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Ex-mil, ex-sec, ex-treme, & ex-plosive.

Go ahead. Squeeze me. Crack that vial.

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2024-11-10 01:30:34 UTC

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Thanks very much for taking the time to reply, John.
I *did* miss something: that temperature is BONKERS!
So, yes, that's effectively an explosion of energy that would make, as you said, a detonating nuke seem benign and friendly by comparison.
I'll ask my friend to ensure they RTFM for the black hole they purchased!
Thanks, John!

2024-11-09 19:08:02 UTC

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You mentioned, "It also can't be extremely light black holes, because Hawking showed these would explode..."
Did Hawking say 'explode' or 'evaporate'?
I was under the impression that the 'evaporation' rate of black holes increased as their mass reduced. (Like me, that's generally something that only happens when not being fed.)
But to actually 'explode'? (Perhaps I missed something.)
Ummm... 'asking for a friend' who recently purchased a black hole...

2024-11-07 05:16:21 UTC

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No, first one should 'purge the data' from any app.
Then, one should log in to any cloud server where that data is also stored, and then delete that data.
Then, delete the account.
Take screenshots throughout so you may later prove that you've taken those actions.
Store those screenshots in an encrypted, local drive or use Proton Drive, but only if you're certain your account recovery settings won't grant undesired access.
Only then should one delete any such app.
@npub1ry2…ma3q

2024-11-06 17:09:28 UTC

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It will be good when the Tuta calendar app for Android is NOT marked as 'Untested' and "Unsafe' by my antivirus software.
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2024-09-29 09:20:02 UTC

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DAMMIT!
I've never used Linux, and I am about to start defenestrating my machines for the Great Conversion ...
... and yet ...
... somehow ...
... they're already spying on me!

2024-09-26 21:46:59 UTC

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Y'all forgot to add the hashtag #girlscandoanything

2024-09-20 09:17:04 UTC

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More enshittification from Microsoft: a Windows app called 'Windows App'.
A search for help using it will now use the base term 'Windows App'.
Which moron at MS came up with this stupid idea?
Possibly the same one who took the 'Outlook' name from the client, and spread it into an email address domain, a web app, and various iterations of Office.
A search for online help using Outlook, produces only irrelevant info relating to the *other* part of Outlook.
Linux - here I come!

2024-09-10 02:35:10 UTC

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Hi Team Tuta,
Are the Tuta servers down at the moment?
I tried checking on https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ but that didn't work.
Apparently, according to the http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com website, the https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ website is down, so I can't check if Tuta.com is down.
I'll work out how to check if Tuta.com is up... or down... soon. Just give me a minute for my puny human brain to process things and catch up.
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2024-09-05 17:25:20 UTC

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Thanks, Team Tuta! We love your work!

2024-09-05 15:12:04 UTC

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Hello Team Tuta,
While new accounts are going straight into the 'quantum safe' encryption protocol, weren't the older accounts going to be migrated off the old encryption protocols in due course?
If so, is that being done? Has it started? Has it finished? Will users be notified?
Are there things we can do to assist, like staying 'logged out' for a specific time?
Asking for a friend...

2024-08-22 13:24:40 UTC

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I was *stunned* to learn that Google has been crawling all over the entire WorldWideWeb looking at every webpage they can find.
Worse, they've created some sort of "searchable index" of those webpages!
Now, *IF* one has access to the Google search engine, one can search for almost any webpage out there in public. (But one must know the secret URL to access that "search engine.")
It almost like they're *trying* to collect all the data they can.
Google puts the Stasi in the shade.

2024-08-21 21:33:00 UTC

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Thank you, Microsoft, for Windows 11 and 'Recall', thus making Linux the only reasonable choice.
By October 15th, 2025, I will have (somewhat ironically) defenestrated my final Windows machine.

2024-08-20 16:14:45 UTC

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Cool! Thanks.
Survey completed.

2024-08-20 13:23:51 UTC

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Well, here's some survey feedback:
"I was unable to participate in the survey because the survey link went to a typeform that was already closed."

2024-06-19 03:25:38 UTC

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Oh, dear. More inaccurate reporting from Ars Technica...
"astronomers watch in real time".
No astronomer has ever seen anything happen in "real time." The universe has the worst latency in... well... the universe!
Even observations of the moon are, on average, delayed by 1.28 seconds.
That said, I do appreciate that astronomers usually need to make their observations from a safe distance!