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Terabytes stolen to influencing business dynamics for profit

aa.com.tr
1 points·by erie·2년 전·0 comments

A fitness app was used to dox and leak sensitive personal data

haaretz.com
3 points·by erie·2년 전·2 comments

A handshake from a stranger made Nasrallah, traceable to Israelis, reports claim

maariv.co.il
2 points·by erie·2년 전·5 comments

If you can not beat them, play with them

bloomberg.com
1 points·by erie·2년 전·1 comments

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erie
·2년 전·discuss
Is it the type of added sugar that matters more, because I think they use the cheapest sugars to maximize their profits. But it is not that simple. 'Naturally occurring sugars in fruits and vegetables come with fiber, vitamins, and minerals, which can mitigate some of the negative effects3 Added sugars, whether from table sugar or other sources, provide empty calories without nutritional benefits Sweeteners like fruit juice, honey, molasses and maple syrup contain natural sugar and have some nutritional benefits. Fruit has fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Even raw honey and maple syrup can contain antioxidants and minerals like iron, zinc, calcium and potassium. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...
erie
·2년 전·discuss
Yes, it seems bad, 'Sleeping too much puts you at greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes than sleeping too little. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8727775/
erie
·2년 전·discuss
There is also a more recent one in Syria :"How Seeds from War-Torn Syria Could Help Save American Wheat - May 14, 2018 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-seeds-from-war-torn-syria... And another take on it here: How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War When civil war broke out in Syria, Ahmed Amri immediately thought about seeds. Specifically, 141,000 packets of them sitting in cold storage 19 miles south of Aleppo. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank...
erie
·2년 전·discuss
I think I got help from studding the experience of the 'anatomy of fear' in 'The Emperor Jones', a 1920 play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill. It helped me understand how irrational fear would gradually get into me. I was stranded in desert area known for hyenas. Walking with a heavy backpack for 7 hours in complete darkness to reach the camp, I started 'seeing' things in the dark. I started singing first, then praying, couldn't find stones to throw at dark spot I though were water ponds formed during the heavy rain, I had a break down. Then I saw the lights of the camp that showed me how I deviated from the path to it by a far margin. But something pleasant happened afterwards, I felt I conquered fear and my tolerance for unpleasant things got a big boost.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
'A fake account on Strava systematically exploited the popular fitness app to collect information about sensitive bases and secret sites, including a U.S. military base.'
erie
·2년 전·discuss
'Researchers from Harvard Chan School found that three types of flame retardants, called TDCIPP, TPHP, and mono-ITP, can have a major impact on pregnancies. The study followed 211 women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), and found that 80% of them showed evidence of the chemicals in their urine. Women with the highest levels of exposure fared the worst, with a wide range of effects:10% lower chance of a successful fertilization31% lower chance of the embryo implanting in the uterus41% fewer clinical pregnancies (where fetal heartbeat is confirmed by ultrasound)38% fewer live births https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/flame-retard...
erie
·2년 전·discuss
The black part in plastics is due to the addition of cheap carbon black to recycled plastic which is usually pale and unappealing grey, it is a form of 'soot produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, petroleum or vegetable matter. It is added to plastics as a reinforcing substance, the same reason for which it finds widespread use in tires' .https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/environment-did-you-know/d...
erie
·2년 전·discuss
It is about the money:" The “black” in plastics is due to the addition of carbon black, which is basically a form of soot produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, petroleum or vegetable matter. It is added to plastics as a reinforcing substance, the same reason for which it finds widespread use in tires. Another benefit is that carbon black absorbs ultraviolet radiation that can cause plastics to degrade. Now for the problems. Carbon black contains numerous compounds, some of which, like the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), have carcinogenic properties and have led the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to categorize carbon black as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” Whether this is an issue in the containers used for many prepared foods, including those that are to be microwaved, is not clear, since the carbon black is locked within the matrix of the plastic and may not leach out in any significant amounts. Prepared food marketers like the black containers because they are cheap and are visually more appealing than their clear counterparts. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/environment-did-you-know/d...
erie
·2년 전·discuss
It is strange that when Arabic and Hebrew languages are written from left to write, that is not the case with numbers, a common saying in Arabic is 'zero on the left', that means worthless. Arabs in old times hated zero because it signified no gains in trade and wars, and was called a vacuum sign because any number multiplied by it ended up with nothing, the Arabic zero word ‘cepher ‘ was a translation of Sanskrit word śūnya that meant empty. The first English use of zero was in 1598. Al-Khwarizmi or Algorismus made common in use in 773 in Baghdad.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
'The answer appears to be yes. Both Arabic qanāt and Greek kánna are related to the Akkadian qanû, meaning "reed". The Greek word became latin canna for cane, then canalis for pipe or channel. See this entry in the Etymological Dictionary of Arabic for more: https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=record&view... on May 18, 2016 | parent | prev | next [–]It's the exact same thing.For example, Suez Canal is called "Qanat al-Suez" in Arabic.' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11719441
erie
·2년 전·discuss
I have queried gemini about a specific issue and when it failed to give a decent answer I narrowed down the issue with hints about the answer, it responded with details from an old post by me on reddit.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
One dude recounted how psilocybin helped him have the best experience with the happy ending , as being out of this world, but the timing was perfect, not sure if it was 'How to Change Your Mind | | Netflix, or another one there.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
They are citing an Arabic report from IDF sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90kkHdIFfzg So the idea is locating him before going underground, his last 'visible' location before the signal disapeared.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
A handshake from a stranger made Nasrallah, traceable to Israelis; the man smeared him with the substance and then disappeared allowing Israel to track him
erie
·2년 전·discuss
They are already here with outfits such as Synthesia and heygen.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
I think it is about the idiotic old mentality of control, sense of 'ownership' and distrust.
erie
·2년 전·discuss
In the 1930s, in Lebanon, they would not abide by any standards, laws or ceilings. They poisoned wells, rigged cars (including ambulances), packages and even animals (during the civil war, they sent donkeys loaded with explosives into crowded areas in West Beirut and rigged them in the name of the “Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners”).
erie
·2년 전·discuss
'To Catch Up in EVs, Detroit Needs to Invite China In There’s lots Ford and GM could learn from the likes of BYD about building affordable electric cars.For a century, America’s car plants, dealer lots and highways have been the world’s preeminent automotive battlefield. No longer. China has grown to be simultaneously the biggest vehicle market, the biggest vehicle exporter and, with an eye to the future, the global center for electric vehicles. If the US auto industry, wedded as it is to gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, is to remain relevant, it should ditch the siege mentality and consider inviting its chief adversary inside.'

