In the Netherlands this is common knowledge, there’s even a nursery rhyme about it:

https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=6866

Boarder?

Defenestration in … three … two …

So … the reality of this is that these vulnerabilities exist for all microchips, since the purchaser and the user have absolutely no insight into the innards of any of this.

Microchips are made all over the globe and rarely … if ever … in a country where the political system matches your own, unless you happen to live in the country where the chips you’re using are actually manufactured there and even then you don’t know who is watching what.

In other words, this is not a new issue, nor is it limited to one country, it affects all of us.

While we’re at it, software has exactly the same issues.

Why do you think that ICT professionals keep advocating for open source solutions?

You mean like the Nepalese government did?

How much waste they take up with them?

If it’s more than 8kg, I’m guessing that the only missing requirement for the refund is to increase the number to make it that every climber brings down more than they take up.

In other words, put every climber on the scales before they go up and unless they weigh more when they come back, they don’t get their money back.

Bonus reward for each extra kg.

So … now we have plausible gibberish … also known as Autocorrect on Steroids … that includes corporate sponsorship… seems like we’re moving closer to the true meaning of advertising with every iteration.

Next we’ll be asked to pay for this feature … oh wait.

I can’t wait until the Assumed Intelligence bubble finally bursts and takes with it some of the largest companies in the world … perhaps this is how we finally address climate change.

So the net of obligation, ownership and mutually assured destruction continues to tighten?

At some point this is going to explode … right?

AFAIK Google owns the vast majority of advertising online and is the one making all the money.

1/1/1

Because they’re all copying each other’s homework?

… you had one job …

Whilst you might not be able to turn back time, you can stop it:

https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/internet-time-service/c/o0dDDcr1a8I

Be the change you want to see and review them yourself.

… and anyone else who should not have access to your data.

And now you know why you should encrypt your data on any cloud provider.

I wonder why it requires a full VM, has anyone run it inside Docker?

Edit: For some reason I thought Distrobox was like VirtualBox, instead it seems more like Docker, apparently even requires podman … carry on, nothing to see here.

PS … TIL that there’s a Signal .deb available.

I wonder … will it be another case of “Too Big To Fail” … or will it be … “Let The Market Decide”?

I’m guessing the answer depends on how many medals the CEO of Oracle can bestow upon the Orange.

Me … cynical … no … just been here for a while.

For a time it was Solitaire, but these days it’s 2048.

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