DahGangalang @ DahGangalang @infosec.pub

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That's interesting. Seems like were constantly told that the military is the single biggest line item of the national budget in US.

As someone unfamiliar with "what lawyers actually do", it does feel like a big part of what more junior Lawyers do (primarily on the research through older case law) could be major my helped by AI.

Is there something I'm missing in that?

Even assuming 20 as the average age, that makes it only 50 women per thousand years (100 ish since 1 A.D.).

And I do think 25 is a solid guess. While you could def have kids younger, you can also have them older. 25 does feel old for average age, but also, 20 feels too young for an average.

Its probs somewhere between those two, but for math, me likey round number.

Mischief Managed

Obligatory real explanation

Unclear. I didn't spend much time reading the article, primarily wanted to show that guides to making it work exist.

Interesting that NYC does their swearing in at New Years. Is this a normal ish part of the big NYC ball drop ceremony? I've never noticed if it is.

Interesting the Nile doesn't rank.

Didn't have time to thoroughly read the guide, but 2 minutes of searching turned this up.

Neat idea. Doubt I'll do it, but cool to know its an option.

Nintendo Switch 2 wired controller support has been re-enabled

Wait, switch controllers are compatible with non-switch things? I'm surprised that I'm surprised at this, but never even crossed my mind to try.

I take it the normal wireless ones are not compatible though?

Should have read more of the thread I spawned before responding to your other comments.

So to me, it seems like the real solution is to begin interplanetary colonization.

That doesn't fix the problems on Earth, and I don't want to pretend it does. I also want to be clear that the way that Musk and Bezos seem to envision interplanetary expansion is.....not desirable.

But to me, beginning the Terraforming of Mars is a crucial step in human progress. There's no ecology or biosphere for humans to ruin, but if we can establish a foothold for humans to live there, it let's off the steam valve of humanity on Earth's biosphere and let's us begin the real work of fixing our biosphere without resorting to mass human death.

That probably sounds like a tech-bro pipe dream, and maybe it is, but it also feels like the kind of thing humans will eventually need to do if we want to survive as a species (my main drive for it is so humans can survive the next asteroid, which is a whole issue unto itself).

Okay, just so I'm clear then, you think Eco-fascism is bad, but that there are other flavors of "eco-authoritarianism" that could work in there place?

That probably sounds passive aggressive, but I'm legit trying to learn about Leftist takes on the matter.

I'm a product of the American Public School System, and was taught Leftist can be thought of as just another flavor of authoritarianism. But it seems like there's more to it than that and trying to "peel back the layers" on that.

Do you think there's an equitable way to impose de-growth policies (which it feels like is the camp you're in)?

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask. Double checked the rules and it doesn't look like I'm violating any, but please point me in the right direction if there's a better place for my questions. I genuinely am unclear and want to learn.

In this context, what are eco-facsists? And then how does that and Malthusian Population Theory inherently relate to Capitalism?

When I imagine Malthusian Population issues, I normally think of it as a left-wing / anticapitalist talking point. Assuming I'm missing the mark on that, what's the Socialist proposed solution and/or explanation of why that's not an issue? (Racked my brain for a better wording for that last sentence, but couldn't think of one on the fly. Please pardon my ignorance if there's a different phrasing I should have used).

Edit: wanna say thanks for letting a foreigner in a foreigner land come and pick at some of the thinking of the community. I appreciate the civil discussion and sources being pitched towards me.

Fedisurfing?

So that does assume (and tbc, I think it's a fair assumption) that impact with water and such doesn't damage seals and that the laptop was shallow enough that pressure didn't over come seals.

For the sake of hypotheticals, let's assume water "did intrude" on the drives.

On NVMEs, I think you've got the right of it. There's really no where for water to intrude upon (at least that's my understanding of their construction). I suppose I could see some damage if the connectors were soaked while power was connected, but that seems like a real stretch of the imagination.

For SSDs and HDDs though, if they're cases got (muddy river) water in them, seems like they'd be fucked. Maybe an SSD would be fine with no power, but the HDD would need all its disks cleaned before being spun up again (an unrealistic proposition, though not impossible - seems like forensics would more likely scrap the disks once disassembled).

Mostly looking to test my own knowledge on modern drive construction, so I'd love your feedback on how right/wrong I am there.

Tossing it in the river feels middling effective at best (though admittedly at minimal effort).

Anyone have experience with water damaged drives to comment on how effective that'd be at destroying data?

Link to actual translation?

Because I recently rediscovered this, sharing here:

All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"

MY POINT EXACTLY.

--Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“In Hungary we have some examples of extreme right bands becoming mainstream because they’re on the top 40 chart. I mean, what’s more normal than being on the top 40?”

But which songs/bands? Are you saying its like a whole studio/record company pushing this?

“I have a stepson who sometimes sends videos and then I go down the rabbit hole to see who created them and it turns out it’s a far-right influencer.”

But which creators/influencers do we need to be on watch for?

“They’ve also started their own food delivery,” she said. “It’s just wild that you can be ordering food from the far right and not know.”

Do you mean the whole service is far-right? Can I get the names of services to avoid?

This article feels like it lacks substance. It seems to be saying "There's bad guys out there. I'm not going to tell you who or where, but they're there. Just trust me bro". (In all fairness, they do point to tradwife influencers, but I assumed that was known).

That's not to say that they haven't actually found sources of right wing influence in each of these areas, but I was really hoping they'd bring the receipts on it.

I don't suppose anyone here can point to examples of what they're talking about with any of these? (Again, I'm aware of the tradwife stuff, so I'm good skipping that point).