yojimbo

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[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. Czech is ridiculous, How about "Kupujte v Evrope" / "Nakupujte v Evrope" - that literally means "Buy in Europe" not "Buy European products", yet Its short I believe has pretty much the same meaning.

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That is a famous superstition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wZbNmdIKw

To be fair: I didn't know either, until I had a long discussion on the topic with my colleagues wife - who is an Italian.

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Al dente" essentially means "cook your pasta as long as you like"

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn't it say:

Although the fabricated passport likely would not withstand scrutiny due to the absence of an embedded chip, it proved sufficient to bypass the most basic KYC procedures employed by some fintech services.

From what i gather about these "Know Your Customer" systems, they take the photo of your ID, check if it is realistic enough and then check the picture on your ID (bad as it is) against your authentic photo made through the app. Verification against 3rd party API confirming existence of such ID while welcome / preferred seems to be optional (doesn't work for all IDs - there may be technical/ legal barriers).

So the vulnerability has probably always been there, still is (?!?), for a sweet moment in time it was just more easy to exploit?

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd say comparing caddy to nginx is like comparing bicycle to a diesel locomotive. Technically they are doing same thing. One is easy to deal with the other one is designed to do things at scale.

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

I am not a crypto nerd but in my childish mind I imagine that if a policeman wants to unlock my phone I'll just tell hin the "duress pin" and let him wipe the device himself ... (GrapheneOS)

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

Now imagine these things driving around your city in the form of "cybercab".

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

...so they have a problem with female or black but not withgay or bisexual 🤔 Feels a bit random. edit: of course - the list isn't complete 🤦‍♂️

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is really annoying for me 😇 . I am not one who would believe words of the Elon and I would say that intuitively it didn't make financial sense but I've looked into it and to my surprise the numbers are actually getting kinda close:

  • they claim they have 4 million customers - at 100 USD per customer / month x 12 - 4.8 billion USD. There will be some tax, but they have also deals with US military (StarShield) or GSM Operator and wide range of "enterprise services" , so I suspect the income could be at around those 5 billion USD from starlink alone.
  • they did 90 launches last year maintaining and expanding the network. It's hard to say how much a falcon 9 launch cost - but CNBC says it was sold for 67 million USD in 2022. Not sure how much margin Elon gets on a single launch, but 5 billion / 90 is over 55 million USD - which is right there in the area..

Now this is ignoring the cost of the satellites, the maintenance of 150 ground stations, development of the HW /SW, advertising and god knows what else - but still at least in the "ballpark numbers".

To my unpleasant surprise - the Elon might not be joking on this one 🧐 - the Starlink might be one day paying for the development of the Starship - if it isn't already 😲 Also - this is bloody cool 🤬

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