AdamHominem

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by AdamHominem 5y ago
And that it uses a proprietary encryption protocol, "MTProto", which has been repeatedly found to have vulnerabilities, like every other self-made encryption scheme. Now add in the fact that it's a UAE company...
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
It's a UAE company with a custom encryption protocol, e2ee off by default, and no e2ee for group chat. You're damn right it's a honeypot. Use Signal or Element/Matrix.
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
I'm not particularly thrilled, given Telegram is based in the United Arab Emirates, its client-server encryption is almost purposefully garbage (they basically rolled their own TLS, and predictably researchers keep finding vulnerabilit
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
> This event left a lot of scar tissue across all of Technical Infrastructure, and the next few months were not a fun time (e.g. a mandatory training where leadership read out emails from customers telling us how we let them down and los
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
Yeah, kinda points to battery failure, but "our rivals haxxored us!!!" is certainly a nice cover story for the company and the local government.
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
> I also know that I have near-zero risk from COVID There's no such thing as "near zero risk from COVID." There are factors that make you high risk (age, obesity, etc) but whether covid ends up being "nothing" t
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
But if an expert in fasteners says "use this nail/bolt, made of this material and grade, for this application"...and then Joe Roofer says "WELL I actually work on roofs unlike those ivory tower mechanical and structural
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
As a possible patient, good riddance as well. These people clearly don't believe in science and/or they don't believe in trusting experts and following their instructions. That's the last person I want anywhere near me.
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
What qualifies you to speak on the subject? What makes you more qualified than the people who actually have professional education, training, and experience in running a hospital?
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
Please educate yourself on herd immunity.
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
"Very high altitude"
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
Neither Virgin nor Blue Origin actually go into orbit or even "space", and both have a trash safety culture and a not-much-better record: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/science/jeff-bezos-bl
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
I'd rate it a 5/7 book
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
I recently read Fire Upon the Deep and I think I'd agree that Vinge is great at speculative fiction. I hadn't looked at the publish/copyright date when I borrowed the ebook from my library. I was shocked just now to see it&#x
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by AdamHominem 5y ago
You're implying that because they're within legal limits everything is A-OK (how are the limits set? Exhibit A: US drinking water pollutant limits, which were raised by Bush, not based on science) ...then launching into an ad homi