ben174

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by ben174 4y ago
Except that it could help attackers beefen up their tools. A certain amount of obscurity is good to keep the attackers from having too much information. I've been in the situation where a company kinda 'ghosts' me before. And
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by ben174 4y ago
Employees don't want to carry two devices.
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by ben174 4y ago
Don't forget Animusic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
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by ben174 4y ago
Way to rain on their parade. But yes, any advanced civilization would have stacks upon stacks of rules which contradict and complicate things. There's just no way around it.
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by ben174 4y ago
could you elaborate exactly where the filth is here? I think I get it, but I'm not super-well versed enough to understand what the motive would be here.
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by ben174 4y ago
a while back I created www.bartcrimes.com to publish police reports which were intentionally hidden behind a mailing list you must get approved to be a member of. Turns out, the public loves this kind of thing.
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by ben174 4y ago
Surprised Ketamine isn't listed. I figured they'd lump that in. On the other hand, ketamine is extremely addictive, despite what you might read online. I know several people who have given up everything to sustain their Ketamine h
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by ben174 4y ago
It really surprises me that the same thing still hasn't really happened with image editing software. Or maybe it has and I just don't know how to use it. But I still keep my Photoshop license around and pay for it because I just c
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by ben174 4y ago
Then Zoom should ask for those permissions, like every other app does. If we make it an admin, we have problems like these.
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by ben174 4y ago
Exactly. They're giving the least information possible to formulate a coherent headline which is technically accurate. If they told the truth in the headline, it would get WAY more clicks. These are clicks they don't want.
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by ben174 4y ago
In English, "give or take".
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by ben174 4y ago
This. The software would get abandoned once they've cashed in on the bulk of people buying it. They can trickle in more sales over time, but that's not going to amount to nearly as much as the initial payload, and therefore the mo
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by ben174 4y ago
Wow, so the "MacBook Pro with an M2 Pro" is the name we should use for that machine which is yet to be released? And this is referring to a Macbook Pro with a M2. Not news, it's the same chip but different cooling. This hack
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by ben174 4y ago
BBB are the grand masters of extortion. They've been doing it before it was cool. You know that "accredited" mark? It may as well be a dollar sign.
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by ben174 4y ago
BBB are the grand masters of extortion. They've been doing it before it was cool.
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by ben174 4y ago
Politicians, executives, and celebrities are under constant attack. You can't just expect they halt communication.
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by ben174 4y ago
Worms is just a mod of Scorched Earth.
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by ben174 4y ago
Pile Driver! Years of my life sunk into Scorched Tanks. As an Amiga child, I have no MS DOS nostalgia. But I am pretty sure Scorched Tanks was a decent alternative.
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by ben174 4y ago
I tried that 'jk' thing way back, and I seem to recall it introducing some lag. Like a few milliseconds so it could process and see if you were hitting the followup key. Just enough to be annoying.
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by ben174 4y ago
Well damn, you just changed my mind. That's probably a huge part of what makes this place different from the other guys.
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by ben174 4y ago
Double encryption is twice as effective. I use double ROT-13 for double the security.
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Ask HN: Why no reply envelope icon in the corner?
2 points by ben174 4y ago|4 comments
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by ben174 4y ago
Where does Scala fit into all of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imh2cH4CnaA
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by ben174 4y ago
Your comment makes no sense in this context.
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by ben174 4y ago
Have you not enountered sites that app-wall you? Sites with useful content, such as Reddit - not allowing you to view the user-generated content unless you install their app? It sucks - but it exists.
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by ben174 4y ago
Well, notifications, for one. Until this update which is not yet fully deployed and implemented.
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by ben174 4y ago
Reddit, for instance, should not be an app . It is failure on the browser's capabilities that you can't visit a reddit link without being spammed to death about installing their app. If the browser was capable of the things the r
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by ben174 4y ago
You mean not installing yet another application and having another icon on my homescreen for every freaking website I visit? And these apps almost have no need to run any native code or do anything a website can't handle in modern day.
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by ben174 4y ago
Covid will be 1000x more impactful when looking back at the two events.
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by ben174 4y ago
It's tedious to make, but you can nail it if you follow the directions. And you can use whatever peppers you want for an extra kick.

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