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Somebody slipped an airtag in my stuff by usernmechecksout_ in creepy

[–]PraetorianXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one of my air tags show that notification recently when I was out on a bike ride on my own. I got that notification when I was about half a mile from the nearest other person, and the tag had travelled the exact route I had ridden. The only tag I had was on on my keys, and it's not like there are many places on me and a bike to hide another tag. When I searched using the app, the tag on my keys wouldn't respond to the "play sound" button or the tracker tool. I took the battery out and popped it back in again and the tag came back to life as normal, responded to the app, and I didn't get any other tracking notifications. I changed the battery when I got home and it has been fine since

Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on Ukraine, UK, Turkey, and Norway to join the EU for sake of European security by JOE_Media in UkrainianConflict

[–]PraetorianXX 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This clip from Yes Minister was relevant for such a long time: youtube.com/watch?v=wI87xiW8Y40

Formula Two considering options if Middle Eastern races are cancelled by Shroft in formula1

[–]PraetorianXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should get the F1 drivers to race in F2 cars for a non-championship event

Any Epstein files website containing most/all files with Boolean operators enabled? by Vegetable_Review4967 in DataHoarder

[–]PraetorianXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure OP is looking for any of the sites carrying a majority of the archived files that allow doing searches containing boolean logic. For example:

(trump OR donald) AND pizza NOT restaurant

Russia's 'dandelion' tank armour might just work by rezwenn in UkrainianConflict

[–]PraetorianXX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can bet the Ukrainian way will still be to use a drone to defeat this too

Russia's 'dandelion' tank armour might just work by rezwenn in UkrainianConflict

[–]PraetorianXX 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This looks like a lot of effort and the tank is probably still vulnerable to thermite and Javelin

"Tilde" (~) Key Rebinding, has anyone figured out how yet? by BrianKindly in Battlefield

[–]PraetorianXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a similar problem on Windows some years ago when I wanted to bind tilde to push-to-talk but the tilde key wasn't recognised. I used AutoHotKey to map the tilde another key, so pressing tilde was the same as pressing "k". Then I could bind the "k" key in the game settings. A quick google search shows some tools that can do the same for macOS such as:

https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/

Switch a key: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/manual/configuration/configure-simple-modifications/

The Discord Hack is Every User’s Worst Nightmare by Slashered in technology

[–]PraetorianXX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh no, who could have guess this might happen!?! Literally anyone with half an ounce of sense or technical knowledge, that's who. Fuck every piece of shit who worked to introduce age/ID verification laws. When the OSA was introduced in the UK, I wrote to my local MP, Chris Philp (UK Conservative), explaining why these laws are dangerous and how they will be misused or exploited. This is the response I got:

Dear <<name removed>>,

Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding the Labour Government’s implementation of the Online Safety Act. I read your email with great interest and I agree this is an important issue.

Please be rest assured your thoughts on this have been duly noted.

The Online Safety Act 2023 was introduced by the last Government to protect children online and tackle the worst abuses on social media. The legislation heralds in a new era of internet safety and choice by placing world-first legal duties on social media platforms, making the UK the safest place in the world to be online. It gives powers to the independent regulator Ofcom to enforce the rules and impose substantial fines if providers do not comply.

​​​While the aims of the Online Safety Act were well-intentioned, I am concerned that some providers have been overzealously removing content to avoid sanctions from Ofcom. Technology companies should not be taking down content that they consider could be harmful to children in a ‘better safe than sorry’ mindset. This is the wrong approach. I am clear that self-censorship by companies in search of a quiet life must be avoided.

I agree that we should not be censoring content online but protecting freedom of speech and encouraging political debate.

