SpacePirate

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

No blitzball? Is the side quest of defeating Sin even worth playing by itself?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

To red light, and only to the depth the dye penetrates, not yet tested on humans or below the surface of the skin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (8 children)

That’s a penis dot gif

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Metroid prime pinball was incredible, especially with the use of the rumble pack. Underrated accessory for the DS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is Firefly not planning to compete for national security missions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

"My mother ... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' " Harris said with a laugh. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

It does when you have physical access to the RAM and storage, and a disassembly lab expressly configured for this purpose.

This is the backbone for a number of forensic services offered to law enforcement, and an entire cottage industry. I know with certainty it was still feasible as of the iPhone 12, which is well inside of 15 years. I don’t believe the architecture in the 13 or 14 has changed significantly to make this impossible.

With slightly earlier phones, tethered jailbreaks are often good enough, though law enforcement would more likely outsource to a firm leveraging Cellebrite or Axiom as the first step.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Most phones are locked with a four digit numerical PIN. The current technique is taking an image of the flash memory, and reflashing the memory after every few attempts.

It still takes a bit longer than straight brute force without a temporal lockout, but it’s still pretty trivial.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

This mountain of discarded plastic textiles says differently:

https://www.space.com/mountain-discarded-clothes-chile-satellite-photo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Glad to see the Chandra observatory is back on the table. Hope this gets the bipartisan support in the full house that it saw in committee.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

$20 an hour is a decent starting salary for no prior experience or education, but as you’ve said, it’s not a lot. You will need to make concessions somewhere, such as roommates, food, subscriptions, or entertainment.

The first step is to be honest with your expenses, going through your past few months of credit card and bank statements, and put everything into a spreadsheet or app.

Use YNAB or a similar app and catalogue each of your recurring and non-recurring expenses. You say they’re not “that” much, but they do add up. You may be surprised with what you find, but mostly, it will help you think through your priorities, what is essential, and what is a recurring expense. In the end, you will know what your “baseline” spending is relative to your current salary, and how much you have free each month to spend on going out or hobbies.

After you’ve been tracking your current state of expenses for a while, thinking about your immediate future and changes you can make, make a 3 to 5 year career plan. Assess if you need a different/second job, or assuming a 2% increase each year, if you are on a career track that will drastically increase your quality of life (How much do I need to NOT have roommates? Drive a NEW car? Save for retirement? Increase entertainment expenses by $200/mo?).

What do you need to do to get that promotion or next job? When you are applying for that job in a few years, what salary number do you need to ask for? You should eventually have the answers to those questions, but not until you’ve got a real budget.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Some basic questions:

What, specifically, is your job? Just because you have a full time job doesn’t mean it is a sustainable career path or even a livable wage.

Do you have a budget? Have you cataloged your expenses?

How much debt do you have?

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