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mikrotikker··on A sitting US president launched two memecoins that wiped out $4.3B+
Those contributions are by the way, the direct bribe. Just send confirmation of your wallet and when Trump pulls the rug the bribe is paid and the pardon (or whatever) is done.
mikrotikker··on Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
This company is an absolute joke now, if you're not desperately trying to jump ship at this point then you will go down with it.
mikrotikker··on The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself
The thing is everyone goes into the IDF. The smart ones get put into unit 8200 where they hone their persistent, iterative, troubleshooting skills. Then their service is over they leave and they've basically been trained in innovation and leadership.

Then they go about solving problems. Some of those problems are people dont have a good trustworthy pornsite. Some of them are their buddies that stayed in the military have a military related or adjacent problem.

Darknet diaries did a great podcast on unit 8200.

mikrotikker··on The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself
Infinite scroll? Just ban social media algorithms you buffoons. Then u can even let kids use it.
mikrotikker··on The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself
Balkanization of the internet. It was foretold.
mikrotikker··on JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals
This is why I struggled and struggled to omit JS at all costs on a greenfield project - many apps from even 5 years ago by now fired teams fail to build with cryptic npm messages. And if you get past that you have to deal with webpack or some such junk. We settled with go fyne which compiles to wasm to handle both local and remotely accessible use cases. Trade off is not as much freedom and a fixed feature set but I know it's gonna work after 5 godamn years.
mikrotikker··on "Token anxiety", a slot machine by any other name
I wrote a program to classify thousands of images but that was using a model running on my gaming PC. Took about 3 days to classify them all. Only cost me the power right?
mikrotikker··on So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink
The Sahara feeds the Amazon.
mikrotikker··on So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink
Forgive me if I don't trust Chinese researchers on research in China.
mikrotikker··on I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus
Yea.. my dad's reaction when I told him was "shut up conspiracy theorist" and he connected it anyway
mikrotikker··on If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?
> Coders don’t have liability for shipping shit code

What if you're shipping code for a therac-25?

mikrotikker··on A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain
My wife has chronic pain from Endo, even after hysterectomy. We think it's in the lining of the abdomen now and the pain looks intense. Cannabis being one of the only things that can take the edge off. I think that many women suffer with this condition but due to the lack of research into it there isn't really anything doctors can do for her, or prescribe her (they've tried many drugs).
mikrotikker··on Israel committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group says
This seems to happen a lot from what I've seen. When I saw Al Jazeera I already knew it would be biased.
mikrotikker··on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward
Wife is not technical at all. Put her on Ubuntu when she freaked out about her windows 7 PC updating automatically to windows 10. She been on it ever since.
mikrotikker··on F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
Ah is this what the "cobra button" is effectively?
mikrotikker··on Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion
Surely you want to select for warrior cops especially in a place like the USA to be able to handle things like school shooters and violent meth heads?

Is it better to hire a diplomat and make them a warrior or hire a warrior and make them a diplomat? When lives are on the line id choose the later tbh.

mikrotikker··on Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say
Why isn't this under a branch of the military? Get lots of funding then. Protects national security
mikrotikker··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
They didn't bomb so many civilians. Their collateral damage is actually the least in modern times and modern wars. Its just sad that sometimes the terrorist planning to kill thousands is standing in a group with 10 civvies.
mikrotikker··on Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
I guess they're looking at that $20 trillion in debt and saying "if we want to survive war with china we need to cut the fat and pour everything into war r&d, if we survive the war we can think about climate change again". That's my most optimistic interpretation of it.
mikrotikker··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
The same UN that supported Hamas in it's war on Israel and persecutions of gazans?
mikrotikker··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
Yes I dunno what the term is but it's common to telegraph ops like this. US did the same in Yemen and they see a) civvies moving away from munitions storage areas b) terrorists trying to move munitions to safety. It can inform of new targets
mikrotikker··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
You don't understand military ops. By announcing like this they can see the Hamas operatives expose themselves as they start moving, preparing like little ants and bomb them - not civilians.
mikrotikker··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
Or maybe because this isn't happening at all could be the reason why because there is actually no one to hold accountable because this is just some hysterical anti semitic conspiracy theory.
mikrotikker··on Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars
The Inland Revenue Dept in NZ sold the data on its citizens to Facebook. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532905/ird-to-stop-shari...
mikrotikker··on Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?
"rubber botting"
mikrotikker··on Man 'Disappeared' by ICE Was on El Salvador Flight Manifest, Hacked Data Shows
All I know is that if I was an illegal immigrant or "refugee" I'd be heading for that border as fast as possible.
mikrotikker··on Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials
There are 2 secure messaging apps in the US govt according to reporting. But I dunno maybe they didn't have emojis....
mikrotikker··on Legendary Bose Magic Carpet Suspension Is Finally Going Global
My riding skill improved so much the day I fully grokked "lean back and twist the throttle" to handle obstacles (I did it by accident and thought I was going to die)
mikrotikker··on Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes
I'd rather be driven by any human driver than a machine that has no empathy, can't be reasoned with, can't be bargained with, and is under control of a faceless corporation.
mikrotikker··on Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals App Govt Uses to Archive Signal Messages
I thought DekkoSecure was a standard for encrypted govt/military messaging? Why bother with this COTS consumer crap?
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