Comment Re: Gold bars you say? (Score 1) 103
Just the headline seems like a hilarious situation.
But why keep evidence of embezzlement at home?
Submission + - I found a second vote.gov -- and it's registered to the White House
As_I_Please writes: The Drey Dossier reports that the National Design Studio, an office created by executive order and which reports only to the White House, has been building copies of federal agency websites like vote.gov, passports.gov, login.gov and others.
What [the National Design Studio] is doing is taking the parts of the federal government that touch you directly, your prescription, your voter registration, your passport, your federal login, out of the agencies that legally own them and rebuilding them on White House infrastructure. Vote.gov belongs to the Election Assistance Commission, and the studio built a copy. Passports belong to the State Department, and the studio is building a replacement this week. Login.gov belonged to GSA, and the studio’s guy runs it now.
Trump has said publicly that this infrastructure is for other presidents, and he is right about that. It is the one thing in this story I take him at his word on. The infrastructure outlasts him. Whoever wins in 2028 inherits the websites, the vendors, the data, and the hardware, sealed and waiting.
NDS Infrastructure Map — my live working github map of every National Design Studio subdomain I have found, filterable by status, registrant, and parent domain. If you want to retrace this investigation or watch new subdomains appear in real time, start here.
Submission + - China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad (nytimes.com)
schwit1 writes: When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese police arrived with a surveillance system. Then came the backlash.
Their solution was to introduce an obscure Mao-era community surveillance system: the Fengqiao Experience.
Named after Fengqiao, a town in eastern China, the system encouraged neighbors to spy and snitch on one another to root out political enemies. The system has been revived under Mr. Xi as part of a push to snuff out any challenges to the Chinese Communist Party.
In China, the system calls for the police to monitor individual households in sprawling apartment complexes, in one example assigning each unit a color code that denoted whether occupants presented a security risk. The police have also visited the homes of minority groups like Tibetans and Uyghurs to promote party policies. Government workers have visited churches to give “anti-cult” lectures. And companies are required to register their employees in police databases.
The idea of introducing such a heavy-handed style of state surveillance in the Solomon Islands alarmed local politicians and observers in nearby countries like Australia, who worried it could give the government the tools to stifle freedoms.
The Fengqiao pilot was suspended after an outcry. And the election this month of Matthew Wale, a prime minister who has historically been skeptical of Beijing, raises questions about China’s foothold in the country, and whether its ideas travel as easily as the party hopes.
Their solution was to introduce an obscure Mao-era community surveillance system: the Fengqiao Experience.
Named after Fengqiao, a town in eastern China, the system encouraged neighbors to spy and snitch on one another to root out political enemies. The system has been revived under Mr. Xi as part of a push to snuff out any challenges to the Chinese Communist Party.
In China, the system calls for the police to monitor individual households in sprawling apartment complexes, in one example assigning each unit a color code that denoted whether occupants presented a security risk. The police have also visited the homes of minority groups like Tibetans and Uyghurs to promote party policies. Government workers have visited churches to give “anti-cult” lectures. And companies are required to register their employees in police databases.
The idea of introducing such a heavy-handed style of state surveillance in the Solomon Islands alarmed local politicians and observers in nearby countries like Australia, who worried it could give the government the tools to stifle freedoms.
The Fengqiao pilot was suspended after an outcry. And the election this month of Matthew Wale, a prime minister who has historically been skeptical of Beijing, raises questions about China’s foothold in the country, and whether its ideas travel as easily as the party hopes.
Comment Re: perceived (Score 4, Interesting) 240
Until it's discovered that the tool becomes stale and obsolete in a few years because ir can't fulfill new requirements.
Submission + - Museum exhibit KITT replica hit with speeding ticket in New York (nzherald.co.nz)
Adrian Harvey writes: A replica of KITT from Knight Rider has been issued a speeding ticket in New York. Whilst stationary at the Volvo Museum in Chicago!
The museum said: “You couldn’t make this up! Our KITT hasn’t left the museum in years. Does anyone have David Hasselhoff’s number? He owes us $50!!!!!”
The museum is seeking a hearing to dispute the ticket.
The museum said: “You couldn’t make this up! Our KITT hasn’t left the museum in years. Does anyone have David Hasselhoff’s number? He owes us $50!!!!!”
