E-Commerce office finally produces something of value after bees invade

Also, CD Projekt Red got hacked.

Feb 16, 2021

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In the Santa Barbara office of Invoca, 20,000 bees built a hive containing 10 gallons worth of honey. Which is maybe the closest that a Silicon Valley AI company has ever gotten to producing something valuable.

We’ve been worried about the bees all this time, and I don’t know why it never occurred to anyone that we’d get all the upsides and none of the downsides if we just let them take over every Californian e-commerce company.

Unfortunately, in a move that proves humans just aren’t capable of coexisting with anything, Invoca decided to relocate the bees. Apparently this was important because the CEO is allergic to bee stings, but I don’t get why he can’t just stockpile a few Epipens with that CEO salary. Or is America’s healthcare system really that bad?

Looking back on the best thing that ever happened in tech design

Lazy Cowboy 🤠 @lazypoolboy

This is still one of the most insane things to happen in modern history

I have to admit, I absolutely loved the Magic Mouse 2. I was given one at the last place I worked, and it meant that I got to take an extra half an hour break from work every now and then just to let the mouse charge. Whenever I got a low battery warning, I’d be hoping that Steve Jobs was having a good time down there as I got to planning my second lunch. It was my favorite Apple product by far.

Anyway, is anyone hiring security engineers?

A good post

nelward @nelward64

did you see the DVD?

I think I’ve watched this at least seven times by now. My brain might be broken.

Maybe Bitcoin isn’t so bad after all

Reuters @Reuters

German prosecutors have confiscated more than $60 million worth of #bitcoin from a fraudster. There’s only one problem: they can’t unlock the money because he won’t give them the password. @johnodonnell21 reports reut.rs/39QG265 1/4

CD Projekt Red got hacked

CD PROJEKT RED @CDPROJEKTRED

Important Update

I think it’s really important that you read the ransom note, so I’ve transcribed it down below.

! Hello CD PROJEKT !
Your have been EPICALLY pwned!
We have dumped FULL copies of the source codes from your Perforce server for Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Gwent and the unreleased version of Witcher 3!
We have also dumped all of your documents relating to accounting, administration, legal, HR, investor relations and more!
Also, we have encrypted all of your servers, but we understand that you can most likely recover from backups.
If we will not come to an agreement, then your source codes will be sold or leaked online and your documents will be sent to our contacts in gaming journalism. Your public image will go down the shitter even more and people will see how you shitty your company functions. Investors will lose trust in your company and the stock will dive even lower!
You have 48 hours to contact us.

I’m going to refrain from posting any edgy hot takes about how Projekt Red deserves this for treating their workers like shit. If anyone is likely to suffer from sensitive details being leaked, it’s probably the workers themselves, so I’m not really getting that much schadenfreude from this.

I’m more wondering how the hell this happened. It seems like the hackers got access to a LOT of Projekt Red’s data, data that really should have been segregated properly given how sensitive and functionally different it is. There’s no good reason why the source code for Witcher 3 and their HR documents should be anywhere near the same place, and going for both really just seems like overkill on the hacker’s part. Either the hackers were pretty committed, or Projekt Red’s security is just that wonky. It’s interesting to note that the hackers didn’t seem to go after any of the player data, only the data that can be used to harm the company directly. Maybe the player data was better protected, or maybe the hackers just really want to look like the good guys in this scenario. I’m not buying it myself, because if the hackers were actually the vigilante sort they’d probably just leak the HR records instead of trying to negotiate for money. But either way, interesting stuff!

But is it just a little bit funny that a company which profits off cyberpunk aesthetics got cyber’d themselves? I’m not going to comment on that, I’ve got security interviews lined up.

I can’t tell if I absolutely love or thoroughly hate this laptop

⚙️ 𝖉𝖚𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖑 @dustrial

"NP I'll bring my laptop"

Apparently this is the Expanscape Aurora 7. You can read more about it here.

It’s a laptop with 7 screens. They all fold out so you can carry it with you wherever you want, as long as that “wherever you want” is within the driving distance of a hauling truck. It has none of the portability of a laptop and also none of the convenience of having a desktop with multiple screens. Regardless, I want it.

I don’t think it’s been released yet, and it’d probably cost more than I can reasonably spend on a laptop. But now that I’ve seen this, I don’t think I can continue writing my shitposts on a laptop that has just one screen. I feel like I’m really limiting my creative potential.