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Hello All, a quick blog on how I would use pandas for exploratory data analysis (EDA) - level = me. haha Nothing crazy.
https://walkerdatarangerpython.blogspot.com/2022/12/exploratory-data-analysis.html
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I was told to learn something I needed to read/see, think, do, then write about it.
Here is my advertisement free short writeup on #drop_duplciates #python #chaining #pandas
https://walkerdatarangerpython.blogspot.com/2022/12/dropduplicates-dataframe.html
Enjoy all!
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Data comes in many forms, but not every time there is a dataset ready to be saved:
We, together with @datarescueproject.org and partners need YOUR help in preserving American history – but this time, we need you to put on your ranger hat and boots, and trek to your local national park to #SaveOurSigns
#NationalPark #NPS #SafeguardingResearch
Please share widely! <3
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Нагрузочное тестирование динамического маскирования в Apache Ranger: что происходит с производительностью запросов
Привет, Хабр! На связи Илья Амосов из команды поддержки Lakehouse-платформы данных Data Ocean Nova вендора Data Sapience. В сегодняшней публикации я раскрою тему влияния динамического сокрытия чувствительных данных на производительность SQL-запросов. Мы сравним различные методики маскирования, узнаем, как работает оптимизатор и движок со скрытыми полями, происходит ли деградация пропускной способности платформы, как влияет на производительность выбранный метод сокрытия чувствительных данных в случаях, если вы используете компонент на базе Apache Ranger.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/datasapience/articles/1033038/
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Нагрузочное тестирование динамического маскирования в Apache Ranger: что происходит с производительностью запросов
Привет, Хабр! На связи Илья Амосов из команды поддержки Lakehouse-платформы данных Data Ocean Nova вендора Data Sapience. В сегодняшней публикации я раскрою тему влияния динамического сокрытия чувствительных данных на производительность SQL-запросов. Мы сравним различные методики маскирования, узнаем, как работает оптимизатор и движок со скрытыми полями, происходит ли деградация пропускной способности платформы, как влияет на производительность выбранный метод сокрытия чувствительных данных в случаях, если вы используете компонент на базе Apache Ranger.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/datasapience/articles/1033038/
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Нагрузочное тестирование динамического маскирования в Apache Ranger: что происходит с производительностью запросов
Привет, Хабр! На связи Илья Амосов из команды поддержки Lakehouse-платформы данных Data Ocean Nova вендора Data Sapience. В сегодняшней публикации я раскрою тему влияния динамического сокрытия чувствительных данных на производительность SQL-запросов. Мы сравним различные методики маскирования, узнаем, как работает оптимизатор и движок со скрытыми полями, происходит ли деградация пропускной способности платформы, как влияет на производительность выбранный метод сокрытия чувствительных данных в случаях, если вы используете компонент на базе Apache Ranger.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/datasapience/articles/1033038/
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Watch the Pink Power Ranger #MarthaRoot erase 4 white supremacist sites, destroy their backups, wipe their systems, remove their admin accounts, delete their Twitter accounts and then release all the data of subscribed members to the public.
It happened live on stage at the Chaos Communication Congress
https://hackread.com/white-supremacist-dating-sites-wiped-okstupid-lol/
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Нагрузочное тестирование динамического маскирования в Apache Ranger: что происходит с производительностью запросов
Привет, Хабр! На связи Илья Амосов из команды поддержки Lakehouse-платформы данных Data Ocean Nova вендора Data Sapience. В сегодняшней публикации я раскрою тему влияния динамического сокрытия чувствительных данных на производительность SQL-запросов. Мы сравним различные методики маскирования, узнаем, как работает оптимизатор и движок со скрытыми полями, происходит ли деградация пропускной способности платформы, как влияет на производительность выбранный метод сокрытия чувствительных данных в случаях, если вы используете компонент на базе Apache Ranger.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/datasapience/articles/1033038/
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Il Power Ranger Rosa che ha buttato giù il “Tinder dei nazisti”: i dati sono potereAl Chaos Communication Congress di Amburgo, un’hacker tedesca che si fa chiamare Martha Root si è presentata vestita da Power Ranger Rosa e ha cancellato in diretta tre siti suprematisti bianchi, tra cui WhiteDate, noto come “il Tinder dei suprematisti”
Al Chaos Communication Congress di Amburgo, un’hacker tedesca che si fa chiamare Martha Root si è presentata vestita da Power Ranger Rosa e ha cancellato in diretta tre siti suprematisti bianchi, tra cui WhiteDate, noto come “il Tinder dei suprematisti”.
https://twitter.com/i/status/2007183888377118750
Fichissimo, applausi. Eppure serve farsi delle domande.
