4 p.m. Weather Forecast – 6/27/23
It’s been a windy and hot start to the week. Get used to it!
Day: June 28, 2023
Ft. Worth increases homestead exemption for some
For the first time in 30 years, Fort Worth is making a change to its property tax exemption. The council voted on a change designed to give seniors and the disabled a tax break.
Unauthorized vapes continue to enter US despite FDA rules
The number of different e-cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000, despite a three-year effort by the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on kid-friendly flavors. (June 27)
The foreword on hackcompute.com
There was this post about EPP server vulnerabilities, cool stuff. Alright, so I look at the other pages- one other post: a foreword.
The writer begrudges that people don’t seem as passionate about hacking, that they don’t just break into servers for the fun of it, like in the ‘good old days’, but… uh. Is it just me, or is this horribly out of touch? Back in the day, it’s not like having a bit of fun on some servers would’ve gotten you nothing but a little knock on the door after a week. Web security was a joke: you can’t just go around probing the internet and breaking into places ‘for fun’- you’ll go to prison.
That’s all, I just wanted to air my frustration at the tone of this post. Do you agree, or is there actually any room for similar shenanigans as in web 1.0 times? Surely not.
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Paris erupts after cop ‘executes’ teen
Riots have broken out in a Paris suburb after a policeman was accused of “executing” a teenager for violating traffic laws.
Is The Zone clean up working? Business owner sounds off
It’s been more than six weeks since the city of Phoenix began a massive undertaking of the clearing of hundreds of homeless people from an encampment known as The Zone. The city has had three projects so far, in which they cleared a block area of tents…
Man undergoes limb-lengthening surgery
A Georgia man who says he’s struggled his whole life with viewing himself as a small person says he now feels like a “new man” after getting limb-lengthening surgery. He just returned from Turkey where he had surgery to grow from five foot five to six …
Can plantations value more than profit? Some in Malaysia think so
Plantation owners in the Borneo state of Sabah are setting aside land for conservation but some remain sceptical.