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by abcd_f 9y ago
That's not a "possibility", it's a reality. From what we are seeing (as a desktop software vendor) all fancy-shmancy AI-based antiviruses absolutely "excel" at false positive detection. It's more of a mira
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by abcd_f 9y ago
If the key battery dies, there is a spot on the dashboard that is NFC-equipped, so you just need to get the key next to it and it will ID regardless of the battery state. > It will complain and beep if the key is not present in the car,
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by abcd_f 9y ago
Which manufacturers are affected? -- Edit - this seems to be exploiting the "convenience unlocking" feature, whereby you can unlock the car by having the key in a pocket and standing next to the door. Similarly the car will also a
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by abcd_f 9y ago
Perhaps a naive question, but say they sell it. How would they then cash this amount of bitcoin?
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by abcd_f 9y ago
This would largely depend on whether any of the guilty are likely to harm others again when freed, wouldn't it?
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by abcd_f 9y ago
Who are "they" exactly?
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by abcd_f 9y ago
> Install the desktop extension If they are expecting me to _install_ something on my precious machine, they'd better be damn explicit what it is and what _exactly_ it does. I can see bits about this and that spread across their b
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by abcd_f 9y ago
Front page is a fair game. It's a summary of subs, so it's perfectly fine to have a mix of ads on it. Just don't show ads for /r/abc when it's not a part of the current view.
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by abcd_f 9y ago
> the idea being that if you're interested in jerky when you're on /r/jerky you're also interested in jerky when you're not on /r/jerky Now, that's one fundamentally DUMB idea if you pardon
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by abcd_f 9y ago
Off the beaten path, but very interesting still - https://bvckup2.com/wip It's less of "blog" now, but older entries are a breadcrumb trail of the day-to-day grind of an indie Windows developer.
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by abcd_f 9y ago
No, you don't understand. It's not about withholding the footage, it's about releasing it in a controlled fashion.
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by abcd_f 9y ago
With near 100% probability actually. There was a detailed report on that few years ago. Googling for "why stores ask for the zip code" brings up a lot of press post, e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanne
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by abcd_f 10y ago
You'll have hard time finding a qualified _senior_ in Switzerland for this salary. Saying it as a fellow employer.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
> A journalist has already reached out to the customer. Then let's hope the journalist won't forget to talk to Garadget as well.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
> this guy should be respectful of this small, indiegogo compnay This guy should be respectful in general. That's a basic prerequisite for any normal communication regardless of the context.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
> Oh man. You were surprised? Really? Exactly! Apple has always been adamant that they see _all_ code that goes onto devices. Live patching is so bloody obvious against their EULA.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Looks paywalled to me.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Can you tell us how it went (or is going)? Genuinely curious. It's a very interesting data point.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Any publicity is a good publicity. Unless it's an obituary.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Looking them up on zefix.ch shows that they appear to be only registered in Switzerland, with Luxembourg ownership and non-Swiss management. Alan, their CTO and (co-?)founder is Swedish.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
It makes no difference what moxie said or seen. Facebook may have an offshore account set up for moxie, they may simply be showing alternative source, they may have a rigged build system that builds from the patched source, etc. Seeing the
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Unless it's made from stacks of crisp USD bills, I doubt they will be interested. Because that's what they seem to have been focused on mining to date.
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by abcd_f 10y ago
(a bit of port forwarding or VPN) + (VNC or RDP) ? What you get from TeamViewer/LogMeIn/etc. is the zeroconf aspect of the experience, which in turn is because they provide of a central rendezvous/discovery point. If you know
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Makes you feel being totally in control, doesn't it?
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by abcd_f 10y ago
Explorer integration is a finicky business. One huge tangle of dependencies, most of which concealed by COM abstractions. Even if you kill explorer.exe, something somewhere may end up holding a reference to your binary with a reboot being t
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by abcd_f 11y ago
Let's not forget SSam's greatest contribution - a copiously lubricated revolver that shot in 1us of clicking a button and with a very satisfying * thump * :)
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by abcd_f 11y ago
Blank the cookies and mangle the user agent too.
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by abcd_f 11y ago
I'd add Google Fonts to the list. It's a massive privacy leak as well.
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by abcd_f 11y ago
That's perfectly normal. If you don't like something, you are much more likely to vent than when you like it. Besides, it's a new release, so those who like it are still busy playing it.
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by abcd_f 11y ago
> The C++ loop is multithread safe. Of course, it's not. If another thread removes the item that i refers to while i's thread is in its cout part, then this loop will go out in flames. Either functionally or semantically. A

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