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> and taking down all of Liberia’s Internet—to name a few examples.

This did not happen [1] as was documented here[2], here and here[3]. It spices up the story but in truth, one of local telcos was affected but they accounted for less than a third of Liberia's Internet traffic. The weekend-like Internet traffic seen on that day was because of a national holiday.

Additional source: I lived in Liberia during that time managing the local IXP.

[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/11/did-the-mirai-botnet-rea...
[2] https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/ddos-attack-mirai-liberia....
[3] https://twitter.com/DougMadory/status/794592487159529472
That is how RECAP works ("Pacer" spelled backwards).

In that case, the government is fine with it.
I think it just sounds like the three subpoenas they received
Not a US cititzen, but "The government" is a wide term and any law enforcement agency would fit this, including the ones that are responsible to deal with things like copyright enforcement - that's exactly the type of fish they exist to fry ...
I'm certain that 100 years from now, when the collapse really gets rolling, we'll still have cuneiform clay tablets complaining about Ea-Nassir's shitty copper but most of the digital information and culture we've created and tried to archive will be lost forever. Eventually, we're going to lose the infrastructure and knowledge base we need to keep updating everything, people will be too busy just trying to find food and fighting off mutants from the badlands to care.
Amtrak says they became more reliable when the stopped allowing private cars to hookup. (or they would be? I don't recall exactly what I read) Many people who own private cars have not kept up on maintenance, and if your private car breaks down the whole train stops.
Not just medical. They are also used for inspecting mechanical parts. A boiler has to be inspected by ultrasound to ensure there are no hidden flaws that could cause it to explode. (along with x-rays and visual inspections. Maybe others, while steam engines are cool, the danger means I decided to not own one and I didn't research all the rules)
the openbsd manuals usually have examples. you can see how compact https://man.openbsd.org/grep.1 is compared to the gnu grep manual.

i've been using https://git.causal.agency/exman/about/ to compare linux and bsd manpages, and it has saved me an incredible amount of time looking things up.
Good news is that extermination of spiders won't happen because of arachnophobia, at least. It'll be because we decimate the planet's climate.
I really wish they would name the data recovery company so that I can never darken their door with my business.
While copyright infringement is usually a civil matter, there are times the DoJ gets involved. They even got a guy sentenced to jail for it in 2018. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/owner-sharebeastcom-sen...
Note that the rpi is way overpriced for what it is currently, just get a mini pc with real storage, unless you need the gpio
Confused is Mark doubling down on AR or getting out- anyone really know?
My 8th grade science teacher showed us this back in 1960: he had one of us do a handstand and drink water from a cup using a straw with no choking or gagging.
I like to do the oil change on my car, not because I love it, but because it's a good reminder to myself what life is like for those less fortunate who didn't have the same choice. Not to say there aren't any people who don't love that, but physical labor is plenty though as well.
It's among the most famous of Christian metaphors, I'd actually be surprised if it went over the head of a well-read individual.
"every form of refuge has its price"

Every lifestyle has its own pain and perks. Heck, Kato Kaelin found out the hard way that even living in a celebrity's pool house comes with its risks and problems. A lot of it boils down to deciding what kind of suffering you are least uncomfortable with.
Bringing the POPFile web site back from the dead
From my experience most manuals actually don't have scenarios. Is git or docker better? I need to check and see, but from memory their manual pages mostly list all switches but a couple of examples at best. I could be wrong and need to double check.
That reminds me, I still have my original MULE disc and packaging, you're right they were really nice / very stylish for the time. Like mini-LP's, square and very distinctive. The original batch of games (I believe) included MULE, Larry Bird & Doctor Jay Go One-on-One, Hard Hat Mac and Pinball Construction Kit... I might be missing one or two.
"Telnet, an outdated system for logging in remotely."
This comment from the article bothered me. No evidence was given as to why it is outdated. I did a little digging to find that Telnet is vulnerable to several different attacks, but all of it can be mitigated by Transport Layer Security (TLS) security and Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) authentication. Of course many devices don't support TLS and SASL. If a device does support the newer standards I think it's wrong to consider it outdated.
curious if eventually companies with start watermarking articles and catch and sue extension users.
I don’t think he’s entirely wrong. That being said, citing frontend examples of why Node is bad for a server side language is a reach.

