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by blfr 7y ago
> outside of the US others will readily view this line of thought as hypocritical and self-serving Sitting here in a former eastern block country I completely disagree. It is absolutely obvious that communism is by far humanity's gr
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by blfr 7y ago
I'm not convinced that most people are hurt by trade with China but I'm perfectly fine with paying $2 more for a keyboard and $15 more for a cupboard to not deal with a murderous communist (redundant, I know, no one is really surp
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by blfr 7y ago
I run Linux and LineageOS because I care about controlling my computers and data. But I don't care about games. They're games. They're not important. They're not art worth preserving. It's just a little entertainmen
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by blfr 7y ago
Didn't Pornhub "verify" an account of a 15 year "model"? https://twitter.com/PornhubHelp/status/1189445175929647104 That will probably give a pause to any payment provider.
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by blfr 7y ago
It's not a lie. We know for a fact that journalists coordinate to push propaganda and influence political outcomes. The most famous instance was probably JournoList. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList
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by blfr 7y ago
You're getting away from the tread though. At 0.1% you're not FedEx to Google's UPS. And if you're running a similar service, say a speciality search engine, Google might come after you at a moment's notice.
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by blfr 7y ago
Google grew its revenue by 23% from 2017 to 2018. Sure, it's not a startup any more but still I wish I couldn't figure out new ways to make money like that.
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by blfr 7y ago
Yandex has about ~1.5% revenues of Google. Baidu ~11%. It's not even a contest which rakes in the most money.
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by blfr 7y ago
Yes, Apple.
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by blfr 7y ago
Maybe but here on the Internet there seems to be one search engine which rakes in most of the money, one social network where most people have accounts, one electronic toy maker which sits on top of a mountain on cash. Second prize is a set
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by blfr 7y ago
Notion.so does the same thing. You can log in with Google or get a magic link. User/password is an inconvenient method of logging in. True. But it's so common that we have password managers making it convenient again. And supposed
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by blfr 7y ago
Yes, exactly. Usenet is an absolutely unsurpassed form of Internet discussion.
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by blfr 7y ago
I don't know about any aspect but maybe the one by far most contributing to the problem they claim to care about would be a decent start. Flying on a private jet to a climate conference really does look bad.
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by blfr 7y ago
Terrorists attend these events to, you know, commit acts of terrorism, not enjoy the music.
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by blfr 7y ago
How do I quickly check if my Tor Browser is up to date without the Onion button? Either I'm getting old or I'm using too many different systems and programs because these little UI changes start to bother me.
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by blfr 7y ago
HN nitpicks apart everything and then tries to recreate it from first principles. It has been like that since the very beginning and on every subject. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 "Rossbythebay" is go
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by blfr 7y ago
at least include a disclaimer that he doesn't know much about most of the things he writes about This is true of most journalists.
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by blfr 7y ago
I run two relay nodes. It is exactly as simple as running apt-get and editing the config.
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by blfr 7y ago
Because many people implementing security measures sincerely believe that more hassle is better. They have a moral view of security: the more you're willing to put up with, the more secure you are. This is, of course, not true. Passwor
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by blfr 7y ago
Since it's based on Ubuntu, can I just add a repo and install their desktop?
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by blfr 7y ago
The best way to store SSH private keys is in a hardware security module, or HSM. I have three Yubikeys. Would I need to add three ssh keys to every one of my ssh accounts?
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by blfr 7y ago
Daily Stormer lost a string of domains from various registrars, and was banned from CloudFlare. Ended up on Tor for a good chunk of time.
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by blfr 7y ago
Twitter has considered "learn to code" harassment. Of course they are.
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by blfr 7y ago
Chrome has always been best as a Google client. You can browse Maps in it, use Google Apps, they always work well. For regular browsing it had some nice security features but always lacked an equivalent to Tree Style Tabs. And will soon bec
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by blfr 7y ago
You can even set periodic backups in Google Takeout now.
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by blfr 7y ago
just as the United States does not want to be talked about 911 There are thousands of videos about 9/11, hundreds of TV programmes, millions and millions of posts online. People only got tired of it after a decade of very vigurous de
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by blfr 7y ago
I don't like TOTP. U2F, however, is both convenient and secure. You touch a dongle, you're in, and at the same time there is no way to get access to your account without physically stealing the dongle. It's a proper second fa
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by blfr 7y ago
The security part of PSD2 is starting to look like another cookie law. Banks of course didn't implement any proper 2FA like U2F but rather send you scrounging for the phone with their app every time you want to look up a transaction or
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by blfr 7y ago
You're supposed to download it now and keep around. Just like preppers do with MREs and ammunition.
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by blfr 7y ago
Can you use it for teams as well?

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