I would bet it’s a lot simpler than somehow getting a rom onto a locked device and then executing it (which, if they could do would take a lot less than six days and probably wouldn’t have a two day variance in possible execution time). I think the big clue here is the need for the the constant cable connection, the…

If that was all it took, anyone could crack them - going back a while now, each phone has a unique, hardcoded, externally inaccessible key burned into a chip onboard that operates as a black box - you enter the correct passcode, passcode goes in the box, decryption key comes out the box, and a counter gets set to…

Look, I have absolutely no idea about the particulars of this case, but while “Quentin” and “Derek” have little pronunciation resemblance - “Tellis” and “Derek” do.

But where will you get the milk?

I’m fortunate enough to not be in the U.S. where a subscription is required, and I sympathesize with All Access being a terrible value proposition vs. Netflix... but each episode costs $8m to produce, amd you’re getting 4 per month at ~1.50 a pop, even if you watch NOTHING ELSE on all access. Is that really so…

Let’s talk about why you described Pacific salmon as charismatic.

How dare deadspin publish a post by Mr. Petchesky, with his slavic sounding name, on this, the 5th anniversary of the Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash in Slovenia. I am aghast at the insensitivity.

Man, thank goodness engineers obsessed with efficiency aren’t in charge of journalism or law.

This show was ahead of its time. I wish it got more than 2 seasons.

I heard a radio story about happiness and purpose at work. The researchers premise was that people who are happiest at work do not view their job as the assigned tasks, they look for the deeper meaning (e.g. They interviewed hospital maintenance staff, some of whom viewed their job in the light of providing a…

I’ve lived with pretty severe bipolar disorder I since I was 14 (diagnosed only at age 28, but the symptoms set in far, far earlier than that). I know the pain of being so depressed you can’t get out of bed for days at a time, so much that even the thought of showering is too exhausting to accomplish. I know how it…

Even that isn’t enough. Cashier checks can be cancelled by the original purchaser.

You can always tell who the engineers are.

Thank you!

I was conducting focus groups on cleaning supplies among women 40-60 in downtown Chicago. My one group was doing great until I suddenly realized I had lost their attention. Some very hot dude (I’m a big ol’ lesbo, so this was aesthetic perfection, not just random peen) came out of the bathroom in his hotel room across…

The last time Antarctica was completely ice-free was somewhere around 40 to 50 million years ago, following a paleotemperature reconstruction like this one:

I’ve got to disagree with the advice to tell your boyfriend that you’re dumping him and then leaving him to sort out/divide up your stuff. I was in the boyfriend’s shoes when my last long-term relationship ended and to this day I think that leaving that task to me was some cowardly bullshit.

A personal interview with the New York Times? Doesn’t Donald Trump know that the Times is a failing publication, filled with fake news and losing so many subscribers it’s on the verge of going out of business?