katsume3

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by katsume3 6y ago
> Ransoming the data for money? It's acknowledged that some high-profile ransomware attacks had the ulterior motive of wiping data. They used the ransomware as a front and really just wanted to do damage, not make money.
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by katsume3 6y ago
Interesting. It annoys me when hackers tend to do something 'creative' once they're in. Instead of recursively deleting everything (which has the most impact) - they try some novel and boring task which has low impact. The en
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by katsume3 6y ago
Since Bitcoin is not fundamentally private, any attempt to tumble your BTC is fruitless because the Bitcoin blockchain and every transaction is public and transparent. There are even companies like Chainalysis[0] who profit off this fact an
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by katsume3 6y ago
I always found people who use that word online never actually achieve the word's intended purpose, which is to emotionally charge your sentiment. The word is so common place that it has lost all meaning. Using it in the early days you
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by katsume3 6y ago
> If you think tinkering and configuring are fun you should stay as far away as possible from software design You overlook that not giving the user options to configure their systems is bad practice as it can force all manner of dark pat
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by katsume3 6y ago
Oh yeah because Twilio like to be partially responsible for election rigging. Being a dev at Twilio must be an interesting job: you get to witness the erosion of democracy!
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by katsume3 6y ago
At least with Facebook it's harder to do disinformation campaigns as they require a phone number to register, which would mean some outfit like the Russian IRA[0] would need a fuck-tonne of Russian-number phones to do influence operati
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by katsume3 6y ago
I try to train my systems to behave just the way I like them. It's no different than coding: you are bending tech to your will. I don't see the difference in configuring a brand new Virtual Machine and that of coding a new piece o
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by katsume3 6y ago
Well Hitler was known to co-opt and misappropriate esoteric teachings[0] for his own horrible acts. That's the problem with occult teachings; so often they are weaponized for evil deeds. As for enlightenment, it can only be understood
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by katsume3 6y ago
I find myself writing less code these days, not because I'm lazy, but because I can borrow so much already-written code from people now, thanks to things like Github and the Internet in general. I am a firm DRY[0] enthusiast, and also,
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The FBI, the Second Red Scare, and the Folk Singer Who Cooperated(crimereads.com)
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by katsume3 6y ago
My creativity has certainly changed and I'm middle-aged. I find myself constantly trying to make everything as ergonomic as possible. Years of sitting in an office chair has warped my spine, which now means I have to take regular break
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by katsume3 6y ago
> It seems strange that this article does not actually embed the tweets mentioned That's because a tweet can be deleted by the owner of the tweet, and the embed won't show it in the article anymore. Embedding tweets in an artic
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by katsume3 6y ago
How did these seeds get through customs?
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AMD announces CPU and GPU events on October 8th and 28th(twitter.com)
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A Comprehensive Quality Evaluation of Security and Privacy Advice on the Web [pdf](usenix.org)
1 points by katsume3 6y ago|0 comments
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by katsume3 6y ago
> is just avoiding the real work of thinking about yourself and your place in society Well sometimes idioms / proverbs can contradict each other. Take for example the Russian proverb If you try chasing two rabbits, you will en
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by katsume3 6y ago
The Internet has changed how I assimilate knowledge. It has wired my brain to pay attention to soundbites, rather than lofty tomes. This is why I am the proud owner of a large list of various short proverbs & idioms that I have gathered
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NirLauncher – Collection of more than 200 portable utilities from NirSoft(launcher.nirsoft.net)
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by katsume3 6y ago
I find it ironic that this article talks about the user losing out to aggressive (and intrusive) advertising on the web, but presents me with an un-closeable modal window[0] asking me to subscribe to their blog. Note: I have JS disabled by
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by katsume3 6y ago
And more reading on this matter, relevant to CCleaner's supply chain mishap: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-unnerving-supply-chai... Something like Bleachbit seems more reputable, but not necessarily immun
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Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents(theverge.com)
2 points by katsume3 6y ago|0 comments
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by katsume3 6y ago
How small can you make a QR code until it can't be scanned by a phone?
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by katsume3 6y ago
Also relevant: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/malicious/pape... https://digital-forensics.sans.org/media/analyzing-malicious... Malicious PDFs are still around, even today
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by katsume3 6y ago
Which is why you need to cultivate a zen-like calm when dealing with them, otherwise they will hurt you
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by katsume3 6y ago
I never renew domains. I just let them expire after a year and register a new one in its place. The web is ephemeral in nature anyway and that's why I do it. Then you have the ten-year time window limit to deal with, and who even knows
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by katsume3 6y ago
Interesting you say this, because I've seen many side projects on Github that have 'Made with love' in the footer. This typically means the project was crafted lovingly and with care (Something that can be absent when softw
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by katsume3 6y ago
I never had a trip that inspired me to do something very creative. I mean the will to create something psychedelic was there, and I done some brightly colored doodles in my notebook, but that was about it. Also psychedelics for me rarely tr
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by katsume3 6y ago
Also relevant: https://copyblogger.com/digital-sharecropping/
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Denmark's vegan party says it has enough support to run for parliament(euronews.com)
6 points by katsume3 6y ago|1 comments

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