People love to crap on Trump but regardless of whether you agree with his policies or not, he's not even a QUARTER as useless and braindead as this despotic slimeball.

Absolutely. That's defamatory slander at its finest, and it's being used for her own (now nonexistent) political career.

I'd recommend that if you're going to go for an archive-based encryption, you'd want to go for something like a .7z file. The reason being is that 7-Zip offers more customization, such as the ability to encrypt file names in an archive as well. You can also look into tools like VeraCrypt which don't rely on Microsoft's proprietary code. It's open source and a lot of people use it to encrypt USB drives. You can even create things like hidden volumes. It's not a good idea to store things like Bitcoin seed phrases on a USB drive but if you're going to do that (or something else with a similar level of sensitivity), the hidden volumes feature can be helpful. As for me, I don't have much of a use case for encrypted thumb drives as I never take them outside of my home, but I do keep all of my PCs encrypted. Most Linux distros make using LUKS full-disk encryption a breeze these days and, of course, enabling Bitlocker on Windows is easy as well.

Man, every time I see live footage of this band, the stronger my craving becomes to see them live. Absolutely glorious "computer metal"! 🤘 https://youtu.be/42-iTgICOh0 #metal #music #computer #masterbootrecord #electronic

Much obliged!

Good reminder for me to decrypt my drives from Bitlocker before I switch over in October!

How does that happen? And how do you make backups? I appreciate the re-follow!

Got the 100% but ALMOST didn't make it.

I've seen AI fakery and theater, none of it even slightly resembles either to my eyes.

What on earth is unbelievable about the explanation? The motive checks out, the likeness checks out, his lifestyle checks out, his ostracization from his family checks out, his upbringing in a conservative 2A family explains his aptitude with the rifle, etc... Sometimes, a crime is just a crime, they don't always need to have some sort of higher explanation.

I love the flavor of CFA sauce. I do not love the ingredient(s). In fact, my awakening to the dangers of seed oils came after a dude encouraged me to look into the effects of soybean oil after I remarked how much I love CFA sauce.

Yep, you can also mix herbs into the tea to supetcharge it. I'm mostly a loose leaf guy but I find that the combo in Bigelow Constant Comment really kicks a sinus infection or cold before it gets worse. You can also drink hibiscus if you have a headache or sore throat. Worth a watch! Don from Mei Leaf covers herbs from Traditional Chinese Medicine and how you can mix them in with tea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXwtCmlNMY

I have zero caffeine sensitivity whatsoever. I can literally down a bunch of coffee and sleep just fine. It's really strange and kinda sucks, since I can't get the boost people get from it 😂

It certainly is an interesting theory, but I consider myself a skeptic of it by and large. The problem I have with the theory is the way people view it. Most people I talk to believe that the Tartarian Empire was some sort of benevolent and technologically advanced empire that is being hidden because they presented free energy and spirituality and resonance and astral nonsense. In my opinion, if the theory is true, it sounds more to me like they were an empire of post-flood Nephilim rather than some sort of benevolent empire. After all, the theory claims that they were an empire of giants, and in the Bible, the giants are the post-flood Nephilim (also called the Anakim). You can look at characters such as Og of Bashan and the much more famous Goliath, for examples of that. Even the Israelites reported that the inhabitants of Canaan were giants ("we were like grasshoppers in their sight"), which was their reason for fearing claiming the Promised Land. Regardless of whether one believes the Bible or not, the idea of pursuing and supporting an empire of giants can present a lot of potential darkness. The Nephilim are quite literally demonic. They were a major cause for the Great Deluge back near the beginning of human history. God regretted the fact that the "sons of God" perverted His ways by mating with human women, creating an unnatural and blasphemous offspring. This offspring further contributed to humanity's spiral into complete and utter depravity, the likes of which we've never seen even in our era. That being said, that context makes the theory 100% more interesting, in my opinion. It essentially transforms the theory from being about some sort of benevolent, free energy empire into being another attempt by the fallen angels to try to conquer the world through old means, thus further playing into the idea of "there's nothing new under the sun". Again, I'm skeptical because I'm not sure that God would allow something like that to happen again in the post flood world, especially after Christ died and rose again. However, it does make for an interesting piece of alternative history, one that I am actually trying to work into some fiction that I'm writing.

... so, because I think we need content that's not just Bitcoin this, hodl that, libertarian and agorist philosophizing, that makes me a normie?

I'm going to take a break from Nostr, not sure how long. The narrative here seems to be the same as on Bluesky, minus the celebrations of death. A whole heap of "both sides", "no right vs. left", "Jews did it", "false flag" and so on, and so forth. Not to mention 99% of whatever else I see is just Bitcoin, BitChat, Knots, whatever other drama is going on in the BTC community. The latter doesn't shock me in the least but I would've thought Nostr's community would've at least had the decency to wait a few weeks (at least) before going full schizo. I'm at a point in my life where I really do NOT need constant negativity and nonsense in my day. I'm struggling just to find a job despite being capable of doing the ones I'm applying for; moreover, even lower end jobs outside of my industry simply are not available where I live. Dealing with drama and schizo posts aren't things I want to deal with right now. I will almost certainly be back as I've taken breaks before, and I still firmly believe in the importance of Nostr as a protocol, but man... we really need more people on here posting stuff that's DIFFERENT for once. Gets so old seeing the same garbage day in, day out.

I mean, we have access to a lot of this info to make up our own minds, so there's not really any "uncertainty" to work with here.

Pam Bondi is an absolute joke. Been saying that for a while now.

Not arguing because I know they've been trying, but I have yet to experience this for myself. If it gets to that point, I have zero issue opting out of Discord entirely... problem is, I use Discord for professional and learning aspects. I hate that so many companies use Discord for everything nowadays, but it's the unfortunate reality so hopefully companies will open alternatives of some sort.

The amount of "both sides" or deflection over this issue is absolutely absurd. It's just as despicable as the people celebrating. There are people who are CLEARLY responsible (even if potentially indirectly) for this and it's time to stop pretending otherwise.

I enjoyed this message, thanks 🫡

I'm calling it now. It's gonna be glorious. We thought 2024 was a landslide but 2028 is gonna be something beyond.

This thread is extremely compelling... Did a civilian just do a better job than the FBI? 🤔

I use Proton almost exclusively now, never had an issue.

I have a hard time feeling sympathy. I'm of the firm belief that porn production needs to be criminalized and porn consumption needs to be treated as a sickness. It's a cancer on society and it needs to go. That said, this sort of technique could be used for other kinds of blackmail as well. This is part of why I really appreciate that Lenovo laptops have camera covers built in. Sadly, many phones do not, and I'd argue that phone cameras are a much more likely vector for an attacker to target.

I really needed this, struggling hard to find even entry-level IT jobs right now even though I'm actually learning and aiming to become a security engineer... it is difficult to not feel disheartened, as if I'm not worth anything professionally. It's a common occurrence for me to feel like I'm screwing everything up so hopefully that's just a sign I'm on the right path.