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I (still) work with a Classic ASP code base.
I kid you not, that there are VBScript functions, which call JScript (not JavaScript) functions, which in turn call VBScript functions.
It is a terrifying and glorious mess.
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I also worked with a system at one time that used node.js to create C# files on the file system, then use the C# compiler to create an executable and then run it. It was... not great.
https://www.cyberus-technology.de/posts/2019-05-14-zombieloa...
I've also seen teams where the Defintion of Done doesn't include any steps at all towards deployment. Done is when someone approves the pull request.
Not surprisingly, it takes longer for those teams to 'complete' a change. In the former case, they are continuously surprised, and angered, by 'requirements' that 'no one' told them about. In the later, they stop halfway, and wonder why everyone is waiting on them, because it's 'development complete'.
The population of Russia is ~146.7M [0]
The population of China is ~1,403M (~1.4B) [1]
This makes China ~9.6 times larger than Russia.
The US is ~327M [2], which makes China about ~4.3 times as large.
It's a big difference, but not as large as 77x.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
Put another way, after 5 years, the average weight loss was ~3kg, with an average weight gain of 78.6% of the original lost weight.
Also, in general, an obese person who is obese before, and after 5 years has a weight that is ~3kg is likely still obese.
So this study basically just says that an average person isn't successful at keeping a large amount of weight, and gains most of it back. The specific statistics stated by the commenter above may not be correct, but the sentiment is definitely true.
That said, the study does confirm that very low energy diets (~800 meal replacement) beat out hypoenergetic balanced diet (~1200-1500 normal food) in long term weight maintence. Which is what the article is suggesting being implemented. So it's still not a great long term solution, but it's the better of the two non-exercise based solutions which this study evaluated.
I'm not sure where you got the $219 price from, but the stock price was nowhere near that before the breach.
Terms:
ICANN: The organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance of the domain name system (among other things).
Registrar: A company authorized to update ICANN database on behalf of registrants. Google, GoDadddy, Enom, etc are registrars
Registrants: An entity that wants to register a domain name. In this case, Zoho is a registrant, but it could also be an individual. This is your role if you 'own' a domain.
Authoritative Name Server: A domain name server that is considered authoritative for a specific domain.
Stuff registrars can do (among other things):
1.) They can update the ICANN database to disable a domain completely[1]
2.) They can replace your authoritative name servers with their own or someone else's (ex: botnet domains being reassigned to a security company for dismantling via court order)[2]
3.) If the authoritative name servers for a domain are owned by the registrar, then the registrar can merely change the DNS entries themselves to point to something other than the domain owner's wishes.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
[1] - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epp-status-codes-2014-...
[2] - https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/guidance-domain-...
"GetItem provides an eventually consistent read by default."
This seems to meet the definition of "DynamoDB's default settings"
[0] - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReferen...
It's not an assumption. It's directly in the documentation.
"If the same seed is used for separate Random objects, they will generate the same series of random numbers."[0]
[0] - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.random
Hydrogen storage is "Approx. 5.0 kg"
122.4L of volume (60L front, 62.4L rear)
pressure is between 70 MPa and 87.5MPa
Doing the math shows:
density of hydrogen at 70MPa equals 36.69 g/L [1]
122.4L at 36.69 g/L equals 4.49kg [2]
density of hydrogen at 87.5MPa equals 45.96 g/L [3]
122.4L at 45.96 g/L equals equals 5.63kg [4]
So the amount is somewhere between 4.5kg and 5.63kg, depending upon the final pressure after filling. Which seems to line up squarely with "Approx. 5.0kg".
[0] - https://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2016+toyota+mirai+fuel...
[1] - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=density+of+hydrogen+at+...
[2] - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=122.4L+at+36.69+grams%2...
[3] - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=density+of+hydrogen+at+...
[4] - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=122.4L+at+45.96+g%2FL
Here is the source for information on the attack that only requires a single EAPOL frame[0].
"This attack was discovered accidentally while looking for new ways to attack the new WPA3 security standard. WPA3 will be much harder to attack because of its modern key establishment protocol called "Simultaneous Authentication of Equals" (SAE).
The main difference from existing attacks is that in this attack, capture of a full EAPOL 4-way handshake is not required. The new attack is performed on the RSN IE (Robust Security Network Information Element) of a single EAPOL frame.
At this time, we do not know for which vendors or for how many routers this technique will work, but we think it will work against all 802.11i/p/q/r networks with roaming functions enabled (most modern routers).
The main advantages of this attack are as follow: No more regular users required - because the attacker directly communicates with the AP (aka "client-less" attack) No more waiting for a complete 4-way handshake between the regular user and the AP No more eventual retransmissions of EAPOL frames (which can lead to uncrackable results) No more eventual invalid passwords sent by the regular user No more lost EAPOL frames when the regular user or the AP is too far away from the attacker No more fixing of nonce and replaycounter values required (resulting in slightly higher speeds)" [0]
Who owns what Party A recorded, and who owns what Party B recorded?
https://www.markheath.net/post/remote-debugging-azure-functi...
About half of nearby stars that we can observe[0] have planetary make up that is different than our own Sun. By definition, the rest either have a make up that is like our own or not like our own. So let's assume that every single nearby solar system looks exactly like our solar system, we are just unable to detect that they are at this time. That still means that our solar system is distinctly different than half of the other solar systems. That ratio of difference will never go lower, it'll always be "The solar system is different than at least 50% of other nearby solar systems". But after we do more observations, it might be 60%, 70%, 80%, etc.
Or in other words, as the original commenter said, "It is certainly possible that the more we study the rarer it will become. (It can't really go the other direction at this point.)".
[0] - FTA, "Of order half of nearby stars have at least one (and often several) worlds with masses substantially greater than Earth and orbital periods ranging from mere days to weeks; in our system, the space interior to tiny Mercury’s 88-day orbit is entirely empty."
application/json is a content-type other than application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data or text/plain, and thus a request for it will fail unless the required CORS headers are present
Buying a non-investment of dubious value... Yes!
Buying a different investment of dubious value... Yes! (commemorative coins, stamps, comics, beanie babies, etc)
"The Amazon Maps API is a programming interface that enables you to add mapping capabilities to your app on Fire phone and most Fire tablets."
"The Amazon Maps API v2 is compatible with Fire OS 4.5.1 and higher, which is available on 3rd and 4th generation Fire tablets, and Fire phone. The Amazon Maps API v1 is compatible with the Fire phone and all Fire tablets except Kindle Fire (1st Generation)."
[0] - https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/cannot-roll-back.htm...
It's my coworker who is HODL'ing because "it's got better returns than our 401(k)".
So the only way in which what you suggest would work is if the system is so aggressive that it actually blocks a normal Chrome instance, which is more hostile that most systems are. But this allows a user to change settings until they do get a correct response back, and then just have the headless browser use those settings.
What reason would the attorney have for not believing the information that the client confesses voluntarily under the veil of attorney-client privilege?.
There are literally no good consequences from a swatting, only bad consequences. I would argue that most actions that have literally no chance of good consequences, and high probably of bad consequences (minimum ruining a persons day and wasting police resources), are pretty good candidates for evil.
Simpler than a water reservoir and regolith sandbags? The former is required anyways, since people will need water, and the later is about as simple as it comes (we use sandbags here on earth all the time for impromptu buildings).