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by Shank 2y ago
In the BFU state, notification previews, contact information for incoming calls, and other user-specific data is locked because it’s not decrypted. These things would also change the user experience dramatically, so that’s why Apple doesn’t
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by Shank 2y ago
China also has the 996 working system in many companies. Anecdotally from many Chinese friends studying in the US, they virtually all agree: they would prefer to work for an American company or even a Japanese company, but not a Chinese com
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by Shank 2y ago
> they resorted to finger-pointing Ahhhh! Stripe is a payment gateway. They’re an intermediary / frontend that simplifies away the complexity of negotiating with each bank and getting your own contract with each bank and integrating
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by Shank 2y ago
The idea that iPhones magically communicate with each other to “reboot randomly” when off a cellular network (assumably would happen on a plane easily) is pretty far fetched. The far more likely explanation is that iOS 18.0 has some radio&#
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by Shank 2y ago
You can just disable access to Control Center and Siri when locked. If you have an eSIM device, this is a really great thing to do, as it’ll always connect to a cellular network when available.
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by Shank 2y ago
Or brake pads, or 12V batteries, or summer/winter tire changes. Sure, no routine oil changes, but they’re not maintenance-free.
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by Shank 2y ago
> But what would that even look like? > Iwata ran the Kyoto, Japan-based video game company [Nintendo] from 2002 until his death in 2015. To avoid layoffs, Iwata took a 50% pay cut to help pay for employee salaries, saying a fully-sta
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by Shank 2y ago
These kinds of internet attacks happen all the time to children who host Minecraft servers, small businesses, amateur programmers, etc. Finding the responsible party is often difficult if not impossible, and usually the FBI and other powers
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by Shank 2y ago
> mainstream The qualifier “mainstream” is quite silly here. Bitwarden and KeePassXC work great, can be backed up, and meet your needs. Why must “mainstream” providers support power user features? In-practice, 1Password, iCloud Keychain,
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by Shank 2y ago
In damage control mode, Zendesk can't pay a bounty out here? Come on. This is amateur hour. The reputational damage that comes from "the company that goes on the offensive and doesn't pay out legitimate bounties" impacts
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by Shank 2y ago
The glasses actually have two modes where you can take pictures. First, you can take pictures with the capture button or just asking for a picture. Second, you can ask Meta AI to look and tell you something about what it sees. You can say “
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by Shank 2y ago
Why is it your business what your family members do with their bodies?
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by Shank 2y ago
I don't know how widely it got reported on, but attempting to jailbreak Copilot nee. Bing Chat would actually result in getting banned for a while, post-Sydney-episode. It's interesting to see that OpenAI is saying the same thing.
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by Shank 2y ago
If you need to access these sites for work, I suggest requesting them sequentially. Generally, people don’t adjust filters until people complain. After you become the number one ticket creator for mundane site requests, they’ll usually bend
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Firefox update added more sponsored content on new-tab page(twitter.com)
86 points by Shank 2y ago|80 comments
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by Shank 2y ago
As others have mentioned, though hearing aids are a 4-digit item for many people. Even if you have to rebuy AirPods Pro regularly, you're still likely saving money. Granted, they may not work in all situations or all cases, but if they
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QUIC is not quick enough over fast internet(dl.acm.org)
664 points by Shank 2y ago|326 comments
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by Shank 2y ago
A rare move showing grace on behalf of the government, but the fact that the decision was made first, followed subsequently by a backtrack is still alarming.
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by Shank 2y ago
> Websites are only blocked when they are found to host malicious content, such as copyright infringements, online gambling, or pornography So I guess pornography is illegal in Malaysia? I guess this is a great time for Malaysian users t
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by Shank 2y ago
> 2) 2FA is often used as a pretext for identity harvesting which are then abused for other purposes. Okay, but there are many options, like TOTP code generators, that do not even require the internet to work. > 3) If there is account
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by Shank 2y ago
> Your disgust is misplaced. Your disgust should be reserved for those who exploit and hurt others. Not for idealists who fight against impossible odds. Especially when the cause (challenging how copyright law works) is one you support.
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by Shank 2y ago
From the mDL pilot program website [0]: 1. Continue to carry your physical driver’s license or state-issued ID card. Law enforcement, state government agencies, and businesses aren’t yet accepting the mDL. 2. The mDL is currently authorized
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by Shank 2y ago
> Platforms like Signal can get away with this because they are properly E2E encrypted, and cannot identify illegal content. Telegram, on the other hand, has decryption keys for the messages and media sent in group chats, meaning they ca
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by Shank 2y ago
> Telegram doesn't seem to compete for engineering talent on labour market, Telegram employees don't go to conferences, are never seen on mailing lists of open source projects, etc. Isn't the whole narrative that Durov, wh
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by Shank 2y ago
In 2022 and beyond, Durov has posted very publicly about Ukraine, inclduing support for Ukraine and reiterating parts of his history with the FSB at VK [0]. Telegram was also blocked in Russia for a period of time while they argued about co
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by Shank 2y ago
I love taskwarrior so much on desktop, but hate it so much on mobile that I ended up switching to 2Do. It’s so heartbreaking because the automatic task prioritization you get is really novel and nice. But the iOS client situation is dire, a
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by Shank 2y ago
Most EVs have specific guides for fire fighting. For example, Tesla’s include the HV disconnects that need to be cut or disabled, and the best way to fight it: https://www.tesla.com/firstresponders
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by Shank 2y ago
You usually get 2-3 full sets at a hotel for towels. You swap towels more frequently than once a week? Most hotels stock at least two rolls of toilet paper too. I’ve personally never run out of toilet paper this quickly.
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by Shank 2y ago
Why does DEF CON have to happen in Vegas? I can understand staying after Caesars Palace abruptly terminated their contract, but in future years, is there any real glue that keeps people there? I mean supposedly this is one of the most paran
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by Shank 2y ago
I think your post contradicts itself. It sounds like they "do inspections" every day of the year. > Since the festival shooting Vegas hotels have a policy of entering every room every 24 hours > so now they do inspections wh

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