Blog https://personal-view.com/talks/categories/blog/p180/feed.rss Sun, 24 Nov 24 14:48:26 +0000 Blog en-CA Mordor: Lefty hackers opened huge number of postmats https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24835/mordor-lefty-hackers-opened-huge-number-of-postmats- Sun, 06 Dec 2020 01:36:14 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24835@/talks/discussions

Around 3000 places of PickPoint network with up to 150000 parcel doors had been open remotely by hackers.

Actually whole network had been hacked but company managed to shut down some of controllers remotely themselves and called place owners to just unplug the power for all other cases (around 80% of ones that was not hacked had mains power unplugged).

It is not clear now how many parcels had been stolen, but can be around up to 10000-15000.

For now it is considered that hack happened due to newly discovered hole in some Raspberry Pi library (as company used them).

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Good quote: On why cats are super important for developers https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24833/good-quote-on-why-cats-are-super-important-for-developers Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:29:41 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24833@/talks/discussions

My cat is well versed in programming. Once I explain the problem to her, everything becomes clear.

(c) John Robbins

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Samsung aims to make 600mp quad pixel smartphone sensor https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24832/samsung-aims-to-make-600mp-quad-pixel-smartphone-sensor Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:33:00 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24832@/talks/discussions image

In reality sensor size will only marginally increase, but each pixel will shrink at least 35%.

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Wristcam for Apple Watch https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24831/wristcam-for-apple-watch Sat, 05 Dec 2020 08:51:48 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24831@/talks/discussions

https://wristcam.com/product

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Capitalism: US can command to release Meng Wanzhou that they hold hostage https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24829/capitalism-us-can-command-to-release-meng-wanzhou-that-they-hold-hostage Sat, 05 Dec 2020 05:58:58 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24829@/talks/discussions

The U.S. Justice Department is in talks about a possible resolution in the legal case against the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., according to a person familiar with the matter, a simmering dispute that has fueled a clash between the world’s two biggest economies.

No deal or terms have been reached in the discussion about the fate of Meng Wanzhou, said the person, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

Justice officials and lawyers have discussed the prospect of a deferred prosecution agreement related to wire and bank fraud charges, which would allow Meng to return home to China from Canada in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in the criminal case.

Rumors in the industry are that exchange can be to the special written agreement from Huawei to never use TSMC 5nm and upcoming 3nm processes. Huawei will be also asked to put special fund (around $35 billions USD) that will be seized by US in case they will break promise.

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Looking Glass Portrait - Personal holographic display https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24828/looking-glass-portrait-personal-holographic-display Fri, 04 Dec 2020 03:43:09 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24828@/talks/discussions image

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lookingglass/looking-glass-portrait

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EU: China and Mordor are responsible for EU bureaucrats faults https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24827/eu-china-and-mordor-are-responsible-for-eu-bureaucrats-faults Fri, 04 Dec 2020 01:35:34 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24827@/talks/discussions

The European Union has accused Mordor and China of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the European Commission.

It is noted that some countries, including Mordorand China, conducted operations aimed at spreading misinformation around the coronavirus pandemic in the European Union in order to "undermine democratic discussions." According to representatives of the alliance, the threat to democracy requires a full response.

First it had been Crusades, now "threat to democracy".

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Capitalism: Drugs and efficient management https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/24826/capitalism-drugs-and-efficient-management Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:17:40 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 24826@/talks/discussions

Lomustine has been used for over 40 years to treat brain tumors, Hodgkin's disease, lung, stomach, intestinal, kidney and myeloma cancers. In 2013, Bristol-Myers Squibb (USA) sold lomustine to NextSource Biotechnology (USA), a startup, at that time the drug was sold under the CeeNU trademark and cost $50 per capsule. The new owner renamed the drug Gleostine and today the same dosage costs $768.

The patent for lomustine expired (apparently, almost 30 years ago), but there are no analogues in the United States.

And after this capitalists ask why people want to do rough things to them.

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