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by Niten 8y ago
I've had good luck with Gandi in the past for SSL certificates, and their U2F support makes me inclined to choose them as my new registrar. On the other hand, I've heard less than great things about Gandi's reliability and su
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by Niten 8y ago
> Rust doesn't need silver bullets; it needs lots of lead bullets. It needs steel bullets. Lead only oxidizes at high temperatures.
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by Niten 8y ago
This sort of false equivalency is unhelpful. It requires a great lack of judgment to believe the U.S. is comparable to the regime overseeing Xianjing on domestic internet surveillance.
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by Niten 8y ago
"Houston, we have serious problems here. We're tumbling end over end. We're disengaged from the Agena." "Try increasing left-pad." (But seriously, this is really cool and I'm looking forward to trying the
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by Niten 8y ago
It sounds like you've never lived in the southeast US? These conditions can occur on a daily basis in the summer, especially in Florida. "Pull over and stop" isn't realistic advice here. Humans can and do drive safely in
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by Niten 8y ago
It's also illegal in California, too, so I expect NYTimes will ultimately have to change their behavior: http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/thanks-to-california-a-news...
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by Niten 8y ago
> such pseudo-fascist bureaucratic red tape doesn't come into being unless powerful entities who stand to benefit from the bureaucracy take advantage of the populist zeitgeist to bend political will to their favor. I assure you it c
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How a Florida Utility Became the Global King of Green Power(wsj.com)
2 points by Niten 8y ago|0 comments
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by Niten 8y ago
I just don't see any evidence of a "lie" in the New York Times article. And if I add my Facebook account to iOS, of course I realize that I'm trusting Apple in that scenario. This whole controversy feels manufactured.
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by Niten 8y ago
There wasn't much substance to the New York Times's report, and as an outsider, Facebook's official reply--corroborated by Tim Cook's statement about Apple's actual use of the reported APIs--seems perfectly reasonab
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by Niten 8y ago
I also grew up in a small Florida East Coast town, which Brightline will eventually pass through on its way to Orlando. My parents, who still live in Florida, regularly give me an earful about the train. To an extent, I can see where they&#
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by Niten 9y ago
Which they mention they'd still have to implement workarounds for if they adopt Rust, so I'm not sure I understand that selling point.
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by Niten 9y ago
TIL that you can run an SSH agent using an OpenPGP smartcard on a non-rooted Chromebook now. EDIT: Tried following the linked instructions but nassh just hung while trying to connect, with no prompt from Smart Card Connector :( Oh well, at
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by Niten 9y ago
I've been running OpenBSD on an APU2 as a router for over a year (and on the ALIX it replaced many more years). OpenBSD makes it so dead simple to setup the basics that (unlike with my NAS) I've never been tempted to try a GUI dis
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by Niten 9y ago
Or like using Wi-Fi, given that iOS 10 will not be patched for the KRACK vulnerability.
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by Niten 9y ago
You intend to use your phone for a year without installing any security updates? Some people like living dangerously, I guess. For the rest, it's a good thing iOS strongly encourages people to keep up to date.
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by Niten 9y ago
Thanks, I'll give that a try!
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by Niten 9y ago
Do you attempt to group your notes by subject and project within the higher-level chronology? I also keep a paper notebook for software engineering, but I find it less convenient than my old chemistry lab notebooks were. The problem is tha
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by Niten 9y ago
So it's a PKI, except obfuscated by a bunch of health industry acronyms and "accredited" logos?
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by Niten 9y ago
> Isn't it should be a red flag if one messenger is prohibited in a country with an authoritarian regime, and the other is not? No.
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by Niten 9y ago
That's not evidence that its encryption algorithm is well designed or secure.
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by Niten 9y ago
It all comes down to the author's personal preferences and concerns, but a blanket assertion that WhatsApp is not a good option from a security option is silly. WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted with the Signal protocol by default, so
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by Niten 9y ago
Certainly not if one of your main concerns is the privacy of your message content. WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol; Telegram uses its own homebrew encryption protocol that has not been well vetted.
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by Niten 9y ago
Well, the locked-down nature of iOS and Chrome OS are what make them markedly more secure than a general purpose computer in the face of real-world threats. Just this week, my Mom's Chromebook kept her safe from what appears to have b
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by Niten 9y ago
It also defeats the very purpose of a Chromebook, which is practically bulletproof, worry-free security. If you really need a full-fledged Unix system (as I do), IMO it's best to run that on dedicated hardware and SSH in from a secure
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by Niten 9y ago
If you don't mind elaborating, what do you consider the most important security properties still missing from Android on the Pixel phone? My personal wishlist would include an equivalent of iOS's ability to encrypt new files to a
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by Niten 9y ago
I can confirm that, my home network is currently routing a /60 from Comcast.
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by Niten 10y ago
Nice, thanks for the link! I didn't realize there was a web-based C++ IDE targeting the micro:bit.
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In love with the BBC micro:bit(markshroyer.com)
184 points by Niten 10y ago|79 comments
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by Niten 10y ago
> Sure, the paper is clearly anti-Trump. My perspective is that this is only really a problem if they fabricate evidence. As long as they're presenting the world as they see it, it's hard to complain. I mostly agree with that,

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