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Ask HN: State of malware in 2022? Share your stories
1 points by andrecarini 4y ago|2 comments
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by andrecarini 4y ago
Hi! Thanks for opening up and sharing it with us. I'm going to refrain myself from sharing my opinion (only you really know the full context of what you have gone through and how it makes you feel). But if I could champion one advice i
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by andrecarini 4y ago
> when handling money, phi What does _phi_ stand for?
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by andrecarini 4y ago
It's seen Windows XP, Vista, 7, Ubuntu 18, Ubuntu 20, Kubuntu 20, Windows 10 (Education) and then Arch. Currently dual booting the Arch and the 10.
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by andrecarini 4y ago
The CPU, GPU and motherboard updates were very recent, about two years ago, and marked the proper end of that cycle. Although, they still work and have been assembled into an empty case I scavenged, for use by another family member.
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Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor upgrades)
407 points by andrecarini 4y ago|291 comments
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by andrecarini 4y ago
> but if I was already encrypting my data using a browser Encrypting against whose keys? The website you are visiting? The malicious VPN company? The entire point of user-added root CAs is that they can place themselves between you and w
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by andrecarini 4y ago
Unfortunately it seems LineageOS isn't available for most (if not all) common budget/mid-range phones in my country. Does anyone here have experience in porting AOSP/LineageOS to an unsupported device? Any suggested materials
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by andrecarini 4y ago
As someone shopping around for a FTTH offering (to get out of my current DOCSIS plan) how can I figure out which routers are compatible with the ISP's GPON? I've had phone calls with them and the support/sales reps have no id
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Short answer: Password managers offer this funcionality because there is a demand for it. Long answer: In practice, TOTP schemes are used (from a webadmin point of view) just to stop credential stuffing attacks [1]. There is very little add
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by andrecarini 5y ago
> one coffee For the Bay Area developer, sure. For a South American developer, 10 dollars is about three meals.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
You shouldn't [trust SaaS password managers]. Trust local password managers working on local files that are synced via Google Drive/Dropbox.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
1M allocated to this bug bounty is 1M not spent if their security is strong enough.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
A couple of things I personally find disappointing in Discord: 1) No concept of isolated identities for each server (or group of servers). 2) I use Discord maybe once per week, and every time I do, I have to log in again. The phone app quie
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by andrecarini 5y ago
> If you were an early astronomer and you constructed the notion of ‘epicycles’ to simplify your model of planetary motion. You may use these ‘epicycles’ to justify your prediction, however you may not use a successful prediction to just
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by andrecarini 5y ago
The unavoidable fate of those working with computers long enough!
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by andrecarini 5y ago
If you can get a copy of the LTSC or Education distros, they're leagues ahead of the common Win 10 experience: much less clutter and nagging, being able to defer content updates, less tracking.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Have you taken Photopea for a spin?
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Would your use case fit into KeePassXC?
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Which features from Photoshop do you miss on Affinity?
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Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?
92 points by andrecarini 5y ago|324 comments
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Firefox's UI/UX for profiles is, unfortunately, very clunky and nowhere near as intuitive as Chrome's.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Have you tried diff'ing both profiles' about:config?
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by andrecarini 5y ago
Not the person you're replying to but > What do you recommend I do right now [...] ? (1) Obtain a solid understanding of statistics, (2) formulate a hypothesis, (3) collect multiple viewpoints, data and arguments related to that hy
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by andrecarini 5y ago
> Science and academia have pushed [...] to convince [...] that random YouTube videos are, in fact, better sources for truthful information. I don't follow, could you please expand? I don't see how YouTube could be a better sou
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by andrecarini 5y ago
How do we change those incentives? Who gets to determine the quality threshold?
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by andrecarini 5y ago
What's the alternative? While I agree with the general sentiment, science and academia is still better than random YouTube videos.
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by andrecarini 5y ago
People in general are paperclip maximizers, not just Capital. All people are slaves to their desires that takes a mind of its own, a sort of real-world Incentives System. Chasing power (be it financial, social, political) is a flagrant exam
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by andrecarini 5y ago
> Letting people use handles has been a thing since way before modern gamer and it is probably the only right way if you want interesting people to share stuff. The issue is being unable to have, under a single login, completely isolated
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by andrecarini 5y ago
I can't vouch for the other options but I have been using Keepass2Android (with Google Drive sync) for years now and it does the job hassle-free.

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