yojimbo

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[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is all true. I'd still prefer it to an unarmored donkey

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

🤓 Same thing popped up here in CZ, via Meduza and it is referring to 3 photos here on VK published March 5th. From what i gather from the Czech version the local branch of "United Russia" party responsible for these gifts retroactively claimed there was a range of products but the women on the pictures specifically asked for grinders. Suspiciously though - only 3 pictures, 3 different women, only grinders. The grinder is DEXP MG-2000s and could cost around 60 USD.

This is no joke. I am quite confident somewhere there in Polyarnye Zori (Полярные Зори) is one really offended local party official who was bloody happy about the price he got on these grinders here and really doesn't understand what is everybody's problem 😂 ...

[–] yojimbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well he may have ... invited people outside Trump Tower to spray-paint his truck with messages on the Election day (so the meme is indeed "misleading" - this is a stunt). "Farm truck" does seem to be on the wikipedia List of vehicles of the New York City Police Department among large trucks though.