as south European, I expect some volunteers for a planetary "touch balls"
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Then, about two years ago, it all stopped. Everything I submit is visible only to me, even on /newest. No points, ever — not even a solid, non-partisan piece from The Guardian.
Esse est percipi. — Berkeley. What no one can perceive does not exist.
Sono cominciate a scomparire le lucciole. — Pasolini, Il vuoto di potere in Italia, 1975. The fireflies began to disappear.
Of course the moderators and their algorithm are free to do as they please: it's their yard.
Il faut cultiver notre jardin. — Voltaire. So I went off to cultivate mine.
"Albanese" is the second name of the Australian Prime Minister
I did not really get how music is produced, and what is the real difference from some random choice... but the effect is impressive
(now I understand why cloudflare, had to?, change the name of their warp)
Very proud of their work, and kudos for affecting how the world is handling information and their will to do good
Super clear now, thank you.
When will this be available into HN, too ?
Title: Built: Second City Citation — A Live Chicago Parking Ticket Tracker - Zayyan Faizal
Second City Citation is a project that tracks Chicago parking tickets by reverse-engineering the city's public payment and verification web portals. The city's parking payment API was found to be insecure, as it fails to verify hCaptcha tokens on the backend, rendering the UI-based security ineffective. Accessing the city's internal ticket data requires an authorization token obtained through a secondary security endpoint, which revealed poor implementation of RESTful standards. Parking violation images provided by the city contain metadata, such as officer IDs and exact locations, which can be extracted using OCR technology. Ticket distribution patterns are inconsistent because enforcement officers frequently skip ticket IDs during shifts, breaks, or when moving between zones. Ticket ID allocation is not strictly sequential, as the API returns 422 errors when boundaries of assigned ticket blocks are reached. The developer successfully mapped ticket data by using intelligent scanning algorithms that group active tickets into bands based on ID proximity and recency. The project utilizes an automated scanner that manages hot, warm, and cold exploration intervals to identify and track new ticket ranges efficiently. To manage infrastructure costs, the project was deployed on a self-hosted server using Debian and Coolify, secured by Cloudflare Tunnels and Access. Despite the city attempting to block the server's IP and adding CAPTCHAs to image viewers, the developer maintains the tracker by bypassing these security measures.
I'm attracted but of course need big figures before moving my colleagues there
I would compare it to the number of lawyers over population
:(
it looks great, but too new of course: waiting for others'feeds
coming from us westpoint military academy :(