Larry Pogemiller needs to go. Earlier today, he said Coursera-affiliated universities needed to register (and, pay up) "to prevent people from wasting their time." Riiiight. /s

Pogemiller only backed down from being a Government-sponsored bully when the press picked it up, and when asked, was surprised that Coursera didn't just roll over and pay up. Words fail me for how out-of-touch this guy is. He should be nowhere near the wheels of government.

Minnesota, do the right thing and reprimand Larry Pogemiller. A very public firing would not be a step too far.

UPDATE: Downvoted? Larry, is that you?

UPDATE 2: Wow, I've never had a post that goes up and down in votes like this one.

This wasn't an innocent mistake, a clerical error, a misunderstanding of the law, etc. He literally saw nothing wrong with his office's actions until confronted by the press. How many other times has he misused the long arm of the law that didn't get picked up by the press? People in positions of power like Larry Pogemiller must be reprimanded when they abuse their position. Every. Time. The public vests power in these people, and they must, MUST be publicly held accountable when they abuse that trust.

If someone doesn't want the responsibility of maintaining the public's trust, they need to find work in the private sector.

Most recently, I filed a support ticket online and my phone rang a few minutes later. On the other end was an MS support rep who stayed on the phone with me for 40 minutes, including a screen share, until my issue was resolved. At the end of the call he left me with his direct # and email, and said that I could contact him directly with any future inquiries.

Really can't ask for much more than that.

e.g.:

    Host internal-*.example.net
        ProxyCommand ssh -T external.example.net 'nc %h %p'

    ssh internal-dev.example.net

ssh even automatically replaces %h and %p in the ProxyCommand with a host and port, though you can of course replace those tokens with static values if it works better.

(Also, note above that one can use wildcards in Host declarations.)

* Set up a Twilio number for billing support. Play hold music even if your office is closed.

* Proxy transactions to Stripe using a intermediary server in India to match the latency and reliability.

* Randomly multiply totals by 10.

* Randomly forget to call the Stripe API.

* Setup auto renewals. Even for one time payments.

* If a customer has more than 20% in receipts than the previous day, freeze all funds for 190 days.

No, he did NOT ask for protective custody (and I know as I'm in contact with his mother), this is how Sweden treats everyone being held pre-trial. There is a case right now where a guy who has been locked up like this for TWO YEARS is trying to get the supreme court to rule about his treatment. There is no time limit on how long anyone can be held like this, it can (and in many cases it has) go on for years. Amnesty and the European Council have criticized Sweden for this in the past.