I feel like arguing about which languages “suck” is generally reserved for the peak of Dunning Kruger mountain. Code is code, write better code.
Nope, Swift clearly won (which was created by Apple themselves to replace ObjC in most places if not all eventually).

I think the metrics in their current form don't really mean much if it's only measuring the performance "gain" by getting rid of the ObjC/Swift bridge.
The police aren't the only ones in the equation, however. If law enforcement is completely powerless, then it's the criminals who will have free rein to violate people's rights and privacy. There is a balance to strike here, which requires open debate and deliberation.
Was the anti-smoking movement a "mania"?

I think it's literally just society learning to let go of bad habits. Alcohol is a neurotoxin we're acculturated to drink, which is pretty insane when you step back in perspective. It also causes massive damage to people and families, more than smoking cigarettes ever did.
If you black or certain information, they usually won’t accept. Companies are not even allowed to store these copies, but they do it anyway.

Documents shouldn’t be uploaded at all.
They did not fund the literary magazine, they just exerted influence on who was the editor.

They did not do it to suppress a single book.

A bad review is not the same as suppression in any way.

So every piece of the headline is wrong. This book achieved widespread success and notoriety in every part of the world after it was published and the book was not really on the CIA's radar at all.
Embra – Your GPT Assistant for Mac
Yes, strange. Homeless yet posting on hackernews is not what the vast majority of homeless people are doing I bet.

I've seen some people struggle and they didn't have that kind of leisure time.

Perhaps it's homeless as in not owning an address? Don't know. Can happen given rent prices... Been there.
I assume they were in Class E (TFA says "uncontrolled airspace" which E is technically not, but a reasonable assumption) above Class A.
Raising prices isn't the only way to raise revenue. Especially if it's a product that consumers are very price consciousness of (though I suspect a bespoke flower/pottery shop isn't one). She can lower prices through sales to increase revenue needed to pay her employees more and grow her business.

She has options that are alternative to frustrating or bothering her customers to subsidize her wages.
It's undeniably heartbreaking that we lost a true legend in Tina Turner. Her impact on the music industry is immeasurable, and her powerful voice will forever resonate with fans worldwide.

In addition to her extraordinary career, did you know that Tina Turner was among the select few celebrities who owned an estate in Monte Carlo? Known for its luxury and elegance, Monte Carlo attracts discerning individuals from various fields, and Tina Turner's presence in this prestigious enclave adds another fascinating dimension to her remarkable life.

As we remember and celebrate the incredible talent and enduring legacy of Tina Turner, it's intriguing to uncover these lesser-known aspects that showcase her extraordinary life beyond the stage.

Rest in peace, Tina Turner. Your music will continue to inspire and touch the hearts of generations to come.
FWIW, this lives again as .NET nanoFramework:

https://www.nanoframework.net/

Enterprising folks have even managed to run it on the Raspberry Pi Pico...
find(1) is a classic example. The first two or three pages are of essentially zero practical use. I open the manual, skim the first page, no obvious clues about how to actually use `find`, so my next step is always to go to web search.

I've got a thousand things to do that are better uses of my time than reading 20 pages of arcane documentation that may or may not answer my question.
not books but related: last year PayPal shut down the accounts of Consortium News and MintPress News

https://jacobin.com/2022/05/paypal-independent-media-journal...
The Earth has many systems which help maintain a balance. It’s happened many times in the past

Perhaps whatever is happening now is too extreme for it to do that, but it seems unlikely. The ecosystems of the planet share many deep symbioses

I know i’ll be downvoted, and i’m expecting no one will actually address what i’ve said while doing it. There’s no real conservation in this topic anymore.
(not affiliated and do not recommend, but I thought it's an interesting Copilot alternative on macOS).
Why don’t you get proper medication to deal with this as opposed to antacids? I also had bad reflux and Omeprazole took care of it pretty quickly. OTC antacids were no help really.
"That is an extraordinary moral choice. It is an extraordinary decision. And I think we should remember who it is who is making it."

