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by niel 4y ago
A prompt could probably be crafted to circumvent this, but stop sequences seem to offer at least some protection against leaking the prompt text. For example: https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/iSJbqjsSi0YhpuaTHp
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by niel 4y ago
Signal published detailed specifications of the protocol with reference implementations since at least Feb 2017 (group messaging protocol was added later on): https://signal.org/docs/ The server and clients are open so
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by niel 4y ago
This doesn't prove anything, but: > Without authenticating, hand the encrypted envelope to the service along with the recipient’s delivery token. Source: https://signal.org/blog/sealed-sender/#:~:text=Wit
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by niel 4y ago
No, sealed sender messages are not authenticated. The sender's client uploads two things: 1) an encrypted message (with sender id encrypted), and 2) a zero-knowledge proof that the sender's client knows the recipient's delive
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by niel 4y ago
The Signal protocol has had "sealed sender" since 2018 - Signal server does not know who sent a message, because the sender's identity is E2E encrypted along with the message. Even if Signal's server saves a message (the
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by niel 4y ago
You're confusing privacy with anonymity.
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by niel 4y ago
The Cape Town location does not seem to be impacted in any way. Everything works as expected.
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by niel 4y ago
I don't think it is that hard to verify what the client does with your data. It is right there in the source. > Since version 3.15.0 Signal for Android has supported reproducible builds. https://github.com/signalapp&
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by niel 5y ago
> The github.com homepage Only while logged in, it seems.
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by niel 5y ago
EPILEPSY WARNING. Extreme strobe upon opening OP link. while (true) { websocket.send(JSON.stringify({ action: 'plus' })); } Really messed with my vision and crashed chrome. Fun experiment!
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by niel 5y ago
This is useful as a reminder to make it easier for existing users to find your app. Also, the marketing site being outside of reach of the app dev team is a real problem worth addressing with convenient snippets such as the linked solution.
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by niel 5y ago
Congratulations on your success, Kevin and team. I couldn't find this on your website - does Scrapingbee respect robots.txt directives, or is there any other method for a website owner to limit or even just slow down your scraping?
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Covid-19 will continue but the end of the pandemic is near(thelancet.com)
4 points by niel 5y ago|0 comments
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by niel 5y ago
I suspect the flood of visitors from HN exceeded the hosting account's quota.
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by niel 5y ago
Don't you think browser chrome might add to that feeling?
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by niel 6y ago
> the resulting constellation will hugely disrupt the telecom and real estate industries I'm interest to know why you think Starlink would disrupt real estate? Do you think more people will move to rural areas if they had access to
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by niel 6y ago
Part 1 and Part 2 discussed on HN previously: Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24138590 Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
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Vitamin D, part 3 – The Evidence(devaboone.com)
5 points by niel 6y ago|1 comments
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by niel 6y ago
This is great :) idlewords is the author. Not directly related to this post, but I highly recommend his other writing too. Gluten Free Antarctica is a personal favourite: https://idlewords.com/2018/12/gluten_free_a
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by niel 7y ago
> when that happens the player instantly loses I don't think I've ever seen this rule in any variants. Since we're making up rules: Could the player not still have the option to switch, and thus win the game? I'm not
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by niel 7y ago
Whether the host opens a door with a goat or a car determines whether the game can still be played at all. How that door is selected does not factor into whether the contestant should switch or not in any way. I think the source of the para
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by niel 7y ago
The original question that vos Savant responded to contains the phrase "...and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat..." - I don't know how they could be any more sp
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by niel 8y ago
I'm fortunate to have had parents who let me sleep in on weekends, and I definitely felt like a night owl in my teenage years. Now in my thirties I seem to function best in the morning. Typing this at 7am on boxing day - I've been
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by niel 8y ago
analytics.js as served by Google is only cached for two hours.
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by niel 8y ago
I remember the first time I listened to Loveless , back when CD stores still had listening stations with headphones so that you could play an album before you pay. I gave the CD to the girl behind the counter, after she loaded the disk I p
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by niel 8y ago
I've mentioned this on another comment. Click on either "Local Repository" or "Upstream Repository" to see the repo-related commands. Edit: Had "Remote Repository" instead of "Upstream Repository&quot
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by niel 8y ago
Push takes place between your local and remote repo. When you click on either, you'll see remote/local repo commands, including push.
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by niel 8y ago
For anyone wondering exactly what the current plan is regarding these secure/not-secure indicators in upcoming releases, the Chromium Project has a detailed proposal and timeline: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chro
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by niel 10y ago
The author's site appears to be built using Hakyll https://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/ , which is a Haskell static site generator. You can find the source for this particular site on Github: https://github.com&
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by niel 10y ago
Front + Intercom is the same combination we use. We're happy with Front's Intercom integration. We're still using Zendesk for Help Centre, but considering alternatives. Last time I checked, Intercom's help centre product

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