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FlynnLivesMattron AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1

How did the call go?

FlynnLivesMattron A liver transplant from start to finish

Relevant recent HN discussion on "Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023)" [0]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45604779

FlynnLivesMattron A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

I agree, this sounds a bit too stretched. Or maybe they were looking for any excuse under the sun to get someone off what could have been an overbooked flight. But just saying the two words "heart attack" would not be enough

FlynnLivesMattron A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

If you move to an empty seat to prevent WiFi signal strength triangulation, and assuming the cabin has no cameras, you didn't auth to the network with identifiable information, actually encrypt your Xray proxy connection (which OP didn't), and you have MAC randomization on, there's next to no way the airliner would be able (or even care) to identify that you did what was described in the article. Sure, they could use DPI and behavioral analysis to detect you were misusing the network, but if they're doing that, they would just block this sort of "backdoor" from the get-go.

I'll echo the article's disclaimer: This reply is intended solely for educational and research purposes. I affirm the strict adherence to all relevant regulations and service terms.

FlynnLivesMattron California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing

It's even worse than that now. In privacy circles, it is widely advised to not enable Do Not Track headers, as they are rarely respected and are actually unsurprisingly and commonly used as an additional identifier/data point during browser fingerprinting—in effect, making you less tracked if you deselect "Do Not Track" and more tracked if you enable "Do Not Track."

FlynnLivesMattron Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024)

Hey Carl! This is the first I'm hearing of Obscura. After doing a deep dive into your product, it looks to be a very fascinating privacy tool. However, I'm concerned with your operating under US jurisdiction, as detailed by others here:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/20059-obscura-vpn-and-mullv...

While I understand potentially not wanting to incorporate in the EU (with Chat Control on the horizon) nor Switzerland (due to their own non-EU-related privacy backslide), why still select the US, which historically other privacy tools have largely avoided? It feels like you're already shooting yourself in the foot, whereas you'd be good in the EU should Chat Control not pass. While it's great that you verifiably can't see a user's internet traffic, you're one US court order away from a forced compromising of the service for a user (or at least, giving up the connecting IP). Historically, EU court orders have been easier and more transparently fought by privacy tools.

Non sequitur, it would be great if you prioritized accepting Monero as payment, like your exit hop Mullvad. Also, how much control do we have over the features Mullvad offers (e.g. DAITA, quantum resistance, DNS filters, IPv6, integration with Mullvad Browser)?

FlynnLivesMattron Belgian startup Magnax has found a way to mass-produce the axial-flux motor

> "One of our designs has a peak power density of around 15 kilowatts per kilogram. Compare that with today’s motors, such as the one in the all-electric BMW i3, which delivers a peak power density of 3 kW/kg—or just one-fifth as much. And the Magnax machine is also more efficient."

It will be interesting to see how Moore's law will materialize in EVs. Understanding that the majority of time and effort spent in the automobile industry has been aimed towards combustion engine design as opposed to electric motors, it will be equally interesting to follow the efficiencies to be discovered in the imminent future, taking into consideration how blazing quick they already are today.