Non-IT News Thread
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!
Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150@dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.
So other than big banks/stock brokers with access to instant trading stuff, I'm assuming that almost no one had access to those prices in real life
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!
Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150@dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.
So other than big banks/stock brokers with access to instant trading stuff, I'm assuming that almost no one had access to those prices in real life
Anyone can get an FX trading account and get those prices. Doesn't require anything special.
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My roommate's mom does FX trading sometimes. You can just pick up a book to learn how and get software and an account with a brokerage to do it. No different than trading in stocks or bonds or whatever. As long as you are trading for yourself and not getting paid to do it, there aren't any limitations.
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Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.
http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/
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@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.
http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/
LOL, that is truly awesome.
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@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.
http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/
I hope the family was grateful for his "efforts".
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He should be in some trouble and should fix things that he broke, but he was TRYING to do something good. Hopefully that counts for something. Nothing malicious there. Just a dumbass.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He should be in some trouble and should fix things that he broke, but he was TRYING to do something good. Hopefully that counts for something. Nothing malicious there. Just a dumbass.
well, he is in court today for his numerous other unresolved drug-related charges and whatnot. So, he probably won't get into any more trouble for this than he is likely already in.
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This is in the town right next to me...
Baby Lynlee 'born twice' after life-saving tumour surgery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37750038 -
Heart-implant patients might be at risk of having their devices hacked
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-muddywaters-idUSKCN12O1O1
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@thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:
Heart-implant patients might be at risk of having their devices hacked
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-muddywaters-idUSKCN12O1O1
Seems like either they are or are not at risk. Hard to believe that there is such a concept as "might be at risk."
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Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
It's Schrodinger's risk.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
What limits that range? We've seen all kinds of range extension attacks as of late (well actually for a while now). If it uses radio, how are you not pretty much screwed..
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
What limits that range? We've seen all kinds of range extension attacks as of late (well actually for a while now). If it uses radio, how are you not pretty much screwed..
Radio technology, normally. Some of those signals effectively die after an inch or two.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
What limits that range? We've seen all kinds of range extension attacks as of late (well actually for a while now). If it uses radio, how are you not pretty much screwed..
Have you ever used the contactless charging? I refuse to call it wireless charging, because it just will not work without being within millimeters of the charging device. The only communications it does is through the same hall-effect, so no, no "radio".
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
What limits that range? We've seen all kinds of range extension attacks as of late (well actually for a while now). If it uses radio, how are you not pretty much screwed..
Have you ever used the contactless charging? I refuse to call it wireless charging, because it just will not work without being within millimeters of the charging device. The only communications it does is through the same hall-effect, so no, no "radio".
Yep, I've used that contactless charging before... I thought the field could be amplified to make it work from a larger distance, but I could be mistaken. didn't know you could pass data that way, though I suppose I would be surprised if it couldn't be done.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Would that be "risk of being at risk"? And if so, isn't that just... risk?
Yep, for sure. I know that my dad's pacemaker is programmable along with the contactless charging, tho to do either, you have to place something directly over the control unit on his chest. I'd be more than a little peed off if they made them able to use bluetooth.
What limits that range? We've seen all kinds of range extension attacks as of late (well actually for a while now). If it uses radio, how are you not pretty much screwed..
Have you ever used the contactless charging? I refuse to call it wireless charging, because it just will not work without being within millimeters of the charging device. The only communications it does is through the same hall-effect, so no, no "radio".
Yep, I've used that contactless charging before... I thought the field could be amplified to make it work from a larger distance, but I could be mistaken. didn't know you could pass data that way, though I suppose I would be surprised if it couldn't be done.
Amplified, yes. But how does one amplify a pace maker? And the amount of power goes up exponentially. What is 1mw at 1mm might be 100w at 1cm.
