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US Ambassador to Lebanon Promotes 'Internal Uprising' to Assist Israel: Report
  • The last civil war didn't quite totally destroy the country. Let us try again.

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    Wikipedia Editors Place a Near Total Ban on Calling Gaza Health Ministry “Hamas-Run”.
  • The 40,000 killed statistic is reliable in that the killed persons name, identity number etc are reported to MoH officials and recorded by them, and the dead are seen by the officials. However the figure is a small subset of the actual number dead. 200,000 to 300,000 dead in Gaza in the past year is a conservative estimate.

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    Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza
  • The Economist had a good (probably unintentional) illustration of this.

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    Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza
  • The killing according to the Gaza Ministry of Health statistics seems to be slowing down, but this is because the MoH is maintaining a very high bar for recording the deaths. The attacks on the population is continuing at what seems to be the same rate.

    from: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/how-gaza-health-ministry-counts-dead "The Ministry of Health is committed to registering only those who reach its hospitals or other emergency medical care facilities in the Gaza Strip. Consequently, the number of martyrs announced by the ministry does not necessarily represent the total number of casualties but only those that have been officially documented."

    Given that state of the hospitals is dire (they have all been bombed and attacked), the slow down in recording of deaths correlates with and is due to the destruction of the MoH and general civilian infrastructure. The reduction in rate of killing recorded does not align with the rate of actual killing.

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    Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza
  • Also, have you ever wondered why South Africa of all countries brought the case to the ICJ? Probably because they are deeply offended by the Israeli apartheid and they are even more against genocide?

    Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that they entertained Hamas leaders as visiting dignitaries a month before they submitted the case? Um, yes. Why would they not do this?

    Ah, you classify Hamas as a terrorist organisation.... Since South Africa regards Hamas to be a resistance movement (and this is the position of most of the world), coordinating with them would be sensible.

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  • Utah’s Premiere Cyber Security Conference

    October 22-25, 2024

    Utah Valley Convention Center — Provo, Utah

    SAINTCON 2024 Schedule

    SAINTCON 2024 Livestreams

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    Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza
  • Sir, your president is quoted in the genocide case (South Africa vs Israel) as one of the inciters to genocide.

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  • dataactivists.org Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza

    An analysis of the MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

    An analysis of the MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian

    https://dataactivists.org/estimating_death_toll_of_war_on_gaza/

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    Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza
  • I wonder why Israel does not allow journalists into Gaza and has killed more than 170 Palestinian journalists?

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  • dataactivists.org Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza

    An analysis of the MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

    An analysis of the Gaza MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

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    dataactivists.org Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza

    An analysis of the MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

    An analysis of the MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

    https://dataactivists.org/estimating_death_toll_of_war_on_gaza/

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    Live Stream Track 1

    The Track 2 audio is difficult to understand and the video shows the presentation very badly. Live Stream Track 2

    Live Stream Track 3

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    Moldova votes yes to joining EU by tiny margin
  • See Brexit. That was to leave but same principle.

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    A Mideast Shift Is Underway, Without Israel
  • Are you actually saying that Sinwar's strategy paid off?

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    North Korea threatens to declare war with South Korea
  • No, it would be war squared.

    Or maybe war(war());

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    Israel: Over 60 injured in drone attack on Binyamina
  • This is sort of report you get from a reporter under military censorship.

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  • This lecture given onsite at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 25 April 1985 coveres many salient points still relevent today.

    Rear Admiral Grace Hopper's famous MIT Lecture

    Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral.[1] She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator."

    Before joining the Navy, Hopper earned a Ph.D. in both mathematics and mathematical physics from Yale University and was a professor of mathematics at Vassar College. She left her position at Vassar to join the United States Navy Reserve during World War II. Hopper began her computing career in 1944 as a member of the Harvard Mark I team, led by Howard H. Aiken. In 1949, she joined the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation and was part of the team that developed the UNIVAC I computer. At Eckert–Mauchly she managed the development of one of the first COBOL compilers.

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    In first since beginning of war, Lebanese army returns fire at Israeli forces
  • What sort of army does not fight against an invading force? Is this why Hezbollah exists?

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  • Podcast

    Why Aren't More Defenders Winning? Defender’s Advantage and How to Gain it!

    Guest: Dan Nutting, Manager - Cyber Defense, Google Cloud

    Topics:

    What is the Defender’s Advantage and why did Mandiant decide to put this out there?

    This is the second edition. What is different about DA-II?

    Why do so few defenders actually realize their Defender’s Advantage?

    The book talks about the importance of being "intelligence-led" in cyber defense. Can you elaborate on what this means and how organizations can practically implement this approach?

    Detection engineering is presented as a continuous cycle of adaptation. How can organizations ensure their detection capabilities remain effective and avoid fatigue in their SOC?

    Many organizations don’t seem to want to make detections at all, what do we tell them?

    What is this thing called “Mission Control”- it sounds really cool, can you explain it?

    Resources:

    Defender’s Advantage book

    The Defender's Advantage: Using Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Defense supplemental paper

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    Join G. Mark Hardy in Torremolinos, Spain, for a deep dive into the security of Generative AI. This episode of CISO Tradecraft explores the basics of generative AI, including large language models like ChatGPT, and discusses the key risks and mitigation strategies for securing AI tools in the workplace. G. Mark provides real-world examples, insights into the industry's major players, and practical steps for CISOs to balance innovation with security. Discover how to protect sensitive data, manage AI-driven hallucinations, and ensure compliance through effective governance and ethical guidelines. Plus, get a glimpse into the future of AI vulnerabilities and solutions in the ever-evolving tech landsc

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    The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it.
  • Sending out IEDs that will probably explode in a supermarket and kill civilians is generally considered a war crime. So far 2 kids killed in Beirut by the Israeli bombs in devices.

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    China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means
  • No, that is what the Americans want you to think. It is actually just simple recursion.

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    China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means
  • If this really was that useful, they wouldn't be telling us

    That is what they want you to think

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    Yemen fires long-range missile at Israel, no casualties reported
  • Tell us about the reporting restrictions placed on this story

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    Saudi Arabia calls for more pressure on Iran as Houthi threat grows
  • Reminder that the main Houthi demand is for an end to the genocide in Palestine

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    How Haifa University's Students' Union shut out Palestinians
  • Apartheid country going to apartheid

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    Israel Gaza: UN says Israeli air strike killed six of its staff
  • Well the BBC headlines are getting better. Previously it would have been ‘IDF says suspected terrorists dead’.

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    without saying how old you are, how old are you?
  • My first computer was the zx spectrum with 256k RAM

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  • Free and Open Source Software Conference.

    Free Software and Open Source - these are the topics of FrOSCon (Free and Open Source Software Conference). Every year in August the computer science department of the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, supported by FrOSCon e.V., will organize an exciting program with talks and workshops for visitors of all ages

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