Martha era dentro da mesi. Aveva messo in piedi profili fasulli di donne ariane gestiti da chatbot e racconta che quegli uomini si erano innamorati. Mentre gli utenti flirtavano con l’intelligenza artificiale, lei raccoglieva dati e informazioni, trasformando un ambiente pensato per far incontrare persone in un dispositivo che espone identità e reti. Dalle sue analisi è emerso che la piattaforma era gestita da una persona con legami con ambienti suprematisti bianchi. WhiteDate veniva venduto come sito di appuntamenti, ma gli utenti erano quasi tutti uomini: il punto non pare la ricerca di partner, ma la costruzione di un network suprematista travestito da Tinder per ariani.
I membri della cosiddetta razza superiore si sono fatti fregare lasciando il sito senza protezioni adeguate. Un’infrastruttura che classifica, aggrega e rende operativi dati sensibili produce una forma di soft power che, se progettata male, si ribalta in una falla boomerang. Il Power Ranger Rosa non si è fermata alla distruzione: ha reso consultabili su okstupid.lol informazioni filtrate, mentre il dataset completo è stato condiviso attraverso canali dedicati a giornalisti e ricercatori. Esporre quei dati significa raccontare le persone: chi c’è dentro, come si descrive, come si colloca nello spazio, cosa cerca, a quale oggetto storico dichiara appartenenza.
WhiteDate stava in una galassia di siti tematici: WhiteDate (dating), WhiteChild (famiglia, ancestry e donazioni di sperma/uova per suprematisti bianchi) e WhiteDeal (networking professionale per razzisti).
Ed è interessante, non per i nazisti e basta. Perché quello che Martha Root ha mostrato non è che “la sicurezza faceva schifo” e stop, ma che un’infrastruttura di matching è, di fatto, una macchina che rende operativi dati sensibili: identità, preferenze, reti, geografia, appartenenze. E quando quella macchina si rompe, il potere che di solito esercita in silenzio diventa visibile.
Il punto è che non servono confessioni esplicite. Bastano i data proxy: segnali indiretti che, incrociati, ti profilano. Se mangio kosher “divento” ebreo nei modelli; se segno tutte le moschee “divento” musulmano; se posto “Black Lives Matter” finisco letto in modo diverso anche da sistemi assicurativi. È profilazione per deduzione: il dato sensibile non lo dichiari, lo lasci emergere dai contorni.
Per questo le policy non sono una cintura di sicurezza: cambiano, si reinterpretano, si aggirano. Il design invece è la decisione politica incorporata nell’architettura: cosa si collega, cosa si correla, cosa si esporta. Se una correlazione è tecnicamente possibile, prima o poi qualcuno la farà. È lo stesso motivo per cui, quando guardo infrastrutture pubbliche, mi interessa l’architettura politica oltre a quella tecnica: lo SPID nasceva con un’idea più decentralizzata proprio per evitare correlazioni tra Stato, portali e autenticazioni. Poi si è cambiata impostazione.
E la parte più inquietante è che non serve nemmeno un WhiteDate. Noi ci autoprofiliamo ogni giorno: i social sono un flusso continuo di segnali, e i metadati in foto e video sono boe, a volte coordinate vicino casa, con ricadute anche su chi vive con noi. Zuboff lo chiama capitalismo della sorveglianza: una raccolta diffusa in cui non sai quante aziende ti prendono, come ti incrociano e in quali liste finisci. Okstupid.lol è la versione “con la luce accesa”: lo stesso principio reso pubblico. Di norma le liste sono invisibili: non meno reali, meno consultabili.
okstupid.lol è spettacolare. Ma il suo spettacolo è una dimostrazione tecnica di quanto sia facile classificare e aggregare quando l’infrastruttura lo permette. E questa facilità, storicamente, non resta neutra. In Ruanda nel 1994 lo sterminio dei Tutsi fu facilitato anche da carte d’identità che classificavano le persone in base all’etnia. Negli anni Quaranta, dati del censimento vennero usati per localizzare e supportare misure di sorveglianza e internamento di persone di ascendenza giapponese dopo Pearl Harbor.
