Potatos_are_not_friends

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"Citizens of Indonesia, we apologize for the fact that it affected everyone," the team wrote in a statement shared by Singapore-based dark web intelligence outfit Stealth Mole.

In the statement, Brain Cipher detailed that it was releasing the decryptor of its own accord, without prodding by law enforcement or other agencies. It did, however, ask for public gratitude for its magnanimous behavior – and even provided an account at which it could receive donations. Good luck with that.

 

According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France's "Excalibur" has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword could be found stuck in a sheer rock wall about 100 feet off the ground

Authorities in France are working to determine how the sword was taken from the 100 foot sheer rock face.

That hole has served us greatly

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 169 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Btw this is a parody account

 
 

Layoffs and studio closures have been an unfortunately-common occurrence across the industry since last year, with layoffs in 2024 already matching 2023's total of over 10,000 developers being put out of work. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed Tango. Its closure, undeniably tragic, is an exception in a country seemingly insulated from the industry-wide devastation occurring beyond its borders.

It's a trend across the industry in the country. In my own conversations with Japanese developers, many have acknowledged the concerns for friends in the industry internationally while admitting a level of confidence and job security that simply no longer exists no matter the company beyond Japanese borders.

Under Japanese employment law, layoffs are incredibly difficult to implement – unless the company is under severe financial difficulty and at risk of insolvency in a manner layoffs could alleviate, after other cost-saving measures have been undertaken, layoffs for permanent employees are all-but impossible.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah. Our stupid ass government only recently started hiring hackers who smoke weed. But even then, there's too much stupid red tape.

“Both the NSA and the DOD have a ton of talented hackers, yet when it comes to actually performing disruptive cyber operations, for some reason we as a country are just frozen and scared,” Caceres says. “And that needs to change.”

He points to ransomware actors, mostly based in Russia, who extracted more than a billion dollars of extortion fees from victim companies in 2023 while crippling hospitals and government agencies. North Korea–affiliated hackers, meanwhile, stole another $1 billion in cryptocurrency last year, funneling profits into the coffers of the Kim regime. All of that hacking against the West, he argues, has been carried out with relative impunity. “We sit there while they hack us,” Caceres says.

https://www.wired.com/story/p4x-north-korea-internet-hacker-identity-reveal/

And also

It also doesn't help that the Republican Party have outright praised Russia, which means they're already inside.

I type my search into the post and then usually some kind person finds me a link and calls me a asshole

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Haha I never seen that one.

Ive seen the dog one.

 
[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I dunno. Steam did it well enough. I was buying cheap games for years. I could get a kick ass GOTY game for like $5 while GameStop was still selling it used on consoles for $20.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Sometimes war is brought to your door.

Recent ones: Gaza. Ukraine.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Lemmy: why aren't people using Linux? It's so easy

Also Lemmy: webp huh?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Lemmy folk forgetting that not every person cares enough to switch OSes.

If you ever work tech support even at a basic level, you'll see. It's not even boomers or genZ. I helped a grown ass human who was my age at 40yo how to install a Firefox extension.

That could have been me a few years ago. I was still using teamviewer up until 2020 to connect to my desktop from my laptop. It's so handy.

Fortunately it was when I started learning about open-source solutions

If you forget about Lemmy, straight to jail. No question.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When I was a kid, I used to play video games while jumping around. I'd stand in front of the TV, bounce around, play Mario, run in circles. My parents didn't care.

At some point, society said that was weird, and I had a gaming chair?

Watching myself balloon (and already using a standing desk for work) went back to standing while playing video games. I enjoy it!

 

404 Media noted that Google accidentally collected childrens’ voice data through the Gboard microphone, leaked carpool users’ trips and home addresses (Waze), collected license plate info from Street View, and made YouTube recommendations derived from deleted watch history.

In one case, a Google contractor was responsible for leaking an early look video of one of Nintendo’s games, Yoshi’s Crafted World, in 2017. In another incident, a person could modify customer accounts on AdWords and thus manipulate affiliate tracking codes for ads.

 

While Ezra was taking a nap in his crib, the family's Husky that they owned for eight years attacked out of nowhere.

"And to just bring awareness that it could be any dog at any time. Completely unprovoked, no matter what the history is," Chloe said.

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