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syn0byte

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    Comment #20655502

    Given the "kernel" requirement coupled with the design of these devices in general, any real non-interactive RCE will be claimed to not be "in the kernel"... it was a Qualcomm or A…

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    Comment #20639074

    Why don't you drive an 18 wheeler to work every day? They are used by millions of professional people every day who's job it is to drive! Why would you be different from all those …

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    Comment #20617321

    The vested interest media and political parties have in making it seem like there is an insatiable thirst for white supremacy in America. It's on average not any worse than it ever…

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    Comment #20583747

    Installation in buildings. Try pulling a bundle of CAT6 cables from a comms closet with huge plastic blocks from zipties jutting out every other foot through 10-50 feet of drywall …

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    Comment #20564904

    Lots! Tons and Tons and Tons! S3 is super secure and CAN NOT be hacked when properly configured and used according to our standard! You got hacked? You must have configured it wron…

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    Comment #20558125

    If there is a gold cartel to enforce it, yes. For a humorous example see the origin of "processed cheese".

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    Comment #20558084

    “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”

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    Comment #20557982

    So just like real US elections. What's that got to do with it?

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    Comment #20534937

    Nah. Computing sensitivity has always been easy enough, flip bits and watch output. This is about how to do it in a generalized way that fits in with related work in the field.

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    Comment #20534369

    Absolutely nothing, It's worse with fewer features. Mozilla itself says as much. This is for playing around with stuff, not general usage.

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    Comment #20520583

    To your entire argument I say GOOD. Can't make profitable bluebarries? Tough shit. Free market right? Work conditions become crap? GOOD. Can't run a business without slaves in shan…

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    Comment #20518635

    Warrant proof communication is absolutely in the best interests of the citizens for exactly the same reason it's not in the best interest of the ruling government.

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    Comment #20518489

    We will be able to explain and understand consciousness in objective terms 1 second after the first person achieves flight by pulling themselves into the air with the bucket they a…

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    Comment #20518050

    Any interesting work coming out of "Olah Team"? I tried googling but found nothing specific just Distill articles and your twitter feed...

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    Comment #20516652

    Depends on the MDM and phone really but, No. Triangulating a cellphone on the network via cell towers is a tried and true feature of wireless infrastructure. Even your phones GPS c…

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    Comment #20515932

    "Unikernel" is a overly generic term. Technically the Linux kernel is already a "Unikernel". It's just most of the time its discussed as a negative not a positive and the term used…

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    Comment #20482724

    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/rp1995-48.pdf I'll bet you it still just vanishes...

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    Comment #20482391

    Do you worry about some random asshole kid hurling a re-bar in to rush hour traffic? REing automotive tech, setting up transmitters, and spoofing traffic data to throw a virtual re…

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    Comment #20482000

    Unless you have persistent mount to network FSs like NFS or SMB how do you think the ransomware would spread? You sure don't need network mounts for backups. Cronjob to an (S)FTP s…

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    Comment #20473816

    "So do we make our flagship product useless for the entire country or not?" - The real question

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    Comment #20473715

    No. we just feel better because it just sounds so obviously reasonable doesn't it? Kazakhstan's low-tech approach is just that, low-tech and low-effort. They could have used tons o…

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    Comment #20463469

    Survivor bias. Plenty of shite code got written for the 6508 but only clever crap gets blog posts 30+ years after the fact.

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    Comment #20420919

    Not a professional liar either but I'm not sure about that. I imagine torrent trackers are a decent analog thats been through the courts already. They don't host the content, they …

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    Comment #20415681

    I was gonna make a joke about how much hate Trump generates ruining a brand like that but then I remember Hugo Boss, BMW, IBM, VW and Bayer among others were all knuckle deep with …

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    Comment #20415397

    "Don't forget to occasionally do that thing I mentioned in passing 2 weeks ago, under my breath, during a klaxon alarm test. Otherwise the errors will DDoS the whole cluster. See y…