Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered two gold ornaments in a 1,500-year-old tomb that feature the earliest known depictions of the great khan, or “khagan,” of the Göktürks — a nomadic confederation of Turkic-speaking peoples who occupied the region for around three centuries, according to an archaeologist who...
I dunno—seems to me like anyone in Central Asia seeing that image in that era would immediately associate it with Azhdahak, the mythical Zoroastrian demon-king with two snakes protruding from his shoulders: …wikimedia.org/…/Bowl_Depicting_King_Zahhak_with_…
Weakness and risk are distinct things, though—and while security-through-obscurity is dubious, “strength-through-obscurity” is outright false.
Conflating the two implies that software weaknesses are caused by attackers instead of just exploited by them, and suggests they can be addressed by restricting the external environment rather than by better software audits.
For software that’s currently available on both Windows and MacOS, how does the performance of the Windows version under Wine compare to the MacOS version under Darling?
You’d think there’d be a reason beyond construction requirements, though—otherwise someone in the past 1,500 years would have replaced it with a more conventional wall.
According to the Wikipedia article on the history of Bukhara:
After the fall of the Kushan Empire, Bukhara passed into the hands of Hua tribes from the Mongolian steppe and entered a steep decline. However, the 5th century saw an unprecedented growth in urban and rural settlements throughout the entire oasis. Around this time the whole oasis territory was surrounded by a more than 400 km long wall.
I assume this structure dates to that period of construction?
Prince Siyawush built the Ark of Bukhara and was eventually buried there.
Ok, saying a fortress in Sogdia was built by Siyavash is like saying a fortress in Britain was built by Arthur or a fortress in Greece was built by Hercules—it’s what the locals say when they forgot who really built it.
Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Construction worker at the Hoover Dam, USA, 1931
1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered two gold ornaments in a 1,500-year-old tomb that feature the earliest known depictions of the great khan, or “khagan,” of the Göktürks — a nomadic confederation of Turkic-speaking peoples who occupied the region for around three centuries, according to an archaeologist who...
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker (arstechnica.com)
Darling runs macOS software directly without using a hardware emulator (www.darlinghq.org)
Darling is a translation layer that lets you run macOS software on Linux, not an emulator, it’s like wine but for MacOS apps.
Cult temples and sacrificial pit unearthed at ancient Roman camp in Germany (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of two Roman temples and a sacrificial pit in Germany....
Heh (sh.itjust.works)
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The Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years ago (lemmy.world)