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DecoySalamander
·3 months ago·discuss
Not really. Many scenarios where that would mean spending 50x the time or hiring a team.
DecoySalamander
·4 months ago·discuss
Maybe not weeks, but there was extensive damage and parts of Berlin went dark https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/europe/berlin-power-outag...
DecoySalamander
·5 months ago·discuss
It would be highly impractical to go to war with all of them at once, but USA can still fix one country at time. Venezuella, Iran, hopefully Cuba next.
DecoySalamander
·5 months ago·discuss
Kitchen knives actually do have safety features, such as non-slip handles and finger guards, which users appreciate. I certainly do. Users also appreciate safeguards in cli tools, such as not deleting all data if input happens to be slightly wrong. Sure, you could design your tool to be used exclusively by leet hackers, but the idea of sanitizing your inputs is not completely preposterous.
DecoySalamander
·5 months ago·discuss
Why not? It wouldn't be acceptable in any other context - like running a lawn mower that spits oil onto your neighbor's lawn.
DecoySalamander
·5 months ago·discuss
There is a plausible scenario in which a user finds some malicious example of cli params for running your command and pasts it in the terminal. You don't have to handle this scenario, but it would be nice to.
DecoySalamander
·5 months ago·discuss
The most interesting data running through Starlink is Ukrainian and Russian military comms (including feeds from drones). I wonder if Musk actually plans to tap into that.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
You will need to implement some very invasive issuing mechanism to ensure that only those with a pulse can procure new keys. Even then, keys will still be bought or stolen - as was the case with pre-Elon Twitter checkmarks.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
Bots can authenticate just as well as human users. Both bots and trolls are completely different set of issues that cannot easily be solved, regardless of your approach.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
USA is not Russia. I don't think an order could ever be made to level a "rebellious" city, and even if it were, it would never be followed.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
> How doable is it with vanilla css?

Under all of the framework complexity that specific look is still achieved with CSS. In fact, you could rip out the CSS they use with very little modification and pair it with a ~five-line React component that doesn't require any third-party imports.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
Most of Ukraine doesn't need to do it. The internet infrastructure is largely intact and very decentralised. The biggest challenge is the lengthy power outages, but mobile networks keeps running thanks to generators.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
I think that there are more apps that are better off as web apps (cross platform and sandboxed) than not.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
From a purely moral standpoint, my answer would be "yes, absolutely." Unfortunately, most of these interventions are not practically possible. Taking out a dictator in US's backyard is so much easier (and easier to do bloodlessly) than any of these examples.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
I'd just call the police, since they're more powerful than your average robber.

Maduro's remaining cronies could call on Russia for help since they just signed a military alliance. However, that's not likely to work.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
> maybe slightly further cementing that the US will not come to Taiwan's aid

Isn't that the opposite? The US just demonstrated that it can still conduct military operations, and the presence of Chinese envoys in the country does not deter it in any way. As of now, China has one fewer source of oil it can rely on in case of an invasion.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
The difference is that Russia's goal is the annexation of most or all Ukrainian territory, the looting of the country and the erasure of its national identity. Without western support, Ukraine would be in a much worse state than it is now.

Whatever US goals are, it seems they are not pushing forward after snatching Maduro.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
Fight back whom? US is already out with "no further action" planned according to Rubio.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
It's not entirely unexpected - you must have missed the recent deployment of the US Navy in the region, which looked like a naval blockade. But this operation is certainly daring - far more impressive than simply blowing Maduro up with a drone strike, which I personally expected.

It's justified by portraying Maduro as a drug kingpin responsible for the fentanyl epidemic in the US. He is also blamed for some gang activity.
DecoySalamander
·6 months ago·discuss
Why bother monitoring junk food purchases when we can watch videos of helicopters flying over Caracas being uploaded almost in real time?