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Freudian Death Drive 2024

28 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The goal of all life is death."Sigmund Freud   In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiven...

Train to Busan: The Zombie Thriller You Can't Afford to Miss

28 Aug 2024 9 minute read 0 comments OogaBooga

"Train to Busan" has emerged as a groundbreaking entry in the zombie thriller genre, captivating audiences with its unique blend of heart-pounding action and emotional depth. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, this 2016 South Korean film follows a father and...

"VIC for mayor!"

28 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

In Cheyenne, Wyoming, librarian Victor Miller ran for mayor with a groundbreaking idea: he would act as the "meat avatar" for an AI system called the Virtual Integrated Citizen (VIC), which would govern the city if elected. The concept was that VIC,...

Trump’s Transition Team Just Got a Kennedy Kick – And a Bitcoin Boost!

28 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments alberdioni8406

Donald Trump got an addition of weight to be part of the transition team in his next mandate, if he win the elections in November. I am talking about, no more than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. JFK Jr will be co-working with Tulsi Gabbard to shape policies a...

An Implausible Possibility?

28 Aug 2024 3 minute read 2 comments rah

I came across this online a few days ago, and it was just too good not to share. As interesting as it is, I think that it is highly unlikely given both the Earth's geological history and the fact that at least some fossils hang around for billions o...

Historical Hacks: The RSA SecurID Breach

28 Aug 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

That one time when two-factor authentication was targeted. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When you’re at the incident response stage of assessing a cyber attack, it can often be a pretty dynamic situation. As...

"Crypto war" regarding Ukraine vs Russia

27 Aug 2024 10 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TL;DR During the early stages of the Ukraine conflict in 2014 and 2015, both Ukrainian military units and Russian-backed separatists began experimenting with cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, as a means to fund their operations and bypass tra...

Blocked YouTube and another violation of the constitution

27 Aug 2024 20 minute read 2 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZsStSlq3j2-nnbhr Well, it can't be that in our country there is suppression of sources of information! According to Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, "Everyone has the ri...

American Infidel

27 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"American Infidel" was written during the height of the Bush years, when reasonable people could still consider themselves to be liberals.  I was a Bush-era liberal.  I remember how strange it felt, standing in ideological opposition to the Patriot A...

A Binge-Worthy K-Drama: "Tomorrow With You"

26 Aug 2024 4 minute read 0 comments OogaBooga

If you’re a fan of K-dramas, you know that the genre has a unique ability to blend romance, drama, and fantasy in ways that keep viewers hooked. One such series that has garnered attention is "Tomorrow With You."  This engaging drama combines time t...