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nasredin··on “How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”
Disappointed to see this on the front page.
nasredin··on Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
Correction.

SKS is semi-automatic.

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

nasredin··on Sequoia PGP 1.0 Released: The Seedling Is a Sapling
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?

nasredin··on Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client
Can't believe this wasn't mentioned sooner!
nasredin··on I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
MacOS only.

SavedYouAClick :)

nasredin··on I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
The 40+MB download tells me this is Electron(?)
nasredin··on I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years
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.

nasredin··on So I bought something at a thrift store, it's a “Cellebrite Touch”
Thank you for the TLDR.

Terrible writing and Twitter is a fatal combo.

nasredin··on Companies may be losing millions due to emails buried in collapsed Gmail threads
Since you are name dropping projects:

Tox, a P2P Skype alternative.

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

nasredin··on The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever
Surprised nobody mentioned

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

nasredin··on Analyzing Core I9-9900K performance with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations
Are you a missileer who is confusing your luggage code with your ICBM missile code?
nasredin··on AdGuard DNS: A Privacy-Oriented DNS Server
IIRC the company and the servers are based in Russia.

So this is not for everybody.

nasredin··on A Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun
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.

nasredin··on Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption
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...

nasredin··on Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo
"flak"

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

nasredin··on G.9 Kurzwellensender Atlantik / Soldatensender Calais Daily Transcripts
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.

nasredin··on G.9 Kurzwellensender Atlantik / Soldatensender Calais Daily Transcripts
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.

nasredin··on Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy'
Sad.

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

nasredin··on What Car Thieves Think of the Club (2010)
WRT the bare chasis Integra when the police called you how did they break the news to you?
nasredin··on The healthiest people in the world don’t go to the gym
"Let's just do it and be legends man!"

Sorry Fyre Festival has better pep talk than Braveheart.

nasredin··on Show HN: Tztail – View logs in the timezone you want
"tailTZ" for people who use auto-complete or just forget shit.
nasredin··on Should you use www or not in your domain? (2017)
His non-WWW site is broken. If you manually append the WWW, the site works.

Guess he is Stallmam-serious about practicing what he preaches.

Also this is a stupid clickbait non-issue.

nasredin··on FAA Issues Boeing 737 AOA Directive After Lion Air Crash
IIRC they hit the ocean so fast, that death must have been instantenous.

Also IIRC the pilots didn't know what's going on until they hit the ocean.

nasredin··on Show HN: Polar – an offline web browser with annotations and tagging
Is the Windows version portable?

Website doesn't say.

nasredin··on The Electric Chair That Might Soon Be Used in Tennessee
Wow!

Buzz Feed has a poor rep, but the headline is not a hyperbole.

nasredin··on Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
FWIW every single Apple user I know had problems. From the deliberately ill-engineered flimsy cables to the Apple's BSOD-equivalent.

None of them upgrade their iOS firmware. Even grandmas know not to click "update".

BTW thanks for the UI dark patterns Apple assholes.

nasredin··on Ask HN: Anyone from Google here? The new Gmail UI is painful
Ahh the famous Google Products Forum, where all the complaints and bugs are promptly fixed by real human beings!
nasredin··on Ask HN: Anyone from Google here? The new Gmail UI is painful
I recommend "The Bat!".

It's a bit clunky, but it's the best for serious people.

nasredin··on Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Company
"Cat photos"? Right...
nasredin··on Google Maps won't let you save home address without allowing all Google tracking
I call them "how do they stay in bussiness if they don't do anything?".

Basically all those shops that never have any customers, yet pay thousands in rent.

(They are fronts for money laundering is the answer!)

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