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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   I'm assuming they want some protection against adtech companies or the local coffee shop sysadmin. Running Firefox in the cloud "to avoid detection by the NSA" would indeed be quite foolish.
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   I don't understand the outrage. Even knowing the context, the email is polite, to the point, tells the website administrator exactly what they need to do (something they are already legally required to do), and gives them ample time to
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   No, it wouldn't. One is a polite but firm email reminding a website administrator of their obligations under the law, and the other is a thinly-veiled threat of bodily harm.
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   I'm not sure which is more impressive: the ability to create such a complicated exploit or the ability to clearly describe how it works.
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   From a Google search[0], it looks like they've put two LEGO sets under the scanner before, but I can't find them. It would have been cool to see an archive... [0]: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascanofthemo
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   Microsoft seizes domains belonging to China-based hacker group(blogs.microsoft.com)

   6 points by 1f60c 5y ago|0 comments
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   "Before we continue with this assisted suicide, I'd like to thank our sponsor NordVPN"
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   by 1f60c 5y ago

   I think it was 79 euro cents for a lifetime at first (this thread brought back memories of my installing WhatsApp on my phone while I was asleep), then it became 89 euro cents per year (except for the users who had been grandfathered in), a
9. 219.▲
   by 1f60c 5y ago

   Here it is, for the uninitiated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    I'm not sure if it matters much in this case—the analogy sadly holds up well, if not better—but > (2005)
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    Adios Pagers: New Developments on Crates.io(foundation.rust-lang.org)

    1 points by 1f60c 5y ago|0 comments
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    > TiddyWiki That's an interesting name for an open source project. :P
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    For an opinionated comparison of various JDKs, see: https://whichjdk.com/ . (Submission thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28820601 ) Disclaimer: no affiliation, just seemed like useful context.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Yes, Novi (née Calibra) is a Diem (née Libra) wallet.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Thank you. I feel kind of stupid now.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Ahhhh, of course. facepalms
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    > 15. Two 12-inch pizzas have less pizza than one 18-inch pizza. That is surprising, because it's not true. Any calculator will confirm that 2 (2 π×6) > 2 π×9. Or am I missing something?
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    This isn’t entirely Google’s fault. Recipes on their own aren’t copyrighted in the US, and adding this fluff text is a way around that.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the problem with applets was that they were too powerful and it took eons for vulnerabilities to be fixed.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Pretty cool! But where do you sleep?
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    In addition to what others have said, reqwest is notorious for being one of the more heavy-weight HTTP libraries, but luckily, it's far from the only option: https://www.arewewebyet.org/topics/http-clients/
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    What does it mean if I'm able to read this comment?
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Here's a list of lists of unsolved problems in several fields: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_unsolved_problems
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Yes. IIRC, you get a short-lived certificate tied to your Apple ID.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    As far as I know, it’s only iCloud Photos.
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    Rustdoc résumé(yozhgoor.github.io)

    122 points by 1f60c 5y ago|128 comments
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    ...and missiles: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180228-00/?p=98...
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    I'm pretty sure catching this in all cases would involve solving the Halting Problem.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    Having read the document, I am even more confident in Apple's approach than before. I commend Apple for its transparency.
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    by 1f60c 5y ago

    > I don't know what scnr means Wiktionary tells me it stands for "sorry, could not resist". https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/SCNR