The museum is seeking a hearing to dispute the ticket.
Submission + - The Virtual OS Museum (virtualosmuseum.org)
Z00L00K writes: This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.
A custom emulator-independent launcher is provided, and all OSes and emulators are pre-installed and pre-configured. The launcher includes a snapshot feature to quickly revert broken installations back to a working state. Hypervisor installers and shortcuts to run the VM on Windows, macOS, and Linux are also included.
Want to see the earliest resident monitors? The ancestor of all modern OSes (CTSS)? The earliest versions of Unix? The first OS with a desktop metaphor GUI (Xerox Star Pilot/ViewPoint)? Early versions of mainstream OSes? If you want to explore historical OSes and platforms without having to worry about configuring/installing emulators and OSes or corrupting emulated installations, you’ve come to the right place.
Just about every well-known OS and platform (and also a lot of obscure ones) is included in some form, spanning the entire history of stored-program computing from the Manchester Baby of 1948 (the first stored-program computer) to the present day.
A custom emulator-independent launcher is provided, and all OSes and emulators are pre-installed and pre-configured. The launcher includes a snapshot feature to quickly revert broken installations back to a working state. Hypervisor installers and shortcuts to run the VM on Windows, macOS, and Linux are also included.
Want to see the earliest resident monitors? The ancestor of all modern OSes (CTSS)? The earliest versions of Unix? The first OS with a desktop metaphor GUI (Xerox Star Pilot/ViewPoint)? Early versions of mainstream OSes? If you want to explore historical OSes and platforms without having to worry about configuring/installing emulators and OSes or corrupting emulated installations, you’ve come to the right place.
Just about every well-known OS and platform (and also a lot of obscure ones) is included in some form, spanning the entire history of stored-program computing from the Manchester Baby of 1948 (the first stored-program computer) to the present day.
Submission + - Amsterdam Moves to Rein In "Fatbikes" With Park Ban (straitstimes.com)
schwit1 writes: City officials have implemented an unprecedented ban on “fatbikes” in Amsterdam’s iconic Vondelpark to protect the crowds of locals and tourists who visit daily on foot, traditional hire bicycles, or roller skates.
The restriction follows growing public frustration over youths tearing through the city on the robust electric vehicles. Reports of “fatbike gangs” causing havoc recently culminated in a petition against aggressive riders that gathered 2,400 signatures, with organisers arguing
The restriction follows growing public frustration over youths tearing through the city on the robust electric vehicles. Reports of “fatbike gangs” causing havoc recently culminated in a petition against aggressive riders that gathered 2,400 signatures, with organisers arguing
Pavements are racetracks. Public space no longer feels safe.
Named for their ultra-thick tyres, fatbikes are capable of hitting speeds up to 60km/h. Sharing space on Amsterdam’s famously crowded cycle paths, they have increasingly become a source of friction with traditional cyclists who view the heavy, fast vehicles as a menace.
Last year saw a rise in public concern about the number of asylum seekers in the Netherlands who appear to be using these typically expensive items as their main mode of transportation.
Submission + - 'Underminr' CDN Vulnerability Hides Malicious Traffic Behind Trusted Domains (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability dubbed "Underminr"i n shared content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure to hide connections to malicious domains. Researchers say the vulnerability could impact roughly 88 million domains and can bypass DNS filtering and protective DNS controls, potentially enabling stealthy command-and-control communications and other evasive attacks.
Comment The energy 'savings' are just moved (Score 2) 123
Most of the energy consumption is now moved to the customers bill, so there's nothing saved. Just redistributed.
Comment Re: What about being in a free country (Score 1) 132
The US hasn't been free this century.
Comment Re: amazing (Score -1) 132
If you extend this regulation then all prediction gambling like the stock market will be prohibited. Also goodbye to powerball and anything else because guessing could be considered potential prediction.
Comment Re: This is how revolutions start (Score 1) 146
All you need is a backhoe and some knowledge about where the power lines and optical fibers are. Don't forget the water pipes.
Comment Re:Reverting to third-world status (Score 1) 146
Some 20 years ago it was already not the best.
Comment Re:Here's an idea. (Score 1) 146
Never underestimate the guy with a backhoe.
Comment Re: Check your elitist privilege (Score 1) 108
When there's no more fossil fuels then wood burning is what remains.
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