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I think it's patchwork & has changed over time. When I was at high school one of my friends who was homeschooled competed with me on our academic team. His older (and far more athl…

This comment made me curious so I did some research. Of the sports offered by my local school district (in the top 30 for enrollment in the country), I can find an alternative for …

Grade retention ('holding kids back') has additionally dropped significantly since the average HNer has gone to school. I remember going to school where one of my peers went to six…

Of these, most are easily handled. I am in a midsized city and there are plenty of groups that offer music, robotics & engineering, speech & drama, etc. focused towards homeschoole…

https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/ should give you a feel for the overall size & relative homogeneity of the current Tor network.

Fuel depletion is _not that risky_ is an interesting take. But hey, it won Chapecoense its first and only Copa Sudamericana, so maybe it isn't that bad after all? https://en.wikipe…

If the theory is that PIF's involvement is the video game equivalent of sportswashing, this is pretty much exactly what we should expect – the Saudi's expected return on their inve…

Awesome, exactly what I wanted to learn. Thanks!

> Hmmm this is a preemptive lawsuit from Morgan and Morgan for clarity, which seems to be in bad form Not a lawyer, but to bring a lawsuit in the US you typically have to show that…

> sure, threat model matters. no protection is 100%, but more is better. You can't just say "threat model matters" and then treat security as an absolute gradient (poset?). That me…

Again, lazy! Yes: if you have half of a billion dollars in BTC, sure – you're a victim to the wrench, be it private or public. If you're a terrorist mastermind, you're likely going…

I hate this comic because it is profoundly lazy , and I hate it when people hand-wave away meaningful security advances with it. Hitting people with wrenches leaves marks that can …

There are dozens of us, dozens[0], who love that damn form factor! [0] https://youtu.be/lKie-vgUGdI

> a DYI VPN may hide my home IP but it does not hide my identity unless the server i route through is not owned by me. Again, threat model matters – hide your identity from whom? Y…

I suspect every single VPN, including the ones who claim to not log, maintains or exposes enough information for a dedicated adversary to make a convincing case if they want. I giv…

The answer is always "maybe" until you bring your threat model to the table. I use a VPN to watch IPTV & download torrents without my ISP sending me nasty letters. Mullvad is great…

Ejecting from an airplane is no joke: 18g of force leaves 20-30% with spinal fractures, and ejection seats have an 8% mortality rate[1] It seems to me that continuing flight with i…