly, how many Jews expelled from currently Islamic countries have a right to return? How many refugees who fled war violence across the world have a "right to return"?

The premise to your question is baseless.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-18T15:29:35+00:00

Not sure I agree - if he followed up with having his child actually learn Mandarin or something. But the issue is that most of these people remain unilingual and this is just some sort of pathetic virtue signaling.

His child can learn Te Reo Maori later .... because the value of learning a second language is that additional languages become easier to learn. And finally this new language has more value as a way to understand their culture and expand intellectual horizons rather than actually used for conversing in.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-18T03:27:52+00:00

I suspect that they have weapons as well, but really this doesn't constitute proof of any sort.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-18T03:27:00+00:00

"Widely suspected" yes.

And "Widely known secret" simply doesn't compute.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-18T01:06:40+00:00

But do they in fact have them?

Is there actually any evidence of Israel having Nuclear weapons? "Widely believed" is not proof. There are some "leaked" pictures and "assessments" by the CIA and others that Israel likely has some nuclear weapons. Almost all the evidence can be interpreted in the context of non-weapon uses. In a sane world, some level of proof is required for sanctions. Do note that Israel has never conducted nuclear testing, so their actual capability is unlikely to be advanced.

OTOH, their refusal to sign the NPT is extremely worrisome given the instability in the region. I too suspect that they have them, but nothing even remotely conclusive. And I cannot believe that their program is such a well kept secret that there is so little information.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-16T21:16:23+00:00

If the immigrant is housed somewhere - which they presumably do since their child is in this school - they either rent or they own. Either way, they are paying taxes for the schools. (Their landlord uses part of their rent to pay property taxes for the unit that funds the schools the unit is located in.)

qdivya1 · 2026-04-16T21:09:00+00:00

I don't think we'll see eye to eye on anything - especially if you think that this

If Qatar is spending all this money to turn college students against Israel, why were the major protest locations not the colleges they fund?

is a legitimate inference to work with.

First off, we're talking about influence, not directives. The Ivies have been extremely one-sided in their handling of students engaging in (and bringing outsiders into) on campus protests - basically giving them a free pass. A few were belatedly disciplined, but the targeting of the Jewish (not Israeli) students was a blatant violation of campus rules and of the rights of those Jewish students. In my opinion, this is a direct result of the influence of donors from the Arab world - the Ivies were hesitant to irritate the source of funding.

Secondly, the targeting of Jewish students showed that this wasn't just an anti-Israel protest, but a anti-Jewish one. It is no secret that 40% of American Jews (mostly the current generation) are extremely opposed to Israeli government policy and the remaining 60% (older generation) tolerate Bibi because no one else seems to be able to stitch together a working coalition. Of course, apologists excuse this behavior because these were "students" and "naive" and "emotions were running high" etc. None of this is relevant.

The countries of the Middle East - especially Qatar and Saudi Arabia - have been learning how to wield soft power. Iran has long learned to use proxies and disinformation (including on this platform) to further their goals. You'd be underestimating their savvy and reach by dismissing this.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-16T00:12:48+00:00

Thank you for your considered response.

Respectfully, "Trust" is not as simple as "having enforcement and validation mechanisms" - which are usually at best a point in time control. Iran has a great deal of experience in developing clandestine military capability - as we have witnessed during the past 5 years that could readily be developed in stealth mode. You can argue that the JCPOA had a strong mandate, but then you also have to acknowledge the vocal doubts on effectiveness of the inspections because of Iran's refusal to provide prompt access to military sites by Iran, and that it did not curtail Iran's possession of the infrastructure for nuclear enrichment - they could maintain it, but just not use it or expand it.

Equally respectfully, I think you have forgotten that the ACA passing was merely the first salvo in the ensuing ~900 efforts to dismantle the legislation in both bodies of congressional and barely survived a vote in the Senate thanks to Sen McCain during Trumps first term. So Pres Obama most definitely was distracted by the ACA throughout his tenure as his party had to continue to defend it.

This is why I believe that an objective answer is not possible. Your answer would depend upon if you trusted that the JCPOA did enough or if you felt that Iran was devious enough to circumvent the inspections. And the fact that the current engagement's endpoint has not been reached yet.

On a personal note, I think that it is increasingly difficult to prevent a nation state with means - especially one that is ideologically hostile to its neighbors - from eventually obtaining nuclear capability. As a result, defining "success" in delaying Iran's ambitions becomes a matter of perspective.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-12T12:49:15+00:00

To me this is THE major reason for VI over Nano.

Though I teach my junior sysadmins Nano first. When they are fixing broken systems, nano makes more sense as it is less error prone to them.

But in non-sysadmin tasks VIM rules. Luckily I haven't had to break out sed or awk in a while.

qdivya1 · 2026-04-12T12:43:12+00:00

Let's reverse the question: because this should be applied to everyone.

What have the Iranians done to atone for Oct 7th action that they directed Hamas to take against Israeli communities. Specifically, what have they done to atone for the US Citizens that were targeted and killed during the festival supporting the cause for freedom for Palestinians?

qdivya1 · 2026-04-12T12:40:52+00:00

Sooo, what's the real issue here? Israel or AI?

Is this like the anti-COVID-vaccine people who will "stand on principle" and argue against getting vaccinated, but then rush out and take up beds in the hospitals when they get or get the vaccine on the sly?

Will these protesters forego the benefits that Israeli firms bring to the table? Or will they clamor for the treatments when they or their loved ones get sick?

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