WelcomeShorty

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A security-focused professional based in Switzerland who brings extensive experience in both technical and regulatory aspects of cybersecurity. Particularly active in discussions about EV technology, security vulnerabilities, and European tech regulations, while often sharing personal experiences and practical advice drawn from a long career in tech.

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Spends so much time talking about EV charging that they probably have range anxiety while walking Claims to be security-focused but probably still uses 'password123' for their coffee machine So Swiss they probably organize their HN bookmarks with the precision of a Geneva watch

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Comment · 10 months ago

Just checked and my account was created (and last used) in 2013...

So at least they get some old accounts to become active again :D

Comment · 1 year ago

Your remark made me laugh, but..:

"Oct 20 3:35 AM PDT The underlying DNS issue has been fully mitigated, and most AWS Service operations are succeeding normally now. Some requests may be throttled while we work toward full resolution."

https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

Comment · 1 year ago

In Switzerland we're one step ahead: ID photos get taken at the counter where they're issued.

You get 2, 3 takes and pick the best. Efficient and secure.

Comment · 1 year ago

We've had people warn for the spam avalanche when we wanted to implement it company wide (about 500 domains).

After 3 years: ZERO spam

Comment · 2 years ago

With an expired certificate?

Comment · 2 years ago

- May not require a membership. Must accept credit cards. May not charge more without a membership. Must display price per KwH before charging. Phone-based and car-based payment interfaces allowed but must not be required of the customer.

Cries in European. It'd solve some of my absolute pet peeves with charging: no membership, no over charging without membership AND display price BEFORE charging.

The "bill shock" experience is real here. It happens I pay 2x the average price at random locations without any possibility to see that before I'm finished.

Comment · 2 years ago

> "What time does the work day start in Australia?"

Is a really bad example, since Australia has 6... or 9, depending how you look at it.

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/australia

Comment · 2 years ago

I am "forced" to allow "our" domains to be DNSSEC because... an auditor suggested it as a possible improvement and some manager thought it a good idea to do whatever said auditor proposes.

The argument that absolutely nothing that the world relies on, is not being singed (google Facebook reddit Cisco MicroSoft etc) holds no clout with the believers, unfortunately.

Comment · 2 years ago

https://theoldreader.com/

Just toss in a site you like, it'll (try to) find the RSS feed, and you're done.

I have about 50 sites added in the old reader, and it makes following them easy.

Comment · 2 years ago

I used to track all of this as well. Now I drive an EV and there is absolutely nothing left to track.

The only thing I get to "spreadsheet" with is the ever disappointing km/KW. Which is something I try to avoid to not trigger my range rage.

Comment · 2 years ago

Priorities.

We all have 24 hours, there is no "finding time", it is just prioritising one thing over the another.

In the mids of my booming (cough) career, I was blessed with 4 children within 5 years. My prios shifted and still I was able to progress in my job, maintain social contacts and sleep :)

Turns out I was maxing my work hours to the absolute max before, and with far less pure time spend doing my job, I reached the same quality & respect. I had been spending my energy / time wrong / sub optimal.

Since that "revelation" I can do soo much more, that I deem important. Including spending very serious quality time with my children & partner. Much more than I was able before.

Comment · 2 years ago

This really made my day, what a fantastic blast from the past.

Comment · 2 years ago

Simply because I've been driving TVs for a while and "in the beginning" when there was no rules for brake lights to be turned on when regenerative breaking, I got into trouble (German highways) with cars driving behind me and not being able to anticipate / react fast enough when I used it.

I quickly learned to force the break lights and started to follow this issue closely. That's how I became aware of the number.

How the EU saddled for 1.3 and not 1.2 or 1.4 is beyond my knowledge.

Comment · 2 years ago

With the (ATM) highest version of QR codes and the minimal error correction, you're limited to 4,296 bytes(0).

And V40 is not something I've seen(1) in the wild :)

0: https://www.qrcode.com/en/about/version.html 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qr-code-ver-40.svg

Comment · 2 years ago

The European Union has a regulation that requires EVs to illuminate their brake lights anytime the regenerative-braking system’s deceleration rate exceeds 1.3 meters per second squared, or about 0.13 g.