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511.
by hkt 3y ago
There's no reason they can't be sold off again. And well, we're living through a period where we're rapidly accruing evidence every day of how bad the alternative is. For what it is worth, I'd like to see companies
512.
by hkt 3y ago
Cheap as chips. Meta will be pleased. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the only way to make fines have any teeth for companies like this is for states to fine companies in equity, not cash. Shareholders will force change
513.
by hkt 3y ago
A habitable "shed" to serve as an office. In the near future that might be displaced by an underfloor heating system.
514.
by hkt 3y ago
The thing that is galling is that we already have the technology to live sustainably if people do change their lifestyles.
515.
by hkt 3y ago
They also believed miasma (bad smells) spread disease. They weren't a million miles away from the idea of airborne pathogens, but they were obviously incorrect about sweet smells having protective properties. That said, I've wonde
516.
by hkt 3y ago
Sounds like the kind of thing an "enlightened" trillionaire might try. See also, geoengineering..
517.
by hkt 3y ago
This is fantastic and I may just take you up on it if you're still doing it!
518.
by hkt 3y ago
This has given me an idea for an SEO-spam-proof search engine along the lines of Marginalia: crawl the internet for sites with no Google Ads
519.
by hkt 3y ago
I had not seen that! Seems to answer my question pretty well. Thanks!
520.
by hkt 3y ago
I can't convey how disgusted I am at the thought of WEI becoming a reality. It will lead to three webs: the remainder of the open web, the new closed web, and the pirate web. Personally I'll do my bit to preserve openness, even if
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Ask HN: Directory of Alternatives to Various Subreddits?
12 points by hkt 3y ago|2 comments
522.
by hkt 3y ago
The web is slowly being killed. The culprit? Capitalism. Sorry, not sorry. Use Gemini, search with Marginalia, socialise with real people and reach your communities with email.
523.
by hkt 3y ago
Exactly this. Some UK prisons were found to be giving out tents to people who were leaving, which was illegal. You can, I am sure, imagine the results.
524.
by hkt 3y ago
They're hoping people will start hiring rent-a-cop type security firms for their areas. Not joking.
525.
by hkt 3y ago
Or forcing them to downsize and not overspend on militarised weapons?
526.
by hkt 3y ago
I forget where the term comes from, but in some social science there's a conception of prisons as "universities of crime"
527.
by hkt 3y ago
That'd shift the cost of the prison system on to billionaires and conservatives.. I like it.
528.
by hkt 3y ago
The UK's ministry of justice has rolled out phones to quite a few prisons now and they have had an amazing impact, despite the opprobrium of idiot newspaper editors. It is thought that this cuts recidivism by 40% and allows people to s
529.
by hkt 3y ago
It has a gorgeous landing page but I'm not really sure why this is better than any other MQ. Can someone more knowledgeable provide any insight into its comparative advantages? Edit: I did see the comparisons page, but.. well, there&#x
530.
TLS-SRP: password based mutual authentication for the web(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by hkt 3y ago|0 comments
531.
by hkt 3y ago
Probably that xmpp server implementations and clients are both often dire heaps of legacy stuff. Plus, you know - more choice.
532.
by hkt 3y ago
It does. See: jingle.
533.
by hkt 3y ago
It seems a little bit uncharitable to assume the UX on client certs has to be as bad as the UX on SSH keys, although I'll concede the point that historically it has been.
534.
by hkt 3y ago
As opposed to encrypted SMS? I'm genuinely intrigued at the idea that's a thing. As for the rest, is there any actual evidence of widespread interception of SMS 2fa actually being a problem?
535.
by hkt 3y ago
It is incredibly useful to powerful people to keep at this generational war narrative, as it keeps people who might otherwise work together from doing so with an aim of crushing the power of the wealthy. The fact is, anti-human attitudes to
536.
by hkt 3y ago
The idea with client certificates is that they'll live in a secure keychain and never leave it. The API exposed by whatever manages them will expose functions of the key (authenticate, encrypt) but not the key itself. If the implementa
537.
by hkt 3y ago
What you're looking for is client certificates. This has existed for years but webby people think users are too stupid to use them, so we get the menagerie of half baked trash we have now instead.
538.
by hkt 3y ago
Cloud connected smart homes are a terrible idea. Why anyone would pay to install surveillance devices in their homes is utterly beyond me.
539.
by hkt 3y ago
People who install Betterfox without reading the code are only blindly trusting one more piece of code than everyone else, really.
540.
by hkt 3y ago
You're right, they probably do. They're pretty relieved that they don't have to govern (which is what they're doing, by the way) with any regard for anyone but their shareholders.

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