20 year old Iranian dude is okay with getting nuked.

In an article from April 6th, BBC interviewed 20 year old Iranians for their thoughts on the conflict.

https://archive.is/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl0ng8z0do

Radin, also in his 20s and living in Tehran, said: "About them hitting energy infrastructure, using an atomic bomb, or levelling Iran. My honest reaction is that I'm OK with all of these. Or anything else they might have in mind. If attacking targets in the country brings down the Islamic Republic, I'm fine with that. Because if the Islamic Republic survives this war, it will stay forever."
https://archive.is/mbMf5#selection-1315.312-1328.0

The following day, this quote was then shortened to:

Radin, also in his 20s and living in Tehran, said: "If attacking targets in the country brings down the Islamic Republic, I'm fine with that. Because if the Islamic Republic survives this war, it will stay forever."
https://archive.is/IM3EI#selection-1021.0-1021.215
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Is being able to travel as my parents did too much to ask for?

Maybe.

It's hard to believe recounts from older people when they say boarding a plane used to be as easy as boarding a bus before 9/11.

Earlier this year I made a very hard decision not to fly to France because of recent changes to international travel.

https://archive.is/https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entryexit-system-will-become-fully-operational-10-april-2026-2026-03-30_en

TL;DR it is mandatory to yield a face scan and fingerprints, like a police arrest, just to enter Europe. According, there is no flexibility to ask the European equivalent of CBP to check the passport traditionally as if I flew within the United States.

Considering I originally wanted to go to visit family, meet online friends, and see the solar eclipse of 2026, yeah, that decision did not come lightly. It also doesn't help that the government can fail to properly steward the data they collect.

https://archive.is/https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/france-confirms-data-breach-at-government-agency-that-manages-citizens-ids/

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LinkedIn isn't as good as people make it out to be?

I never joined, but I've had two co-workers tell me they had deactivated LinkedIn. (And later, a friend from a different circle did the same.)

Apparently, there's a sea of "fake recruiters" and bot accounts on LinkedIn. A way to stand out is to verify an account.

https://archive.is/https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Every time I tried signing up for any kind of account but came across a page requesting selfie verification, I don't remove the sticker that covers the selfie camera on my phone and back out. In hindsight, I regret nothing, like I may have missed out, but I didn't have 17 different companies handling biometric information.

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If you met me IRL you may have seen me carry this robot hand around for fun.

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Robot Hands

I got two robot hands, an idea of what to do with them, and some notes so I don't forget how I set things up.

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I did my second talk at DC858. Attached a debugger to a video game live to talk about x86 assembly and cause wacky stuff to happen in-game.

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Speak of the Devil: I did my second talk

The full title is 'Speak of the Devil: Runtime Disassembly and a Live Demo'.

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I went to the wackiest and drunkest SCaLE yet.

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SCaLE 23x: Anti-Mugshot Life and the Dark Calling of the Car Fire

I went to SCaLE23x. Acted like a total tourist in the city 2 hours north of me. Also saw a car fire on the road; therefore, I'm being summoned for another pull request by the universe.

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I talk about computational economics or game design at a mostly infosec meetup.

(They loved it so much they gave me a bunch of emoji reactions.)

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I did my first talk @ DC858

The full title is ‘The Algorithms of Creating Money and Their Effects on Inflation and Wealth Distribution’.

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My friends and I went to Pasadena again and held a Qualcomm employee hostage.

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Not my fault! My trip to LayerOne 2025

I attended LayerOne 2025 for Memorial Day weekend. Check out the badge I soldered, a cool gamehacking talk, and a Meshtastic war from a third person perspective.

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