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Scirocco ,

I’m not a huge trek nerd, but recently watched the whole series, and the two main irritations were the blatant/unnecessary/annoying/offensive sexualization, and the theme song.

It’s easy to skip the opening sequence but the gratuitous fetishizing was pretty awful. The whole series would have been better without.

Scirocco ,

All this tells us is that Russia has literally zero anti-aircraft/intercept capability — even for national-level strategic sites.

They keep getting their turds pushed in by radio-controlled light civil aircraft pottering in thousands of km at highway-traffic speeds.

Pitiful.

Scirocco ,

And this is related to the relative capabilities of USA vs Russian in terms of logistics.

The Americans can generally afford the fuel, and the logistics tail to keep it flowing.

Russia cannot.

How well the M1A1 serves Ukraine remains to be seen, but so far they’ve gotten pretty fantastic performance out of every weapon system they’ve been given, from Javelins to Patriots.

UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content (www.wired.com)

A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a...

Scirocco ,

Facesitting porn (of adults) is illegal in UK for the reason that it’s potentially dangerous

Scirocco ,

And it just links to a Twitter post as far as I can tell

Scirocco ,

But – nitrous (N2O) is more fun and has just as little usable oxygen – zero

For easy access to an inert gas at-home, try a helium tank from the Party Store

Scirocco ,

So,.like — was this guy in a relatively large volume chamber/booth and they just trickled the N2 gas in?

If there was enough volume, it could take a long time for the O2 levels to get low enough for him to pass out… BUT does a human body produce enough CO2 to fill that space to the point of triggering the suffocation response? Seems unlikely…

OR did they just strap a rebreather mask to his face and turn on a few l/min?

Were any specifics about the actual setup published?

Scirocco ,

Hemlock Society recommends an oven roaster bag (like for turkeys) and a bottle of inert gas (usually helium is easiest to get) and just flow enough in to keep the inert atmosphere in the bag “fresh”

Also, there is ‘gas stunning’ which is used in Europe for slaughter. There are some practices that use CO2 for this, but at a nearly 100% level it is pretty instantaneous, much like HS2 – which you can’t even smell at high concentration, because you’re dead already.

Point, there is some state of the art around using gas to kill; it’s not a brand new concept.

"The impossible choice for my family in Gaza: stay and be killed together, or move and risk dying apart" (www.theguardian.com)

“The UK and US governments claim they are upholding international law by attacking the Houthis in Yemen. But they are not doing enough to uphold international law in Gaza,” writes Ghada Ageel, a third-generation Palestinian refugee who is currently visiting professor at the department of political science at the University...

Scirocco ,

Doing something about International Law on international waters is a totally different matter than within the the borders of a sovereign nation.

Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court (www.techspot.com)

Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court::undefined

Scirocco ,

I’ve mulled/wished for this for years. Also useful at borders, where in the past I have actually been asked (required) to unlock phones and laptops. Generally you have no rights whatsoever there.

Those shadow accounts would need to be ‘lived in’ to pass those border checks. My worst experience was traveling with new, obviously burner devices — border agents were extremely suspicious.

Scirocco ,

It’s pretty well established that any biometric can just be taken from you — facial recognition is super easy and it won’t be hard to force your thumb onto the sensor.

This is also the case for things like blood draw for blood alcohol testing.

The only unlock key that’s (probably) truly yours is something inside your brain.

Scirocco ,

Virtually every international border on the planet.

Scirocco ,

I live in a 5br 3ba house on 5 wooded acres inside a national park.

My mortgage is about halfway done, the house is currently worth about 60% more than I paid for the house and the total rent (ahem, excuse me) MORTGAGE PAYMENT, including escrow for insurance and taxes is $1790 a month.

I live 22 miles from the Washington Monument as the crow flies.

And you think I’d be as well renting an apartment?

This house rents for more than double what my mortgage costs, and at least a third of that payment is expenses that will always exist (taxes/insurance)

Utliies range from $77 to $220ish per month.

This is a whole lot of privilege.

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