La tecnologia è un apparato amministrativo e informazionale piegato agli scopi di chi la possiede e del contesto politico. E il contesto politico cambia più velocemente delle policy. Per quanto apprezzi Martha Root, non la leggo come uno show: è un promemoria. Il potere dominante queste capacità le ha già, senza Power Ranger, senza exploit, con procedure, contratti standard e con quella cosa che mi piace tanto ma che in certi casi è un problema: l’interoperabilità.
Per approfondire
- okstupid.lol – whitedate, leaked
- Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
- Woman Hacks “Tinder for Nazis,” Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots
- Hacktivist Deletes White Supremacist Websites At Conference
Segui il canale di InformaPirata https://www.informapirata.it/2026/01/09/il-power-ranger-rosa-che-ha-buttato-giu-il-tinder-dei-nazisti-e-i-dati-sono-potere/ #ChaosComputerClub #MarthaRoot https://www.informapirata.it/2026/01/09/il-power-ranger-rosa-che-ha-buttato-giu-il-tinder-dei-nazisti-e-i-dati-sono-potere/Vuoi segnalare un errore o dare un suggerimento? Scrivici su Friendica, Twitter, Mastodon o sul gruppo telegram Comunicazione Pirata
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Outbreak: #COVID-19
Facility: Extendicare Mapleview
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Ranger Lake
Location: #SaultSteMarie #Ontario
Date: 2025-11-11Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0016
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public
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🧙♂️ One does not simply build reports on OLTP data…
This week on The Drill Down with Ahmad & James, our special guest
Kristyna Ferris will be presenting a session titled "The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI"🛠️ This session is packed with:
- Clear distinctions between OLTP & OLAP
- Tips for building Power BI-ready models
- A sprinkle of Slowly Changing Dimension magic💡Whether you’re a data wizard 🧙, business hobbit 🧝♀️, or SQL ranger 🏹 — this is your quest.
🗓️ Join us LIVE on LinkedIn | Wednesday, July 2nd @ 2PM Central
https://lnkd.in/eWh4SsBb#TheDrillDown #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #DataEngineering #DataTransformation #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #StarSchema #OLTP #KristynaFerris
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Hadoop на микросервисах или история одного пет-проекта
Столкнувшись с концепцией Big Data некоторое время назад, у меня возник очевидный вопрос: как это можно «потрогать» своими собственными руками, где и как можно посмотреть программное обеспечение, составляющее данный концепт, разобраться с его конфигурацией, а в силу того, что я являюсь специалистом информационной безопасности, «потыкать в него палочками», провести проверку на предмет защищенности, возможности несанкционированных доступов. Ввиду специфики систем данного рода, их достаточно тяжело развернуть в качестве учебного проекта на собственном персональном компьютере. Используемые в организации программы такого рода, мягко говоря, также не очень предназначены для того, чтобы их «ковыряли», «подламывали» и всячески пытались вывести из штатного режима работы. Представляемый в данной статье проект предназначен для того, чтобы развернуть внутри Docker-контейнеров, распределенных на несколько компьютеров, максимально защищенную среду Hadoop (включающую в себя ПО Ranger и Knox), предоставить доступ к ее интерфейсам для тестирования и настройки. Если кратко, то это все. «Git clone», «docker compose up -d» с некоторыми предварительными настройками и «будет вам счастье». Написанный код (преимущественно shell-скрипты и конфигурация docker) максимально документирован ссылками на ресурсы сети Интернет, откуда это взято и где это все подробно описано. Технологии все общеизвестные, новые паттерны я здесь не изобретал. Если же что-то становится не понятным или docker-контейнеры «не взлетают» с первого раза – придется читать дальше, тут я как раз постараюсь описать все подробнее. Итак, поехали…
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Outbreak: #Gastroenteritis (unspecified pathogen)
Facility: Extendicare Mapleview
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Ranger Lake
Location: #SaultSteMarie #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-10Public Health Unit: #Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0001
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: COVID-19
Facility: Extendicare Maple View
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Ranger Lake
Location: Sault Ste. Marie #Ontario
Date: 2024-11-03Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0002
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Coronavirus (non COVID-19)
Facility: Extendicare Maple View
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Ranger Lake
Location: #SaultSteMarie #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0002Date: 2026-03-19
Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Extendicare Maple View
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Ranger Lake and McCarroll Lake
Location: #SaultSteMarie #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-17Public Health Unit: #Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0016
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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notes from #ZeroData swap 3 are up https://chat.0data.app/t/zero-data-swap-3-maker-meet-october-27-2021/44#summary-1
thanks to @cblgh for hosting, and moderator, @cinnamon, mix , juha, @RangerMauve, gwil, and nanomonkey for sharing :)
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coming soon, un article a propos d' #archivage de sa vie numérique répartie sur des supports éparses, en confettis comme le soldat Moralez. et comment repartir dans le temps la gestion du bordel.
c'est comme ranger sa chambre. bientôt sur https://www.cipherbliss.com avec des formiDAB illustrations. #backup #data #données #dedup #chiffrement #restauration #sauvegarde #archivage -
Here's some good news about local birds here in NZ.
