Comment Re: Oh no, not a wifi hotspot! (Score 1) 26
I'm not saying I'm in favor of sending the wayland/systemd/gnome3 crowd to gitmo...but I'm not saying I'm necessarily against it either...
Comment Re:Absolute Berks (Score 1) 26
Right it is a lack of understanding as far as the security model is concerned.
You are captive in a metal can and the authorities control the exists. It is not even like a bus or train where you might force the operators to top and you could run off into the woods or someone could meet you with a car, even if you hijack the thing by the time you land it, the authorities are there waiting for you.
There is little room for mischief on an airline because anything you might to try to escape mostly won't work and will mostly only dig a deeper hole...
Duh the in air wifi isn't running the very most hardened configuration and attacks like evil twin are possible. of course that is the posture because if it wasnt lots of older devices would not be able to connect and flyers would get upset.
The assumption is if you are smart enough to understand what deauth + evil twin attacks look like, you are smart enough to not do it on a commercial airliner because it is probably one of the FEW places you are nearly certain to get busted..
Comment Re:Interesting... (Score 1) 41
Here in the US, audio recording without consent is prohibited by wiretap laws, but not video recording... sigh.
That's not quite true....
That's ONLY true in states that mandate both parties consent to and know they're being recorded.
Many, if not most states...allow for one party consent, so usually the person recording knows its recording and therefore legal.
Comment Re: Pointless circle jerk. (Score 1) 41
If you record in public without consent, the only thing you should be allowed to do with that video is maintain it in private and use it for security or investigative purposes for a fixed time window. Any other use should be prohibited, and yes that this includes use by the media.
News reporting?
And anyone can be a news reporter potentially.....
Comment Re: Great (Score 2) 171
This is the USA.
Speak fucking English!!!
Submission + - Swarms of tiny robots remove microplastics from soil and water (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil and aquatic environments in the lab. Details of their work are published in the journal npg Asia Materials.
To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MXene particles made of ultrathin, stacked layers. The material has a large surface area and surface chemistry that help it attract and hold plastic. They then coated the particles with magnetic nickel nanoparticles so rotating magnetic fields could drive the tiny robots.
Then came the testing phase. The team placed swarms of these microbots into water and soil samples contaminated with plastic. The externally generated magnetic fields made the robots spin and tumble through the liquid and squeeze through tiny water-filled gaps in the soil.
To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MXene particles made of ultrathin, stacked layers. The material has a large surface area and surface chemistry that help it attract and hold plastic. They then coated the particles with magnetic nickel nanoparticles so rotating magnetic fields could drive the tiny robots.
Then came the testing phase. The team placed swarms of these microbots into water and soil samples contaminated with plastic. The externally generated magnetic fields made the robots spin and tumble through the liquid and squeeze through tiny water-filled gaps in the soil.
Comment Re:Camera on a drone, but network? (Score 1) 70
It was is all lazy lego stick together. Which I am not even sure is wrong entirely except for the lazy part.
I have looks a number of larger drone systems land, sea, and air. The state of the art is mostly off the self components, especially where it comes to scientific equipment and sensors because redesign of that stuff would blow the budget out and modification would risk function and invalidation of a tested tool.
So what you get is a drone with an Ethernet lan aboard along with the usual NAT router and some kinda of wan link, usually satellite but often mobile/cellular. Depending on the level of actual sophistication / development that router might sweep up and store the sensor data (or have partner server that does) and republish it or the router might just expose the individual components to some VPN.
When I first was asked to start looking at some of these 'platforms' I really expected more automotive-like engineering, thought I'd see CAN bus and body-module like patterns and you do but it is typically restricted to motor/servo controls, and navigational equipment that actually drive/fly/sail the things around.
Submission + - Freenet: Apps Without Platforms
Sanity writes: Earlier this year Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a talk about what we've been building since then. Unlike traditional web applications, apps on Freenet have no central server or database, with application state instead distributed across the network. These now include decentralized group chat, publishing, search, and fully decentralized Git hosting. The talk also gets into some of Freenet's internals, including how we use machine learning for network routing.
