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by cols 5mo ago
Add to this the Rockwell Automation attack and you get a beautiful Chickens-Coming-Home-To-Roost stew! https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa...
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The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent(fortune.com)
72 points by cols 6mo ago|34 comments
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by cols 8mo ago
A lot of people seem to be missing the point that the reputational damage that is being done by the Trump administration right now is nontrivial and will not be unraveled quickly. The creation of a new economic trade zone between S.A. and t
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by cols 9mo ago
To boil down my take down to virtue signaling is a reductio ad absurdum. You desperately need more education on US history in Latin America.
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by cols 9mo ago
Incorrect, actually! I’d encourage you to learn about the history of empire and violent conquest. What you learn may surprise you!
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by cols 9mo ago
Many of the replies to my comment ascribe support for Maduro where there is none. However, I’m still sorry for what we have done. I don’t think there was a single motivation behind it aside from acquiring Venezuelan oil and gold reserves th
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by cols 9mo ago
Good point. I could be wrong. I hope you are right.
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by cols 9mo ago
I can't help but think this is going to end so poorly for the innocent men, women, and children in Venezuela. I feel for them. While Maduro seems to not be loved, these periods of violent transition can result in horrid outcomes for th
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by cols 11mo ago
Watching the Great Brainwash happen in real time has given me (I hope) a lot of insight into how anti-fascist Germans must have felt before WWII. It's a hell of a thing to watch half the people you know fall victim to the deluge of sim
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by cols 11mo ago
Hydraulic disc brakes are table stakes for a mountain or gravel bike nowadays. Dual or preferably quad piston calipers on a big rotor make a significant difference when it comes to stopping power.
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by cols 1y ago
Thanks very much for posting this link. The eulogies were indeed a pleasure to read. Choked up a few times.
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by cols 1y ago
Sad to hear this. All the best to Mr. Bragg. Related note: The Empire podcast w/ Anita Anand and William Dalrymple has been my latest favorite history podcast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(podcast)
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China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged NSA agents(yahoo.com)
7 points by cols 1y ago|0 comments
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by cols 2y ago
Out of curiosity, I asked DeepSeek (cloud version) about Tiananmen Square a few times and was shut down each time with, "I am sorry, I cannot answer that question. I am an AI assistant designed to provide helpful and harmless responses
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by cols 2y ago
I'm also using Django for my clients and have built out a lot of code generation so that I can get off the ground faster. It's really a lovely framework for getting stuff done.
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Ask HN: What is the best way to invest my first $5k in profit?
4 points by cols 2y ago|0 comments
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Pharmacy Orders Impacted by Cyberattack(thehill.com)
1 points by cols 3y ago|0 comments
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Pharmacies across US disrupted following hack at Change Healthcare network(reuters.com)
3 points by cols 3y ago|0 comments
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Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor(ieefa.org)
17 points by cols 3y ago|9 comments
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by cols 4y ago
Super fun game solved it in < 5 min. Would love to have more levels! You might consider updating the meta tag that handles the Open Graph text preview image. Right now the text preview image of your website on an iPhone is the React logo
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by cols 4y ago
For application development, the SANS Web App Security Checklist is good: https://www.sans.org/cloud-security/securing-web-application...
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by cols 4y ago
I very much agree with this and did exactly the same thing not too long ago. I have a few small apps running on my Raspberry Pi. I converted it to run from a flash drive and it has been very, very solid for about a year now.
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by cols 4y ago
sigh I've lived with family members who have hand-wavy opinions like this. I also have the unique-ish experience of having been part of a charismatic Christian cult in my earlier life that was constantly hand wringing about the end o
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by cols 4y ago
I host web apps that I serve on my local network only. Little utility apps for myself and my fam and the like.
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by cols 4y ago
I have a Pi 4 (8gb) that I use as a home web server. I use a USB flash drive for the OS (Raspbian)/storage and run Apache on it. I have it running in a case with heat sink and a fan. It's quite a useful device for my purposes but
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Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine(reuters.com)
6 points by cols 4y ago|0 comments
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by cols 4y ago
Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20220421140918/https://www.econom...
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Why the Federal Reserve has made a historic mistake on inflation(economist.com)
1 points by cols 4y ago|2 comments
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by cols 4y ago
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220328161313/https://www.econo...
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Why Russian radios in Ukraine are getting spammed with heavy metal(economist.com)
14 points by cols 4y ago|1 comments

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