‘Your strategy shouldn’t be walling yourself off from superior technology in the hope you'll catch up - protected by your insulation – it never works. China's Qing dynasty tried it with the results we all know about: they lost out even faster.’
erie
·2년 전·discuss
And with EV the problem would be bigger as the frequency of replacing EV tires is higher due to heavier weights of EVs.'Emissions Analytics found that a single car sheds almost nine pounds of tire weight per year, on average. Globally, that amounts to 6 million metric tons of tire pollution annually, with most of it coming from wealthier countries where personal car use is more prevalent.

The amount of tire pollution emitted per vehicle is increasing as more electric cars hit the road around the world — some 14 million of them this year, according to the International Energy Agency. EVs tend to be significantly heavier than gas-powered or hybrid cars due to their larger, heftier batteries. The average battery for an EV on the market today is roughly 1,000 pounds, with some outliers approaching 3,000 pounds — as much as an entire gasoline-powered compact car.'
erie
·2년 전·discuss
'The private conversations about having her replaced have intensified since public calls for her ouster in July from Barry Diller, chairman of IAC Inc., and LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, who said Khan was “waging war on American business.”Democratic donors on Wall Street will likely keep lobbying in private for Khan to be replaced, some of the people said. However, it’s unlikely any of them are withholding contributions based on her fate at the FTC, and no clear communication has been given to donors about Harris’ position on Khan, they stressed.'