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by macintux 9mo ago
https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120 Looks like lockdown mode is focused on blocking inbound threats, not the sharing of data from the device.
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by macintux 9mo ago
> Natanson said she does not use biometrics for her devices, but after investigators told her to try, “when she applied her index finger to the fingerprint reader, the laptop unlocked.” Curious.
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by macintux 9mo ago
A few times a year I have to remind my co-workers that reading & understanding error messages is a critical part of being in the IT business. I'm not perfect in that regard, but the number of times the error message explaining exac
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by macintux 9mo ago
I miss DoreenMichele. She always added thoughtful perspectives. Looks like she’s actively writing at https://califmichele.blogspot.com/ and https://doreenmichele.blogspot.com/ but has departed HN.
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by macintux 9mo ago
A general reminder that every extra obstacle to getting a valid ID (or voting) disproportionately impacts the poor. They often lack the paperwork, the free time, and the money to deal with the extra process involved.
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by macintux 9mo ago
True enough. The world is never as predictable as the computers we program, and the computers we program are never as predictable as we feel they should be.
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by macintux 9mo ago
That doesn't necessarily mean they're happy about Azure as a backend.
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by macintux 9mo ago
Autocracy can (and perhaps usually does) produce corruption, and there's no guarantee that progress will be beneficial. I agree there are tradeoffs, but it's worth pointing out that sacrificing freedom does not reliably produce us
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by macintux 9mo ago
In, perhaps, a few hundred years.
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by macintux 9mo ago
I haven't watched the video, but clearly there's a broad problem with the iOS keyboard recently. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46232528 ("iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Brok
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by macintux 9mo ago
Grifters, if nothing else, are very loud.
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by macintux 9mo ago
It’s amazing what a little uncertainty, a supine Congress, and an impotent judiciary can do for your prospects of committing high treason.
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by macintux 9mo ago
My large corp is moving to Google from MS, which doesn’t impact me much (I’m contracted out to another large corp) but I really wonder at the expense (in time) of a migration. What a huge drain on resources in the short term.
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by macintux 9mo ago
> Now keep in mind that a man's just as good as his word > It takes twice as long to build bridges you've burnt > And there's hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal
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by macintux 9mo ago
> “Starship is going to Mars at the end of 2026.” https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/elon-musk-promises-a-trip... > New video evidence shows that Tesla’s supposedly “unsupervised” Robotaxis in Austin are being cl
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by macintux 9mo ago
Idle curiosity: any reason this iteration of the post shouldn't be moderated off the front page?
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by macintux 9mo ago
I'd probably be fine still using my iPhone 3G were it not for the camera. An upgrade every 2-3 years feels practically mandatory for better photos.
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by macintux 9mo ago
It’s always fascinating how massive corruption is “whatabout”’d because someone years ago did something stupid.
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by macintux 9mo ago
The safety net in the U.S. today is completely inadequate, and under constant fire from the right. I have no idea how we’re going to cope with the coming waves of layoffs.
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by macintux 9mo ago
These were lpmuds, so I know object-oriented C. I know things are brutal out there, but if I find myself unemployed, I’ll need every possible edge I can find. Homelessness is decidedly suboptimal.
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by macintux 9mo ago
The recent alcohol-themed Strands was brutal for me as an American. The first hint I received was utterly incomprehensible. To avoid spoilers, the word in rot13 is just as meaningful to me: Znyorp
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by macintux 9mo ago
Per this thread it may be IPv6 only now. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46775926
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by macintux 9mo ago
MUDding both taught me programming and pretty well wrecked my schooling, although in fairness, I didn't take college very seriously. Never finished my degree, which I now regret.
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by macintux 9mo ago
> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguide
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by macintux 9mo ago
Dig into their past, find indiscretions they can lean on. When you can't win the argument, discredit the messenger.
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by macintux 9mo ago
I was surprised to find on an old USGS map (while researching a typo in the GNIS; it turns out the National Map Team is very responsive, they fixed the typo within 48 hours of reporting it) that there used to be Coast Guard navigation light
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by macintux 9mo ago
Yes, please!
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by macintux 9mo ago
HN has a second chance queue for posts that the moderators feel deserve more attention than they received the first time around.
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by macintux 9mo ago
Thanks for adding some sober reality. And now for perhaps my favorite web page on the Internet: https://yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yakshaves/
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by macintux 9mo ago
Where would we be had Knuth taken that approach?

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