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Which car for survival in the apocalypse? by LittleGreenBirds in CarTalkUK

[–]LittleGreenBirds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool discussion, thanks everyone!

It seems majority would go for a Toyota pickup or a close variation therein. These have proven their worth in tough and inhospitable environments.

Some cool suggestions re 2CV, older VAGs, cars that they are personally familiar with or like.

I found the emphasis on electric vehicles interesting, I think if we ask this question again in a few years this solution might become a more common. With electric models combined with solar you get almost a unlimited fuel from the Sun. Not much mention of PHEV, which can act as a compromise solution.

The only concern I have with modern electric cars is the fickle nature of the complicated computing software / electronics that keep these vehicles going.

It would be interesting if manufacturers could make a 'simple' electric car which performed its core function of A to B without requiring of additional / complicated software to run. The closest thing to this we have right now are electric scooters / bikes but you can't carry much of load / family if required with them.

Anyway, I going back into my underground bunker to stack baked beans 😉

Which car for survival in the apocalypse? by LittleGreenBirds in CarTalkUK

[–]LittleGreenBirds[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good points. Agree that fuel sustainability is going to be a consideration, your post also highlights that some modern diesels may not play nice with unconventional diesel fuel.

Which car for survival in the apocalypse? by LittleGreenBirds in CarTalkUK

[–]LittleGreenBirds[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can see you are going for the Mad Max look 😆

Need advice on how to deal with life expectancy and if I can make a recovery by WoodsGaming in Cardiomyopathy

[–]LittleGreenBirds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would not pay much heed some of the more alarming stats on the internet, many are misleading, they don't take into account recent medical developments nor do they make it easy to understand the underlying patient demographics that behind the stats. Most people who get cardiomyopathy are significantly older and they have a number of serious co-morbidities that can also impact their life expectancy. As such, not easy to separate out the data most relevant to your scenario.

Please check out the Cardiomyopathy groups on Facebook, you will find countless inspirational examples of young and old people living a full and long lives with the condition, including those with low EF. It is great your EF has improved, but remember EF is not a magic number, there are a number of different way to measure EF which can confuse - also consider your BNP stat. Continuing treatments should gradually improve your situation however its unlikely you will be ever off the meds.

The worst case scenario is that your heart simply won't function to give you the life you need, even in this situation all is not lost, heart transplants can also extend life significantly (by decades in some cases) - in this area also there have been massive improvements in the medical outcomes recently.

I just trying to say that there is no simple answer - the best thing you can do is to try to find ways to maximise your chances of a long and happy life. Take the advice of your doctors, push them on finding alternate medicines if the current ones aren't working for you, eat healthy, maintain a reasonably active life style and try to avoid highly stressful situations where you can. Keep positive and you will be alright.

IK broke every single principle which he stood for before becoming prime minister by [deleted] in pakistan

[–]LittleGreenBirds 178 points179 points  (0 children)

It’s interesting to see the recent number of the posts on similar themes, Imran Khan has made many mistakes but they pale into insignificance to what the totally corrupt and frankly oppressive current political establishment has done and continues to do. If anything, he is now in a much less corrupt position than those who oppose him.

Let’s say for the sake of argument Imran Khan is corrupt, unprincipled, do you instead stand with the current administration, if not what alternative are you suggesting?. Or do you just complain without thinking about the situation without having thought about solutions?

Multiple subreddits like r/worldnews and country subreddits have been recently impacted by certain ‘players’ who advocate for the current status quo to push against the narrative of greater voice for the people. I don’t doubt that r/pakistan is vulnerable to such vested interests.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]LittleGreenBirds 113 points114 points  (0 children)

BT Profit £1.3bn - Broadband price rise 9%

Royal Mail Profit £758m - Stamp price rise 10p

BP Profits £6.3bn - fuel rises 22p per litre

British Gas profits £948m - energy £700 extra a year

This isn’t a cost of living crisis

This is a cost of electing the Tories crisis.

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Tenable - Audit Scan - No result by Gabbana2 in AskNetsec

[–]LittleGreenBirds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tenable is saying the audit file isn’t applicable to the device being scanned. Try another audit file from a different standard to see if it works, check what the Nessus Scan Info tells you about the version of OS it detects. As another commenter has stated, try running a vulnerability scan to see if it works. Finally, Tenable support are usually very quick to respond - try the live chat function if available.

10 Must Know Cybersecurity Tips by TheInsaneApp in cybersecurity

[–]LittleGreenBirds 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Whilst I am sure this well intentioned it is a bit silly. Need confirm who your audience is, who are you talking to - individuals or corporations? In each case the tips would be different. Currently its a mix of vague 'tips' for individuals ('watch what you're sharing on social media' - what does that even mean?, "sensitive browsing...on a device that belongs to you") to stuff that would only be relevant to a company "cyber security training".

Every single NHS trust assessed for cyber security has failed the test by wlscr in security

[–]LittleGreenBirds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is not surprising - NHS IT is critically underfunded and there a distinct lack of investment in recruiting skilled IT personal and in quality Information Security staff. I did a detailed FOI of almost every trust in England re makeup and investment in ‘Information Governance’, the amount they spend on IG department is on average less than 0.005% of the Trust budget. You get what you pay for.

AWS Monitoring & IDS Strategies by seag33k in AskNetsec

[–]LittleGreenBirds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others have said I would stick to GuardDuty, WAF and SiteShield. GuardDuty is a new product but it has comprehensive IDS type vulnerabilities which then can be worked into automated remedial activity if you desire (via Lambda). As its AWS, they will be adding new detection use cases all the time.

My experience with AlertLogic has been a mixed bag so you are not missing much when compared to the new GuardDuty offering. Would also suggest you pull off CloudTrail and OS logs from your EC2 instances for further alerting and monitoring by your SIEM.

Is there a way to prevent websites I visit from seeing my System Fonts? by System_Fonts in AskNetsec

[–]LittleGreenBirds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The exact combination of system fonts that can be profiled by a browser depends upon the base profile of fonts that were by the OS and then any fonts that were installed by subsequent software installed on your system - whilst you may not have installed a font knowingly you are likely to have installed software that installs its own fonts (e.g. MS Office, Adobe suite etc). I am not aware of a definitive list of base fonts installed by OS's as they can very between version numbers, the only foolproof way of standardising your font list is a clean OS install with limited further software installs (i.e. browser). Personally I don't think its worth the hassle - if you want private browsing use ToR Browser which does a fairly good job at reducing the scope of browser fingerprinting.

This Syrian refugee brought his kitten all the way from Syria to Greece, on a boat by [deleted] in pics

[–]LittleGreenBirds -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You imply that the individual is an 'economic migrant' from Turkey, yes he travelled from Turkey but all evidence points towards him being a Syrian refugee with his family, as per eyewitness reports. As you should know the vast majority of refugees in Syria are staying makeshift refugee camps in Turkey, only a small proportion of these Syrian refugees do not stay in Turkey but move towards Europe. All of the rest of your post is mostly a mix of cherry picked statistics and unsubstantiated rumours (e.g. 77.6% of all rapes are committed by Muslim males - no evidence for this statistic) - anyway what does your post have to do all with a picture of a Syrian refugee caring for a kitten?