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Three arrested for stealing thousands by hacking into ATMs with a Raspberry Pi

pcgamer.com
2 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·1 comments

RHEL: Open-Source Drama [video]

youtube.com
2 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

Flyby Anomaly

en.wikipedia.org
1 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

The Cookie Monster’s cookies aren’t what you think

mashed.com
2 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

SpaceWire

en.wikipedia.org
3 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

An MPGuino Fuel-Economy Computer with a Retro Look

spectrum.ieee.org
14 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·4 comments

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1 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

Mysterious Russian satellites are now breaking apart in low-Earth orbit

arstechnica.com
8 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·0 comments

Electrify America “fries” EVs at charging stations

teslarati.com
102 points·by danbr·il y a 3 ans·150 comments

A Thanksgiving Day gag ruffled feathers in Mission Control (2020)

arstechnica.com
3 points·by danbr·il y a 4 ans·2 comments

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danbr
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Found this X account which posts in real-time some of the same info, hahaha: https://x.com/isstoiletelem
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
Apple should bring back the translucent-brown key caps. They’re awesome.
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I would like to learn more about the “hack”. Although I doubt a CVE will be issued.

I can only assume it’s a simple serial console port left open, and a service technician toolset was leaked with the commands to open the cash dispenser.
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
In this case, Louis Slotin was the safety mechanism. Different times…

I’m currently reading Command and Control which dives into nuclear safety and more interestingly, accidents. I recommend it: https://books.google.com/books/about/Command_and_Control.htm...
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
Practical Engineering just did a great video on Desalination.

Why Is Desalination So Difficult? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxqOPdEUNTs
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I had a professor in undergrad who scheduled his classes as early as possible, around 7:30am, because he was an early riser.

Notoriously known for difficult assignments and exams, he would allow extra time for tests, if we showed up an extra half hour early. Who wants to take an exam at 7am?! There was a massive curve to everyone’s grades.
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
EA. Other EV owners (Bolt) have run into the same issue at EA chargers as mentioned in the article.
danbr
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I’m somewhat surprised there aren’t more EV (DC) charging companies around.

There are dozens of various oil companies who have their own gas stations (subsidized by the oil industry?). Why don’t we see more electric companies building their own charging networks as well?
danbr
·il y a 4 ans·discuss
For those who are able, a pihole is a must when connecting a smart TV (or any other “smart” device for that matter) to the internet.

It’s shockingly disturbing the amount of traffic my Samsung TV produces, even when watching OTA stations. It easily queries Samsung cloud domains more than any other device on my network. Thankfully I am able to sinkhole all those requests without totally breaking tv functionality, but after paying hundreds of dollars for a television, I don’t need to give them any more of my data for financial gain.
danbr
·il y a 4 ans·discuss
Based on the outcome of the 2008 hack, some of vulnerabilities (value stored on card, not remote server) still remain today.

AFC 2.0 has been delayed for many years, this new MIFARE attack vector will remain for a while longer as well.
danbr
·il y a 7 ans·discuss
I read this book a couple years ago, it’s great. In fact, I picked up the book 2nd hand with a note from the author inscribed on a cover page. Neat.

This book is especially interesting to anyone building systems where humans are required to interface with a computer on a “mission-critical” level.

It goes in-depth about the new type of electrical component-integrated circuits used in the guidance system. And more about other aspects of the navigation systems used on Apollo.

I recommend.