letsgetphysITal

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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
https://panopticlick.eff.org/ See how unique you are. Spoiler; You are unique unless you are paranoid. Really, really paranoid.
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Discussion about music? You'll always see a Tool fan. (Am a Tool fan. Have ripped all albums to Apple Music. Everything else is Spotify).
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I'll add digital on-site radiography processing, i.e. an x-ray is taken by the dentist, the film is processed and scanned in the next room over, and available on the touchscreen in the dentist's room 5 minutes later. That was a we
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
The Five-Eyes nations wholesale spy on each other and share the data they collect. They can't spy on their own populations, so they collect the data of foreign nations and then swap it for data on their own citizens. It's been wid
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
> 1) by acknowledging that paying for "faster" service was really just paying for the service they used to get by default. This is what everyone is missing. There is no "fast lane" and we need to stop acknowledging th
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Right, sure, but we're talking in a thread about a machine which folds your clothes for you, or a house with two dishwashers so you can use them straight from one and put them into the other afterwards. I'm not advocating lying in
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
My girlfriend just bought dimming lamps for the living room so we can adjust the light levels in the evening. She CAN NOT see the benefit of having wireless bulbs controlled by your phone for this purpose. Apparently this is "too lazy&
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
"An interesting game. The only winning move is not to play." The only effective resistance is to not cross the border. As soon as you move into the transit area you are devoid of rights, privileges and protections afforded anywher
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Whether Disney World is worth paying for with your dignity and privacy is a decision each person must make. Further, Disney now harvest biometrics for their ticketing. Noooooooope.
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Those people don't carry that data with them, if they're competent or have competent IT staff. They have already configured VPNs with 2FA, burner laptops and mobile devices, or simply mail the devices via registered post to the ho
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Apple protects its profits. Encryption that enables privacy protections for consumers also stops cops investigating crime. Apple is not your friend and does not have your best interest at heart. It is a company like Facebook, Microsoft, For
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Fine by me. Those are the sites that don't get my business, and increasingly it's not nerds like me who are using ad- and tracking-blocking tools. They are accessible, reliable, and more frequently being included and enabled by de
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I'm fine with advertising; I see it every day on TV, in magazines, as I walk down the street. What the ad networks want, though, is pervasive, persistent, personally identifiable cross-domain tracking across the entire WWW. Obnoxious a
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Absolutely true. However, I'm not also not likely to find my stuffed cat slowed to a crawl and using all my electricity by mining Bitcoin because some 3rd party advertising network got compromised. Any other daft analogies you want to
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
> Some of us just don't want to click or _see_ ads Get off the internet and stop leeching content. If you're not paying for it, you get to see ads. Having said that, I run a PiHole and uMatrix. I'll stop when; - Tracking b
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Yes, we are all fatigued, and that is how they win. Can't get your Bill through? Rename it and submit again. Still won't work? Tack it onto a Medicaid / NASA funding bill. Still won't get through? Change the wording so t
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
> you almost get to a pure meritocratic society (there are still those pesky genes). That's OK, we can use CRISPR tech to solve that problem. Brave New World in 3.. 2.. 1..
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Go to your GP. If you get frequent colds, feel lethargic, or have pretty much any ache or pain which can't be ascribed to a physical damage, they will test you for VitD deficiency. You can also ask to be tested.
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Authy keep the seed so you can recover the 2FA token providing you can still log in to your Authy account. That's why I use Google Authenticator. I don't want the seed kept (or even known) by a third party. I'll keep my own
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Content quality decreases as popularity increases. HN is about to go full Tumblr / Digg / reddit.
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Ok, well if your checking account is breached and funds withdrawn you'll be fighting with the bank to get them back while unable to pay your living expenses. It's pretty risky. Get a second account, even if it's low / no
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Do you only use a hot wallet for all your coin? Do you keep your savings in your checking account?
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Ubiquiti had patches for the KRACK vulnerability before public disclosure. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013737328-Ubiquit...
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I use a Revolut card for this purpose. Pre-pay the card, pay the amount required. Also benefit from interbank rates for foreign transactions. Also means that if the card details are stolen from the merchant or processor, or are stolen in tr
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
Fitbit killed the original Pebble, or at least I couldn't get my Pebble connected reliably to my iPhone. Apple watch is a great upgrade.
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I find lots of people miss Asimov with the Hari Seldon's Psychohistory. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, all manner of services now collect enough information to predict with relative accuracy what we like, want, and how we will beha
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
This image gives you an idea of how these things all fit together. It's from the Wikipedia page for the "Universe" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Earth%27... View full
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
How about a USB numberpad with all 16 hex characters? http://www.ipv6buddy.com/ I am in no way affiliated, I just searched "USB hex numberpad"
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I don't know. One airline disaster is arguably less economically destructive than this breach. It could end a $70B company, or lead to a bailout, or ruin credit application processes for years causing the US economy to stumble. Nothi
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by letsgetphysITal 9y ago
I look forward to being able to play Half-Life 3 on release day on my affordable VR-ready PC and headset. Another 5 or so years for both should be plenty.

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