'International Obfuscated C Code Contest' Will Relaunch, Celebrating 40th Anniversary https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/12/29/1730224/international-obfuscated-c-code-contest-will-relaunch-celebrating-40th-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
who decided on the name Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there for the taking
Reminder: RFK Jr caused a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly children.
RFK Jr and his non-profit visited Samoa to lobby the government and spread misinformation that reduced measles vaccination rates.
He may now lead the top US health agency.
> There are no official bilateral relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Holy See. The Holy See instead recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the representative of China ever since the establishment of relations with the ROC government in 1942.
erm based
speaking about the Deutsche Bahn like one would about a god of travel:
- "if the Bahn wants it, I shall arrive at dawn"
- "may the Bahn grant you swift travels"
- "our travels shall be guided by the Bahn's mercy"
This evening I saw "Inhumane Zones", an exhibition of Forensic Architecture's work documenting the Gaza genocide @ Echo Correspondence in Vienna. Harrowing testimony from medics treating civilians with horrific injuries. FA are doing important work in documenting war crimes against civilians.
A significant step to have this exhibition in a country where many people are either in denial that these crimes against humanity are taking place, or worse, try to justify them.
https://www.echocorrespondence.com/program/forensic-architecture-inhumane-zones
A bill called the ‘Stop Resistance Activities by Federal Employees Act’ was introduced in the House yesterday. It covers federal employees at or above GS-15 and would impose very serious penalties for “opposing, obstructing, or impeding lawful directives from the President, Vice President, or any other political appointee”.
The language is….well it’s fascism. And I’m not exaggerating. And maybe it won’t pass this time, but we all see the trend.
China successfully compromised for months the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.
This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...
German concept of "Gefährder", which criminalizes you on the assumption that you COULD commit crime in the future, was quietly extended to the EU with an informal definition of “potential terrorist”.
Council „created space for a new, informal practice. It will likely permit the collection and sharing of data on far more people than those involved in terrorism and violence.“
This will at first affect refugees and climate activists. Ultimately you.
@statewatch report:
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2024/october/eu-definition-of-potential-terrorists-opens-door-to-broad-information-sharing/
you can check this yourself here: http://z-lib.org
I do not think these people are cybercriminals. They are the best we got to help information preservation (next to the Internet Archive) in the 21st century.
The fact they had to mention that these people are Russian also strikes me as odd. They don't even seem to be government affiliated, I'm pretty sure the FBI would've said so if there was even a slight hint of that.
While OpenAI can freely use all copyrighted material and make billions off of it, these people giving it out for free are supposed “criminals”. Aaron Schwartz didn't die for this.