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by mike_d 3y ago
Why not? We allow Cloudflare to do it every day.
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by mike_d 3y ago
It would be like comparing HN to Facebook, they are both technically operating social media sites but I don't think anyone would argue they are doing so at the same scale. HIBP ultimately is a hobby project that was really good at brin
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by mike_d 3y ago
It is worth noting the user awareness impact HaveIBeenPwned has had. On the other hand, I feel like SpyCloud does not get enough credit for having a dataset 30x bigger and working directly with companies to actually mitigate credential reus
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by mike_d 3y ago
The answer to this question is always use Redis or memcached. Nothing you whip up on your own is ever going to be a good as a well tested cache implementation that has seen every edge case. This is the difference between a mid-level and a s
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by mike_d 3y ago
Based on the article (which notes it is unlikely to be a SIM swap) and the fact the users Authy (a locally installed 2FA app that syncs via iCloud) was compromised as well - I do not believe this disproves anything I said. We obviously can&
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by mike_d 3y ago
The outer skin is made of 3mm cold rolled stainless steel, likely the same 300 grade alloy that SpaceX developed. A conservative estimate for the yield strength (based on similar alloys) is 275 MPa, or roughly 1.8x the pressure required to
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by mike_d 3y ago
I like how you just excluded all the comparable EVs. Here they are for completeness, most coming close to or topping out the standard 7k where they will post "No Trucks" signs. Ford Lightning - 6,893 Hummer EV - 9,063 R
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by mike_d 3y ago
Google Fi is the absolute best solution to prevent against SIM swap attacks. Turn on Advanced Protection (g.co/advancedprotection) and it is damn near impossible. Every carrier ultimately delegates access to store and call center staff
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by mike_d 3y ago
For more technical details, here is the actual spec: https://github.com/adem-wg/adem-spec If you are a nation state hacker, you can also install the convenient chrome extension which will tell you if you are allowed to
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by mike_d 3y ago
It really has, cars have gotten progressively safer every year since 1975 for everyone involved. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/child...
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by mike_d 3y ago
It is the single biggest step backwards in automotive safety in the last ten years. https://www.travelers.com/resources/auto/safe-driving/how-cr...
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by mike_d 3y ago
Most EVs weigh about that much, to the point that some cities are considering amending "No trucks" signs to also say no EVs.
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by mike_d 3y ago
> because every car people are buying looks identical It is almost like all other car makers know something Tesla does not. Maybe that big reflective flat surfaces are not safe for other drivers on sunny days.
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by mike_d 3y ago
The font is almost 4 years old at this point.
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by mike_d 3y ago
Alaska Airlines is going to start flying on a 50/50 mix of traditional and harvested jet fuel next year. Fully harvested should get certification from engine manufactures in the next few years.
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by mike_d 3y ago
We have to have planes - they are the most effective way of waging war. The US DoD is rolling out big initiatives to address the "post-fuel" era like technologies that convert captured carbon into jet fuel and micro reactors on ba
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by mike_d 3y ago
It is really disappointing to me when I hear takes like this. As an industry we are splitting the roles of programmers and engineers so that programmers can just throw spaghetti at the wall and it is the engineers problem to happily run it.
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by mike_d 3y ago
I still follow Twitter a bit because it is a better source for local news than the cesspool that is Nextdoor. Over the past two months or so I haven't seen a single big brand advertiser. A quick scroll right now: ads for a shirt that h
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by mike_d 3y ago
This is a total non-starter from a privacy perspective. Not only is it pulling in everything from all the cloud apps you connect to it, but also the contents of any devices you enable it on, everything within every browser tab, and god know
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by mike_d 3y ago
Yes. You've gotten out of the underground parking garage, have good GPS/cell signal again, and want to go home. Even when I know exactly where I am going and the route I want to use i'll often map it anyways so I can find out
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by mike_d 3y ago
> but it looks like now those product people care less and less about internal feedback from arguably most enthusiastic users Enthusiastic users aren't the people you should design for - instead target changes that have the greatest
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by mike_d 3y ago
> Then US government is one of the most racist government on the planet. ... For example getting a green card for Indian people. As an American it is basically impossible for me to immigrate to India and establish citizenship without my
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by mike_d 3y ago
I would bet that they got cancelled because of end user complaints directly to Apple and/or chargebacks from credit card companies.
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by mike_d 3y ago
It is basically a solved problem for developers. https://build.opensuse.org/ https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_supported_bui... https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-servi
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by mike_d 3y ago
New Dells are using fixed storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBk9sIK-PQ Most (all?) Chromebooks use eMMC storage attached to the board. Even laptops with M.2 connectors still require a hundred screws, guitar picks, h
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by mike_d 3y ago
I think all the cases people have found with Google Maps are issues with upstream data providers. There are much more subtle ways to catch theft that do not have a negative user experience (the angle an alley connects two roads, or the curv
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by mike_d 3y ago
"Google is an advertising company that uses technology to corner and dominate the ad market." Facebook is a scrapbooking company that uses technology. Uber is a taxi company that uses technology. Amazon is a flea market that uses
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by mike_d 3y ago
> a board's responsibility is also to make the corrective action in a responsible manner that is in the organization's interests. That very well may have happened here. It is important to consider that this is effectively an HR
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> Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The fact that every government in the world is stumbling over themselves to become customers?
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by mike_d 3y ago
Everyone has a walkie-talkie with decent crypto in their pocket already. The problem is portable radios have limited transmission range, so you'd need some sort of a ... maybe network of towers that could pick up and re-broadcast the s

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