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drewmol··on North Korean hackers stole a record $1.7B of crypto last year
I’d like to think that if it was from NK, it would likely be MAD of NK, but not all of Asia. If China was attacked for instance, they have the capabilities to ensure MAD of any other nation or all of them, via a network of nuclear armed submarines - from undetectable locations - even after the nuclear destruction of their mainland. This makes it pretty unlikely for another nation to fire nuclear weapons into China.
drewmol··on North Korean hackers stole a record $1.7B of crypto last year
Any good sources on what it’s actually like?
drewmol··on TabFS – a browser extension that mounts the browser tabs as a filesystem
I also use an MX Master (2S), and wish I would have switched sooner. It can connect to 3 devices (via Bluetooth or USB receivers) with a button on the bottom to switch, and an “infinite” scroll wheel with multiple modes, which is awesome!
drewmol··on GoldenEye 007: the beloved classic that reshaped video games
No but in combination, license to kill + slappers only was truly novel.
drewmol··on What's the right UX for an expired certificate?
The CA signing provides different levels of validation. DV (Domain validation) certificates require demonstration of control over the dns record(s) to the CA, ensuring the (IP address) server responding to your request has demonstrated control of the domain name by which you addressed it, to the CA.

Let’s say your local dns is poisoned to resolve to a nefarious server at a specific IP address for ss64.com, that server’s certificate won’t be signed by a CA (unless they also controlled ss64.com’s dns records, in which case there would have be no need to poison your local dns). Your connection to this server can still be encrypted via a certificate, but the CA won’t be providing validation of their identity or affiliation with the real ss64.com.

drewmol··on An unorthodox scholar uses technology to expose Biblical forgeries
Good analogy, obviously if unicorns could fly humans would never have killed them all off.
drewmol··on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal
Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if they were asleep in the video and that’s what Google still had issue with. Perhaps not but if so, it would explain things a bit better.
drewmol··on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal
Google seemed to review the images and determine they were for the reason he explained, but the video of his wife naked in the bed with his son seemed to be what was still considered an issue. Perhaps they were asleep while he filmed the video?
drewmol··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
Yes banks have fidelity bonds called bankers blanket bonds (BBB) which cover losses from fraud, theft, etc. The FDIC doesn’t ensure against robbery, identity theft(banking fraud), etc. so this is an important protection for banks to provide.
drewmol··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
Do you think it’s at all likely they were able to exfiltrate the keys or escalate privileges by pushing the malicious update? It’s not an iOS or android update from my understanding, just an update to the backend/content server.
drewmol··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
Here’s my understanding:

In Christianity, god extorts adherence through the revelation that there’s eternal life after death and the threat of eternal damnation as punishment for insubordination. The requirements to enter Heaven are acknowledgment and acceptance of Jesus’ crucifixion as atonement for your transgressions (and possibly repentance).

In Islam, god extorts adherence through the revelation that there’s eternal life after death and the threat of eternal damnation as punishment for insubordination. The requirements to enter Paradise are not explicitly defined (aside possibly through dying in a Jihad) so strict adherence is arguable more crucial than in Christianity.

In Scientology, god extorts adherence by eliciting confessions of past transgressions on videotaped counseling sessions and threatening public exposure for insubordination, among other tactics.

drewmol··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
And their means both as determined by their doctrine and expressed by their history vary greatly. In the US religions have been legally defined (a subject of much debate historically) as they are given tax and regulatory exemptions and often public funding. Here’s a good read on the topic from 1969:

https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3...

I’m curious, are there specific ones your referring to, or do you consider all mainstream denominations of Christianity cults?

drewmol··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
The US government is made up of 4 religions: Democrat, Republican, MAGA and Bernie Sanders.
drewmol··on Engineers are exploring radical new designs for commercial planes
Cut a hole for cups to sit in on the back edge of the tray tables?
drewmol··on Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring
I’d be ok with a KYC law for the exoskeletons, if that becomes a problem
drewmol··on Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring
largest single attack on a civilian target in history?

Japan would like to have a word with you.

drewmol··on The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know the Answer
Adapted from the game defined in the paper: The cell probe complexity of succinct data structures.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030439750...

drewmol··on Your phone may soon replace many of your passwords
You can port to google voice for cheap, but you definitely can’t count on google offering that service forever.
drewmol··on An engineered barley plant that ‘orders’ soil bacteria to manufacture fertiliser
Care to elaborate? Roundup ready crops have glyphosate resistance which allows for broad application of the herbicide on a field to kill off unwanted other crops, weeds, while not harming the crops with genetically engineered resistance. Otherwise, the application of herbicide would need to be targeted to only the unwanted plants, which is a more labor intensive process. Unless I’m misunderstanding something?
drewmol··on An engineered barley plant that ‘orders’ soil bacteria to manufacture fertiliser
Worth noting, the increase in desiccation practices, to prepare crops for a more scheduled harvest is also leading to a huge increase in glyphosate usage. It’s used high concentrations on crops at the last stage of crop growth just prior to harvest, in expectation of dry conditions which are ideal for harvesting, among other benefits.

https://ensia.com/features/glyphosate-drying/

drewmol··on An engineered barley plant that ‘orders’ soil bacteria to manufacture fertiliser
Slight correction, it leads to loads of herbicide usage (glyphosate). The process of desiccation also leads to loads of glyphosate being used just prior to harvest, on non ‘Roundup Ready’ (glyphosate resistant) crops, which may be worse as it doesn’t get rinsed off since it’s used in the drying phase. See: https://ensia.com/features/glyphosate-drying/
drewmol··on Sam Altman’s Worldcoin promised them free crypto for an eyeball scan
I sometimes downvote comments about voting to help enforce moderation. What I think is interesting about the topic of commenting on voting on comments is that the vast majority of my downvotes are fat finger mistakes while scrolling.
drewmol··on Sam Altman’s Worldcoin promised them free crypto for an eyeball scan
Because in our current environment, a data breach of your government issued ID can have more negative real world consequences through various forms of identity theft than a data breach of your retina can.
drewmol··on Eastern Antarctica sees record temperatures 70 degrees above normal
Isn't it more like < -2 Celcius ambient temperature, since it's sea water?
drewmol··on Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases
I tried you hn handle on Reddit it says user does not exist.
drewmol··on Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases
I have some records that are sealed, but show up in this database. So there are records that were once ‘public’ but are no more, but this database makes them public again.
drewmol··on Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases
I recently had some criminal charges expunged, and I notice they show up here. Is there any way to request removal of court records which are no longer publicly available from the originating court?
drewmol··on New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud cars
Seems difficult to prove where the sound came from. Couldn’t one contest it and say “that wasn’t my car, it was a different vehicle making the violating noise”? Unless you’re the only vehicle on the road it seems more difficult to prove than, say, red light cameras.
drewmol··on 3D reproduction of TSA Master keys (2016)
I’ve heard traveling with a flare gun checked in your luggage allows for standard lock usage, which will require you be present for bag searches (at lease domestically, US). Not what you are asking for but a cleaver ‘hack’ non the less.
drewmol··on The Kobayashi Maru of comparing dates with times
True
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