Nostr notes by gwire

The thing about denying a UK visa for Hasan Piker is that, unless ...

2026-06-01T08:49:44Z

The thing about denying a UK visa for Hasan Piker is that, unless a clear explanation is given otherwise, it gives a strong impression that criticism of the Israeli government is prohibited.

Outrageous and innevitable ...

2026-02-13T09:03:11Z

Outrageous and innevitable

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/bondi-spying-on-congressional-epstein-searches-should-be-a-major-scandal/

in this case, it seems like the people who can't properly ...

2026-02-04T14:03:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…0yjc
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in this case, it seems like the people who can't properly handle forensic data is the FBI?

there's a UK mobile network that hasn't patched since ...

2025-11-19T19:23:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…azt5
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there's a UK mobile network that hasn't patched since 2020. That can't be good.

not only is there a UK central gov domain with two vulnerable ...

2025-11-19T19:07:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…esfw
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not only is there a UK central gov domain with two vulnerable servers, they're *still* using their organisation's old domain name. So disappointing.

You should probably add a column for "vulnerable" instead ...

2025-11-19T18:57:20Z

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You should probably add a column for "vulnerable" instead of relying on people to mentally parse a UK dd/mm/yy date.

SIS is Foreign Office, not Home Office.

2025-09-19T10:01:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…w22m
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SIS is Foreign Office, not Home Office.

> "The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red ...

2025-09-14T12:44:46Z

> "The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red flags"

We're living in the backstory lore of a satirical 90s videogame.

https://www.theverge.com/x-ai/775411/grok-xai-safety-musk-warren-hegseth-dod

Now that there's apparently a definition of working class ...

2025-08-03T15:45:19Z

Now that there's apparently a definition of working class (it's based on one of your parent's job when you were 14), can someone build an "am I working class or not?" web service?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ez3v9v8jqo

Not really sure about the concerns related to data. I'm of ...

2025-07-22T22:36:27Z

Not really sure about the concerns related to data. I'm of the opinion that government should be creating and opening *more* documents and data to all data users, including all AI companies.

(Obviously I don't mean private and meaningfully confidential data. I mean reports, minutes, procedures, basically any non-confidential document obtainable via FOIA.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdv68gejm7o

Is this from an AI prompt, or is it an example of excellent ...

2025-04-19T17:21:20Z

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Is this from an AI prompt, or is it an example of excellent Disney brand synergy?

Is it not funded to 2025-04-25? ...

2025-04-15T21:41:23Z

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Is it not funded to 2025-04-25?

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RCSJ24FR0000019_7001_70RSAT20D00000001_7001

One aspect of countries applying tariffs, especially on consumer ...

2025-04-01T09:08:32Z

One aspect of countries applying tariffs, especially on consumer goods, is that domestic prices also rise (because of the weakened competition).

I've seen it suggested that the US government will use “non-legislative persuasion” to prevent companies from raising prices on domestic goods, and I don't know what that's a euphemism for.

That “prominently featured word” part feels a bit misleading, ...

2025-02-17T21:18:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…utn9
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That “prominently featured word” part feels a bit misleading, as the site (as archived) looks to just be echoing back things visitors have typed.

If you've bought ebooks from Amazon, you should probably back ...

2025-02-16T12:40:57Z

If you've bought ebooks from Amazon, you should probably back them up in the next few days, especially ones that risk being banned in the US.

https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb

I might suspect that the cause and effect are the reverse of ...

2025-02-13T13:50:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…qeaf
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I might suspect that the cause and effect are the reverse of what’s being suggested

I guess Dacorum Borough Council is going to have to reassess ...

2024-10-28T09:52:24Z

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I guess Dacorum Borough Council is going to have to reassess their foreign policy?

If you can log in, but after a delay, I'd check that the ...

2024-09-17T12:50:38Z

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If you can log in, but after a delay, I'd check that the server doesn't have some kind of checks at the login level that are timing out. (eg a reverse DNS check due to the use of hostnames in /etc/hosts.*)

Can you see the config on the server side? scp will usually use ...

2024-09-17T12:45:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…xztz
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Can you see the config on the server side? scp will usually use the sftp subsystem, which is separate from the normal login config. (eg your account might have an invalid system shell.)

I'd recommend not giving a date with a year less than 18 ...

2024-08-13T11:40:07Z

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I'd recommend not giving a date with a year less than 18 years in the past. There are services in the past that have changed their policies and suddenly deleted accounts based on provided birthdays. (Similar advice goes for stated locations.)

The 30% Apple fee is probably one of the the best arguments for ...

2024-08-12T18:20:17Z

The 30% Apple fee is probably one of the the best arguments for the open web.

Closed source software doesn’t have backdoors. It does have ...

2024-03-30T11:06:44Z

Closed source software doesn’t have backdoors.

It does have “undocumented administrative features” and “development tools mistakenly enabled in production”, but not backdoors.