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Below are the Internet Archive copies, since Facebook doesn't have the greatest track record on stable URLs. (I reregistered recently and was banned for being "inauthentic" -- the URL they linked to which was supposed to deta
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1y ago
>while not living in a bunker, we did have parties in some somehow converted into clubs. Apparently in Bratislava, there is a club inside what was a fallout bunker underneath what was the king's palace but now serves as the residenc
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1y ago
>The other concern is that when he gets too much screen time he becomes less interested in us and starts to be a little aggressive (lands on you and pecks you until you put bird videos on) whenever anybody gets a phone out. Do you lock h
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1y ago
>But it's set in the past, when relations between the countries were much friendlier. Do you have trouble suspending disbelief during fictional movies set in WWII, because the U.S. and Germany are now allies? Were they?
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1y ago
>His "screen time" is not every day and limited to a few hours. Are you worried if you give him excessive screen time he won't be able to focus on his studies or something? ;-) (Cute story, thanks for sharing.)
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It always gave me a sketchy vibe, I try to rely on the Internet Archive whenever possible. (Some publishers whitelist their bot, since it is used for scholarly citations -- I'm not clear how a reviewer would review to an archive.is lin
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1y ago
I always liked how they framed the gun being jammed into Gregor's back at the opera, the entire scene carries a certain tension that modern films often fail to sustain or rely on things like explosions or handcannons rather than a .38
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1y ago
>Did anyone honestly think that Apple was touting privacy as anything other than a competitive advantage for revenue maximization? I think they're more willing to build out privacy enhancing features than other companies that don&#x
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1y ago
Thanks!
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1y ago
Why doesn't DuckDuckGo fund Firefox? A lot of their missteps stem from trying to diversify revenue.
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>We met only briefly and never talked, but I'm glad our paths crossed. Poor guy probably was carrying a lot with him. There is a famous poem[1] about ball turret gunners that immediately came to mind: > From my mother's slee
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1y ago
Interesting. Does this mean I should tell users to avoid pinning tabs when browsing in the Tor Browser Bundle? (Assuming they have set the slider to "safest" to disallow JS)
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1y ago
Can you elaborate on this? What does "always rendered" mean?
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2y ago
My bad, thanks.
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2y ago
I was hoping for information on the ACCURACY of these sources. My team has had issues where SIEM alerts are difficult to investigate because Microsoft inaccurately declares an IP geographically distant, then fires a second alert for "A
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2y ago
Why doesn't AI do what the rest of us do and cite the sources linked to by Wikipedia rather than the pedia itself? ;)
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Facebook was big partly early on at places like CMU because unis were early adopters of ubiquitous wifi -- so FB messenger served as a free texting tool back when you'd have people tell you to put their last name as NOTEXT.
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2y ago
I'd focus on things AI fails on -- anything compiled or systems. Avoid the wave, cling to tradition, and profit. But hey, I'm just some millennial who writes his python in vi by hand, what do I know ;-)
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2y ago
>Who gives a fuck ? Your company's general counsel, for starters
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I've seen many an art project that eventually stops being updated and is used to serve up malware -- sometimes with a bonus expired or nonexistent cert. It should never be a requirement to enable JS to download a binary file like a PDF
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2y ago
>lack of innovation drives consumer fatigue, which hurts the brand (other companies will innovate and eat your customers). But is adding features no one wants that sometimes degrade the user experience "innovation"? I agree if
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2y ago
Why do I need to enable JS to view this website?
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>Damn, and there is nothing to be done after the transfer to overseas? You can file an MLAT request https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_legal_assistance_treaty But it's a complex, time consuming process usuall
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2y ago
I'm glad that even if you found my teenage hacking handle, the forum it was used on is long defunct and not indexed by the wayback machine. I drifted away from security research in my early 20s partly because of the fear instilled read
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>The iphone has lacked innovation under Cook. Last 3 iterations (since 13) have been virtually identical. Why do things need "innovated" constantly? Why keep making the phone slimmer rather than replace the battery with somethi
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2y ago
That explains why I wasn't finding it previously, ty
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I can get a monitor if needed, it's more meant to be a luggable. I'm not a keyboard purist -- I hunt and peck :-)
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2y ago
To piggyback, there was a thread a while back about a python library that would generate QR code images. Not just the thing where the QR code is blown up so large you can insert a corporate logo, but you'd feed it a source image and it
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2y ago
So if I was looking for an older Thinkpad to throw something XFCE flavored onto, what are some model numbers to look for? I'm basically just looking to do word processing/browsing, but I assume I'll have to jack up the ram, m
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>These devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from China The updates often come from US based FTP servers. >Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about? S
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