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points by angry_octet 3 days ago | 0 comments

There needs to be CVEs/KEV for public misinformation vulnerabilities. APTs have been using social media channels to spread disinformation, the CDC has been disabled by another APT, and we're failing to immunize people against health misinformation.

[–] atoav 2 days ago

Nah, you need a decently funded education system.

[–] Whoppertime 6 hours ago

I'm not sure throwing more money at the problem will improve outcomes https://www.cato.org/blog/new-k-12-productivity-chart

[–] kian 2 days ago

You mean decently-funded students. The education system compared to pretty much anywhere else on Earth is extremely well-funded, it just goes to administrative parasites.

[–] estearum 2 days ago

No, that's actually not true. The US is not "extremely well-funded." It's pretty much on-par with other advanced nations adjusted for PPP.

[–] kian 2 days ago

There are a few Nordic countries that are at about 80% of California. California students have an average of $27,418 per student projected for 2026-2027, and $25k in 2025. I'm finding nearly half of that for UK, Europe. Perhaps you could peruse some statistics and cite yours? Taking into account PPP Norway and Austria get close (22k and 20k respectively). Germany and France after taking into account PPP still are around 15-17k.

https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/education-financing.html

Far from from 'most', we find literally none except for Luxembourg ($33k), which being an extremely wealthy and tiny nation is not that much of a surprise; and is otherwise an extremely outlier.

On the other hand, the UK, France, and Germany are all beaten by Alabama [yes, that bastion of education], at $15k PPP (you can't, of course, forget to apply PPP calculations to the US states you are looking at if you're going to apply them to European countries). This is, btw, very consistent with the average income in these areas, too - Alabama is around or wealthier in PPP terms than the UK, France, and Germany as well.

[–] CharmingFrock 2 days ago

That is a forlorn hope.

[–] jmalicki 2 days ago

WTF is an APT

[–] Jtsummers 2 days ago

"Advanced persistent threat": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat

[–] bcrl 2 days ago

Once upon a time when a document or posting was written, the first use of a TLA (Three Letter Acryonym) or ETLA (Extended Three Letter Acryonym) would result in its expansion immediately following in parenthesis.