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In 2019 I presented a paper at the 1st International Orbital Debris Conference looking at implications of relocating satellites of a large constellation from high LEO altitudes to low LEO
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DRM is a system for prohibiting legal conduct that manufacturers and their shareholders don't like.Laws like the US DMCA 1201 (and its equivalents all over the world) ban tampering with
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You entrust digital products with a lot: from your thermostat to your car's informatics to your pacemaker to your email and financial data, defects in computers can expose you to
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The Iranian Golden Age was an era in medieval history where ethnic Iranians all over the Middle East and Central Asia dominated scholarly fields such as medicine, philosophy, poetry, astronomy,
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A one-image-a-day thread for #NationalPetMonth. Hans Asper's 1538 portrait of Cleophea Krieg von Bellikon (now in @KunsthausZurich), with her cat and dog having a bit of a 'krieg' (war) themselves
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When Spanoulis broke Navarro’s all-time scoring total this season in @EuroLeague, I was curious if anyone from FIBA era would be able to crack top 10 or top 15. I
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This week on my podcast, I read my @Medium column, "The Best Defense Against Rubber-Hose Cryptanalysis," about what the cypherpunks got wrong, what they got right, and what that says
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I start a thread with evidence against masks. Papers, reports etc.. This is not my work, I stole most of it from other posts, I just want to collect all
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Detailed thread on best science on efficacy of masks. Please read, comment and follow if you learned something.Unfortunately the data show that Masks don’t work. I wish they did. I
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OFFENSIVE JIHĀDThe purpose behind Jihād according to the Ahl al-Sunnah is in order to conquer new lands and impose Islām upon them so that the people of those lands have
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It's a zombie economy. For 40 years, we've eroded the wages of workers and transfered their share of profit and productivity to owners of capital. This is a problem, because
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Cyberpunk 2077? What happened to Cyberpunk 1 and Cyberpunk 2 and Cyberpunk 3 and Cyberpunk 4 and Cyberpunk 5 and Cyberpunk 6 and Cyberpunk 7 and Cyberpunk 8 and Cyberpunk
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DAY 212NYT: We’re deep in the heart of Slidewhistle, Utah to speak with some voters. What do you think of President Poop-Flinging Monkey so far?R: Well, I’m happy he’s pissing
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R: We hereby nominate this poop-flinging monkey for PresidentMONKEY: (flings poop)D: What a terrible candidateR: At least the poop-flinging monkey won’t kill babies & take away my gunsD: But the
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