Comment Not making things is a strategic vulnerability (Score 5, Insightful) 70
Seeing as it puts you at the mercy of the people who make your stuff for you.
History, both recent and not so recent, repeats this lesson again and again.
Submission + - Smart Glasses are now Cheap (rnz.co.nz)
hadleyburg writes: Radio New Zealand reports that "Privacy experts warn of gaps in NZ law, as camera glasses hit Kmart shelves".
Historically there has been an appreciation of "street photography" where unwitting members of the public are photographed on the street, in a candid fashion, capturing a feeling at a particular moment. It can capture history and create art.
But as the photography of the public has become more pervasive, with smart phones, and now cheap smart glasses, issues of privacy start to be weighed up against the rights of the artist.
Historically there has been an appreciation of "street photography" where unwitting members of the public are photographed on the street, in a candid fashion, capturing a feeling at a particular moment. It can capture history and create art.
But as the photography of the public has become more pervasive, with smart phones, and now cheap smart glasses, issues of privacy start to be weighed up against the rights of the artist.
Submission + - New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird (mit.edu)
fahrbot-bot writes: Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and leap back into the air to fly away.
Inspired by these naturally aquatic aviators, engineers at MIT and EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have designed a robot that can swim underwater, then flap out of the water to continue flying through air, much like diving birds, reports MIT News.
The “flapping-wing aerial-aquatic vehicle,” or FAAV, weighs less than 300 grams (about half a pound) and is designed to help scientists study the mechanics that enable diving birds to fly through air and water.
The new robot roughly resembles a bird, with a body, two wings, and a tail. The body contains a battery and waterproof electric motor that drives a crankshaft, which in turn pumps the wings up and down at preset frequencies. The wings are made of thin membranes that are coated with hydrophobic nanoparticles to help wick away water. And the tail is motorized, enabling it to change its angle to help the robot fly up or dive down.
The paper appears in the journal Science, and, more accessibly, from MIT Libraries.
Inspired by these naturally aquatic aviators, engineers at MIT and EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have designed a robot that can swim underwater, then flap out of the water to continue flying through air, much like diving birds, reports MIT News.
The “flapping-wing aerial-aquatic vehicle,” or FAAV, weighs less than 300 grams (about half a pound) and is designed to help scientists study the mechanics that enable diving birds to fly through air and water.
The new robot roughly resembles a bird, with a body, two wings, and a tail. The body contains a battery and waterproof electric motor that drives a crankshaft, which in turn pumps the wings up and down at preset frequencies. The wings are made of thin membranes that are coated with hydrophobic nanoparticles to help wick away water. And the tail is motorized, enabling it to change its angle to help the robot fly up or dive down.
The paper appears in the journal Science, and, more accessibly, from MIT Libraries.
Comment Re:Landfills are such a bad idea (Score 1) 171
They stopped recycling here for years, but I think recently they brought it back, BUT you have to pay extra for it, and I don't really see anyone in my area apparently paying for it, as that I don't see anyone recycle bins out for pickup....
Comment Re:Landfills are such a bad idea (Score 0) 171
This means you're likely throwing some things in the trash that shouldn't be there.
Well if they take it away, then it is OK to throw it away with them, eh?
Comment Re: Many POV video producers! (Score 1) 72
You might be surprised how many women actually enjoy porn.
Err...as the old saying goes..."real" men don't care what women want...
But seriously.....sure there are women that like it, but not nearly enough in numbers to drive content made and published at least not the general masses.
Comment Re:Good point! But other makers could fill the gap (Score 1) 72
I think most would agree, porn would be a lot better for society if more "real people" were in it. Instead of a LA fitness instructor with huge breast implants, like we saw in the 80s and 90s and 00s...what if it was actual women and men who are actually in love with their partners and have imperfect bodies? What if lonely people watched healthy, positive, loving sex instead of impersonal performances?
Err...because that gets old and boring REALLY REALLY fast.
No one is watching pr0n to learn relationship lessons....people just want to get off and get back to their day....
And, everyone has a different body type they prefer, etc......there's niches for everyone....
