cannedbeets

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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   As long as malvertising(1) exists, adblockers are basic security hygiene. You wouldn’t click a random link, so why would you allow an ad server to execute arbitrary code on your computer? (1) https://www.tomsguide.com/us&#x2
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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   The engineered stone is almost entirely silica. > Hoy said that long before stonecutters started struggling to breathe, the sheer amount of silica in many kinds of engineered stone — upwards of 90% — should have made it obvious that the
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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   Yeah I immediately thought of the blorange hell of modern movies: https://priceonomics.com/why-every-movie-looks-sort-of-orang...
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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   The single biggest problem with IoT devices is the black box, vendor-specific cloud platform nature. This causes privacy issues galore as well as requiring every manufacturer to reinvent the wheel to secure their devices, while also making
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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   There are so many reasons to block ads. Aesthetics alone. Protecting your valuable time. Consenting to watching an ad is not the same as consenting to your entire life being tracked and monitored. But the most important issue is that as lon
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   by cannedbeets 3y ago

   For that to work, the 1st wave ships would need to carry a power source capable of driving a pushing laser. This presents a number of significant challenges: - the current plans for Breakthrough Starshot[0] are to send a centimeter-sized, ~