Let's not forget the name of the minister making these statements...
Even if it's not required, the HMAC construction seem to generally make it much harder to exploit any weaknesses in the hash algorithm. For example SHA-1 is pretty broken by now, but HMAC-SHA1 has proven pretty resilient. (obviously don't use HMAC-SHA1, but it has hung on pretty well considering the state of SHA1)
Are you taking issue with the facts reported in this article, or just taking a generalized swipe at outlets you don't like, and lumping it all under 'journalism'?

Without the reporters at the WSJ, your doctors could be making decisions on your care on the basis of Theranos blood tests.
I've been having a lot of fun with https://kalumajs.org/ recently for silly JS embedded things. It's been great so far, and has a cool little community!

It's a runtime built on top of JerryScript, which has been pretty neat to look into as well: https://jerryscript.net/
Here's how people will learn Unix from here on out - they'll ask the chatbot to teach it to them:

Q "Please provide an outline and course syllabus for a ten-week course on Unix, aimed at undergraduate students in a college-level computer science program, as taught by an expert in Unix operating systems who has comprehensive historical knowledge of their development."

E.g. > "Week 4: Process Control; Process creation and termination; Process states and signals; Job control and background processes"

Need more? Q: "What are the most popular and useful process management tools for a Unix operating system?"

As far as how to read the man pages for any command, for beginners:

Q: "Provide a synopsis of the ps command's man page in a format suitable for a student who is just beginning to learn about process management."

Yes, you still should double-check those commands against the man reference - but think of all the benefits - students can get answers to their questions without having to pay private tutors or run the gauntlet of online forums where their ignorance will result in ridicule and similar unhelpful behavior, e.g. 'just read the man pages and think about it!', and they can ask as many dumb questions as they need to to figure things out, with no fear of embarrassment or humiliation (as long as the ChatGPT logs don't get leaked, I guess...)
>I don't want the people with 6 figure incomes, or current household wealth in the mid 5 figures, given a freebie at the relative expense of others in less fortunate situations.

This is the nuance that we must bring to the discussion. I am pro student debt forgiveness, but in a way that isn’t a massive handout to people like me. I paid off the majority of my student loans with the signing bonus of my second FAANG job. No way would I have any business getting my debt forgiven.
Do named computers also develop traits or personalities? Fragile | sturdy, balky | cooperative, high-maintenance | easygoing, spiteful | nice, etc.? Like, "oh, there goes Icarus again, it's always been contrary."
I did one of these back in 2016. Was great fun. https://blog.jgc.org/2016/06/solving-seti-decrypting-challen...
> transformers are "permutation invariant" by nature

Surely that does not apply to GPT models which use causal masking.
> "Rosenblatt’s perceptron had only one layer, while modern neural networks have millions."
That's actually a super weird implementation. I can hover over a link and open a modal preview, and then hover over a link in that modal to open another modal, ad infinitum. I ended up with 20 modals covering the page, and then moved my mouse a little too much and they all disappeared at once.

Also, if you click on something in the modal, you end up getting redirected to a new page anyways, which kind of supports the anti-modal argument.

OTOH, I like Wikipedia's hover previews just fine, so sometimes they're OK.
Hard to give good advice without the full picture, but here's one potential route:

Look at funding announcements for early-stage start-ups (Seed, Series A) in your city of choice and send them an internship request.

