[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 11 points 8 months ago

It's a reasonable question to ask.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 11 points 9 months ago

I would fully disagree. We targeted civilians, not in war zones at functions like weddings, funerals and other explicitly civilian gatherings. We (the US) had the intent to kill civilians, and our tolerances for civilian casualties were an order of magnitude larger than what the IDF is using.

If anything it's not comparable because what we did was worse.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 11 points 10 months ago

No, he has not been convicted.

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By Malu Cursino BBC News


A group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as "catastrophic" in a joint statement.

The UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.

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JERUSALEM — Twenty trucks carrying medicine, medical supplies and food crossed into Gaza on Saturday morning from Egypt, marking the first humanitarian aid to arrive in the territory since an Israeli bombardment campaign began two weeks ago.

As the trucks made their way through the Rafah border, hundreds of foreign nationals gathered at the Gaza side, hoping to escape the violence that has beset the Palestinian territory. But by the afternoon, it had become clear that no one would be allowed to leave for now.

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By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent


Republicans are back to square one. It's a game of congressional snakes and ladders, where every space on the board is a serpent.

More than two weeks after a handful of House conservatives ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker's chair, the party is still looking for a someone who can successfully reach the top of the board.

No one yet has even come close.

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[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago

A compromise would be a "Blue Dog" Democrat elected.

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Video report in link

Residents of a neighbourhood in central Gaza say it was completely destroyed by Israeli airstrikes overnight, leaving thousands homeless.

BBC Arabic's Adnan El-Bursh met people who lived there. While he was in the neighbourhood, a warning came from the Israeli army telling people to evacuate.

Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed in Gaza.

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By Nadine Yousif BBC News


A former lawyer to Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in an election subversion case in the US state of Georgia.

Kenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with Fulton County prosecutors.

He is accused of putting forward a slate of fake pro-Trump electors in Georgia and other states to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.

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By Henri Astier BBC News


Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its "responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip".

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 10 points 1 year ago

Chicken production is much more limited in Mozambique. The article talked about the localized supply problems creating expensive chicken there.

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By Jose Tembe & Gloria Aradi BBC News, Maputo & Nairobi


More than 45,000 hens have been slaughtered, burnt and buried in southern Mozambique to prevent the spread of bird flu, officials say.

The birds had been imported from neighbouring South Africa, which has been hit by an outbreak of the disease.

The outbreak has now spread to Mozambique's district of Morrumbene in the southern Inhambane province.

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By Lucy Williamson in Nir Oz, Israel BBC News


They are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza.

Recovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman's body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be'eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire.

One of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had been found nearby, tied together and burned.

Even experienced workers are struggling: deaths like this are enough to break the living.

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With Israel at war with Hamas, the Senate is moving urgently to fill key U.S. diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East — many of which have been sitting empty for months.

Most glaringly, the U.S. does not currently have an ambassador in Israel. That vacancy hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue a number of goals, from negotiating the release of U.S. hostages held by Hamas to easing the violence and preventing it from blossoming into a wider conflict.

It is "unprecedented" to have so many U.S. ambassador posts sit vacant for as long as they have this year, Farah Pandith, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told NPR. ...

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By Antoinette Radford BBC News

About 20 trucks carrying much-needed aid may be allowed to enter Gaza in the coming days - bringing some relief to its 2.2 million residents.

Israel cut electricity, most water and stopped food and medicine deliveries there following an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October.

A deal allowing some supplies through Egypt's Rafah crossing has now been struck by the US and Egypt. ...

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The shift comes after the Venezuelan regime and the opposition reach a deal that could lead to presidential elections in 2024.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 13 points 1 year ago

Because we want Israel to use wp. Wp rounds in guns are the "tracer" rounds and can be used to correct long distance fire.. And with modern "smart" artillery shells you can have them hit a course correct in flight to hit a "hot spot* that a drone or operative lit up. This allows you to use artillery without having to flatten several city blocks to hit one target.

Without the use of these sorts of rounds artillery would have to fire significantly less accurate rounds. And like in the Ukraine War, Gaza would be reduced to nothing but rubble. Gaza is so small that Nort Korea has the ability to flatten it with its Artillery setup.

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Israeli bodies were located during a raid on Gaza carried out by forces under the command of the 7th Armoured Brigade, on Friday night.

Reports were received from the forces near the border that there were "discoveries" near the border.


I think these might be the "small operations" reported in earlier.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 13 points 1 year ago

California state government doesn't pay for fireworks.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago

Ironic as I went the other way. I was a Communist when I got into FOSS and as I got older I realized I could never defend the historical record of Communism.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago

Has any one company lost more marketshare than IBM?

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago

Blu-Rays generally are a bad idea. They're so concerned with piracy that they make things like ripping your Blu-Rays needlessly difficult, especially for recently released to video Blu-Rays.

Honestly it's easier to just pirate.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They do that, in the men's division. The men's division is open. Anyone can participate.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 10 points 1 year ago

I wish he'd respond. But from my experience, Oracle sells you a license that's just what you need, nothing more. They do so on good terms to get you in the door. Then when you rely on their database they jack up the rates and start ridiculous pricing strategies that either force you to rearchitect away from Oracle entirely or sacrifice your ability to use their product and force you to work around their license.

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