I'm not too familiar with India's politics, but what does the BJP have to do with this incident? And how will changing parties solve these issues - is there any political party in India that's actually good and not corrupt? I heard corruption is pretty common across all of the government sector, regardless of the party in power?
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The most effecient way is to NOT peel potatoes. Why would you ever want to peel them? Potato skin is yum and rich in nutrients, whereas the flesh is mostly carbs. By throwing away the skin, you're not only wasting nutrients, you're getting rid of the texture and fiber it adds.
For the Love of Everything, Please Keep 3-6 Months Worth of Money for an Emergency Fund (If You Can)
Thanks, I appreciate your kind words. I'm in IT (sysadmin) and would prefer to work remote, but tbh I don't really care at this point. At first I was a bit choosy because of my overconfidence, but now I'm open for anything - even part time, short term etc - across the whole country even. Applied for several dozens of jobs so far, only had one interview call and I blew it - my mind went blank on a simple python question, although I nailed the rest of the interview, I guess they weren't impressed when I said I knew python (which I did, but.. oh well). I do have another interview coming up, but my confidence has taken a big hit. I used to think I knew this shit inside out and companies would be lining up to hire me, but boy was I wrong. It's come to the point where I'm willing to take a 40% paycut and go back to tier 1 roles.. not like I haven't applied for tier 1 stuff but I friking didn't even get an interview call, or let alone a rejection mail, so yea, I'm seriously doubting myself at this point.
For the Love of Everything, Please Keep 3-6 Months Worth of Money for an Emergency Fund (If You Can)
I've been unemployed for 6 months now. Resigned from my old job because I was fed up with how I was getting treated. In hindsight, it was probably a rash decision, but I never expected that getting a new job, with all my skills and experience, would be this difficult. I completely chew thru all my savings, sold half of my stuff, and even ended up borrowing money from my folks to survive. I'm glad my parents were able to help me out, but I feel pretty bad asking them for money when they've been retired for years, and it should be me supporting them instead. It really sucks, it feels like I failed my parents and failed at life, especially when I keep hearing stories of how well off my cousins are, how they're married, own a house, own a car, have kids etc and meanwhile I'm still single, flatting, and don't have any assets worth mentioning. Sigh.
Kinda related for me, is keeping in touch / communication / or just talking in general. It's the reason why I don't have any friends left, and that's because I can't be bothered to stay in touch with them (and I hate social media).
At the same time, I'd like to have some friends to go watch movies with, or go to a restaurant etc. I almost stopped going to the cinemas after I lost touch with my old work friends.
I wish I could have just casual, activity-based friends so there's no commitment to keep a relationship going and you just meet up for an activity when you feel like it with no expectation of any follow up communications or getting involved in their lives.
I use a stainless steel bottle that I got for free from my previous job - possibly the best thing that came out of that job tbh, as it's light, big and has a stainless steel lid too, so it's super durable and eco-friendly. Prior to that, I'd use a glass bottle which also doubled up as a tea-infuser, only problem with it was that it was heavy.
#Avoid plastic, even if it's recyclable or reusable
Plastic bottles tends to leach toxins into water over time - even the so called reusable and durable ones too - and the longer you use it, the more toxins it releases, which can cause inflammation to eventual organ failure or even cancer. Avoid plastic.
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/01/plastics-leach-toxins/
but once it's written, any common criminal can use it.
It's not that simple on ARM world, every device uses a different bootloader and has a different partition layout, different boot image resolutions and different type of warnings. So you'd have to a custom bootloader written for each model you sell, or just pick one model and reduce your audience.
They could use the compromised phone they sell you to phish or ransom you.
It's far more safer to just compromise a website or phish via emails/websites/fake apps, instead of selling malware on eBay and risk getting caught. And way way more easier to just make fake phone calls and pretend to be Microsoft support and then grab their credit cards or install malware on their PCs. So many easier and safer (anonymous) ways to scam people.
All of those only work if the software already on the phone allows them to work. Factory resets, updates, and USB flashing are all implemented by software.
Now you're entering the realm of really hypothetical scenarios here. Sure, what you're describing is theoretically possible, but faking the fastboot firmware is even more advanced than just simply patching the bootloader warning screen. If something like this was happening widely, we'd have heard about it by now. After all, Android phones have been around for 15 years. Now there have been a couple of instances of dodgy no-brand manufacturers/sellers shipping malware, but even these were just simple userland malware, nothing at the firmware level.
If you are that paranoid, then I guess you don't buy any piece of electronics from any retailer, and buy everything directly from the manufacturer always? I suppose you also walk directly to the factory, personally inspect the entire manufacturing and software development of the phone you intend to buy - because you don't trust the supply chain right? Sure, you may trust the manufacturer, but do you really trust the parcel package, the driver, the delivery person? Where do you draw the line exactly? Because in your hypothetical world, anyone can be a hacker right?
but it is probably also possible to unlock the boot loader and then replace the boot loader itself with one that merely pretends to be locked. How would you know the difference?
Sure, in theory, but doing that would require advanced knowledge, it's not something a random shady seller on eBay would do. With skills like that, they could easily get a high paying job, or if they really want to be a criminal, a better option would be getting into something like phishing or cryptolocking, which, skills wise, is easier than writing a custom bootloader.
Obviously criminals aren't going to install security patches for vulnerabilities that they are exploiting.
Which is why the first thing you should do is do a factory reset, update the phone, and do another factory reset. Or an even better option would be to just flash the factory firmware downloaded directly from the vendor.
Yes it will. There's no way to bypass it, if there is, that would be a serious security flaw - the kind that would get patched very quickly. There have been some phones which had a vulnerable bootloader that allowed this in the past (eg: OnePlus devices), but there's no such exploit available for current generation devices
I'd like to see some sources backing up your claim, which is applicable to current generation phones.
Don't get a bagless. At least, as someone with allergies - I (my nose) can tell you that bagged vaccum cleaners are much better. The main HEPA filter lasts for ages (I've only changed my once in the last decade), thanks to the double filtering - the bag ls themselves are a filter, plus there's a second filter that sits in between the bags and the inside of the vaccum (which btw, you get free every time you purchase a ser of bags).
The main advantage of bagged is of course the maintenance/cleaning/disposal - when it's time to empty out your vacuum, just open the hatch and chuck out the bag and you're done - no risk of dust or tiny insects like dust mites etc spreading around. Especially in this era of microplastics - you don't want to inhale all the microplastics you've just vacuumed up now do you?