Quixoticgeek
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Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come? | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02716-w
#ClimateDiary
unfortunately i have developed another theory
@hipsterelectron new day new banger theory
just a note this guy dan kaminsky sucks i hate everything this paper fucking says https://eprint.iacr.org/2004/357.pdf
Not that malice from the developers is a required component of such an attack. Maynor [6] describes a fascinating failure mode whereby the multitude of compilation, assembly, and packaging tools used to bring code from raw text to deployed code are themselves attacked. The logical progression of Thompson’s classic essay on Trusting Trust [7], in which a C Compiler was infected and would subsequently infect anything else compiled with it, including other C Compilers, Maynor’s approach has some interesting implications when combined with Stripwire. Conceivably, ”Ice” could be injected into each build
assembled by the developers, thus allowing internal testing to proceed uninhibited. But, upon shipment ”Fire” would be swapped in by a malicious third party.
https://blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-04/bh-us-04-maynor.pdf
My compiler? You MUST be joking!
#Goodmorning from drizzly Fisksätra. Today: café breakfast with American podcasters, read at library, vote canvassing. And you?
@mrundkvist Wife is at a conference and I have 10% off coupon for shopping in person at our regular grocery store, so for once I'll break routine and pick my groceries in person. We usually pay the premium of ordering for curbside pickup.
Might do some minor outside work before the day heats up, depending on the humidity. Will shake the boots out better this time. It's possible I got a spider bite last time I used them. Rest of the day? Probably video games and a little prop prep for tomorrow's GMing.
Quixoticgeek
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The legal term 'terrorism' is changing; now in Scotland protestors who spray painted a club house at a golf club & dug up some grass have had their charges linked to a 'terrorist connection'....
Of course, this may be due to the owner of the golf course (the Tangerine Tyrant), but once vandalism becomes regularly linked to 'terrorism' in courts, the impact on the right to protest is pretty clear.
Its one more move against democracy in the UK!
#protest #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/28/seven-charged-damaging-trump-scottish-golf-course-accused-terrorist-connection
Hmm my youngest daughter just messaged me to ask if my water smells. She lives just around the corner and right enough it's still clear but smells like dirt. So I have reported the issue to Scottish Water. 😬
So several people in the village have reported the issue now and my daughter got a call from Scottish Water asking if they could come and take a sample of her tap water on Wednesday.
so there's a reason google makes use of backdoors to do essentially boring things. and especially a reason build systems and compilers are often both very slow and know absolutely nothing about i/o
just a note this guy dan kaminsky sucks i hate everything this paper fucking says https://eprint.iacr.org/2004/357.pdf
Not that malice from the developers is a required component of such an attack. Maynor [6] describes a fascinating failure mode whereby the multitude of compilation, assembly, and packaging tools used to bring code from raw text to deployed code are themselves attacked. The logical progression of Thompson’s classic essay on Trusting Trust [7], in which a C Compiler was infected and would subsequently infect anything else compiled with it, including other C Compilers, Maynor’s approach has some interesting implications when combined with Stripwire. Conceivably, ”Ice” could be injected into each build
assembled by the developers, thus allowing internal testing to proceed uninhibited. But, upon shipment ”Fire” would be swapped in by a malicious third party.
hypebot
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Frage ans #FediLZ : Gibt es gute Materialien für die Schule, wenn in Klassen Hakenkreuze und Hitlergruss zum Thema wird?
tommy wiseau is a vampire
@musicmatze Try if it works now!
@p2panda it did, thanks!
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‘Immense’ Devastation as Nepal Continues Search for 2,400 Missing in Floods
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/asia/immense-devastation-as-nepal-continues-search-for-2400-missing-in-floods.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World @world-newyorktimes
@p2panda that'd be awesome!
@musicmatze Try if it works now!
Fact-Checking Senate Races in Georgia, Alaska and Texas
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/midterms-senate-race-georgia-alaska-texas-fact-check.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-newyorktimes
devSJR :python: :rstats:
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Moin! Von uns gibt es heute mal wieder ein Video zu #Linux .🐧
Diesmal schauen wir uns #CachyOS als leistungsorientiertes System auf Basis von Arch Linux an:
https://cc2.tv/433.php
Die Sendung führt auch durch den Start vom USB-Stick und die Installation. CachyOS bietet viele Desktop-Optionen, KDE Plasma, moderne Paketverwaltung und BTRFS-Snapshots, bringt aber zunächst nur wenige Anwendungen mit.
Der Vergleich mit Linux Mint zeigt den Unterschied zwischen einem ruhigen Langzeitsystem und einem aktuellen Rolling-Release-System. Die Folge macht deutlich, warum CachyOS eher zu technisch interessierten Nutzern passt als zu absoluten Linux-Einsteigern.
Die Sendung ist zudem bei Youtube zu finden: https://youtu.be/Q1ll9_hUeQw
#cc2tv #cc2
Eugen Rochko
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A visiting friend once called me over, saying:
'Hester, I think your cat is broken!'
I sprinted to the kitchen, worried something was very, very wrong. When I came into the room, I started laughing and told my friend that Joris is just an idiot and doesn't know how to drink like a normal cat.
(I've tried different sized bowls, dishes, locations and heights. Sometimes he drinks 'normally', he just prefers to do it this way.)
Tensions Spike Between Turkey and Israel as They Vie for Regional Influence
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/middleeast/turkey-israel-tensions-region.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Autistici/Inventati's domains have now been revoked. I updated the link in the above post with a wayback machine copy.
Every now and then someone tells me, "We have a decentralized naming system, it's called DNS!" and I say, no we don't, DNS is extremely centralized? And if that wasn't clear to you before, hopefully it's clear to you today.
@cwebber For those in the networking space or otherwise interested, there was a recent E-Mail thread in the NANOG (North American Network Operators' Group) with the subject of "New DNS vulnerability: political overreach" containing discussion on US government interference with the Internet.
https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/thread/55UTA3Q4NIN5455KV7TAY7YTMC7ZUENI/
The list is moderated but open to all.
Carney Has Canadians’ Support on Trump. Now Comes the Hard Part.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/canada/carney-trump-tariffs-trade.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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