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Narkov··on Fresno lost $400k to a phishing scam in 2020 and never told the public
For context, their total city revenue for FY22 is $1.8b. Not passing judgement either way, but at what point should this be reportable?
Narkov··on Texas man wins $75K suing telemarketers for illegal robo-calls
He will almost certainly collect none of it which makes the process largely useless unfortunately. These are shell companies that will never pay up.
Narkov··on The Rain System “contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition”
> The wind fields around fires are not unpredictable.

They are on a drone scale (the purpose of my comment) and you've acknowledged this yourself:

> but also can have significant eddies induced by the fire, landscape, and vegetation. This would make it very difficult for a drone to remain stable and on course, let along drop ordinance with any accuracy.

Narkov··on The Rain System “contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition”
> - The airspace around a bush fire is a particularly hostile environment.

This is a good point. Bushfires are also largely caused by high winds that are unpredictable. It makes drones carrying heavy fire retarding payloads a very difficult proposition.

Narkov··on Who is squatting IPv4 addresses?
> equipment isn't catching up to IPv6

<citation required>

It's not equipment...it's purely a financial business decision that this hasn't happened yet.

Narkov··on Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi
^ this. You need to have a high WAF - wife acceptance factor. Another analogy is that grandma needs to be able to stay in the house and not need a computer science degree.

Your home automation system is a complimentary enhancement to a traditional, switch-on-the-wall and physical TV remote control set up.

Narkov··on Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM
I would have thought it is a dying market. Sample size of one but I probably print 10 pages a year now.
Narkov··on Sonoma County farm strikes black truffle gold after 9 years of waiting
If that freaks you out, what until you hear about tech start-ups these days!!
Narkov··on New video shows Tesla on autopilot almost hitting state trooper
Forget flashing lights. Why would the car not stop or even slow down when a large immovable object is within impact distance? Auto-brake has been around for a decade now.
Narkov··on Use Pixar's story formula to win over investors
> You were part of the lucky 1% who make it through the program from application to funding,congrats!

People aren't selected at random. There isn't any luck involved. It's hard work.

I feel it's diminishing peoples achievements to say that their lotto numbers came up and YC let them in.

Narkov··on Toyota launches groundbreaking 10-year warranty (in UK)
> This seems like a tactic to bring in more money

This is every business decision!

It's great that Toyota has measured the improvement in customer trust or loyalty being more valuable to them in the long run than shirking on quality.

I only wish more companies would do this!

Narkov··on Azure was having DNS issues
It's always DNS!
Narkov··on MS Azure down: An emerging issue is being investigated
It's always DNS!
Narkov··on Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook
FinTech doesn't always mean global mega bank. There's lots of small scale start-ups that fit into the financial services category that wouldn't/couldn't afford full time InfoSec roles.

Outsourced CISO/InfoSec is a valid and reasonable thing for some companies.

Narkov··on Wikipedia has Cancer (Wikipedia costs growth over time)
With net assets increasing at a similar rate, I don't see this as a problem.
Narkov··on Oracle Cloud is unreachable
It's always DNS!
Narkov··on Italy demands €733M in fines from food delivery platforms
Worse off. Feeding their family is probably a higher priority than a shitty job.

It doesn't change the fact that the job is rubbish.

Narkov··on Italy demands €733M in fines from food delivery platforms
I don't know you circumstances but it is possible to still do something out of desperation - possibly to feed your family - and hate it.
Narkov··on Amazon insiders sound alarm over security
> Imagine if a company the size of Amazon had a breach?

Is it hard to imagine? Does it really matter anymore? There are [non-Amazon] breaches every few years with 100m+ records.

It will happen and people will be shocked and outraged and then it will happen again. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Narkov··on Prop. 22 faces first legal challenge as SEIU, ride-hail drivers file suit
Nit pick...but in a binary decision (yes/no), the margin is only 9% as every loss on one side is a gain on the other.

For example, a 9% swing results in a tie.

Narkov··on Soyuz spacecraft digital clock teardown
> A reason very simple, you don't want a short through the clock to set your space, or aircraft on fire!

Why not use a simple fuse?

Narkov··on Escaping VirtualBox 6.1: Part 1
> Thanks to a student from Boston University who came up with some pretty cool techniques, we can cover devices effectively without having to teach the fuzzer about each device's registers.

Can I ask who this was and is there any more info on their work? Seems important and worth naming them :)

Narkov··on Gov.uk site broke Google realtime analytics during lockdown announcement
Of course sovereignty and overall data security should be considered. My point is that a blanket "no outsourcing" rule is daft and counterproductive.
Narkov··on Telegram publishes users' locations online
Increasing the sample rate will still reduce the noise.
Narkov··on Gov.uk site broke Google realtime analytics during lockdown announcement
This is an inefficient use of government money to in-source everything. If private industry can do something cheaper and more effective, use common sense.
Narkov··on Managing my personnal servers in 2020 with K3s
I would assume the administrator cares enough about their own data to want to do it properly.
Narkov··on Managing my personnal servers in 2020 with K3s
With no segregation, you crack one service you get access to all 25 services and their data.

With segregation, you crack one service you get access to just that container/physical service.

Narkov··on Managing my personnal servers in 2020 with K3s
Sounds like a dream to compromise! Rather than one attack surface, there's like 25. Crack one and you take the lot.
Narkov··on Amazon destroys $1.5m of sellers inventory – now homeless
Bought! Too cheap though...double, or even triple the price.
Narkov··on Amazon destroys $1.5m of sellers inventory – now homeless
Got a link for the USB oscilloscope?
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