Today I've been editing the final draft of a MSc thesis by Stacey Lewthwaite. Stacey has been applying her data skills to my 20+ year dataset of species counts between Christchurch and Lincoln. The bulk of her thesis has focused on looking at the phenology shifts (in abundance, flowering, singing) associated with climate change.
I don't want to steal much of Stacey's thunder just yet but I wanted to share these two good news graphs. These are the numbers of korimako (NZ bellbirds) and ducks (mallards/greylard hybrids) that I've counted per bike ride over the past two decades.
Both species have got *considerably* more abundant over this time period.
For korimako, we think it's because of the forest regeneration and mammalian predator control in their breeding grounds in the nearby Port Hills, done by City Council rangers and Summit Road Society volunteers. For the ducks, we think it's the planting of flood retention wetlands around the fringes of the city plus the increase in farm irrigation.
So, while we hear a lot of scary doom and gloom about nature in the media, some species are thriving because of our actions. Let's do more of that.
#EcologicalMonitoring #nz #nature #birds #LincolnUniversityNZ
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Here are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows – The Washington Post
Demonstrators walk past a portrait of President Donald Trump outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture in June of last year. (Eric Lee / For The Washington PostHere are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows
About 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, with a vast majority of those people quitting or retiring.
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EST, Yesterday at 6:00 a.m. EST, 3 min
By Meryl Kornfield and Clara Ence Morse
More than a third of the Agriculture Department’s food inspectors left government last year. Over a quarter of Social Security’s IT management is gone. The Treasury Department is down about 4,000 tax examiners, or about 26 percent.
In total, about 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, with a vast majority of those people quitting or retiring, according to data released Thursday by the federal government’s human resources arm. While Trump officials and billionaire Elon Musk had vowed to fire many federal employees — accusing the workforce of being bloated and inefficient — only a small fraction of workers, approximately 11,000, were actually laid off.
The Office of Personnel Management’s latest data, which breaks down workforce numbers by agency and other demographics, reveals the extent of the biggest overhaul to the federal workforce since the 1990s. For the first time, the data also shows in detail the extent to which the administration slashed agencies that didn’t conform to President Donald Trump’s policy priorities.
The agency touted the release of the data as part of an onlinedashboard, which it said will be updated monthly.
“The Federal Workforce Data website delivers timely, transparent data in a format that is easy to use and built for the future,” OPM Director Scott Kupor said in a statement. “This is a major step forward for accountability and data-driven decision-making across government.”
Following Trump’s second term
The data reflects the past year’s headlines. For instance, nearly all of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s workforce was wiped out, largely through layoffs, after the administration moved to formally abolish the agency. The Education Department, which Trump has promised to eliminate, lost about 40 percent of its staff, including nearly 700 employees who were laid off. Over 4,000 people were laid off at the Department of Health and Human Services, while the number of voluntary departures was more than three times that number.
A far greater number of federal employees took buyout offers that Musk and agencies offered last year to reduce workforces, The Washington Post previously reported. While the database doesn’t say specifically how many workers took buyouts, those employees were counted among those who quit, which totaled about 154,000, or about half of those who left. Over 100,000 others took various forms of retirement offers, leading to a backlog in processing the departures.
Those retirements and buyouts touched nearly every kind of job within government, including nurses at Veterans Affairs hospitals, park rangers and Internal Revenue Service agents.
Many federal workers described feeling beaten down and exhausted by the Trump administration, which encouraged people across the board to leave, said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that advocates to improve federal agencies and services. Stier said the database reflects the aftermath of an assault that left no agency untouched.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Here are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows – The Washington Post
#2025 #335000LeftIn2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Firings #Health #History #Layoffs #Library #OfficeOfPersonnelManagmentOMB #Quit #Retirement #RIF #Terminations #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates -
Here are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows – The Washington Post
Demonstrators walk past a portrait of President Donald Trump outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture in June of last year. (Eric Lee / For The Washington PostHere are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows
About 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, with a vast majority of those people quitting or retiring.
