Hmm I think I vaguely remember that post; definitely wasn’t referencing it in my comment though.

No worries, it happens lol.

Seagulls are known for stealing food and running (well, flying) off with it.

Wdym bait?

Like a seagull. :/

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I promise, I’ll end up setting up a public instance that does not obey any deletions because of these madlads. Seriously, where is pushshift for lemmy?

Yeah this is a really good idea; I’ve been wanting to do it but haven’t had the time to configure everything. You’d need to hide which instance it actually is though, or other instances would just defederate from it. Maybe set up a website where you can plop in a post/comment URL and see the deleted contents.

I’ll get around to it one of these days…

Don’t use sketchy VPN apps, at all. The fact that they’re Chinese owned is irrelevant.

Common household objects, like reactor grade uranium, of course.

I think it’s thanks to libimobiledevice and ifuse, which are installed by default on Mint (but probably not Arch).

On my Linux installation, I just plug it in, “trust” the PC, and I can open it in my file explorer as I would any other USB storage device. Do you need a 3rd party app to do that on Windows?

> Find out I missed the deadline for Microsoft migration and the account is gone forever

True, though you’ll probably be recorded by security cameras if you buy it in a physical store.

You don’t have to register it with the FAA; you’re already going to murder someone, who cares if you break a few more laws?

The last point assumes someone’s recording the wireless activity of the drone in the moments before the explosion, which I think is pretty unlikely. And the internals of the drone should be destroyed by the explosion, rendering it practically impossible to extract any identifying information other than the general drone model.

And even if all wireless traffic is being recorded and triangulated, pick a busy place and you’re just one guy on your phone in a crowd of thousands. You can also order the drone anonymously months ahead of time and pick it up somewhere with poor security camera coverage to all but ensure there’s no record linking it to you.

Now here’s a thought… What about using drones to “take care of” a CEO? The risk of being caught would be lower, as you can be located hundreds of meters away or more. It’s also relatively easy to acquire a drone, and you can make explosives with stuff you can buy at the hardware store.

(Disclaimer: This is just a thought experiment, I’m not dumb enough to try this, don’t worry FBI :3)