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by kweks 7y ago
Bypasses Turkish government blocks on Wikipedia etc, which I hadn't been able to figure out even with google/CF over HTTPS. Awesome!
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by kweks 7y ago
Strict social codes ? Dangerous ? Your friend might have been been pulling your leg (or taking himself too seriously..) There are no social codes. That's the appeal of the catacombs. The space imposes no rules or structure. It is a bu
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by kweks 7y ago
The vast, vast majority of people go with LEDs. Light is important in the catacombs, so it's no surprise that certain lamps are more legendary than others. The carbide lamps are capricious, require maintenance, ruin your night vision,
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by kweks 7y ago
I lived in Paris for over 10 years, and a good deal of my social circle comes from the catacombs. This article, like others, are so eager to wrap an outing into the catacombs as some type of adventure, a mystical experience, where misstep e
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by kweks 7y ago
Relevant presentation on real world cipher reversing with quantum computing: https://www.phdays.com/en/program/reports/reversing-cryptogr... Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/rlifchitz/ordi
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by kweks 7y ago
It would have completely destroyed the vaults, and everything inside. The firemen had planned to let the roof burn - it would have been impossible to stop, and would have pulled resources from the more inport tasks, namely protecting the to
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by kweks 7y ago
I was able to take a few under strict "eyes only" conditions. There had been photo leaks a few days prior of someone who had bluffed through the security and sold photos to the press. The press were going through the same day I wa
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by kweks 7y ago
We had contacted the DRAC (governing body for patrimony and culture), but things were on lockdown because someone had leaked photos to the press, which had caused all sorts of chaos. One of the managers of the consolidation companies is a c
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by kweks 7y ago
I was up on the rooftop three weeks ago. What is more incredible is how untouched everything that was not directly touched by the fire is. Inside the church itself, the wood, the chairs, the organs.. incredible condition. There is massive c
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by kweks 7y ago
And sprite_tm's PocketSprite (pocketsprite.com)
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by kweks 7y ago
It exists very clearly (but it does have limited scope..) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_deception
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by kweks 7y ago
Happily work, cook, sleep, and have had partners over. Again, there seems to be an 'uncanny valley' of sizes where the feeling of inconvenience is overriden by simplicity.
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by kweks 7y ago
Whilst changing countries recently, I downsized to a 6m2 appartement for the days I came through the city. I've lived in 20m2 apartments before, and find the 6m2 vastly more comfortable, for a few reasons. 6 - 10m2 are tiny, which forc
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by kweks 7y ago
Huawei Matebook X (dubbed the 'chin cam')
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by kweks 7y ago
My business partner is a supplier to LEA / Government for intrusion / pentest / physical and electronic security. He has sold over 600 units to legitimate government and police entities. Likewise, the USBKill suppliers had sh
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by kweks 7y ago
My business partner and I had the privilege of performing the first (and sadly the last) study on the Notre Dame Spire since the 1930s. Our mission was to survey and digitize every square centimeter of the spire, in order that the Ministry
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360° GigaPixel Panoramas of Notre Dame Spire and Carpentry(martinloyer.fr)
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by kweks 8y ago
No, they're in the North Tower. The bells are suspended in a wooden structure that is free-standing, and free moving inside the stone structure. This allows free movement when the bells are ringing, without stressing the stones. It was
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by kweks 8y ago
I felt the desire, but didn't feel the need.
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by kweks 8y ago
I'm not the person to ask (I was there as a photographer and rope worker) - but my partner estimates decades. It depends on the extent of the damage. For the moment, it seems that the entire building will be gutted - and presumably str
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by kweks 8y ago
My partner shot the inside of the spire, but I have a few quick shots. On one of the sides I did - there were the traces of what we could only assume to be some type of explosion (probably a stray explosive from WW2 ..?). There are also the
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by kweks 8y ago
Individually, it feels like an intimate acquaintance has died, and collectively it is a huge loss. Over the weeks we'd spent on the spire, we photographed and documented literally every square centimeter of the spire and roof space. Ou
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by kweks 8y ago
Apologies, I wasn't using 'antique' in a quantitative fashion, simply trying to convey that it was aged and dry. With that said, I was referring specifically to the carpentry in the roof itself, which dates before the spire i
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by kweks 8y ago
I had the privilege of undertaking the first (and now the last..) study on the spire of Notre Dame since 1933. The restoration works that were under place are a result in part of our recommended actions. The spire was incredible. It was one
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by kweks 8y ago
Well, technically any country that accepts a doubly nationality accepts a plurality - you simply don't inform all the other countries of your other nationalities.
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by kweks 8y ago
Correct. Cantonese and English are official languages. Outside of commerce and the central districts, it's definitely Cantonese with a smattering of English - which is quite nice.
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by kweks 8y ago
To this poster, and the above edit - I live and work in HK, and was in Hong Kong during the protests. There are incredibly distinct Hong Kong foods. You'll never find yuanyang (tea coffee mix) in mainland,like you'll not find Rua
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by kweks 8y ago
Meanwhile, during those 100 years, a new, distinct, non Chinese culture developed. Hong Kong people speak a different language than mainland, have different food, culture references and desires. Jordan was created in 1921. Israel was create
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by kweks 8y ago
Or the USBNinja that crams that functionality into a cable identical to major vendors, and is triggerable up to 100m away via Bluetooth.... https://lab401.com/products/usbninja
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by kweks 8y ago
I had emailed him directly, excusing myself to have escalated to his direct email, writing a balanced, polite email asking for assistance, or at least confirmation of position. Had no reply.

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