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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
> The peninsula was captured by Israel during the 1967 Middle East War and only returned to Egypt after the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1979. It seems likely that the Egyptian government is trying to promote migration and deve
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
The text with the code shows another step.
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
>> What kind of government would use their statutory authority to shut down an airport when there is a risk to the planes? It could be either an incompetent government or an authoritarian government that is trying to militarize certai
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
What danger?
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
WTF? The FAA announces a ban on all flights at an international airport and then withdraws the ban within a few hours of the announcement? What kind of insane police state would try a stunt like that? Even for the Trump administration, that
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
To add context to the discussion, it is important to recall that Discord was reported to have recently filed paperwork with the SEC for an IPO [1]. Thus it seems likely that the real reason for the age verification (i.e., user identificatio
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by diogenes_atx 8mo ago
This may be a DNS issue. I had the same problem with NextDNS. After switching my DNS servers to Cloud Flare DNS (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1), it works fine.
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ICE surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties(pbs.org)
9 points by diogenes_atx 9mo ago|0 comments
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by diogenes_atx 9mo ago
https://archive.is/Fi2il
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by diogenes_atx 9mo ago
For a detailed discussion about phones, personal data and anonymity, there is a good book written by a former police officer: Michael Bazzell (2024) Extreme Privacy: What It Takes To Disappear , fifth edition. https://www.amazon
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by diogenes_atx 9mo ago
An article published in Saturday's edition of the Mexican newspaper La Jornada provides more details about the cause of the crash. The article is in Spanish; here are some of the main points, translated into English: 1. According to
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Secret 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro(nypost.com)
24 points by diogenes_atx 9mo ago|6 comments
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by diogenes_atx 9mo ago
https://archive.is/h8Pcg
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Life on Tel Aviv's Streets(haaretz.com)
3 points by diogenes_atx 9mo ago|2 comments
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by diogenes_atx 10mo ago
A Google search using the terms "did the CIA claim there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in 2003?" yields the following information: The CIA and the Bush administration claimed Iraq possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (
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by diogenes_atx 10mo ago
Well in that case, the CIA is not merely stupid and incompetent, it's deliberately evil. How many innocent civilians were slaughtered in Iraq during the American occupation?
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by diogenes_atx 10mo ago
No surprise here. The geniuses at the CIA failed to anticipate the fall of the Soviet Union, ignored the warning signs about 9/11, and falsely claimed there were "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq during the American invas
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
I lived on the west coast for 15 years, mostly in California, and in my experience Comcast/Xfinity is one of the worst companies I have ever encountered as a consumer. Not only is the service unreliable, the company tries to slap you w
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
Useful site to see what info your browser is giving out: https://amiunique.org/
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It's the 'most important fish in the sea.' And it's disappearing(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by diogenes_atx 11mo ago|2 comments
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
https://archive.is/KuvMT
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
Here in Austin, the city council no longer allows Flock ALPR's (automated license plate readers) on city streets, but Home Depot and other businesses still use them in their parking lots, and they scan your vehicle license plate every
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
Why are you so opposed to CloudFlare? It's not perfect, but definitely better than Google and most ISP's... You might try an experiment to see if you are able to reach the archive.ph domain with CloudFlare, if only to see if DNS i
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Former Trump Official to Lead Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Group(gizmodo.com)
11 points by diogenes_atx 11mo ago|0 comments
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by diogenes_atx 11mo ago
What is your DNS sever? You might try Cloudflare for DNS (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1), it has good privacy and works with archive.is
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by diogenes_atx 1y ago
https://archive.is/siaDH
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by diogenes_atx 1y ago
I downloaded the checksums and the ISO image from the Xubuntu website: https://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu-cdimage/xubuntu/releas... This url is on the main Xubuntu website, under "Xubuntu 24.04": clic
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by diogenes_atx 1y ago
I ran the checksum for the current ISO file of the full Xubuntu desktop version on the Xubuntu website, and the checksum appears to be valid. https://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu-cdimage/xubuntu/releas... [user@h
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Israeli Spyware Vendor NSO Group Reportedly Sells to U.S. Company(gizmodo.com)
15 points by diogenes_atx 1y ago|0 comments
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Biden Spared 37 Killers from Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment(wsj.com)
4 points by diogenes_atx 1y ago|6 comments

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