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kefson The Gorgon Stare, a military drone-surveillance technology

From a previous comment of mine:

Gorgon Stare was featured in PBS Nova Rise of the Drones (2013)

Skip to 30m mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP_T45UG1-o?t=30m29s

kefson DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

  >>> They "trust me"

  >>> Dumb fucks

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

kefson San Diego Implemented City-Wide Streetlight Surveillance

Gorgon Stare was featured in PBS Nova Rise of the Drones (2013)

Skip to 30m mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP_T45UG1-o?t=30m29s

kefson CDC Food Safety Alert: E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce

Same strain in spinach back in 2006 as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_American_E._coli_O1...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09...

kefson Press Warned about USB Fan Given Out at Trump-Kim Summit

A real risk indeed.

> Take, for example, when they intercept shipping deliveries. If a target person, agency or company orders a new computer or related accessories, for example, TAO can divert the shipping delivery to its own secret workshops. The NSA calls this method interdiction. At these so-called "load stations," agents carefully open the package in order to load malware onto the electronics, or even install hardware components that can provide backdoor access for the intelligence agencies. All subsequent steps can then be conducted from the comfort of a remote computer.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-nsa-uses-powe...

kefson Madison Square Garden Has Used Face-Scanning Technology on Customers

2001 Superbowl (pre 9/11) crowd scanned for "possible terrorists" and "identified 19 people thought to be wanted on outstanding warrants for misdemeanors."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/04/us/tampa-scans-the-faces-i...

kefson Ask HN: What have you achieved in 2016?

I finally updated PoopLog for Android after 3+ years..

https://www.pooplog.xyz/

https://medium.com/@kefsco/i-finally-updated-pooplog-for-and...

kefson Nvidia CEO: We'll be solving VR immersion problems for the next 20 years

Google's recent unveiling of Daydream at IO is aiming for that reality.

https://vr.google.com/daydream/

kefson Bob Ross's Strange Afterlife

Here's the final episode after the initial run on twitch.tv, along with chat reaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHNhQGcXxs

kefson Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight

The Talk section of the Wiki article lists the many problems with that list.. You really should stop citing it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_unsuccessful_terr...

kefson HTTP/2 technology demo

Here's a fun overview video explanation of HTTP/2 from the other day..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2Ug2GySCg

kefson 3-D Printer Firms Fall Flat, as Buyers Wait for New Models

It would appear Consumer 3D Printing is still in the 'Trough of Disillusionment' phase of the Hype Cycle.

https://i.imgur.com/tx3c3Pz.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

https://www.gartner.com/doc/3100228

kefson Ask HN: What is wrong with my resume and portfoilo?

Yes, I would. Typos on github readmes and HN posts are trivial, however, any blemish on a site built solely to showcase accomplishments, skills, experience, and attributes, regardless of how small the blemish is, reflects negatively on the author. Of all sites, this site should be top-notch.

As for your PS, yes.

kefson Ask HN: What is wrong with my resume and portfoilo?

I think he is referring to your text at the top of this post, as it is not proper English.

As another data point, I would disregard your application immediately upon being asked to 'Sing In' and 'Sing Up', which is clearly a rookie typo/shows a lack of attention to detail.

https://i.imgur.com/Pwwmsda.png

Regardless of what anyone says, keep going at it and get better every day.

kefson Ask HN: How frequent do you rewrite from scratch?

Some possibly relevant reading..

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

https://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/6268/when-is...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewrite_%28programming%29

kefson Ask HN: Help I'm building my hardest software project yet. Struggling

It sounds like you're just struggling while on your way to your own 'black triangle' moment.. It's a good thing! The reward is totally worth it!

http://rampantgames.com/blog/?p=7745

kefson Inside Google's Secret War Against Ad Fraud

WinLister, from the article..

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winlister.html

kefson Lily – Drone camera

http://www.uasamericafund.com/assets/micro-uav-safety-analys...

kefson Cops: We Need Rights More Than You, Citizen

Take the word "overseer," like a sample

Repeat it very quickly in a crew, for example

Overseer, overseer, overseer, overseer

Officer, officer, officer, officer

Yeah, officer from overseer

You need a little clarity, check the similarity

http://genius.com/Krs-one-sound-of-da-police-lyrics

kefson Ask HN: What newsletters do you read every day or week?

Android Weekly (for devs): http://androidweekly.net/

kefson Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You

Ghostery.. do yourself a favour and install it after reading this.

https://www.ghostery.com/en/download

kefson M7.9 Earthquake in Nepal

reddit live thread: https://www.reddit.com/live/usqod2db8ogh

kefson Facebook Chats Are Being Scanned by a CIA Funded Company?

Same with Skype chats. Discussion from 700 days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5704574

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-M...

kefson NSA Spy Cam Blocker

Relevant GCHQ/NSA Program for looking at your webcam dick pics..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_Nerve_%28GCHQ%29

kefson Canada's CSE cyberwarfare toolbox revealed

The Intercept write-up:

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/23/canada-cse-hac...

One of the documents (PDF, 46 pages):

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1690...

kefson How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

If you add pws=0 to your querystring, it'll search without personalization. Actually, there are other factors at play too [1], but that alone should work well enough.

1: http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google

kefson With Snowden in the background, privacy takes a back seat to security

reddit user /u/161719 explains the harmful effects of government surveillance and dispels the "i have nothing to hide" argument.

https://np.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_belie...

bestof: https://np.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2aoig4/u161719_expla...

kefson New Revelations U.S. Tracked Americans’ Calls for Over a Decade

While searching for a non-paywalled version, I stumbled on this gem from 9 years ago..

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-ns...

kefson Filezilla at SourceForge is malware

I haven't trusted anything from SourceForge since they were compromised 4 years ago, regardless of their 'data validation'.

https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-attack-full-report/