[Two different tweets, one with a picture and one without but referring to one with a picture. Sadly, our future overlord AIs were not capable of figuring that out, so now one blog post with two images separate from the tweet urls.]
https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/972313461395877888
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/972517850605907968
They say Sandvine’s PacketLogic filtering technology operated by Turk Telecom was, until recently, configured to silently redirect users toward downloads infected with spyware — a technique known as a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
In this configuration, the Sandvine filter inspected traffic that passed through it, looking for attempts to download popular apps like VLC media player, Avast Antivirus and unofficial distributions of Skype.
If such a request came from one of 259 targeted IP addresses identified by Citizen Lab, the request would be redirected to a malicious copy — without the user knowing. If installed, the user would have been silently infected with spyware.
But there is a catch: the connections had to be unencrypted for the filter to see them taking place. For this reason, many websites now serve content, including file downloads, over encrypted connections, to thwart MITM attacks.
Source: They thought they were downloading Skype. Instead they got spyware – Technology & Science – CBC News
The protected status of food, which is also enjoyed by Stilton cheese, Cornish pasties and Cumberland sausages, will be lost when the UK leaves the EU.
Producers have been talking to government officials to set up a replacement scheme.
The US has long opposed protecting foods because it says it prevents its producers from selling products in EU nations.
Source: Angry response to American bid to make Melton pork pies – Melton Times
I found It’s My Life by No Doubt with SoundHound and thought you’d enjoy it too! https://bnc.lt/Scoe/gPyyymGo4F
I never saw my grandfather again after those long evenings spent in America with him, listening to his stories. After he went back to Ukraine, a stroke rendered him mute. He died soon after and I was not able to attend the funeral. I feel the weight of not being able to say goodbye, even as I carry his stories inside me, and I will feel it for the rest of my life. Some wounds are not meant to heal.
Pavlichenko’s wounds never fully healed either. She died when she was just 58, cradled in her son’s arms. The USSR had no decent palliative care programs or end-of-life care for its veterans, let alone anyone, and her death was a painful one. According to Pavlichenko’s daughter-in-law, Lyubov Davydovna, she swore like a sailor before she said goodbye to her son and passed away. There is something fundamentally tragic about an ending like that — and yet it is also bittersweet, and fitting, that this woman who did not care what anybody thought of her would leave the world just like this.
I feel like “alone under a bridge” or maybe “alone in a nursing home” might be a worse way to go. But who knows?
Interesting article showing some of the thinking involved.
With this background, can the introduction of light attack aircraft provide battlefield capability and fiscal relief? In some ways, the answer seems to be a clear yes. Among manned systems operated in permissive environments, the A-29 and Scorpion clearly deliver ordnance at the lowest possible cost. The low operating cost of these airplanes allow for one thousand pounds of ordnance to be delivered for slightly over $300 per operating hour (See Table A). Only heavy bombers, capable of delivering tens of thousands of pounds of bombs at a time even come close to the cost per 1000 pounds of ordnance delivered. Fifth generation aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35 perform poorly in this metric, making the adoption of inexpensive light attack aircraft to supplement their numbers particularly attractive.
This is not to say that a light attack aircraft is not without flaws. Most obviously, in order to achieve low operating costs a light attack plane gives up other capabilities. Stealth, speed, and sensor integration all suffer to various extents in relatively inexpensive aircraft. An A-29 will simply not arrive on station as quickly as an F-15, survive contested airspace like an F-22, or have the situational awareness of an F-35; nor does it need to. A key design feature of light attack aircraft is the ability to operate from austere airbases. Both the A-29 and AT-6 have demonstrated this ability, allowing them to refuel, replenish, and respond from forward locations and arrive at the fight quickly, without the need for high speed.
