Outside of a passing similarity to Pokemon, I wonder what the suit is about

The exploding walkie talkies as the follow up was really too much.

Someone heard Trump and thought, “I bet that guy can carry a note.” That’s terrorism.

The most relevant part is at the very bottom of the article:

There have been reports in recent months of small explosions across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), where Cologne is located, due to gang-related activity.

In the Netherlands, setting off small explosions outside buildings is a common intimidation tactic for some drug traffickers. NRW borders the Netherlands and is on the obvious route from there to central and eastern Europe, as well as the rest of Germany.

After seeing Perun’s video on how the Russian war economy is actually doing well, with the biggest limitation being a lack of bodies to fulfill all the jobs, it seems Putin stumbled into a probable stable future built on using human bodies as fuel for his money machine. There may come a point where Ukraine quits the fight, regardless of the outcome, and Russia’s economy collapses.

China wants to work with the Russian Navy? The same Navy that is being beaten by a country without a navy? The same Russia that no longer has a working carrier and who lost their biggest ship, a missile cruiser, to drones? China is going to be doing all the work.

They are

Right? Are they just taking up a position which has been setup and then abandoned? We need to expect a child to carry a base plate, at the very least.

Hey baby, does that ERA go all the way up?

Convert it to rubles, cut the price of materiel to cost, and the end result is a bit more than that. However, Russia started this SMO with rewards and bonuses given out like the country was a tech stock at an IPO. Now they have to pay out those bonuses since it’s been 2 years and they haven’t managed to kill off every single enlisted schmuck. They are also continuing to entice more from other countries with strong currencies, requiring more signing bonus money.

Oh, and Wagner suffered some big losses this year and that will need to be patched up with whatever talent and vehicles are available. Frankly, Putin has a lot of big bills and every bit of other people’s money counts.

I ate ice cream too fast and when I held my head and said “oooo” a nearby mom said that’s how she felt during labor.

/S

Bro set a grill lid on his lap.

Russia has proven that it can’t protect weak points because the entire military is a weak point. Can’t wait to see the military parade in May.

Thin things look nice in industrial design. It’s why phones stopped being chunky as soon as the battery packs could be scaled down. It’s why EV cars are in higher demand than EV trucks/UVs. Watches became a prestige product when they were thin enough to wear on a wrist instead of fitting in a pocket. Flashlights became a collectors hobby after they shrank down to be palm sized while retaining their brightness. Cameras became ubiquitous once they stopped needing a tripod and flash powder. Smaller things, thinner things, are more attractive to consumers.

Ahoy was common enough that the Simpsons had their oldest phone user answer with "Ahoy hoy?"

It’s diminishing customer experience creep, except the company doesn’t understand what the user data means. They run A/B tests of different layouts, seeing what kind of feedback each gets to learn more about design choices and users. Each version should get its own feedback and then that data is compiled by data scientists into actionable feedback, things that can be done to improve the website in the direction the company thinks is an “improvement”.

Twitter abandoned those data scientists with the initial layoffs. There is no one to tell them what works and what impacts the customer experience, which is why each time the internal question of “how do we open up for engagement?” they answer it the same way, “Use existing user bases by linking their account to Twitter.” The result is several login requests all looking for the same cookie.

It’s lazy or inexperienced management. Knowing the type of person Elon hires, it’s probably both.

Incredible. This is more informative than a slide deck at the Pentagon.

The thieves are jamming WiFi systems and the comments on the article and on Lemmy seem to blame the victim for not being tech savvy. The bulk of Nest/Ring customers do so because the app is easy to use and the cameras easy to setup. By definition the victims are far less likely to be able to defend against this kind of jamming attack.

If the next step in escalation is to shut down the power to the house, will the victim be blamed for not having home batteries and solar panels?

Why not question the viability of WiFi systems in general? Has video ever been more than a deterrent to those scared of cameras? Fearless thieves who know how to deter the systems get free loot for their trouble.

Treat security like we did before 2010; improve physical security to defend instead of relying on deterrence.

Navy goblin just fucking around. Needs to get back down below and start rowing again.

Flowers exist