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Feb 27, 2022

Does Putin Have Dark Triad Traits? | Vladimir Putin Case Analysis

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Yes:

- Factor 1 or primary psychopathy (strongly) and factor 2 or secondary psychopathy.

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Feb 27, 2022

RTÉ Six One interview with Russia’s Ambassador to Ireland Yuriy Filatov | Live updates

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https://bit.ly/3IpHMSx

Feb 27, 2022

ESP32 Virtual Machine Lets You Change Programs On The Fly

Posted by in categories: computing, entertainment

Often, reprogramming a microcontroller involves placing it in reset, flashing the code, and letting it fire back up. It usually involves shutting the chip down entirely. However, [bor0] has built a virtual machine that runs on the ESP32, allowing for dynamic program updates to happen.

The code is inspired by the CHIP-8, a relatively ancient interpreter that had some gaming applications. [bor0] had already created a VM simulating the CHIP-8, and repurposed it here, taking out the gaming-related drawing instructions and replacing them with those that control IO pins. Registers have also been changed to 16 bits for added flexibility and headroom.

It’s probably not something with immediate ground-breaking applications for most people, but it’s a different way of working with and programming the ESP32, and that’s pretty neat.

Feb 27, 2022

China shared U.S. intelligence on Ukraine crisis with Russia

Posted by in categories: government, military

China’s government took U.S. intelligence provided to convince Beijing to join American-led efforts to head off a military attack on Ukraine and shared it with Russia, according to a person familiar with the activity.

Intelligence-sharing with a major U.S. adversary is unusual but was part of repeated diplomatic efforts by the Biden administration to gain support from China in dissuading Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine.

Feb 27, 2022

The 1,000-light-year-wide cosmic bubble around Earth

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The Milky Way is blowing a star-forming bubble, and we’re in the middle of it.


Think “bubbles,” and you may think “soap” or “gum.”

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Feb 27, 2022

Quick thread on the nuclear posture change

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Feb 27, 2022

Pentagon wants Moscow back channels to prevent nuclear escalation

Posted by in categories: military, mobile phones

“Now that Ukrainian airspace is in dispute and being contested and Ukrainian airspace runs right up alongside NATO airspace, we have conveyed to the Russians that we believe a conduit at the operational level is needed … so we can avoid miscalculation,” a senior Pentagon official told POLITICO. “And we have not received any response from them in terms of whether they agree, whether they are willing to set something up.”


As the U.S. and NATO rush weapons into Ukraine, DoD officials want more military channels to Putin’s top leaders. But Russia’s not picking up the phone.

Feb 27, 2022

NASA’s James Webb Telescope teases with one more preview of an enticing star

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Feb 27, 2022

Mriya: World’s biggest cargo plane destroyed by the Russian army

Posted by in category: transportation

Feb 27, 2022

Revisiting Bitcoin’s carbon footprint

Posted by in category: bitcoin