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Found this X account which posts in real-time some of the same info, hahaha: https://x.com/isstoiletelem

Apple should bring back the translucent-brown key caps. They’re awesome.

I would like to learn more about the “hack”. Although I doubt a CVE will be issued.

I can only assume it’s a simple serial console port left open, and a service technician toolset was leaked with the commands to open the cash dispenser.

In this case, Louis Slotin was the safety mechanism. Different times…

I’m currently reading Command and Control which dives into nuclear safety and more interestingly, accidents. I recommend it: https://books.google.com/books/about/Command_and_Control.htm...

Practical Engineering just did a great video on Desalination.

Why Is Desalination So Difficult? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxqOPdEUNTs

I had a professor in undergrad who scheduled his classes as early as possible, around 7:30am, because he was an early riser.

Notoriously known for difficult assignments and exams, he would allow extra time for tests, if we showed up an extra half hour early. Who wants to take an exam at 7am?! There was a massive curve to everyone’s grades.

EA. Other EV owners (Bolt) have run into the same issue at EA chargers as mentioned in the article.

I’m somewhat surprised there aren’t more EV (DC) charging companies around.

There are dozens of various oil companies who have their own gas stations (subsidized by the oil industry?). Why don’t we see more electric companies building their own charging networks as well?

For those who are able, a pihole is a must when connecting a smart TV (or any other “smart” device for that matter) to the internet.

It’s shockingly disturbing the amount of traffic my Samsung TV produces, even when watching OTA stations. It easily queries Samsung cloud domains more than any other device on my network. Thankfully I am able to sinkhole all those requests without totally breaking tv functionality, but after paying hundreds of dollars for a television, I don’t need to give them any more of my data for financial gain.

Based on the outcome of the 2008 hack, some of vulnerabilities (value stored on card, not remote server) still remain today.

AFC 2.0 has been delayed for many years, this new MIFARE attack vector will remain for a while longer as well.

Enhance!

I run a pihole on my network for exactly this reason. The amount of network traffic the TV attempts, even when on standby or watching over-the-air broadcast is astonishing.

The LOX tank cameras are amazing. The quality isn't great but recording video from inside a cryogenic pressure vessel through fiber optics and strobes (shutterless) to the film frame rate using 1960s tech blows me away.

Does it strike anyone else as being odd that Apple is noting this in their “Newsroom” press release? Don’t get me wrong, great for Shazam and all … but why is Apple - the company that bought them just 4 years ago - is making a todo about it?

> As a controller I would be in charge of the whole show, moving the aircraft around like a giant ballet in the sky as I turned the target on its target run and controlled the interceptors to use various tactics on their attacks. And doing this with a SAGE radar scope was really a high-tech operation for the time. My display was computer generated and the interceptor pilots would slave their aircraft autopilots to follow whatever instructions I put into my computer display. My inputs into the scope would go to the computer and the computer would broadcast those inputs to the autopilots of the interceptors, and the interceptors would then follow those commands. In essence I would be flying the airplanes using my radar scope while the pilots focused on looking at their onboard radar systems to find their targets and simulate shooting them down.