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571.
by Shank 4y ago
> A force-post transaction allows the merchant to bypass the authorization process by manually entering a previously obtained authorization code. > The transaction is then routed through clearing and settlement and subsequently force-
572.
by Shank 4y ago
Email works remarkably well when you can easily control who gets your address. It works absolutely abysmally for anyone who gets subjected to a constant deluge of random semi-reasonable emails from unknown senders. Some are outright spam, s
573.
by Shank 4y ago
> You can cancel your NYTimes subscription with a click if you live in California This is frequently echoed on HN, but my experience in California trying to cancel NYT is that option wasn’t present at all. In fact, when I couldn’t reach
574.
by Shank 4y ago
> I have 1G symmetric FTTH internet, the bottleneck is still the services I want to access at the other end - really makes no difference how much faster the pipe is, if the service you are using can't keep up. I can definitely hit t
575.
by Shank 4y ago
For starters, you don't have to manage two keys at minimum. That's already a plus. For another reason, I wasted a lot of time diagnosing problems with gpg not working correctly, from the daemon crashing and needing to be killed pe
576.
by Shank 4y ago
> Or for that matter someone who isn't an employee at all. Unless they're claiming they have figured out absolutely perfect security such that they can never be hacked or compromised. Or isn't an employee/manager rig
577.
by Shank 4y ago
> Why do they find fault in the minor details of the best computing experience ever delivered? The whole point is that the Macintosh Operating System was all about caring about details. Criticism like this comes from a place of love, not
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by Shank 4y ago
I believe this is possible if you turn on "Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls" in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts. I have no idea why this isn't on by default.
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TikTok Says, No, It Isn't Stealing Your Passwords(vice.com)
1 points by Shank 4y ago|1 comments
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by Shank 4y ago
Honestly, this type of discussion is seriously irritating, because it implies that TikTok is doing something unique that other apps aren't doing. Just as the article demonstrates, many western countries do the exact same thing that Tik
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by Shank 4y ago
These same tools are what allow you to build and ship fully JS based apps on iOS instead of having to use Swift or Objective-C or anything like that. Arbitrary web views can be an entire app. Or they can reinvent the wheel and become in-app
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by Shank 4y ago
The allure of small PCs has been very, very strong for me these days. I think the problem is that we used to have this as a market by default, but size keeps creeping up. There used to be a 11.6" MacBook Air, which was a lovely little
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by Shank 4y ago
This is just like the SEC "not enforcing" securities clauses until they have evidence. I think the writing is on the wall for not just Tornado Cash, but any system that functions like it: if you don't have an AML system that
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by Shank 4y ago
> In casual use, I haven’t run into any bugs at all. It took me all of about ten minutes to get set up, it just works, and I didn’t have to think too hard about it. The one issue I have with Tailscale is that the on-demand/automatic
585.
by Shank 4y ago
> From a technical perspective, WARP is a VPN. But it is designed for a very different audience than a traditional VPN. WARP is not designed to allow you to access geo-restricted content when you’re traveling. It will not hide your IP ad
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by Shank 4y ago
The trick is to have separate work/home spaces. Most fulltime remotes, myself included, either have a dedicated work-only area or work from coffee shops and the like. The whole point is flexibility! If you don’t want an office, don’t h
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by Shank 4y ago
> I’ll run over as many kids as I want and you can’t stop me!! I'm actually not expecting the Tesla to run over the child (because either it will stop, or the driver will intervene and slam on the brakes or avoid the child). But it
588.
by Shank 4y ago
This is the second "non-advertised" feature reduction I've heard of on Intel's 12th generation processors. The first was losing the AVX-512 instructions [0]. The problem is that these processors are viewed as direct upgr
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by Shank 4y ago
BDs are also the absolute best for high bitrate content. For 4k UHD BDs, that's the absolute highest quality copy of a show you're going to get, including on streaming sites that offer 4K streaming. Even if you lease the video fil
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by Shank 4y ago
As a user I’d like to discourage this. If you use SFSafariViewController, the user’s extensions and content blockers load automatically. If you use WKWebView they don’t load at all. I’m one of those users who depends on these and every time
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Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You (2020)(steve-yegge.medium.com)
2 points by Shank 4y ago|0 comments
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by Shank 4y ago
I agree with this entirely too much. I switched to Android via the iPhone 6S, which was the first one with 3D Touch. I thought it actually made the “hardware and software together” argument super strong too, because it truly only made sense
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by Shank 4y ago
It's incredibly common to see misconceptions between modems, gateways, routers, etc. I think this confusion is exacerbated by the fact that Comcast and most other coaxial cable (even if they're fiber, if the output is coax to your
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Somehow Microsoft have managed to have a different product team rebrand Defender(twitter.com)
66 points by Shank 4y ago|20 comments
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by Shank 4y ago
> if they did not do this an ordinary residential last mile connection would be $250/mo not $50/mo. At least in my experience, gigabit fiber is usually $100/mo in fiber markets. I would definitely pay $250/mo if it me
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by Shank 4y ago
> Otherwise it feels a bit ad hoc that way, wouldn't consider a gist with this many files more ergonomic compared to a repository. All gists are actually GitHub repositories — you can clone them, branch, and commit changes. There is
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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop(latimes.com)
19 points by Shank 4y ago|0 comments
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by Shank 4y ago
> Replace with a shared spreadsheet. I really do not suggest storing passwords and sharing them with family members in a spreadsheet. Of all of the services on this list, a system that provides end-to-end encryption, autofill, generation
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Latency Compensating Methods in In-Game Protocol Design and Optimization (2001)(developer.valvesoftware.com)
1 points by Shank 4y ago|0 comments
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Twitter vs. Elon Musk(documentcloud.org)
8 points by Shank 4y ago|0 comments

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