They're likely already in hiring mode, and the bar to entry is lower at a start-up, especially if you're a hard worker. Afterwards, there's a good chance they will extend a full-time offer.
North Atlantic Fellas Organization
they have five usernames... that can narrow down what projects they were associated with pretty quickly to infer if there was something nefarious about them. though it could be entirely unrelated to their activity on pypi and be a trawl for leads based on username similarity from some other messageboard or activity that was used for illegality. though, thinking about it more, that seems legally dubious a reason to be able to get a subpoena issued for. ianal
Sure, DA may not be the major issue on a fully objective level. But his point that "police suck" does not explain why SFPD is so bad relative to other cities still stands. If it's purely a police force problem, what makes SF police different? Genuinely curious if anyone has theories about this besides DA.
There's still no silver bullet
Belarus Turns a Story of Love and Protest into a Tale of Betrayal
I can’t tell if you are trying to roast dart or asking a genuine question
That's a really refreshing and admirable career story, thank you for sharing. I think so many people's problems with their mental wellbeing would dramatically improve if they had a community which fosters the type of 20% work you're describing. Great stuff.
Most of what makes NTFS different than FAT probably doesn't need to be backed up. Complex ACLs, alternative data streams, shadow copies, etc, are largely irrelevant when it comes to making a backup. Just a simple warning "The data being backed up includes alternative data streams. These aren't supported and won't be included in the backup" would suffice.
Yeah, I was outfitting a new team in early 2020 at the same time that COVID hit. For us, it was a pain/expense to get computers and monitors. Everybody was kitting up for WFH so demand was high.
It may be easier on Titan, the gravitational constant is smaller, so less downhole bore pressure.
https://archive.md/zjSqj
> largely discretionary consumption choices that have workable and less-polluting substitutes

You don't get to decide what is discretionary consumption. No hall monitor will ever be elevated to such a role over this planet.

Do you actually want workable less-polluting solutions? Then be against this ban and for electric airplanes which will solve this problem very soon.

> large parts of the world already show significant impact from desertification.

If you got rid of all flights globally, this would not be changing as a result. There are also massive reforestation projects undergoing worldwide and those will continue to gain traction as more land frees up for reclamation by nature and park preserves.

> why should the sustainability transition be performed via centralized tyranny? If people stop spreading misinformation at the behest of vested interests and we develop reliable measures of environmental impacts a democratic society is perfectly capable to make the rational choices

They exaggerate the extent of climate woes in order to cement their own power and luxury. That's most of what it is. The real efforts against climate corruption are in renewables and clean transport. Progress is already at breakneck speed and still climbing on these fronts.

It's the same group of people who were insisting that we need to lockdown and drastically change every aspect of society because of the pandemic. Now mountains of evidence are emerging that not only were the lockdowns mostly unnecessary, they may have been actively harmful more than good.

A democratic society making these changes on its own without over-centralization is as simple a matter as people adhering to the United States Constitution and working together at the community level to build more solar, clean up roads, install EV charging stations, etc. That's already happening. So why is it necessary for France to top-down ban short-haul flights in the name of emissions when that action will hurt quality of life without moving the needle? It's because their motives are impure. Some of them are tyrants-in-waiting.
Kenneth Anger, Dies; Experimental Filmmaker Left a Pop Culture Legacy
Tips have generally been cash, at least in the past. This allows the tips to be collected and never reported for taxes. On paper, a pauper.
I learned the same a few years ago. I have voluntary control of the lower sphincter and clamp down on it when I feel my stomach contents rising or am getting heart burn. Now that I use it more I can mostly control my heartburn.
After trying to convince the Ubuntu petname package maintainer to make the source-code PEP-8 compliant, I went on to build a JavaScript clone based on the spy tools listed in the Vault-7 leak. I called it `nsaname`.

It's much more limited in possible combinations than petname, but it's perfect for naming secret projects.

You can install it with `npm install nsaname`.
Or:

Manpages aren't all the same quality. Look at the manpage for util-linux find(1):

* https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/findutils/find.1.en.htm...