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EST, Yesterday at 6:00 a.m. EST, 3 min
By Meryl Kornfield and Clara Ence Morse
More than a third of the Agriculture Department’s food inspectors left government last year. Over a quarter of Social Security’s IT management is gone. The Treasury Department is down about 4,000 tax examiners, or about 26 percent.
In total, about 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, with a vast majority of those people quitting or retiring, according to data released Thursday by the federal government’s human resources arm. While Trump officials and billionaire Elon Musk had vowed to fire many federal employees — accusing the workforce of being bloated and inefficient — only a small fraction of workers, approximately 11,000, were actually laid off.
The Office of Personnel Management’s latest data, which breaks down workforce numbers by agency and other demographics, reveals the extent of the biggest overhaul to the federal workforce since the 1990s. For the first time, the data also shows in detail the extent to which the administration slashed agencies that didn’t conform to President Donald Trump’s policy priorities.
The agency touted the release of the data as part of an onlinedashboard, which it said will be updated monthly.
“The Federal Workforce Data website delivers timely, transparent data in a format that is easy to use and built for the future,” OPM Director Scott Kupor said in a statement. “This is a major step forward for accountability and data-driven decision-making across government.”
Following Trump’s second term
The data reflects the past year’s headlines. For instance, nearly all of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s workforce was wiped out, largely through layoffs, after the administration moved to formally abolish the agency. The Education Department, which Trump has promised to eliminate, lost about 40 percent of its staff, including nearly 700 employees who were laid off. Over 4,000 people were laid off at the Department of Health and Human Services, while the number of voluntary departures was more than three times that number.
A far greater number of federal employees took buyout offers that Musk and agencies offered last year to reduce workforces, The Washington Post previously reported. While the database doesn’t say specifically how many workers took buyouts, those employees were counted among those who quit, which totaled about 154,000, or about half of those who left. Over 100,000 others took various forms of retirement offers, leading to a backlog in processing the departures.
Those retirements and buyouts touched nearly every kind of job within government, including nurses at Veterans Affairs hospitals, park rangers and Internal Revenue Service agents.
Many federal workers described feeling beaten down and exhausted by the Trump administration, which encouraged people across the board to leave, said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that advocates to improve federal agencies and services. Stier said the database reflects the aftermath of an assault that left no agency untouched.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Here are the agencies that were cut the most by Trump, new data shows – The Washington Post
#2025 #335000LeftIn2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Firings #Health #History #Layoffs #Library #OfficeOfPersonnelManagmentOMB #Quit #Retirement #RIF #Terminations #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates -
WhiteDate[dot]net, a rather infamous dating site for nazis, has been taken down with style: Martha Root, who previously leaked users' data through a website called okstupid.lol, shut the site down live during a talk at the Chaos Communications Conference in Hamburg while dressed as the pink Power Ranger. She also took down a couple of other sites affiliated with White Date. So good!
If I've got the date right, she did this on Dec. 30. As of 8AM (West Coast US time) on Jan. 6, it appears the site is still down.
And as a bonus, you can follow this hero right here on the Fedi: @back2theRoot.
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As the MLB trade deadline approaches, the Cubs need bullpen support to strengthen their playoff hopes. With rising cyber threats, teams should also ensure data security during trades. How can local laws protect player data in these transactions? #Cubs #MLBTradeDeadline #Cybersecurity
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Wow!!! 👏
The #Giants beat the #Astros today 3-5, Webb gets another rare win and #Doval gets the "save" with a rare 3 up and down appearance in the top of the 9th.
The Giants took the series 2-1 vs the current 2023 MLB champ #Rangers in Texas and took the series 2-1 vs the 2022 MLB champ #Astros at home -- back to back -- but yet they currently have a record of 34-35. 🤷♂️
Next up . . . a 3 game series at home starting the day after tomorrow vs the #Angels (25-41) who aren't the same since Ohtani took the $ & ran to the #Dodgers.
