Posts by newstik@social.heise.de
(DIR) Post #Av4cqAfeOkrCvPmgOO by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-06-13T02:26:30Z
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@Nonilex That soldier is defending the National Cheese Reserve, don't you see?
(DIR) Post #AwBa756lq4WPiPMPKa by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-07-16T08:50:58Z
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@bortzmeyer Please let me know when you do!
(DIR) Post #AwOrLbkLVlpfGrrZOy by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-07-22T18:35:19Z
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@bortzmeyer 8 signatures après 6 mois.C'est preuve qu'il manque de robots rééducateurs inspirès à la France!
(DIR) Post #AxCfNtfsXGj3uHuheK by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-08-15T19:16:53Z
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@Nonilex That seems to be an unfair characterization. SpaceX can *only* take advantage of previous losses when they thrive. Not "even when they thrive".It's normal that a company offsets current profit with previous losses. Individuals do it, too.My friend is in deep debt, but has a mountain of tuition tax credits, both stemming from her education. She invested, now she is earning more, but won't be paying income #tax for years. That enables her to whittle down her #debt.Same principle.
(DIR) Post #AxCg5WlP4xPPakIoJE by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-08-15T19:24:49Z
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@Nonilex #EBITDA does not measure profit. It's a questionable calculation that imagines a world where money is free, taxes are zero, and capital investments don't have to be paid for. Give me 6 billion dollars, and I'll show you how to make 5 billion dollars #EBITDA in year 1. Just don't expect your money back, ever. :-)
(DIR) Post #AyNJzfRk0lgUYyplvE by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-19T20:30:58Z
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@Nonilex So it's not about fighting illegal immigration, which remains free of gov fees.
(DIR) Post #AyYWvRQQRZBhTXijKa by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:36:59Z
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Kudos to the US Secret Service #USSS for their big success!No, not the dismantling of five #SIM farms, but the almost complete domination of the media sphere: " #Telecom threat", "crippling" "DANGER to the UNITED NATIONS!!!"Of course it is bullshit, mostly.Think about it: They found some 100k SIM cards at 5 locations distributed over an area about the size of Cyprus. But the most densely populated part of North America, which includes #Manhattan .1/n
(DIR) Post #AyYWvYN8cBiX1NEhg8 by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:41:31Z
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2/nSure, in a village such as Oberzögersdorf, you can bring down one of the networks with a DOS-attack if you have a couple thousand SIM cards.But such bucolic areas have few, large mobile #network cells, planned in 2D.In densely populated areas, that doesn't fly. There are many many cells, on very different frequencies, running in parallel, atop one another, in complex hierarchical topographies.Could you take one down with a few thousand #SIM cards?#USSS #Telecom
(DIR) Post #AyYWvfw8USs6TwfFhY by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:45:25Z
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3/nYes, but no one would notice. Most of these cells are tiny, covering a very small area, which is also covered by several additional cells. Such mobile network cells go offline all the time, to save power, for maintenance, to improve reception in other areas, due to equipment failure, etc. Users don't notice.Now in a place like #Manhattan, mobile network cell design is a different beast. Due to high-rise buildings, #telecom networks can't be designed in 2D.#USSS
(DIR) Post #AyYWvncDwNhIIVPSm8 by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:49:47Z
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4/nIn high-rise environments like #Manhattan, mobile #telecom networks are designed in 3D.If you have a few thousand SIM cards on, say, the 20th floor, you can take out the local cell, probably affect the 19th and 21st floor as well, and maybe the offices on a similar level across the street. But down on the sidewalk, nobody would take note.But you sure can't attack the mobile networks inside the UN from a few blocks over.Could someone block #911 by fielding 100k calls at once?#USSS
(DIR) Post #AyYWvvNz3D3mOeoCgq by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:53:07Z
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5/nMaybe. That depends on the routing setup and mitigation efforts the service provider, the mobile network, any intermediary provider, and the #911 call centre itself have.I don't know how well the various 911 callcentres in the #Tristate area around #Manhattan are prepared for Denial of Service attacks. But the overall #telecom infrastructure wouldn't be affected.It seems that many (all?) of the #SIM cards confiscated by the #USSS were from the same company. So it should be easy...
(DIR) Post #AyYWw3lJuKTqNLmxAu by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-24T20:56:16Z
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6/6...so theoretically, it should be easy to block all #911 calls coming from that #telecom provider if they suddenly feed 100k 911 calls at once. That would affect that provider's legit customers, but not the overall network, and 911 would continue to work for everyone else.The confiscated #SIM farms were surely used for an untoward purpose like spam, fraud, difficult to trace nefarious calls and maybe drug deals. So yeah, shut them down.The real success for the #USSS is their #PR show.
(DIR) Post #Ayc6wRGShqOD5giNaC by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-09-26T23:45:34Z
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@Nonilex Nono, please, higher US fees for #doctors! We need them in Canada.
(DIR) Post #AykurxMOUuRe9tE12W by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-10-01T05:41:55Z
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@Nonilex This is absolutely terrible. This could be worse than all the things they do to push internal cumbustion vehicles.
(DIR) Post #AywNoAq9TKIkDWFfSi by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-10-06T18:28:09Z
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@bortzmeyer Creepy
(DIR) Post #AzHbno9BK6FbVu1ya0 by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-10-16T21:39:34Z
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Do I have any followers from Saint-Jérôme, #Québec ?J'aimerais d'y obtenir un livre pour enfants. :-)
(DIR) Post #AzTgvfahqikMxgzbdY by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-10-22T20:08:30Z
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@Nonilex This is a good opportunity to install surveillance equipment.
(DIR) Post #B0QQah4LdRn9e8B0bY by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-11-20T04:13:23Z
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@Nonilex Crazy. But: If there is no indictment, I would think that it can't be dismissed with prejudice. So they could try again with a proper grand jury.
(DIR) Post #B1HKS7NBiy7B2JS5dg by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-12-15T16:44:13Z
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@Nonilex It's a signal to go murder those who criticize him.
(DIR) Post #B2K2nQCQhRKb7ytX8a by newstik@social.heise.de
2026-01-15T22:02:44Z
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@Nonilex The cringe!