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by jesseb 8y ago
I run Linux, use my own VPN, and use Firefox with uMatrix. CAPTCHAs are one of the most user-hostile things I experience on the web. I've had to give up on registering for sites, or signing into sites I'm already registered with,
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by jesseb 8y ago
Which is pretty disappointing considering the original plan of a $5 computer. I think they lost sight of their original goals pretty early on.
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by jesseb 8y ago
According to this article[0] I happened to read the other day, Canada. [0] https://www.newsweek.com/earth-magnetic-field-baffle-scienti...
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by jesseb 8y ago
This looks great. I currently use a few separate applications for working with various databases, looking forward to giving this a shot instead.
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by jesseb 8y ago
My heart sank a little when I saw this appear on my profile last night. I don't understand which demographic this is meant to target or what the point of it is, I just can't think of a single reasonable use case for it.
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by jesseb 8y ago
Yeah they do an incredible job, seem to have things before certain official channels do as you mentioned. The company I'm employed with works with Iridium, so I like keeping track of how the NEXT deployment is going.
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by jesseb 8y ago
I use spaceflightnow[0] to keep track of launches. Not always 100% up to date but usually updated pretty frequently, good enough for me. [0] https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
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by jesseb 8y ago
I've never experienced this in my 5 or 6 years of using them (not definitively saying it doesn't happen). I frequently search for domains and then come back at a later date to purchase them for the exact price they were originally
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by jesseb 8y ago
That's quite interesting, my government recommends people (specifically children it seems, however) get the vaccination. I'll have to read into that, thanks for the link. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health
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by jesseb 8y ago
Because Shingles is awful, for one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles
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by jesseb 8y ago
I wouldn't say I have "a lot" of applications installed, although I'm not too sure how to quantify that. I assumed it WinSxS related as the other reply mentions, and upon investigation found that it is 9GB alone! I don&#
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by jesseb 8y ago
I did a clean install of Windows 10 on my workstation less than a month ago and my Windows directory is sitting at 23GB, methinks something funky is going on here.
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by jesseb 8y ago
I am so glad to hear this! I've been holding off on Wireguard solely because I need iPhone support, but I've had the same problems you're referring to with OpenVPN.
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by jesseb 8y ago
It's not unique to HN, Reddit has been rampant with both (and more) for as along as I can remember.
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by jesseb 8y ago
They're also selling product for double what the street value is, so there's that. I still can't believe how poorly the province has handled this, you would have thunk that we'd be all over it given our reputation.
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by jesseb 8y ago
From my time browsing HN, the consensus seems to be "don't use JWTs". What is the preferred method of client authentication for simple APIs these days?
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by jesseb 8y ago
> Unfortunately not. If you spend a long time smoking you'll end up permanently slower in the brain. I'm sorry, but what? You can't make claims like that without providing evidence to back it up.
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by jesseb 8y ago
My home setup is a plain old Xubuntu installation; for browsing I'm running Firefox with uBlock Origin. Nothing fancy or too far out of the ordinary. Lately I've experienced the same thing, often 3-4 rounds of captcha challenges,
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by jesseb 8y ago
I'm doing fine, I have slowly growing savings and spend a small portion of my income on housing. As I mentioned, this is mostly because I opted to live with other people and I do not own a vehicle. I am definitely underpaid but willing
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by jesseb 8y ago
Let me give you an example of where I live. I make (for here, not in general) reasonable money; most of my friends make considerably less than I do. I also happen to be lucky and live with room mates which drastically reduces my cost of liv
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by jesseb 8y ago
They're referring specifically to The Open Source Definition[1] outlined by the Open Source Initiative. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Source_Definition
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by jesseb 8y ago
There are JavaScript files in the GitHub repository, so I'm going to assume they mean third-party dependencies, but some more clarification would be nice. There is a file called cipher.js with encrypt and decrypt functions https:&#x2F
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by jesseb 8y ago
Yup, it's infuriating how long it takes to access my inbox with the new interface (just counted 6 seconds to a usable interface on my work machine), mostly due to the awful new splash screen. On top of that they added a bunch of paddin
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by jesseb 8y ago
Yeah, I share this sentiment. I live in Canada, we get gouged bad here. Thankfully my employer covers my cell phone, because my bill would regularly be well over $100/month with the amount of data I use.
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by jesseb 8y ago
You can pry my keyboard from my cold dead hands. No way I'd want to use a virtual keyboard with no tactile feedback. I try to avoid typing my phone whenever possible as it is already.
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by jesseb 8y ago
I've seen a few microbreweries re-using bottles lately, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Gives them a bit of character as a bonus too, lots will have scuffs and other markings on them from previous use/transport.
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by jesseb 8y ago
Yeah, as soon as I saw the System 1 Masterbrand I thought "GitLab"; probably not the reaction they're going for. These seem incredibly uninspired and unoriginal to me overall.
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by jesseb 8y ago
What systems are in place to prevent a malicious actor who is well funded from spreading disinformation and/or discrediting factual data?
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by jesseb 8y ago
I have no stake in this whatsoever, I just have some questions that maybe you (or somebody else) can answer, as I'm finding myself agreeing with the parent post. - What does blockchain have to do with HPC? What advantages does this giv
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by jesseb 8y ago
I see comments similar to these on a lot of websites, and I don't understand the sentiment; I feel like I'm missing something major here. There are thousands of television series and movies available to Americans on Netflix (less

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