How people can help Nepal’s flood-affected communities The Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, administered by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, is the government’s official mechanism for channeling relief and rehabilitation funds to affected families. By law, the fund can only be used for rescue, treatment, relief, rehabilitation and infrastructure restoration — not administrative costs — and its accounts are audited annually. https:// kathmandupost.com/nat…
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Other than arc-flash suits, yes, there are specific anti-Taser clothes: https:// parabellumdefense.com/what-clo thing-stops-a-taser/ For the more industrial look: https://www. envirosafetyproducts.com/colle ctions/electrical-safety-clothing
Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras Slovakia's national security service NBU has issued a security alert against the use of NERO R-ONE high-speed traffic cameras. The agency says the cameras contain a backdoor mechanism that grants shell and network access to the devices via an SMS message received from a list of hardcoded Russian phone numbers. https:// risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slova kia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/ Another issue with pervasive surveilla…
I've just learned of the death of Richard Heinberg https://www. resilience.org/stories/2026-08 -04/devastating-news-the-loss-of-richard-heinberg/ Followers of the Peak Oil discussion of the mid-aughts through mid-2010s likely came across Heinberg's books on the topic, or the sites Resilience and The Post Carbon Institute with which he was associated. Heinberg died suddenly 19 July 2026 several weeks after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. There are a number of other rememberances and obituaries onl…
A lie is robbing some future reality from somebody else. -- Stephen West, Philosophize This https:// open.spotify.com/episode/30se1 mE8nsPirNYhlmbyBr Media: https:// traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD758211 0057.mp3 (MP3) # PhilosophizeThis # philosophy # lies # StephenWest
HN discussion on France's telemarketing ban Yesterday's discussion impressed me with the number of comments indicating total rejection of the mainstream direct-dial phone network (PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network), by which I mean not merely landlines but mobile and (compatible) VOIP/SIP systems. Spam calls, once largely confined the the US and a few other countries, are spreading. Comment highlights: Telemarketers have ruined the phone network for me. I haven't answered an unknown call f…
Using the web is basically impossible without an ad blocker, and having a phone is basically impossible without a call blocker. -- altern8 (Hacker News) https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9256281 # Robocalls # PhoneSpam # DeathOfTelephony
AI & Copyright: Whither presumed assignment? The thought occurs that as AI is used, and often the sole producer, of many works (texts, images, audio, video), the notion of an automatic copyright assignment might be in peril. Under US law, prior to 1976, copyright did not exist in all works at creation, but only on registration . There are still some protections which apply only to registered works, but generally, if you create a record (say, by typing out an Fediverse toot), it's imbued with cop…
Parallel universes imply the existence of perpendicular universes.
@ garius NM, found it: https:// instituteprojectmanagement.com /blog/rag-status-in-project-management/ "Red, amber, green".
@ garius If you don't mind, what's a "RAG board"? (From: https:// readwise.io/reader/shared/01gg z99w9kvpp6yq52abes00eq/ .)
HN discussion: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9138965
AT&T CEO Says He Can't Deploy Robocall Blockers Without FCC Approval. He's Wrong (2016) On his personal phone line, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson blocks unwanted, pre-recorded and auto-dialed robocalls. So why is Darth Randy not making this technology available for all of his customers? He claims it’s because he needs the FCC’s permission to do so, but the FCC says that just isn’t so.... https:// web.archive.org/web/2016060203 0339/http://consumerist.com/2016/06/01/att-ceo-says-he-cant-deplo…
AI investment strains showing The video ... somewhat inadequately contextualised below ... makes the valid point that in a down market, bad assets drag down good ones as leverage, margin requirements, and loan collateral prompt heavily-borrowing ("leveraged") investors to sell anything to meet those obligations. As I recall John Kenneth Galbraith made this observation in The Great Crash: 1929 , his history of the Wall Street crash of that year which precipitated the Great Depression. Published i…
Global Call Threat Report: Insights into today’s worldwide spam problem (2Q2025) Hard data on phone spam trends worldwide is hard to find. Hiya's report here is one of the few publicly-available reports I could find breaking out patterns by country. The US is not the worst in the world, Brazil wins that award. Patterns vary considerably by country and region. https:// work.hiya.com/hubfs/2025/Globa l%20Call%20Threat%20Report_2025Q2.pdf (PDF) # PhoneSpam # Robocalls # Hiya
For those interested in my telco carrier anti-spam bonding concept, I've detailed some scenarios further on HN: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9129679 The predictable "mailing list" objection appears, in the form of "what if I sign up for a newsletter" then report spam, making the sender pay me. First, this isn't email, so a newsletter's unlikely. There are a few further elements that I think would help address the scenario. In this thread: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 912946…
RE: https:// mastodon.social/@BroadbandBrea kfast/117004934659563860 Discussion ongoing at HN: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9122882 # PhoneSpam # HN # HackerNews
Bluetooth Speakers and Emergency Radios We've seen a succession of cheap no-name (and often entirely unbranded ) Bluetooth speakers. Most double as AM/FM radios. The surviving unit no longer receives BT, but has proved handy as an emergency receiver. So I'd been looking at Bluetooth speakers off and on for a bit. Meanwhile, as weather and fires and other circumstances get ... more interesting ... I've also been considering an emergency radio. You know, something that can pull in a few bands, wea…
So, how old were you when you realised that "NPR" is reverse "RPN"?
Reboosts of parent seeking # PhoneSpam discsussions appreciated. (That's the parent of this toot, NOT this toot itself. Thanks.)