Aaargh20318

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by Aaargh20318 26d ago
Because Madoff scammed rich people. You can get away with a lot if you scam the poor. Not so much when you target the wealthy.
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by Aaargh20318 1mo ago
On US passports stealing the identity is a possibility as the chip in US passports do not implement any clone detection mechanism.
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by Aaargh20318 2mo ago
Networking is handled by WebKit but based on the article it looks like the app configures itself as a HTTP proxy for WebKit and uses that to handle networking.
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by Aaargh20318 2mo ago
I wonder how often a medicine that would have worked in humans doesn't transfer to mice, resulting in it being rejected.
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by Aaargh20318 2mo ago
Like any Dutch mom would say to their kids complaining about cycling in bad weather: you’re not made of sugar are you? (Meaning: you won’t melt due to a bit of rain, quit being a pussy).
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by Aaargh20318 2mo ago
If you can’t offer a feature like this in a secure manner then you shouldn’t offer the feature at all.
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by Aaargh20318 2mo ago
> One can't expect that every driver package submission from every vendor is thoroughly vetted every time, this is a matter of trust and respect. If you're going to allow 3rd parties to install software on potentially billions
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
So we should just let children order alcohol and cigarettes online then?
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
This is only an issue if it's the only way of verifying your age. If it's still accessible to everyone and this makes it significantly easier for 99.9999999% of people then why not?
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
Don’t forget to drink a verification can.
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
Sit in front of the TV like a zombie because I’m too tired to do anything else.
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
I'm more worried about AV software. Code that also needs to be able to parse a large number of file formats, opens every file that enters your computer through one of many pathways, and generally runs at a high privilege level. A huge
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
Ah yes, a therapist. One of those people who will try to gaslight you into thinking spending 40 hours a week in dayprison is a meaningful life.
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
> It's great there are people that can just decide to eat less, but it's foolish to assume that can work for everyone. More importantly: I don’t want to eat less. I want to eat more . There is so much amazing food.
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
The downside is that they make you eat less thereby taking away one of the few things that make life worth living.
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
The problem with exercise is that our bodies are quite efficient with their energy usage. A few minutes of ‘calories in’ takes many hours of ‘calories out’ to burn. You can’t really exercise enough to offset the food you can eat in a day, e
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
That’s the problem with these new weight loss drugs. Ultimately they work by reducing food intake. For many people food is one of the few things in life that gives them some form of joy. I won’t ever take any drug that will take that away f
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
> due to our content licensing agreements, you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content So when they 'sold' the content, they were already aware that they were selling something with an expiry date. Wh
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
> Not true. The device's public key is also sent, which functions as a stable device identifier. This is covered by allowing for single-use credentials. IIRC the EU personal IDs will use this. Basically, the wallet requests a batch
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by Aaargh20318 3mo ago
The way identity wallets work: The government issues an eID to your wallet. The ID is signed by the government and linked to the device to prevent transferring the credential. A public/private key-pair is generated by the secure enclav
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
> Also it sounds like the remote operation hardware and software are provided by him As a backyard astrophotographer, this hardware and software is pretty much standard even if you don’t send your equipment to a remote site and is part o
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
The Dutch electric grid is owned and operated by a few companies that are heavily regulated by the ACM (Authority for Consumer and Markets). Those companies have been wanting to invest in upgrading the grid for many years, but the ACM refus
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
DigiD is a government project. It's owned and operated by Logius, which is a government-owned entity. Logius outsourced the hosting and infrastructure to Solvinity.
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
The thing with Apple products is that they may not be the best at every single spec but they usually have the best overall package. You can find a laptop that is better in one aspect, but it will be worse in others.
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
Maybe that’s a reasonable commute to the US mind who isn’t used to work/life balance and likes spending unpaid hours in their car losing precious time with their family. For me, a reasonable commute is a 10 minute bike ride to the offi
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
> They will argue that the decision was politicized, It’s not ‘politicized’, it’s the gateway to all Dutch government services and as such it is inherently political. > insufficiently reasoned, or disproportionate because binding tec
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by Aaargh20318 4mo ago
I still haven’t read Raising Steam. One last time to experience a new Discworld novel, I’m saving it for a rainy day.
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by Aaargh20318 5mo ago
> we show that cyclic voltammetry can be used without any additional sample preparation Even if it offered no additional data over a refractometer just the fact can be used directly without any sample preparation would be a huge win. Ref
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by Aaargh20318 5mo ago
Exactly, so that problem needs to be solved. Labour and income should not be linked.
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by Aaargh20318 5mo ago
> What AI is being sold as right now is not really productivity. In many domains, productivity is already sufficient. What’s being sold is workforce reduction. And workforce reduction is a nobel goal. In fact, I think it's one of th

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