abtom

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by abtom 6y ago
> I slept 4 hours a night for 14 days and didn’t find any effects on cognition (assessed via Psychomotor Vigilance Task, a custom first-person shooter scenario, and SAT). Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and sci
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by abtom 6y ago
> my #1 rule for this is teach people something they didn’t already know. You just went full meta
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by abtom 7y ago
1. 480p resolution is almost retina at about 20 inches distance on a 6 inch screen.[1] Maybe I'm part of a minority, but I find 480p quality to be totally acceptable for viewing on a smartphone. 2. Users in India access the internet vi
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by abtom 7y ago
If you're a non-user and do not wish your information to appear on the app, you can unlist your number here - https://www.truecaller.com/unlisting Though I do not agree with the method where as a non-user I need to man
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by abtom 8y ago
"Move fast break things"
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Microsoft Readies Forms Pro to Take on Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey(zdnet.com)
3 points by abtom 8y ago|0 comments
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by abtom 8y ago
Since most of these only concern "ad personalisation" and not data collection/sharing, I don't see the point of doing this. They're still collecting your data, only difference being now you're not being constan
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by abtom 8y ago
Thank you. I've added the news links to my article for reference as well.
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by abtom 8y ago
The same thing happened to a cousin of mine. I wrote a (somewhat more detailed than this article) blog post about it a month ago. Didn't gain any traction on HN then but here it is: http://blog.abhijittomar.com/2018&#x2
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by abtom 8y ago
Can't see Jian Yang's product listed here
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New form of Google banking scam(blog.abhijittomar.com)
2 points by abtom 8y ago|0 comments
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by abtom 8y ago
You can, but not in a useful way. They verify the phone number, email and college ID card the first time. So your major and other details of value are known to them. For other questions you don't gain anything by lying because they&#x2
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by abtom 8y ago
They have this at my university. Their main model seems to be advertising. Though personal data is required at sign up, it isn't significantly more than what would be on your resume. You need to sign up with your details on a website a
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by abtom 8y ago
What Firefox extensions are you using? Check out Multi Account Containers on Firefox if you haven't already. It fulfills all my privacy requirements when paired with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. https://addons.mozilla.o
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by abtom 9y ago
This is why I always buy phones that allow me to flash my own ROM. That way you only have Google (and whatever apps you decide to give access to) tracking you and not your OEM.
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by abtom 9y ago
Someone already released an app making use of this exploit. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sciencetech/video-1614014/V...
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by abtom 9y ago
Pi-hole ( https://pi-hole.net/ ) might work for some apps.
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by abtom 9y ago
> “There was a point whenyou could not find a single Portuguese family that wasn’t affected. Every family had their addict, or addicts. This was universal in a way that the society felt: ‘We have to do something.’” To be noted is when is
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by abtom 9y ago
This is something that could have happened to anyone. Not just because of misplaced trust in an online partner but because it's easy to create fake screenshots of conversations using Photoshop or simply Inspect Element. I'm intere
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by abtom 9y ago
Can confirm. In my friends list only activity is tagging on memes and posting life events. All personal sharing has moved to Instagram and "stories" on Facebook/WhatsApp/Messenger.