On paper, the Giants should sweep the Angels but the #Giants have a way of defying the data. 🤷♂️
Go Giants!!! 🥳
PS: Just noticed the1st game vs the Angels is being aired on #AppleTV. So, won't be able to watch it anyway. 😡
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I've just been asked how my home battery is doing 8 years later. The answer is: Fine!*
As per the reply I gave on YT:
"Remember, these cells are from a G1 Leaf. The worst of the worst, the Ford Model T. And they still run my house. To all those who say batteries are gonna be a waste problem I say not if you find uses for them and don't insist on brand new."Try that with your Ranger fuel tank b*tches!
*Slightly more nuanced is that there's been some decline in capacity but I have pathetic data logging on it so I can't quantify it precisely. Not a huge decline though.
Edit: Before anyone says it, I take safety very seriously here. After this video was made I got a proper house for the battery to keep ignorant fingers and cups of coffee out of it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLNzF3EpTQk&lc=Ugy4QHOsNK4-9lcRIQV4AaABAg
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In these dark times, it is important to keep hope alive and find some light.
Here are three individuals who recently re-ignited a sense of hope in me, showing how courage, defiance and/or technical brilliance can make a difference:
- Austrian activist #MaxSchrems won a case on the Austrian supreme court, forcing Meta to give users full access to their data (it was a 11 year legal fight!)
🔗: https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data
- Hacktivist #MarthaRoot, dressed as a pink Power Ranger, deleted white supremacist dating sites while live on stage at the #39C3 conference and leaked the data on okstupid.lol
🔗: https://hackread.com/white-supremacist-dating-sites-wiped-okstupid-lol/
- #CaitlinCallenson, the bystander who filmed the video of the ICE officer's killing of Renee Nicole Good, shouting at him "Shame" multiple times. As John Gruber wrote on his blog: "after the murderous agent fired three shots — just 30 or 40 feet in front of Callenson — Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To keep filming. To continue documenting with as best clarity as she could, what was unfolding."
🔗: https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder
These days I keep thinking of these three individuals... and I am grateful to them for giving me hope. And light.
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Massive SUVs/utes and pedestrian safety regulation
"The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries."
"The rule would cover all passenger vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less, but it’s is aimed largely at big SUVs and pickups, which have grown in size and hood height over the years, causing blind spots for drivers."
"NHTSA said pedestrian deaths increased 57% from 2013 to 2022, from 4,779 to 7,522. The agency says the rule would save 67 lives per year. Data show that nearly half of all pedestrian deaths when hit by the front of a vehicle are most common for SUVs and trucks."
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https://apnews.com/article/us-pedestrian-safety-rule-suvs-pickup-trucks-8ab66c3416dcb91484ec502d6e114ad1Utes and SUVs make up entire top 10 in record year of new car sales in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/04/australia-2023-new-car-sales-record-list-top-utes-suvs-ford-ranger-toyota-hilux
#Cars #SUVs #regulation #pedestrians #FootTraffic #violence #MobilityDesign -
One UI 8.5 Beta 10 is out [Galaxy S25]!
One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features and other improvements. Samsung has first unveiled One UI 8.5 on December 8th, 2025, when it was available as a beta for the Galaxy S25 series users who are living in the following countries:
- Korea
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- India
- Poland
- Germany
During the beta program, several beta versions were released and the Galaxy S26 with One UI 8.5 was unveiled. Since then, the beta program has been expanded and the first two middle-ranger devices, which are the Galaxy A57 and A37 phones, have been released with One UI 8.5 out of the box for people who are unable to afford the premium series.
This beta version of One UI 8.5 is going to be the end of the One UI 8.5 Beta chapter, and the stable rollout of One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy S25 in Korea is expected to begin at the end of this month, with May being the stable rollout month for the rest of the countries, including USA, India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has released the tenth beta version of One UI 8.5 (build ZZDD) that has the following changes:
- New features added
- Added new AI features
- Bugs that have been fixed
- Fixed an issue where the incoming call screen appears late or shows a black screen when receiving a call
- Fixed a proximity sensor error during calls
- Fixed an issue where green lines appear when recording videos in 4K HDR with the camera in certain 3rd party apps
- Improved Bluetooth crash issues
- Improved multi-touch malfunction after using accessibility magnification
- Many other improvements
Prior to this beta version, we had the following beta versions for the Galaxy S25 series (dates are for the Korean model, SM-S938N):
- One UI 8.5 Beta 1 (build ZYL8): December 8th, 2025 (article)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 2 (build ZYLH): December 22nd, 2025
- One UI 8.5 Beta 3 (build ZZA3): January 5th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 4 (build ZZAL): February 9th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 5 (build ZZAN): February 19th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 6 (build ZZAO): February 26th, 2026 (after Galaxy S26 unveil)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 7 (build ZZC7): March 12th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 8 (build ZZCD): March 26th, 2026 (expansion article)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 9 (build ZZD5): April 9th, 2026
To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device. You can see the status of your joining process here.
