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swatkat··on Cisco Got Attacked by Yanluowang Ransomware Gang
Blogspam.
swatkat··on Swami Rama: Voluntary control over involuntary states
An excerpt from Beyond Biofeedback by Elmer & Alyce Green, 1977 Knoll Publishing Co., Chapter II: Self-regulation: East and West, pp. 197 - 218.: https://www.swamij.com/pdf/swami-rama-beyond-biofeedback.pdf

"... The record shows that the temperature began going up at both locations on the palm of his hand, and then the thermistor went down to where it had been but the W thermistor kept increasing in temperature until it reached 95F. Eventually the two thermistors were 11F apart, an increase of 9F over the original temperature difference. The Swami told us that this differential control of temperature in one hand was one of the most difficult things that he had learned to do, more difficult than stopping his heart. That seemed unlikely to me at first, but on thinking about it I realized that the neural controls over the radial and ulnar arteries in the wrist and over the arterial shunts in the hand probably were located within a few millimeters of each other in a section of the central nervous system. The Swamiís demonstration showed exquisite differential control over this normally uncontrolled piece of the neural apparatus..."

swatkat··on Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chipotle
https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1454861081021587456

"STATUS UPDATE: Roblox is incrementally opening the website to groups of users and will continue to open up to more over the course of the day..."

swatkat··on Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhREYOK0oo
swatkat··on The curious case of fake NASA geniuses
Yes, we do see these "prodigies" pop up from time to time in India. Reminds me of Ankit Fadia[0] from the 2000s and more recently of "Drone" Prathap[1]. These charlatans get their airtime mostly because of severe lack of due diligence by media.

[0]https://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ankit_fadia/

[1]https://www.opindia.com/2020/07/drone-boy-scientist-prathap-...

swatkat··on The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune diseases
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmunity

” Autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells, tissues and other body normal constituents.”

swatkat··on Instagram Has Become SkyMall
This reads like a subliminal message from John Carpenter’s “They Live”. I hope it’s sarcasm :)
swatkat··on Soviet Venus Images (2004)
Indian space agency, ISRO, is planning for a Venus mission in 2026: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukrayaan-1
swatkat··on Review broken products instead of new ones
Looks like they used this site to generate boilerplate Terms of Use: https://www.termsofusegenerator.net/

Same text is used by quite a few websites: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Netherlands+County%2C+Californi...

swatkat··on How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap
There's a phrase for that - "Big in Japan"[0]. Many 80s one-hit-wonders of the west were big in Japan (or any other eastern countries).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(phrase)

swatkat··on Bitcoin paper wallet generator bitcoinwalletpaper.com leaks private key
Did you intend to use https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com instead of https://bitcoinwalletpaper.com?

The former site “looks” legit (one can never be sure though) while the latter looks like phishing scam.

swatkat··on Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
Do you have any source that confirms lost Cs-137 has caused this?
swatkat··on Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-pradesh-eluru-m...

On the role of organochlorine in being the disease-triggering agent, an official told PTI, “Mostly yes, but we are waiting for the laboratory report (for confirmation).

swatkat··on Pravaig Extinction, an electric car designed in Bengaluru
Few more links:

https://pravaig.com/

https://www.evoindia.com/news/pravaig-extinction-electric-ca...

swatkat··on Show HN: Ugliest.app – Ugly but good app platform
Safari on iOS 14.1 started throwing “Deceptive website” warning for the domain. It worked fine (i.e. no warning) an hour ago.
swatkat··on Wim Hof breathing technique can modulate immune response to pathogens (2014)
Alternative title: Reseller of Pranayama.

I'd suggest to check out Anuloma-Viloma, Kapalbhati, and Bhastrika. All amazing Pranayama methods and breathing exercises.

Anuloma-Viloma is very easy and very powerful, helps reducing anxiety and stress levels.

swatkat··on Cisco ordered to pay US$1.9B in US patent lawsuit, has pledged appeal
"The infringing functionality was added to their accused products post June 20, 2017, and resulted in a dramatic increase in sales which Cisco touted in both technical and marketing documents," he added.

Looks like “Encrypted Traffic Analytics” is the functionality in question.

https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&a...

swatkat··on Byju’s moderators on Quora manipulate questions
More Byju’s and Whitehat Jr alleged scams: https://www.reddit.com/r/whiteHatSr/comments/j0q57f/byjus_th...
swatkat··on You're enlightened – now what?
I guess they meant Jiddu. But, that statement works for both.
swatkat··on How to Drive on Sand Without Getting Stuck (2017)
And, what to do if you get stuck: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_9mmajFmVcc
swatkat··on The technical interview is an ego trip
>> We want you to be confident...

Who is this “we”?

swatkat··on Engineer admits he wiped 456 Cisco WebEx VMs from AWS after leaving
I believe his current employer (Stitch Fix) is willing to keep him employed, not his ex-employer (Cisco).
swatkat··on Japan’s Entry in Flying-Car Race Takes to the Air
Looks like a worthy competitor of Moller Skycar /s
swatkat··on Sandboxie-Plus – a fork of Sandboxie with improved functionality
There's another Sandboxie fork here: https://github.com/sandboxie

As per this[1] post, it's going to be a continuation of existing Sandboxie without major changes. And, it's going to have signed driver.

[1] https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/sandboxie-technologi...

swatkat··on What Does 1GB of Mobile Data Cost in Every Country?
Test methodology can be found here (they do touch upon unlimited data aspect): https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.cable.co.uk/mobile...
swatkat··on What Does 1GB of Mobile Data Cost in Every Country?
There's a table down below if you scroll down. Also, this study was taken from here: https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/

You can read test methodology here: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.cable.co.uk/mobile...

swatkat··on What Does 1GB of Mobile Data Cost in Every Country?
Original study is from here: https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/

You can read test methodology here: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.cable.co.uk/mobile...

swatkat··on What Does 1GB of Mobile Data Cost in Every Country?
Most of the operators in India have nationwide 4G-LTE with pretty good speed.
swatkat··on Rocket Lab vehicle lost during second stage burn on 13th mission
There are a few companies such as Spaceflight[1] that partner with launch providers such as ISRO[2][3] to offer rideshare and dedicated launches at much cheaper prices.

[1] https://spaceflight.com/pricing/

[2] https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers

[3] https://www.nsilindia.co.in/launch-services

swatkat··on India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps
>> From a neutral POV, China has only 'invaded' some islands.

You should read about China's antics in African countries.

https://qz.com/on/china-in-africa/

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