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by badRNG 4y ago
It seems really hard to find grounds to sue these spyware vendors that don't equally apply to security researchers doing the kind of work that makes spyware less viable overall.
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by badRNG 4y ago
>From what I understand, memory cells literally reproduce the original brain signal just as if it were coming from outside stimulus. Like playing the brain waves off a tape recorder. I can't recall pictures of events that happened y
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by badRNG 4y ago
I don't know of a single embedded C++ employer who'd would turn someone who understands C fundamentals (e.g. stack/heap memory, the preprocessor, concurrency/semaphores, etc) for a junior development role. A lot of C++ f
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by badRNG 4y ago
>I would recommend getting some microprocessor/electronics kits, like the Arduino ones. If money is tight, Arduino clones are very cheap indeed. You could get going for < $20. You'll need a "bread board" some wires
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by badRNG 4y ago
Just putting my experience out there, across the space/aerospace industry I've seen a lot of C++ and Ada, but not much actual "C".
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by badRNG 4y ago
Embedded means a computer is part of another product which includes satellites, spacecraft, aircraft and drones with millions of LOC. I've worked in embedded most of my career and in my experience, aside from driver developers and some
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by badRNG 4y ago
Counterpoint: in the space/aerospace world, having embedded systems running tens of millions of lines of code is common. These have many large software teams working together. Most software engineers on these embedded programs are just
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OOP Wonders If He's a Scumbag for Automating His Job(old.reddit.com)
2 points by badRNG 4y ago|1 comments
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by badRNG 4y ago
Will this law also apply to Nintendo, Xbox, and Play Station systems?
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by badRNG 4y ago
For those on work systems or in a work area with others, be advised that the link above is filled with racial slurs and hate speech. I think it's supposed to be a Twitter "free speech" alternative. If you are worried about mi
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by badRNG 4y ago
A judge's signature is a necessary but insufficient part of such raids. It is absolutely reasonable to hold an agency with a troubled past accountable, regardless of which judge rubber stamps the raids. Hold judges accountable, sure, b
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by badRNG 4y ago
This isn't the situation Copilot is in. A more analogous situation would be if the AI model occasionally returned the entirety of "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears. Yes, I think you'd be sued if you passed off Baby
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by badRNG 4y ago
It's interesting, because India is also a hub for these "hacker scams" where so-called hackers on Whatsapp will promise to change your grade, see if your partner is cheating, or get you a pay raise and then run off with your
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by badRNG 4y ago
>is a complete disregard for visa's rules Visa is probably easier to deal with in the case of fraud than what it sounds like privacy.com is like. I use a single CC for everything (that I'm willing to pay with a CC for.) It&#x27
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by badRNG 4y ago
> They're still making good ones: Frozen, Moana, Encanto. Just watch those and pretend the rest doesn't exist. Probably the most objective way to view this is to actually look at the list of films from any given decade and see
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by badRNG 4y ago
What exactly separates a "cult" from any other church? It seems that the word is often lobbed against minority religions that either aren't mainstream (or somehow related to mainstream religions), are recent in origin, or are
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by badRNG 4y ago
Not only is there a suicide note, but their employer confirmed their passing. This defense is one that is parroted almost exclusively by the KF users responsible for Near's death to deflect blame. The burden of proof is on you to demon
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by badRNG 4y ago
The idea that we must provide a platform for people to actively organize harassment campaigns designed to kill people in order to avoid "tyranny" is beyond absurd.
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by badRNG 4y ago
Yes. I provided a link you can click on, but you can also go to the Kiwi Farms Wikipedia page that catalogs victims killed and nearly killed by Kiwi Farms harassment campaigns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms
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by badRNG 4y ago
It feels deeply disingenuous to claim that all KF is doing is "cataloging someone's online life" while refusing to talk about constant SWAT-ing, the cheering of their victims committing suicide, and the constant IRL harassmen
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by badRNG 4y ago
They have a reputation for targeting people to intensely harass into suicide, with Byuu being a notable victim in the HN/CS sphere. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27657610
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by badRNG 4y ago
Now that it's on the front page of HN, I imagine it'll get sorted out shortly.
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by badRNG 4y ago
How do you go about doing that?
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by badRNG 4y ago
It's a valid argument in the context of the comment being replied to. If you look at the parent comment, you will see that they are specifically claiming that TikTok is different than other social media companies in its intrusion on pr
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by badRNG 4y ago
Are you more likely to be harmed by the US collecting data or China? If a woman is seeking an abortion, is she better off using a service that collects data for the US or China?
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by badRNG 4y ago
> TikTok is spyware. TikTok is an adversary. In what unique ways is TikTok compromising privacy that Facebook isn't that warrants the labels of "spyware" and being "the adversary?"
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by badRNG 4y ago
> and without a dedicated Menu key [0], for any kind of serious work. I'll bite; how useful is the Menu key really? Is there something in your workflow that is benefitted by having it? Totally agree with Home/End/Insert&#x
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by badRNG 4y ago
> Need to track who said what for libel cases. > If Glassdoor can’t point to who said it, they’re the one who gets sued. Why? HN doesn't have any information on me. If I say something that's alleged to be libelous, does that
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by badRNG 4y ago
> Does anyone have experience shipping monetized games that do not rely on ads? Were any of these titles successful? I don't think I've ever played a PC or console game that relied on ads for revenue (nor would I ever.)
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by badRNG 4y ago
Does >1% of all power used feel unreasonably high? I know people complain about Bitcoin power consumption, but I had no idea mining consumed power anyone on this sort of scale. Though, the Texas Blockchain Association may have an inter

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