This could be a Ricky Gervais show. Guy drives a banana car, but is completely jaded and over it.

I'm surprised this isn't a bigger part of the story.

Bambu's authentication is just the client saying "I am Bambu Studio". The server completely trusts that with no additional authentication.

It's like setting up a website with a user login, and if someone puts in "admin" in the username field without a password, the system says "sounds good" and lets you in. And then the website owners getting mad that someone hacked their system.

Blatant incompetence. I can't believe they're using their stupidity as an argument.

Cisco Webex.

You think teams or zoom are annoying? This is much worse. The worst part is with some default meeting settings, a loud chime would play every time someone joined. People kept this on for meetings of 300+ people, then they started talking over the beeps once "the popcorn slowed down."

Firefox mobile has add ons like unlock origin. You can block ads on your phone.

I'm a software engineer who does woodworking, and I approve this message.

But my favorite explanation: you grab your hand saw, and it works. You don't find out that the latest npm japanese-hand-saw-tooth package is incompatible with plywood, and you need to downgrade the package or buy new plywood to make a cut.

I asked my wife and she said "no"

7/10, would've been better if she didn't have to remind me to make it so many times

Clearly you need to buy more belts to fill out your new belt organizer

I used the tools I bought earlier to justify those purchases

Me writing my resume in third person

The last trip to buy pots to separate the existing overgrown succulents also brought home a new succulent. Soooo...

Janice from The Sopranos

So the exploit redirected update traffic. Does that mean anyone who ran updates in that time period could have downloaded a compromised version and their machine would be infected?

Why isn't that covered in the post?

I already coated with paste wax. Should be enough, we'll see.

Sound panels. They're insanely effective. I put up a few at home, and now I complain about every place that doesn't have them.

They were asking for a ride. She speaks Ukrainian. I'm guessing she wasn't bothered by it.

Bidet

When the only tool you have is a deep lifelong understanding of computational language, everything starts to look like a hypergraph.

Is this comparing total number of visitors per year to inhabitants?

If so, it's a misleading graphic because visitors only stay for a week or two.

Dry beans. A $2 bag makes a massive pot.