Georg Sebastian Voelker, German climate scientist. Views are my own.

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  • From an environmental physics point of view, this is not very weird: Warm air holds more absolute amount of water, leading to stronger downpours and longer dry periods. One could also say, the world is getting warmer and this a little “more like summer”. And strong rains converts to strong surface runoff. In other words: Strong rains causes your streets and fields to flood and that water raises the rivers rather than the soil’s moisture. And there we go: The soil is getting drier although there’s more total rainfall.





  • Maybe the security expert could read the readmes in the repos first. From the iOS app repo:

    The initial development release has reduced security, privacy, availability, and reliability standards relative to future releases. This could make the software slower, less reliable, or more vulnerable to attacks than mature software.

    And further:

    If you’re planning to use this application in production, we recommend reviewing the following steps: […] The Pin storage configuration matches your security requirements, or provide your own by following this guide Pin Storage Configuration […]

    So the text hints not at design flaws but at facts that are already stated in the readme. <irony> Plus, the major source for the article is Pavel Durov, who’s messenger is of course a standard in security and privacy. </irony>

    So there seems to be no news but a lot of speculation by Durov instead.