Contrast with the manpage for NetBSD find(1), where something similar to what you mention is in fact the very first example in the EXAMPLES section:

* https://man.netbsd.org/find.1

Compare with the manpage for Illumos find(1), where like util-linux it leaps into -exec and expressions in brackets with the second example:

* https://illumos.org/man/1/find

Then remember that some operating systems come with handbooks and guides, and if one wants a tutorial for beginners, reference doco is not the place to start at all. So next contrast with the SCO UnixWare users guide, which also starts off with find file by name and print:

* http://uw714doc.xinuos.com/en/FD_files/Moving_and_managing_f...

Then remember that GNU has a long-standing antipathy to man pages, and that actually one should have magically known the name "findutils":

* https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find...

And there's also this thing that someone decided to call The Linux Documentation Project which has a book titled _Introduction to Linux_:

* https://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_03.html#sect_0...
I can't remember the story now, but the solution was to put an entrance on the outside of every floor. As the building sinks further, just use the next one up.
I just upgraded my Linux kernel and had major suspend issues due to the XHCI driver. I ended up having to disable the ability for XHCI to wake my machine.

On fedora cinnamon, I was getting random freezes on resume, and momentary freezes on resume on Linux Mint. Disabling the ability for XHCI to wake my machine fixed it.

This sleep() looks like bad code designed to work around a race condition. Perhaps it's related to the issue I had.

This issue was the worst Linux issue I've had in ~10+ years.

(I'm on ryzen first gen cpu)
I've seen enough aviation startups get that far and fail to be pessimistic about those actually getting to production. Though there is hope.
I don't think software gets in the way of getting some experience working on cars. Cars still need their tires rotated, alternators swapped out for new ones, new brake pads, oil changes, refilling liquids and occasionally troubleshooting issues with OBD II. These are are all fairly basic things that don't require an armoir full of tools and can be done on a weekend.
I agree with the author's broader point about being more open to alternative paths into UNIX/hackery/etc. However, I'm not sure that I agree entirely with this statement at the end:

> I’m pretty confident that someone who practices programming strictly as a hobby, less than ten hours a week, will eventually get just as good at it as one of these "fledgling hackers" who doesn’t do anything else with their spare time.

I'm not sure. Maybe, if the fledgling hacker isn't able to use their time effectively and the hobbyist is. But that assumes that very thing the author discussed in the beginning: the hobbyist has some prior foundational experience that allows them to be more effective with their time than the fledgling.

In my experience if you want to excel in any discipline, you have to spend some time at some point deeply-focused on it. If we assume the path to mastery is linear, 10 hrs/week for 10 years (~5000 hours) leaves less time for mastery than 60 hrs/week for 2 years (~6000 hours). In my experience mastery is not linear and makes this calculus even worse for the casual learner. Learnings compound and not all hours of practice are equal in efficacy. The more experience practitioner is likely to be getting more out of the time that they spend.

I do believe, emphatically, in the value of consistent effort over time. I've spent a few years picking up piano, but its 4 hrs/week. My goal with piano is to "be good in 10 years." But still, this to me highlights the gap between casual progress and dedicated effort. One of the main reasons I feel like I'm able to actually make progress with only 4 hr/week is because I have the prior experience of reaching a fairly high level of proficiency playing bass after 20+ years. There were times earlier in my musical study where I spent 30+hrs/week with the bass and built a foundation of musical knowledge and discipline that allows me to be more effective with a lesser time investment on piano now. Even with that prior foundation I don't expect that with 10 years of 4 hrs/week effort that I will be comparable in skill or knowledge to a professional pianist.

I think, based on my experience, that immersing yourself in a subject and making it a major pursuit in your life, taking up a large portion of your waking hours, is qualitatively different than the same amount of time invested over a longer horizon. You make connections faster when the study is top-of-mind. You notice patterns and build up intuitions that you miss when it's more spread out. The path of learning is extremely non-linear, in my experience. Slow and steady is effective, but let's not kid ourselves. If it is sustained, fast and steady is more effective.