oremolten (u/oremolten)

oremolten commented on Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/gameshot911

walrus01 · a year ago

What's interesting is that in many cities now, Uber and Lyft are in fact more expensive than taxis. And the experience is equally mediocre. The pendulum has swung back the other way. The only thing they have going for them now is the app based convenience, which is eroding as more "yellow cab" type traditional taxis band together and get set up with their own sort of city-specific app.

oremolten · a year ago

It does always seem like a race to the bottom.

oremolten commented on Tell HN: Cloudflare is blocking Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers · Posted by u/Hold-And-Modify

oremolten · a year ago

Well its primarily because the security vendors for say WAFs and other tools list these IPs in the "Anonymizers" or "VPN" category and most typically these are blocked as seldom do you see legitimate traffic originating to your store front or accounts pages from these. Another vendor we use lists these under "hacking tools" So your option as a security professional is to express to your risk management team we allow "hacking tools" or lose iCloud Relay customers. Which way do you think they steer? In alternative cases a site may use a vendor for their cart/checkout page and don't even have control over these blocks as they are also blocking "hacking tools" or "anonymizers" from hitting their checkout pages.

oremolten · a year ago

Wait till you see how M365 does management around iCloud relay makes it real fun troubleshooting suspicious login parameters...

oremolten commented on Tell HN: Cloudflare is blocking Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers · Posted by u/Hold-And-Modify

jen729w · a year ago

Vendors who block iCloud Relay are the worst. I'm sure they don't even know they're doing it. But some significant percentage of Apple users -- and you'd have to think it's only gonna grow -- comes from those IP address ranges.

Bad business, guys. You gotta find another way. Blocking IP addresses is o-ver.

oremolten · a year ago

Well its primarily because the security vendors for say WAFs and other tools list these IPs in the "Anonymizers" or "VPN" category and most typically these are blocked as seldom do you see legitimate traffic originating to your store front or accounts pages from these. Another vendor we use lists these under "hacking tools" So your option as a security professional is to express to your risk management team we allow "hacking tools" or lose iCloud Relay customers. Which way do you think they steer? In alternative cases a site may use a vendor for their cart/checkout page and don't even have control over these blocks as they are also blocking "hacking tools" or "anonymizers" from hitting their checkout pages.

oremolten commented on The FAA’s Hiring Scandal tracingwoodgrains.com/p/t... · Posted by u/firebaze

legitster · a year ago

With a grain of salt - any hiring lawsuit by its nature is going to be a discrimination case.

The fact that everyone is really quick to just throw around DEI = discrimination is kind of my point. Even the text of the Brigida lawsuit clearly points out that nobody would have a problem with the FAA increasing minority representation in other ways.

oremolten · a year ago

Could you please elaborate how DEI is not discrimination? Is hiring based on someone's RACE ever not discrimination?

oremolten commented on How does fentanyl get into the US? bbc.com/news/articles/cvg... · Posted by u/tartoran

TwoNineA · a year ago

19kg of Fentanyl got smuggled from Canada into the US in 2024, not even 1% of the total. Yet POTUS decides to impose a 25% tarrif on all canadian goods because of it. Even if it was a bluff, 100+ years friendship, solidarity and good will was just flushed down the toilet and it will probably take decades to fix. But hey, good job!

How are those egg prices coming?

oremolten · a year ago

How do you know the exact figure of fentanyl smuggled into the US from CAN?

I doubt even the cartels could give you an exact figure as they aren't the only ones smuggling the drugs or the precursors.

Are you saying we only intercepted 19kg? How wouldn't that make sense to you considering the disparity of population density at the borders, as well as the infrastructure and staffing at each border??

Canada already Tariffs many products coming from the USA, many even exceeding 200%. The political theater and kindergarten understanding of geo-politics would explain your take on "100 years of friendship flushed down the toilet" lol.

oremolten commented on Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation (2017) journals.plos.org/plosgen... · Posted by u/thunderbong

woolion · a year ago

I suspect the impact would be extremely small compared to BMI, so it would be likely that there would be a link because of some dependent variables.

oremolten · a year ago

I bet there is also a large correlation with computer/phone neck and posture

oremolten commented on Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel samcurry.net/hacking-suba... · Posted by u/ramimac

ajsnigrutin · a year ago

yep...

there was a tv ad for subaru vehicles a couple of years ago (not that long!), and during the ad, they showed the infotainment system, where the user pans the map on the navigation touchscreen, and the map moves at maybe 1fps! in an ad!

I kinda wish they standardized the car interface for tablets (like android auto, but more features), where you could just buy a tablet and insert it in (like din slots for radio, but tablet-sized), and the car would expose some non-critical interfaces to the tablet (AC,...), and you could just buy a replacement tablet if needed. Cars are made to last 10, 15, even more years, while the computers/entertainment devices move a lot faster, and that includes the connectivity (many cars on the streets today were made before 4g, and 3g is mostly dead).

oremolten · a year ago

unfortunately the entire global system is designed so that more has to be sold than last year. in the US as a publicly traded corporation you are legally liable to make more than the year before... we're lucky cars even last as long as they do now...

oremolten commented on Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel samcurry.net/hacking-suba... · Posted by u/ramimac

blackeyeblitzar · a year ago

A shocking thing about Subaru cars with Starlink (their infotainment system and connected service for things like remote start) is how deep the violation of privacy is. For example they share your location data with Sirius XM by default, unless you go deep in their menus to realize it’s even happening and opt out. They bury the consent in fine print that you fly through at the dealership. Truly a despicable company.

oremolten · a year ago

all car companies do this since around 2011.(in the us) they also immediately sell all this data to car insurance companies. many apps on your phone that use location data for anything are mostly using an APK that includes a couple car insurance companies code that also just directly shares that with them. (they made the location APK for app makers to have an easy to use location data tool)

oremolten commented on TSMC begins producing 4-nanometer chips in Arizona reuters.com/technology/ts... · Posted by u/heresie-dabord

questinthrow · a year ago

Russia thought the same when it thought it could hide behind its nukes. Alas.

oremolten · a year ago

>As of September 30, 2024, the U.S. Ukraine response funding totals nearly $183 billion >Russia's official 2022 military budget is expected to be 4.7 trillion rubles ($75bn), or higher, and about $84bn for 2023

oremolten commented on U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over TikTok divestment law cnbc.com/2024/12/18/tikto... · Posted by u/pseudolus

packetlost · a year ago

That's pretty much always been the case, but it has never been more blatant than now.

oremolten · a year ago

I'd argue its even less blatant today it just appears more blatant because you can see the happenings on the other side of the country in an instant on your personal cell phone. As can anyone else.