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by 3xblah 7y ago
Not when you have Javascript turned off.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
The notion of "regulatory capture" mischaracterises the history, IMHO. I think that term implies that the regulation is based in some actual government-backed authority acting in the public interest. But ICANN has no actual sourc
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"... I actually tend to use DuckDuckGo anyways." "... I don't even like AMP." Any idea how many Google employees use DuckDuckGo? Is it really common, e.g., maybe due to sheer size of the workforce, for Google staff
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by 3xblah 7y ago
I have an old license for a 2.x version which removes the workspace limits. /emul/linux is how I use k on NetBSD. However I hesitate to rely on Linux emulation because it does not seem to be something that is important to current
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by 3xblah 7y ago
Not disagreening with you, but in addition to the more recent versions, I run an old version of k from around 2000, and it keeps running even with the latest kernels and hardware, thanks to availablity of legacy Debian libraries.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
I don't like the fact that it is closed source but not having source code does not stop me from utilising it on a personal basis. I think it makes sense to use it in this capacity and learn the language as best one can in the event th
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by 3xblah 7y ago
Sharing a cache with other users introduces its own set of problems, e.g., cache poisoning. The problems that arise from shared DNS caches gave rise to "solutions" that in turn introduced further problems. For transparent proxyin
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by 3xblah 7y ago
Do not use third party recursive DNS services, such as Google or OpenDNS. If running own DNS recursor, turn off EDNS; only send traditional 512 byte DNS packets. Use DNS software that does not support EDNS, such as djbdns.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
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s/non-SSL/non-SNI/
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by 3xblah 7y ago
I use haproxy as a forward proxy on my personal computers mainly for ability to control SSL options, sniffing SSL traffic and to support non-SSL enabled clients. I do not need any caching so squid seems inappropriate.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
For example, if there was a lawsuit for breach of license agreement based on publishing results in violation of the "DeWitt Clause", the defendant might argue that clause was unenforceable. It might be possible to require a public
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"Oracle created the DeWitt Clause that forbids researchers from publishing benchmarks for their products, and this apparently stands up in court." Was this "DeWitt Clause" ever challenged specifically in a trial ? If y
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by 3xblah 7y ago
Adding ?mod=rsswn to the end of the URL delivers the full article, for now. No need for Outline. This submission added it for you.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"If Congress won't write laws for this century's technology, courts must craft rules that ensure a fair and orderly review of new investigative methods. For example, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (which also con
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"... keeping track of the 3,472,382 people currently running for the Democratic nomination for president." Is that a joke? https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2020_presidential...
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by 3xblah 7y ago
Not sure if anyone has noticed but the submitter has given HN readers who prefer Javascript-enabled browsing a workaround for the WSJ paywall. Add ?mod=rsswn to the end of the URL.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"Side note: recently duck.com was acquired by DuckDuckGo. I hope there is a plan for them to rebrand as simply "Duck" because if I recommend the search engine to someone who is not as embedded in the internet as I am (nerd),
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"Apple's parts are soldered and glued into place before being fastened together with proprietary screws which makes basic repairs like swapping out a broken screen or replacing a dead battery a headache. Which makes it difficult f
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"I hope someone would correct me..." s/grand new ponzi// The capital is cheaper than ever and so is the hype.
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by 3xblah 7y ago
The blog posts suggests many websites are using ReCAPTCHA when it is not truly needed. In those cases, given the focus of ReCAPTCHA on identity, this is a case of collecting more information than is needed. According the author, ReCAPTCHA
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by 3xblah 7y ago
s/you/Chase/;s/your/Chase's/
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by 3xblah 7y ago
https://militarymoneymanual.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/C...
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"And who even has stamps lying around anymore?" People who order stamps online? If the problem is writing the letter or stamps, then why not just send the user a postage-paid envelope, pre-addressed to Chase, with a generic letter
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"Shoppers at East West Market in central Vancouver who decide to pay for a plastic bag are given a bag with an embarrassing logo emblazoned on it like "Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium," "Dr. Toews Wart Ointment Whole
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"ReCAPTCHA relies extensively on user fingerprinting, putting emphasis on the question of "Which human is this user?" rather than the ordinary "Is this user human?". " Classic example of collecting more informa
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"There was an old RPi project..." Is this it? http://icrobotics.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Turning_the_Raspberry...
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by 3xblah 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqb4V9GxaBo If I am not mistaken, Cantrill stole the line from this skit. "The good old days." I actually went to a Star Trek convention as a kid back in the late 70's/ea
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by 3xblah 7y ago
What if used bees instead of birds?
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by 3xblah 7y ago
"I think it's fairly safe to say at this point that Google is institutionally incapable of imagining a world without ads, so they're not capable of entertaining solutions that would seriously interfere with the ad ecosystem.&

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