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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   For playtesting, this might be helpful: https://boardgamelab.app/
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   endoflife.date: https://endoflife.date Created it because I was frustrated having to lookup information on multiple sites, and having to dig deep and read through terribly written support policies. No Ads, no tracking, all hoste
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   WhichJDK has a nice summary: > The OpenJDK is the open source reference implementation of the Java SE Specification, but it is only the source code. Binary distributions are provided by different vendors for a number of supported platfor
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   I'm hopeful about efforts like bubblewrap, but widespread adoption is very tough. As long as policies are delegated (like AppArmor), I don't see that improving. TPMs and Passkeys are also a good refuge - Just keep private material
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   > Any virus would have to exploit a system vulnerability XKCD 1200[0] disagrees: > If someone steals my laptop while I'm logged in, they can read my email, take my money, and impersonate me to my friends, but at least they can&#x
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   My favorite was asking it "how can I solve a rubik's cube blindfolded". That's something I've been learning on and off for some time, and there's enough tutorials on the internet on how to do it. ChatGPT's
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   Coinswitch, a crypto-exchange in India is now pivoting to wealth management: > We have seven new non-crypto products in our 2023 roster, which includes fixed deposits, ETFs [exchange-traded funds], mutual funds, stocks, bonds and U.S. eq
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   Does Apple state this 6 year policy somewhere? I maintain endoflife.date and it’s quite hard to find any primary sources for what Apple actually guarantees as support
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   by captn3m0 4y ago

   Stripe was among the first payment processors to get approval for a Payment Aggregator license, which was just introduced. https://business-standard.com/article-amp/finance/rbi-clears...
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Interesting how India is not in the list of countries where Amazon is relying on Stripe. Amazon is doing its own fintech play here, with heavy investments into Amazon Pay, Amazon Credit cards, and more. None of that seems to be driven via
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    “when you get rich in the US”. A lot of these are more accessible in lower-income countries (full-time driver for eg), and a few have a much higher bar (citizenship changes, nomad lifestyle - which don’t work with a weaker passport).
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    The agent-driven nature of PGP, along with the encoding itself (which was primarily meant for emails) adds a lot of complexity, and makes it much harder to setup, configure, and use safely compared to other tools. It is a tool trying to sec
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    The Chess Programming Wiki has some great details about using bitboards, such as magic bitboards that can be used for efficient move generation by hashing the bitboard itself into a lookup table. Bitboards themselves make efficient board se
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    It was hilarious. Coinbase called it was due to “informal pressure from the regulator”. It’s quite likely, they never had a clear bank partner in India, merely a third party fintech company as a proxy. It’s quite unlikely a large bank will
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    You don't need to flip gradients, just need to train the monkeys to operate matchboxes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_Educable_Noughts_and_...
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    Release: Cellebrite ( 1.7 TB) and MSAB (103 GB)(ddosecrets.substack.com)

    42 points by captn3m0 4y ago|4 comments
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Yeah, probably something to reconsider by end of this year. There’s a planned mandate for smartphones to support this: https://www.gpsworld.com/india-mandates-navic-support-for-sm... .
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Any plans to support other navigation systems? Would love to help with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Regional_Navigation_S...
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Emby, NextDNS, Mastodon, Navidrome, Gitea, RSS Bridge, Miniflux, ZNC, Klaxon, Wiki.js, Radicale, Jupyter. It has 1050Ti, so I was using it for some gaming earlier, but moving that to the Steam Deck now (got the dock for it). I have some mor
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Timeline matches with the Travis breach. So far likely impacted: 1. Slack 2. Okta ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34081154 ) 3. Coa ( https://github.com/veged/coa/issues/99#issuecomment-96
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    My favorite instance is the Delhi High Court ordering all registrars in India to stop selling domain names with the string amul in them[0] > Domain registrars restricted from selling or offering Amul suffixed, prefixed or combination nam
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    Thanks for sharing this, clearly shows ACT DNS blocks. There's DNS tampering on Jio as well: https://explorer.ooni.org/measurement/20230103T215427Z_webco...
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    reports on twitter have the block confirmed across 3 states.
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    The government has never published a blocking order. RTI has failed, and there's no due process if your website has been blocked. Here's the government defending their stance of keeping these secret: https://internetfre
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    It exists: https://openforge.gov.in/ (Its a https://www.tuleap.org/ instance, hosted by MEITY (National E-Governance Division).
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    I already self-host my code (git.captnemo.in), but that doesn't lessen the impact of me browsing a repo on GH, and failing to use GitHub's functionality (viewing previews).
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    The VLC block was lifted[0,1] after VLC filed a legal notice[2] with IFF's help. It was blocked for somewhere around 3-4 months at the very least. [0]: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/india-lifts-downlo
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    I did mention that it's only ACT blocking it so far. > one ISP proactively blocking the domain without it being formally asked to do so Very unlikely. Court orders are not ISP specific, but ISPs are not time-bound to apply them. It&
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    Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

    294 points by captn3m0 4y ago|164 comments
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    by captn3m0 4y ago

    True, should have said "around Aug 2026" perhaps? The LTS project[0] plans for a minimum of 5 year support from the date of initial release, so Aug 2026 is based on the Aug 2021 release date + 5 years. The rough-schedule on the LT