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dns_snek
1y ago
That was a treat to explore. All of those are based on self-assessment surveys or toy problems. The UK report reads: > On average, users reported time savings of 56 minutes per working day [...] It is also possible that survey responde
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dns_snek
1y ago
Why wouldn't you write that data to disk? Holding it all in RAM isn't exactly a reliable way of storing data.
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dns_snek
1y ago
In Redis those operations are performed server-side, on a shared dataset, and concurrently by many clients.
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1y ago
What does "pretty robust" mean, how do you even assess that? How often are you okay with your most sensitive information getting stolen and is everyone else going to be okay with their information being compromised once or twice a
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1y ago
In case there's a misunderstanding, GrapheneOS doesn't provide root access, and fooling apps won't be possible as the platform keeps moving towards stronger hardware attestation. However banks can use the hardware attestation
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1y ago
The purpose of logging into a browser has always been to synchronize bookmarks, settings, and extensions.
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1y ago
What about it? That's not something that "everyone had all the time" and just accepted it, like ads. We only saw that attitude towards COVID because it affected people for a relatively short amount of time, and majority of th
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1y ago
I believe they're talking about the mechanism where logging into Chrome automatically signs you into many of Google's services across the web.
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1y ago
> I've written before about how he tends to jump to conclusions, launch videos based on rumors, ignore facts that contradict juicy controversies, and stir the pot while positioning himself as the only rational source for a subject.
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1y ago
I would recommend that people stop taking this kind of bait, especially as an organization. Discord is free for now but that's bound to change and you can't have any expectation of privacy there. In my eyes they're practicall
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1y ago
> Next time, the attacker could install malware in your machine I already addressed this in the previous comment but I hope you realize the absurdity of this statement. If the attacker can corner you in a dark alley they can steal your
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1y ago
If you're going to engage in bad faith then I'm not interested. My "reasoning" is firmly rooted in the founding principles of liberal democracies and our legally recognized fundamental rights. Our previous run-ins with f
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1y ago
> That's my point, there's no nefarious plot here, it's just dumb laws to solve real problems. You don't know the plot any more than we do. Whether the current government is nefarious or not is quite irrelevant. Chat
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1y ago
Seriously? This is is extremely low hanging fruit that's not being taken care of. You shouldn't be able to take over a software dependency with a phishing email. Requiring simple PGP code signing or even just passkey authenticatio
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1y ago
I don't believe for a second that you're being downvoted by someone with multiple accounts. You're being downvoted because you tried to frame a lukewarm observation (that brought receipts!) as some insane conspiratorial hot t
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1y ago
For a start, maintainers of dependencies with more than 1000 weekly downloads should be forced to use phishing-resistant 2FA like WebAuthN to authenticate updates (ideally hardware security keys, but not strictly necessary), or sign the cod
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1y ago
Yeah, nonsense, bullshit, whatever you want to call it. Actual pedos will trivially bypass Chat Control by switching to a messaging service that doesn't enforce it, or even by sending encrypted ZIP files via any ordinary messaging serv
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1y ago
god I wish it was that simple. Anything using the native package manager mostly follows this convention (with a variants like /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /opt). As soon as you need to install something that'
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1y ago
It's possible to pass PCI devices directly to the VM at which point they don't exist as far as the host OS is concerned. You can pass an entire USB hub to the VM and anything plugged into it is invisible to the host OS (at least b
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1y ago
> proper whitelists for allowed commands (you can run uv run <anything>, but rm requires approval every time) This is a nearly impossible problem to solve. uv run rm * Sandboxing and limiting its blast radius is the only reliable
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1y ago
Yeah I understand. It's mostly for posterity. We live in a time where accusing someone of engaging in bad faith is against the guidelines, expressing an opinion that the world is better off with a hateful figure being dead is inhumane
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1y ago
This quote has now been scrubbed from the article. Before: https://archive.is/KIGjp#selection-4705.0-4705.176 After: https://archive.is/bimqq#selection-1057.0-1057.114
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1y ago
Neither am I, but you don't have to be American to know that 1950s and 60s were a terrible time to be "different" in any way. If you were trans in the 1950s and 60s you were persecuted, criminalized, physically brutalized by
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1y ago
Counter-point: For someone who's used to smoking or vaping, the craving to "take a puff" can be a very strong, maybe stronger than the chemical dependence on nicotine itself. I noticed that in myself when I was trying to quit
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1y ago
> They want it to be as unpleasant as tobacco I vaped for around 8 years, about 4 years with typical flavorings and the last 4 years unflavored. IME unflavored vaping really isn't that bad, I accidentally switched to it because I ra
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1y ago
Vaping causes inflammation, nicotine suppresses the immune system (which is probably pretty bad news for fighting any other diseases), and nicotine cessation has been linked with an increase in development of autoimmune disorders in the 12-
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1y ago
I'm not the one trying to rationalize clear calls to violence under the guise of oh gosh we can't possibly know what he meant in any one of hundreds of examples , but your continued gaslighting attempts have been noted. You can&#
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1y ago
> So far, I do not see hate towards minorities or transgender people. That's alright, reality is what you make it, it's a free country after all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism
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1y ago
Hate is calling for violence against transgender people and other minorities "like in the 1950s and 60s". https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-not-posthumously-... Are you really this unfamiliar with hi
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1y ago
I'm still waiting to hear what the EU will have to say about all of this, it seems like a very clear violation of the Digital Markets Act to me.
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