There are some laws, but given the relatively young age of the tech, regulations haven’t caught up and it is a hard topic to broach.

If someone tricks you into giving them money, right now there isn’t a way to really do much because you pushed the send button. And should there be? This is part of the question.

One way to reduce this is to make it harder to join these types of P2P payment platforms and put other authentication and authorization “road blocks” in place. How many need to go on to strike a balance between security and keeping the service relevant? That’s yet to be seen.

For sure. People bemoan the fact they can’t send and access money instantly but also don’t like getting scammed. Somewhere, there’s a trade off like in all other forms of security.

For various p2p payment apps this is a huge problem.

On the one hand customers can finally pay whoever they want pretty much instantly by removing the a majority of checks and balances in more conventional slower forms of money transfer.

If the problem with that isn’t clear, it’s no wonder scammers are able to leverage these systems to do their business.

Often times, these systems aren’t insured like a debit or credit card would be either. Essentially, you make a mistake and it’s on you.

“Government” controlling the weather.

It’s one side (the cooler side) of the natural cycle of ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation). Basically sea surface temperatures in the central/eastern tropical parts of the pacific swing back and forth from warmer to cooler than average.

This has impacts on large scale weather patterns by impacting things like the available moisture for storms, winds, etc..

Whether we are in La Niña, neutral, or El Niño doesn’t give precise weather forecasts. It just gives a signal to say certain types of events have a higher likelihood of happening.

You can read a little more here.

Remember the AI that was fed parts of the internet and became digital Hitler super quick? That’s probably why ChatGPT is so “friendly” feeling.

Hopefully if you live in CA you’re in a safe area.

A good question, you can consult this thread for the same kind of question that was about this storm.

It’s an active pattern right now, and looks like it’ll stay that way for at least another week. Perhaps not as strong as this most recent storm, but Californians shouldn’t let their guard down.

Triple dip on La Niña isn’t messing around. The pressure gradient and size of the air masses involved in this storm was insane.

A retrospective on this storm will be very interesting to look back on, hopefully some lessons can be gleaned for future storm preparation even if an event this powerful is relatively rare.

Managing access is largely about risk vs convenience.

Every major password manager has a plethora of options to mitigate any reasonable risk even if someone got a hold of your vault.

The only way they’re getting in is if you used a weak password to begin with.

Exactly. Criminals love people who do this, they even have an attack named after it; credential stuffing.

Using the same password everywhere is a fun game if you like credential stuffing.

No system is 100% safe, but if you’re not using a weak master password and also have MFA enabled even with a stolen vault your passwords are safe by all reasonable measures.

Bummer! Sounds like a lot of work, glad you sound like you’re making the best of it. Those old houses are great but like you said can still get ya every once in a while.

Hopefully no more surprises anytime soon for you!

Clogged/cracked drain line? Tree roots? Overflowed septic tank?

What’s the dirty details OP?

The further from a city you get the bigger the homes can be without bumping up costs as much.

I combine this with a dehumidifier to speed dry wetsuits. Works wonders.