We’ll inform you if and when the stable release of One UI 8.5 starts. After that, Samsung should reveal the information about the eligible models for the update, with expected dates in the order of months, and we’ll reveal them for the Korean models.
To obtain the update, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app
- Navigate to Software update
- Tap on Download and Install
- You should be able to see the update information.
- Click on Install now, let it download and install, and click on Reboot. Make sure that you download the update through Wi-Fi.
This security update should take 5 to 10 minutes maximum to install once your phone reboots. Make sure that you have the phone charged fully before initiating the update process to avoid interruptions. Back up your data to your PC, the cloud, or any other device in case the update went wrong. Don’t interrupt the update process, or you’ll experience problems later.
#Android #Android16 #AndroidB #AndroidBaklava #GalaxyS25 #GalaxyS25Ultra #news #oneUi #OneUI8 #OneUI80 #OneUI85 #S25 #S25Ultra #Samsung #SamsungGalaxyS25 #SamsungGalaxyS25Ultra #smartphone #Tech #Technology #update -
One UI 8.5 Beta 10 is out [Galaxy S25]!
One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features and other improvements. Samsung has first unveiled One UI 8.5 on December 8th, 2025, when it was available as a beta for the Galaxy S25 series users who are living in the following countries:
- Korea
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- India
- Poland
- Germany
During the beta program, several beta versions were released and the Galaxy S26 with One UI 8.5 was unveiled. Since then, the beta program has been expanded and the first two middle-ranger devices, which are the Galaxy A57 and A37 phones, have been released with One UI 8.5 out of the box for people who are unable to afford the premium series.
This beta version of One UI 8.5 is going to be the end of the One UI 8.5 Beta chapter, and the stable rollout of One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy S25 in Korea is expected to begin at the end of this month, with May being the stable rollout month for the rest of the countries, including USA, India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has released the tenth beta version of One UI 8.5 (build ZZDD) that has the following changes:
- New features added
- Added new AI features
- Bugs that have been fixed
- Fixed an issue where the incoming call screen appears late or shows a black screen when receiving a call
- Fixed a proximity sensor error during calls
- Fixed an issue where green lines appear when recording videos in 4K HDR with the camera in certain 3rd party apps
- Improved Bluetooth crash issues
- Improved multi-touch malfunction after using accessibility magnification
- Many other improvements
Prior to this beta version, we had the following beta versions for the Galaxy S25 series (dates are for the Korean model, SM-S938N):
- One UI 8.5 Beta 1 (build ZYL8): December 8th, 2025 (article)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 2 (build ZYLH): December 22nd, 2025
- One UI 8.5 Beta 3 (build ZZA3): January 5th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 4 (build ZZAL): February 9th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 5 (build ZZAN): February 19th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 6 (build ZZAO): February 26th, 2026 (after Galaxy S26 unveil)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 7 (build ZZC7): March 12th, 2026
- One UI 8.5 Beta 8 (build ZZCD): March 26th, 2026 (expansion article)
- One UI 8.5 Beta 9 (build ZZD5): April 9th, 2026
To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device. You can see the status of your joining process here.
We’ll inform you if and when the stable release of One UI 8.5 starts. After that, Samsung should reveal the information about the eligible models for the update, with expected dates in the order of months, and we’ll reveal them for the Korean models.
To obtain the update, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app
- Navigate to Software update
- Tap on Download and Install
- You should be able to see the update information.
- Click on Install now, let it download and install, and click on Reboot. Make sure that you download the update through Wi-Fi.
This security update should take 5 to 10 minutes maximum to install once your phone reboots. Make sure that you have the phone charged fully before initiating the update process to avoid interruptions. Back up your data to your PC, the cloud, or any other device in case the update went wrong. Don’t interrupt the update process, or you’ll experience problems later.
#Android #Android16 #AndroidB #AndroidBaklava #GalaxyS25 #GalaxyS25Ultra #news #oneUi #OneUI8 #OneUI80 #OneUI85 #S25 #S25Ultra #Samsung #SamsungGalaxyS25 #SamsungGalaxyS25Ultra #smartphone #Tech #Technology #update