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by mcast 4y ago
You should watch the General Magic documentary and see the interviews of his former/current self
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by mcast 4y ago
The reason it closed was because Twitter execs were too greedy and creators were striking against the platform until there was a path to monetization. TikTok has its own Creator Fund, there's no reason why Vine couldn't have imple
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by mcast 4y ago
Side note the landing page with it's hard gradients and shadows looks like something from the late 2000s when you would buy Mac apps without the App Store
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by mcast 4y ago
Also especially important that a compromised PDF is usually an easy vector point for exploiting systems. PDF Transcription: "-WASHINGTON, October 3, 2022—The FCC’s Robocall Response Team today announced first-of-their-kind Enforcement
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by mcast 4y ago
When you share a video link on TikTok, it’ll append a bunch of tracking data to know who opened it and notify you. That’s not really a surprise, but what’s more sneaky is they shorten the “shared” video links into a few unique characters wi
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by mcast 4y ago
Maybe it's time to add PGP public keys to resumes.
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by mcast 4y ago
If any of the BTC founder's blocks suddenly became active it would crash the price because most people would suspect someone found an exploit in the contract/hash or the keys were stolen.
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by mcast 4y ago
I think they mean the total price shown on the search result page and the final reservation page are different.
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by mcast 4y ago
I would love to see a COE/postmortem on how this script was allowed to delete customer data, seems like a lot of things had to go wrong for this to happen at a larger company.
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by mcast 5y ago
What terminal font are you using in that screenshot?
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by mcast 5y ago
I strongly recommend watching "Dave's Garage" on YouTube. He gives a pretty interesting insight in how code was built and easter eggs were added in his Windows NT days. He's also the same MSFT employee who created the ta
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by mcast 5y ago
I think the old school design (Verdana font, simple UI) of HN makes it feel "warm" to me, reminiscent of the older days when internet communities were a lot smaller. I hope it never tries to redesign itself like Reddit did.
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by mcast 5y ago
>Also, I'm not sure how well-received someone walking down this street with a bunch of phones in a wagon would be. Is there any way you could just have a single laptop running hundreds of Android simulators? You could just fake the
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by mcast 5y ago
It wouldn’t make much sense for Russia to show their cards and use modern war tech on Ukraine, a country with a (relatively) primitive military. They’re barely even using fighter jets.
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by mcast 5y ago
You could probably emulate a CD driver using the WAV files from your server.
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by mcast 5y ago
There's no such thing as a bad advertisement, just one people remember and talk about and one people forget.
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by mcast 5y ago
Do you have any recommendations for finding capable lawyers with cryptocurrency expertise (and not just using them as buzzwords)?
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by mcast 5y ago
Strange Parts?
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by mcast 5y ago
Zuckerberg holds around 60% of control*, see https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680118... at page 38
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by mcast 5y ago
>In most companies the board would have required the resignation of the CEO after the historically bad results yesterday That's a strong claim. The stock only dropped 25%, other tech company stocks have dropped as much as 50% in the
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by mcast 5y ago
The year is 2025, Google et al. are now conducting technical on-site interviews purely with AI tools and no human bias behind the camera (aside from GPT-3's quirky emotions). The interview starts with a LC hard, you're given 20 mi
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by mcast 5y ago
No, the SSIDs are used to assist the GPS on where the user is located. Likewise, the data is used to triangulate a user in a specific business/location without needing access to GPS (some more nefarious uses: user is connected to &quot
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by mcast 5y ago
Maybe someone should build a portable (FCC compliant?) device to put in your car that spoofs and rotates a bunch of 2.4/5Ghz SSIDs periodically to "trick" apps that mine wifi data with GPS location. Bonus points for bogus nam
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by mcast 5y ago
The headphones would probably weigh a ton and only last 1-2 hours from the heavy ni-cad batteries of the 90s.
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by mcast 5y ago
Just an FYI you may want to double check the laws in your state and company rules on personally recording meetings.
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by mcast 5y ago
I imagine blue-bubble FOMO is more popular within the US because most younger Americans use text messaging instead of WhatsApp/Telegram like you would find in Europe or South America (aside from occasional group chats or college teamwo
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by mcast 5y ago
I feel the same with Helvetica and NYC subway signs.
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by mcast 5y ago
It’s funny how Google’s automated system will flag a small video like yours but I see tons of crypto scams on SpaceX imposter live feeds with thousands of viewers
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by mcast 5y ago
The obvious answer why Twitter hasn’t banned bots is to help keep their DAU metrics up
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by mcast 5y ago
This is engineer speak for "we dropped it"

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