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New comment by nasredin in "“How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”"

nasredin — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 04:34:15 +0000

Disappointed to see this on the front page.

New comment by nasredin in "Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds"

nasredin — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:06:52 +0000

Correction.

SKS is semi-automatic.

So don't need the $200 ATF machine gun stamp.

New comment by nasredin in "Sequoia PGP 1.0 Released: The Seedling Is a Sapling"

nasredin — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:49:43 +0000

I was gonna say something about phone numbers and network analysis, but the link above said it better.

>>1 Mobile number

>>Unlike obsolete encryption systems, we require mobile phone to register in our system. Your account is tied to your phone number. Never mind that in many countries around the world SIM-cards can be bought only after presenting a legal ID, and that mobile networks themselves have all-encompassing LI (Lawful Interception) interfaces by design. Also let's ignore the fact that mobile networks still heavily rely on SS7 protocol stack from the 70s, with the security model based on gentlemen's agreement. Some people claim that words "mobile network" and "secure" can't be used in the same sentence, but our security experts think it's very safe. Do you guys not have phones?

New comment by nasredin in "Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client"

nasredin — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 07:26:43 +0000

Can't believe this wasn't mentioned sooner!

New comment by nasredin in "I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years"

nasredin — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:13:13 +0000

MacOS only.

SavedYouAClick :)

New comment by nasredin in "I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years"

nasredin — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:08:15 +0000

The 40+MB download tells me this is Electron(?)

New comment by nasredin in "I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years"

nasredin — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:04:38 +0000

The recent trend of terrible introductions is very annoying.

The first sentence on any new app should be...

App is a (what it can do) for (Windows/Mac/Linux) written in/with (languages/libraries/frameworks)

And FFS if it's an Electron app, SAY SO!!!!! Some people do avoid those on principal.

New comment by nasredin in "So I bought something at a thrift store, it's a “Cellebrite Touch”"

nasredin — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:32:16 +0000

Thank you for the TLDR.

Terrible writing and Twitter is a fatal combo.

New comment by nasredin in "Companies may be losing millions due to emails buried in collapsed Gmail threads"

nasredin — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:43:47 +0000

Since you are name dropping projects:

Tox, a P2P Skype alternative.

Unfortunately it is not well known outside of tinfoil hat community.

New comment by nasredin in "The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever"

nasredin — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:23:24 +0000

Surprised nobody mentioned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer-cased_ammunition

New comment by nasredin in "Analyzing Core I9-9900K performance with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations"

nasredin — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:39:47 +0000

Are you a missileer who is confusing your luggage code with your ICBM missile code?

New comment by nasredin in "AdGuard DNS: A Privacy-Oriented DNS Server"

nasredin — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 19:55:58 +0000

IIRC the company and the servers are based in Russia.

So this is not for everybody.

New comment by nasredin in "A Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun"

nasredin — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:00:26 +0000

At the local dollar store, a lot of packaged goods are from China and or are full of crap (even garlic is from China)

So one has to read the labels dillegently.

Examples:

"Othet origin tea, packed in Sri Lanka".

Chocolate hazelnut spread from Turkey that's mostly oil.

Etc.

New comment by nasredin in "Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption"

nasredin — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:25:06 +0000

I know public reporting says US is behind Russia in EW. I don't know how good UK EW is, but if the UK can't locate commercial drones signals, than we are in trouble.

(Fun fact, UK was very good in EW during WWII

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beams )

Military perspective on this:

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25608/rogue-drones-have...

New comment by nasredin in "Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo"

nasredin — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:46:38 +0000

"flak"

https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/8.8_cm_Flak_18/36/37/41

New comment by nasredin in "G.9 Kurzwellensender Atlantik / Soldatensender Calais Daily Transcripts"

nasredin — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:17:08 +0000

Quote below illustrates why Germany needed to be completely crushed in WW2. No conditional surrender.

It also reminds me of some of the people today. They live in their own reality.

>>This young man is a completely successful product of Nazi education. With the possible exception of the Spitfire which brought him down, everything in this country is “lächerlich”. He has met Hitler several times and considers him a genius of “Kolossale” personal courage, proved (rather inadequately) by Hitler’s visits to the front.

New comment by nasredin in "G.9 Kurzwellensender Atlantik / Soldatensender Calais Daily Transcripts"

nasredin — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:13:03 +0000

From the last transcript, March 30, 1944.

>>Landesbauernführer Huber speaking of the potato harvest declared that although supplies of potatoes were already 15 percent below the amount required to fulfil the promised ration, and although it might be thought that German agriculture was attempting the impossible in 1944, faith in the Führer would bridge every difficulty.

New comment by nasredin in "Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy'"

nasredin — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:36:06 +0000

Sad.

One pilot was able to figure out the problem, find the solution and land safely. The next pilot did not and hundreds died.

New comment by nasredin in "What Car Thieves Think of the Club (2010)"

nasredin — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 08:16:25 +0000

WRT the bare chasis Integra when the police called you how did they break the news to you?

New comment by nasredin in "The healthiest people in the world don’t go to the gym"

nasredin — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 15:39:39 +0000

"Let's just do it and be legends man!"

Sorry Fyre Festival has better pep talk than Braveheart.