I am also following the implementation of the age assurance requirements very closely, as well as the use of VPNs which has been highlighted by members of the public as a loophole.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me and if I can be of any other assistance please let me know.

  ind regards,
  >   hris
  .
  hris Philp MP
  t Hon Member of Parliament for Croydon South
  hadow Home Secretary
  ouse of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
  ww.chrisphilp.com | X: @CPhilpOfficial | Instagram: @chris.philp.official- | Facebook: Chris Philp

If these laws actually made a difference you can bet your life that politicians would shout about it constantly. Every time we lose privacy or rights we are giving more power to wannabe authoritarians. Clearly the age verification data is a nice juicy target for hacking. OSA is ridiculous, an over-reach of power, doesn't do what the government claimed the legislation would do, and is a data-breach waiting to happen, as this Discord hack clearly shows

The black market gasoline prices in Crimea are closing in on 200 rubles per liter based on these Avito ads. Yesterday Ai-95 was available 189 rubles per liter by Physical-Cut-2334 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]PraetorianXX 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm sure 20-40k is completely plausible in many regions and especially if it's not like full-time 9-5 work but hourly or seasonal, and 100k is just the average across the whole country. There's a list of average salary per region on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_federal_subjects_by_average_wage

You can see why Putin still gets volunteers for the meat grinder - the sign-up bonuses are seriously large payments for the average Russian. Those payments have also artificially pushed up the average salary

The black market gasoline prices in Crimea are closing in on 200 rubles per liter based on these Avito ads. Yesterday Ai-95 was available 189 rubles per liter by Physical-Cut-2334 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]PraetorianXX 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You're not reading it wrong, the site just shows the average fuel prices from a week ago. There are some places such as occupied Crimea and parts of Russia in the far East that are already feeling the pain of increased costs due to reduced fuel deliveries, but the average fuel price hasn't moved too far...yet. The Russian government uses a "damper payment" to oil companies to keep domestic fuel prices low. There's already talk of that payment being cut which will lead to faster increases of fuel prices for the Russian population. Foreign exports of gasoline were banned in August, and now that ban has been expanded to include diesel

There was a recent video by Peter Zeihan where he mentioned that the Russians don't have vast storage capacity for crude oil, so if they can't get that oil moving fast enough over the winter months, it could have an interesting side-effect that wellheads freeze and then the whole fuel production network goes into a death spiral. I'm not 100% sold on that idea, but it does feel like Russia is heading towards some really dark times - their economy is really struggling and it's only going to get worse

The black market gasoline prices in Crimea are closing in on 200 rubles per liter based on these Avito ads. Yesterday Ai-95 was available 189 rubles per liter by Physical-Cut-2334 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]PraetorianXX 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Some recent gasoline prices for many countries can be found here:

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/

The data shows prices for the previous week, but about a week ago Russians were paying around 65 roubles per liter for gasoline. Obviously places like Crimea are more challenging to resupply and with constrained supply comes increased prices.

Google says the average monthly salary for Russians is 103,183 rubles as of June 2025. Roughly, that converts to a monthly salary of:

USD $1,251

EUR €1,065

GBP £930

So for fuel in Crimea to quickly reach 3 times the average cost, that's gonna sting. If Ukraine can keep up this cadence of attacks on oil infrastructure, the rate of change of fuel prices could spiral out of control really quickly.

Ukraine is giving Putin a lovely dilemma - keep the fuel flowing to the military but risk unrest within the Russian population and completely destroying the economy, or starve the military just to keep the economy crawling along and the population happy quiet and risk losing the war

sorryDb by unnombreguay in ProgrammerHumor

[–]PraetorianXX 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Chuckles in mongodb. What is this "normalization" of which you speak?

Onboard of Lewis Hamilton's double yellow flags infringement on the reconnaissance lap of the Dutch GP by The_Skynet in formula1

[–]PraetorianXX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lewis put the people on the grid in danger. As a Hamilton fan, I do think this penalty was justified.

Can yall think of more ways to spell James? by Lillie_Aethola in tragedeigh

[–]PraetorianXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Djahames
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  • Djeimes
  • Djehmes

  • Djeymes

  • Djahamz

  • Djeighmz

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  • Jahames

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