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ryanlol··on Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is ‘Almost Certain,' Cyber Expert Says
Yeah a variety of clowns keep posting this same conspiracy theory over and over, but the fact is that the House testimony does not in any way support your claim

> His company's top officers lied to the public during the campaign in 2016 (and ever since) that the DNC servers was hacked by the Russian Government

The only real takeaway from your links is that crowdstrike does not have pcaps showing data exfiltration.

ryanlol··on Grindr €6.5M fined for not collecting users’ valid consent for sharing data
As if grindr doesn’t collect any payments in Europe or have executives who enjoy their ability to travel.
ryanlol··on An interview that disappeared – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
>The link between [redacted], the Israeli state intelligence services and the Israeli Defence Force is not a tenuous one

>One of the directors of Carbyne is [redacted]. The chairman of the board of directors is Ehud Barak, the 10th Prime Minister of Israel

She’s a director of a company with a former PM on the board, pretty sure this is exactly the kind of a link that normal sane people would consider “tenuous”.

ryanlol··on Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is ‘Almost Certain,' Cyber Expert Says
None of your sources support the claims you made regarding Crowdstrike.
ryanlol··on The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse
> Pollard the traitor is a hero to Israel

Well… obviously? How else could Israel treat him?

ryanlol··on US returns $154M in bitcoins stolen by Sony employee
You are seriously overestimating the capabilities of blockchain analysis tools.
ryanlol··on US returns $154M in bitcoins stolen by Sony employee
And who’s to say they weren’t? It’s perfectly feasible to subvert AML procedures by providing fake documents.
ryanlol··on US returns $154M in bitcoins stolen by Sony employee
> Because the fiat was easily recoverable in the traditional financial system

This is a downright lie, I’m not sure why people keep repeating it. Doesn’t stand to the least bit of scrutiny, BEC schemes are stealing billions and billions via the traditional financial system. Once that money gets sent overseas, nothing is easy.

ryanlol··on Woman says she was virtually 'groped' in Facebook's VR metaverse
Suggesting that “chad_stevens” is engaged in these abusive behaviours just because he doesn’t agree with the perhaps-exaggerated tone of the article is taking it a bit far, don’t you think?

Perhaps he’s just a normal person who likes to play games and doesn’t do anything creepy? I think it’s perfectly normal for people to react negatively when their previously quiet private clubhouses are attracting attention like this.

ryanlol··on Woman says she was virtually 'groped' in Facebook's VR metaverse
Outside of the internet, I feel like I’m far more likely to hear stuff like that from women than men.
ryanlol··on Maryland hasn't updated Covid case data for 15 days due to a security incident
Indeed, there is simply no excuse for the lockdowns to extend beyond mom and grandma.

Restrictions focused at me, a healthy vaccinated under-30 yo male aren’t helping anyone.

ryanlol··on Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?
Move somewhere more expensive :) There are a places in the world where 7.5 million euros won’t get you far.

It really sounds ridiculous, but having something to aspire to goes a long way toward bringing that drive back.

ryanlol··on “Imagine If Doctors Relied on Google as Much as Programmers Do”
(they do)
ryanlol··on Google Sues Glupteba botnet [pdf]
> it's recently happen to owner of local cybersecurity company Group-IB

Charged with treason for aiding foreign intelligence agencies, odds are he was working with the FBI and is guilty as charged.

Group-IB was kind of famous for causing problems, it’s surprising it took as long as it did for the government to crack down.

ryanlol··on BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
acpid is probably the easiest way to accomplish this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/acpid
ryanlol··on BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
Of course, but this won’t be easy with commodity hardware. Standard practice is to use write-blockers to prevent this kind of tricks, but of course you can prevent write-blockers by integrating your storage.

I think you could get a pixel phone to do this in a useful way.

ryanlol··on BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
I’ve just been using a wristband made out of cheap headphones plugged into a 3.5mm jack, acpi event triggers the shutdown.
ryanlol··on Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same aluminium one
An active lifestyle and a disdain for phone cases gets you there.

The iPhone SE is indestructible, I have a few of them. Never managed to break one.

ryanlol··on Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same aluminium one
With recent iphones I’ve yet to have one that didn’t already have cracks on the back glass around the time applecare was about to end, that seems to immediately qualify for a device replacement.

Also, doesn’t applecare+ cover scratches and dents anyway? They’d probably swap out a perfectly functional phone over minor damage if you insist, never tried that though.

ryanlol··on Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same aluminium one
> 3. Sell it the moment the AppleCare runs out on eBay. Don’t part exchange it.

If you destroy the device a day before AppleCare runs out you can swap it for a brand new one, easier to sell.

ryanlol··on GS Quant
The Federal Reserve Bank?
ryanlol··on Leaving Quora after 10 years of answering questions
The original version without weird censorship that made the text really difficult to read:

“Let me tell you what Quora really is: Quora is the plaything of a couple of toddler lucktards who, not content with having somehow pocketed generational wealth by the age of 25, felt obliged to bestow upon us the be-all, end-all: the world’s “best source for knowledge.” I’m serious about that shit – it’s their actual tagline. Not the writings of Isaac Newton nor the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Not the dozens of pre-existing question-and-answer sites. Not Wikipedia – a publicly-curated, global encyclopedia containing more than 25 million articles on literally every subject known to man. Not even, fuck, the very rise of the Internet itself – unarguably the greatest explosion of information delivery and content creation in history. No, these were but stepping stones for the unadulterated perfected brilliance that Charlie Cheever and Adam D'Angelo bequeathed in the form of Quora. Inimitable, quintessential Quora.”

It’s easy to guess what “f**k” means, but f** is just confusing. And how is anyone supposed to guess what “luck**” could mean?

ryanlol··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
This looks like a fairly naive trading bot, not “selling in a malicious way”.
ryanlol··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
Of course it all comes down to some equally hilarious technical analysis :)
ryanlol··on Keanu Reeves Thinks NFTs Are a Joke
This isn’t a news article, it’s a blog post.
ryanlol··on California is the only state to hide its spending – nearly $300B a year
No, I think it would be hilarious if a firefighter working in central London could afford a house there.

It’s not necessarily normal to live in a house. It certainly shouldn’t be normal in cities.

ryanlol··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
This is kind of hilarious. They seem to be upset that the miners are selling their coins and therefore are sabotaging the cryptocurrency by pushing the price down.
ryanlol··on Assange judge is 40-year ‘good friend’ of minister who orchestrated his arrest
There’s no universe in which Assange deserves the treatment he would receive in the US no matter how bad of a guy he is.
ryanlol··on DocuSign Shares Plunge 42%
You’re utterly confused. Non-notarized paper signatures or apple preview signatures are obviously a questionable practice.

They’re still legally binding, but not binding evidence. If there’s a dispute regarding the authenticity of the signature, that’ll require unnecessary litigation that would have been avoided by using a notary or an accepted cryptographic signature. (Or simply a video recording of both parties agreeing to the contract, this is really flexible)

Let me quote your original comment:

> I just had this conversation with my lawyer, in the Netherlands, and probably most or Europe, signing digitally is not legally binding. I’m sure this will be different for different jurisdictions.

This is completely wrong, you are 100% bound by a contract you signed with Preview.app. Does that mean it’s a good practice? No.

> it’s not a good practice and there’s no guarantee it will be accepted on its own.

See, this is completely different from your original claim. I’m not sure why you are continuing with this bullshit, I think we both know that your original comment was incorrect.

ryanlol··on DocuSign Shares Plunge 42%
The fact that you presumably emailed the document back to them leaves a huge forensic trail.
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