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N19PEDL2

1,515 karma · joined October 8, 2021

I work for an international space agency in Europe (no, it's not ESA).

All opinions are my own.

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N19PEDL2··on IANA's email about why example.com changed
The choice to include Russian is interesting, given the times.
N19PEDL2··on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]
Because Firefox never released its Matchstick.
N19PEDL2··on Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set
Wallpapers are probably randomly selected in a small pool of available pictures. I used 3 different Windows laptops today: one was showing the Harry Potter ad and the two others a nice view of Bamberg.
N19PEDL2··on Terpstra Keyboard
Why is it redirecting to the website of a Romanian IT company?

Edit: it seems it's doing so on Firefox, but not on Edge.

N19PEDL2··on Iceland rejects reopening talks on EU entry
I would say it’s the other way round: being in the common market means that they are already subjected to EU regulations, without having any representation in the governing bodies however.
N19PEDL2··on Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation
Maybe they can now move to a .it subdomain, since they are not designated as a terrorist organization in Italy.
N19PEDL2··on iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com
Can they block registrations from @private.icloud.com?
N19PEDL2··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
I’m in Italy now and I can open the Archive page with the article.
N19PEDL2··on Amazon Germany to Accept Wero
I've been paying with Bancomat Pay on Amazon in Italy for a long time. Once EuroPA and EPI will be integrated together [0], it will be possible to pay with Wero on Amazon Italy as well.

[0] https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/europa-and-epi-launch-c...

N19PEDL2··on US Treasury undertakes historic intervention in yen market
> unilaterally converting some already sold bonds to '100 year bonds'

Is this even legal? I mean, is this possibility stated in some terms and conditions that one must accept when purchasing a bond?

N19PEDL2··on ECB reveals shortlisted designs for new banknotes and launches public survey
Here are the shortlisted proposals: https://multimedia.ecb.europa.eu/web/c7e5796089918f1d/ecb-ba...
N19PEDL2··on LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps
Do you recommend any specific distro for this?
N19PEDL2··on Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database
"Very old" could mean that they were not up to date. What did they do when the backups didn't match the actual situation at the time of the breach?
N19PEDL2··on No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026
> because Russia needed time to update glonass satellites.

Why is this? As leap seconds don’t occur on a regular frequency, I assume they are not hardcoded on the software or hardware on board, but the control centre uploads them on the satellites enough in advance once they have been scheduled. So why can’t the control centre just stop sending those updates?

N19PEDL2··on A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? (2022)
Not saying this is the case of Roomba, but often devices need 24/7 Internet connectivity so that their manufacturers can sell traffic through their owner’s network.

Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174465

N19PEDL2··on Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software
It looks exactly like what Microsoft already did to its browser engine Trident, which was replaced by Google’s Blink on Edge.
N19PEDL2··on Meta's Un-Stable Signature
How can a watermark be unremovable?
N19PEDL2··on Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe
They don't even have internet anymore...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr510de17jlo

N19PEDL2··on Dear Microsoft, enough is enough
Why is Microsoft pushing Windows users to use Edge? What does it gain if a user chooses Edge over Firefox or Chrome? Is it just about in-browser ad?
N19PEDL2··on A Man Who Reads Books for a Living
> The good news is that some of these habits are massive levers; biological age can drift decades (worst-to-best).

Do you have any good readings to recommend on this topic?

N19PEDL2··on United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert
I often fly from Milan Malpensa airport, and I’ve noticed there are two separate security areas: one for people flying to the US or Israel, and one for everyone else. I’d always wondered why this was the case, and now I get it.
N19PEDL2··on Italy moves to Airbus A330 tankers
Another manufacturer of regional aircraft with a significant market share is ATR, though it makes turboprop airliners, so not exactly the same category as Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jet.
N19PEDL2··on Advice for tracking down a listening device?
I would rule out the possibility that the listening device is a smartphone, as the battery would last only a few days even with the most conservative energy saving settings.
N19PEDL2··on Advice for tracking down a listening device?
I would suggest to enable logging on her router (if possible) and to check the MAC address of all devices that connect to her home Wi-Fi.

On smartphones, tablets, and computers, it should be easy to find in the settings (but check if they've set up a rotating private Wi-Fi address; if so, disable it).

It might be more difficult with other devices: for televisions or other appliances, you might need to unplug them and check the router logs to see if a specific MAC address disconnects at that precise moment.

Ultimately, if you have a MAC address that stays connected all the time or even just occasionally and doesn't match any known device, you have a good candidate for the listening device.

N19PEDL2··on Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user
> Byrne was hoping that the next update, 26.4.1, would introduce a fix for this, but its release this week has not helped.

Even if Apple restores the háček in a future update, wouldn't he still need to unlock the iPhone to install it?

N19PEDL2··on Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, 4 execs in alleged $1.4B tax evasion
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Italian_constitutional_re...
N19PEDL2··on Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to fix water system
Meanwhile, in Europe: https://romanempiretimes.com/aqua-virgo-a-2000-year-roman-aq...
N19PEDL2··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
It would be interesting to imagine a uchronic world where Portuguese has become the lingua franca of the world.
N19PEDL2··on Proton and NordVPN blocked in Spain during soccer matches
Here's a link in English: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/spain-orders-nor...
N19PEDL2··on We asked 15k European devs about jobs, salaries, and AI [pdf]
At least in the Frankfurt area, they are.
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