Operyl

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811.
by Operyl 7y ago
No at that point they'd be saying "zomg NPM has a terrible bug that allowed the hacker to bypass my 2FA!" If someone is trying to redirect blame they'll always find some way to do so.
812.
by Operyl 7y ago
While I can agree with the accessibility stuff usually, depending on how the feature is abused ... some of these arguments are pretty weak. For example, for a lot of people the CDN and WAF are now bundled together and completely transparent
813.
by Operyl 7y ago
I agree, and then that technology is put to use on the pretty well put together accessibility tech showing up in iOS 13: https://youtu.be/aqoXFCCTfm4
814.
by Operyl 7y ago
How was that relevant to the conversation?
815.
by Operyl 7y ago
It’s convenient to just have a phone number be the piece both sides know. It’s not as magical if you need to also give your AppleID to every single contact manually, and if you have some sort of Phone Number to AppleID lookup service it’d b
816.
by Operyl 7y ago
Then the problem is: “You’re leaking your Apple ID to everyone in your contact list!” or more, depending on how exactly they’d plan to distribute Apple IDs to everybody else. The hash of the phone number thing is to provide the “contacts on
817.
by Operyl 7y ago
Wow. That’s a lot more professional looking than I expected it to be.
818.
by Operyl 7y ago
And they do, it's just pretty transparent I guess :).
819.
by Operyl 7y ago
In a way they already are "charging less" for the middle seat, in the form of paying money to select a seat. I think in the past 15 times I've flown I've always gotten the middle seat unless I pay to select a seat.
820.
by Operyl 7y ago
iOS 12 Camera app can scan QR codes.
821.
by Operyl 7y ago
The times I've had to use Tor, privacypass has been usable.
822.
by Operyl 7y ago
There's an entire ecosystem that surrounds sideloading apps that are not in the app store. They're not all developers or technically inclined people, it's a very easy thing to do and can be done on any OS. Developers can dist
823.
by Operyl 7y ago
14 days for free accounts, no limit on Developer accounts.
824.
by Operyl 7y ago
I don't honestly notice it, it is a non issue and I use them without thought. I think you're just overthinking it here.
825.
by Operyl 7y ago
Secure .. enclave? I'm sorry but I think you're throwing buzzwords around hoping to hit a homerun here.
826.
by Operyl 7y ago
You can easily duplicate traffic into a test infrastructure that wouldn't affect the production environment, and you're acting as if re2 et al hasn't had plenty of testing too. 2 weeks with the level of traffic (test data) th
827.
by Operyl 7y ago
Perhaps. I asked my roommate how she felt about the thread and she described that same feeling. Us humans can sometimes pick up on things weirdly I guess!
828.
by Operyl 7y ago
Having dealt with a number of interactions like this, it definitely felt like the user was trying to lead the support staff into a pothole. Its just the way the questions were asked.
829.
by Operyl 7y ago
I don't agree because they removed a feature that, frankly, would just cause a user to lose all their passwords if they lost their device. There's still two other sync methods that don't use their service, and one of which is
830.
by Operyl 7y ago
I think it's more just fatigue. The user was getting really combative in their responses, and eventually you learn to just shut down emotions when you encounter that.
831.
by Operyl 7y ago
Removing a feature that has a huge chance to cause an unknowing user to shoot themselves in the foot. Sure, it should have had a mention in the the changelog, but I think this is a completely sensible thing to have done long term. You can s
832.
by Operyl 7y ago
Is Flatpak still open to the issues outlined at http://flatkill.org/ ? If so, it doesn’t seem much better.
833.
by Operyl 7y ago
Sure, the "package managers" on Linux, Windows, and macOS all behavior in pretty similar fashions. A manifest of files that the installer knew at time of install. That doesn't stop a program from installing anything else at r
834.
by Operyl 7y ago
Does Windows not distribute automated tools via Windows Updates from time-to-time to remove Malware _and_ PUP (Potentially Unwanted Programs). I'd argue that the entire Zoom debacle is probably a PUP since a user _uninstalled_ Zoom. An
835.
by Operyl 7y ago
I mean. The issue at hand was that they purposely left the webserver behind to auto reinstall if a zoom link was clicked. This was an intended feature, and the same could have been done on Linux or Windows. Package management or containers
836.
by Operyl 7y ago
For a short while, you could only redeem games on steam by linking your account with Humble Bundle. They would redeem the key with a server side API. This didn't last long, though, and they reverted back to just giving you the keys man
837.
by Operyl 7y ago
The difference between Verizon and Cloudflare in this case is that Cloudflare generally _does_ fix their mistakes when they screw up (and generally don't make the same type again).. whereas Verizon has screwed up internet routing more
838.
by Operyl 7y ago
My horribly out of date system works, therefore I should never strive to improve it or god forbid update it (since that involves “fucking with it” in ways that can break it from version to version)? That gets you technical debt and that’s n
839.
by Operyl 7y ago
If I’m honest? Probably not. I made use of my free articles when that feature worked, and rarely hit the limit. I pay for 7 different subscriptions at other outlets that I read more often, such as The Guardian, a few more technical (like LW
840.
by Operyl 7y ago
I love Potbelly! I miss that place and Beck's Prime when I lived in Houston.

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