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by nroets 3y ago
Beeper will know only a small number of valid serial numbers If it ever becomes popular, there will be a lot of duplicate serial numbers. That's easy to detect and ban.
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by nroets 3y ago
Apple can break Beeper without relying on the secure enclave: If Apple devices just send their serial number (IMEI for their GSM products), their servers can refuse to talk to hardware they didn't manufacture.
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by nroets 3y ago
I'm only suggesting password complexity as a compromise so that websites wouldn't need to implement OAuth. (Do you have a better comprise ?) Password complexity encourages the use of password managers. They in turn remove the need
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by nroets 3y ago
Cookie consent is just a nuisance. Like the cancer warnings in California.
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by nroets 3y ago
Isn't it time governments start to regulate passwords ? (They already regulate a lot of privacy issues like medical and financial history. Some governments even regulate the use of finger print authentication of employees) For example,
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by nroets 3y ago
If a property asks you to cancel your booking on Booking, please make sure that Booking knows the real reason. (I'm leading a very nomadic lifestyle and I've used Booking over 50 times)
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by nroets 3y ago
Then they should lead by example and buy carbon offsets from a reputable source. AFAIK, Bill Gates is the only 1% er who does this.
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by nroets 3y ago
Chinese millionaires are not leaving because they fear instability. They are leaving because they want the luxuries of the West: Suburban lifestyle with cars, freedom to travel, freedom to invest globally, access to the best universities, a
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by nroets 3y ago
If all the millionaires moved to the same country, global inequality won't change. But the wealth of the individual countries will equalize. Many countries would no longer have the tax revenue to pay for education, healthcare, feeding
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by nroets 3y ago
Humans have been cultivating grapes for millennia and dogs were there, literally enjoying the wind fall. So feeding your dog a few grapes doesn't make you a bad person.
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by nroets 3y ago
Even toasted whole wheat bread is marked as toxic. Unless you add raisins. Then suddenly it's okay. In the real world (third world) street dogs thrive of garbage.
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by nroets 3y ago
He gets downvoted because the real question is if burning wood causes climate change. Instead, he prefers to debate the exact meaning of closed loop. Wood burning does not cause climate change provided it's matched by reforestation eff
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by nroets 3y ago
With the advent of Star Link, those 45 hours will be somewhat productive.
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by nroets 3y ago
The most valuable use case is not emergencies, search and rescue. It's tracking vehicles (big and small) in third world countries with the aim of support, crime detection, asset recovery and law enforcement.
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by nroets 3y ago
In China, the life expectancy already exceeded that of the US. They don't need to spend more on healthcare!
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by nroets 3y ago
Europe may have many cars, but they are smaller and drive shorter distance. Perhaps air travel is cheaper. But wages are lower meaning people need to work more hours before they can take a flight.
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by nroets 3y ago
Europe doesn't have food insecurity. Health is pretty good and there's a safety net. Even China scores pretty well on those points. Yet their per capita emissions are much lower than the US.
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by nroets 3y ago
The cats I met will just take the 5 th.
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by nroets 3y ago
Lights and TVs need a fraction of the power than they did 30 years ago. That means they can run off USB C even though it's only speced to 180 W. Converting an electric geyser to run from USB C should even be practical: Especially if it
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by nroets 3y ago
Governments regularly do terrible things in the banking system: Printing money, capital controls and mind boggling amount of red tape. With this red tape they can punish anyone who disagrees with them.
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by nroets 3y ago
Is it "white savior complex" or is it a belief in laissez faire capitalist ideas ?
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by nroets 3y ago
I registered a domain, paid for word press hosting, learned the set up and started writing my travel journal there. The photos display in full HD without ads. But most family and friends forget to visit it, because Facebook is not promoting
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by nroets 3y ago
The CS101 implementation of a Vector is that the data is only moved when the size of the vector reaches k*a^n where n is an integer and a is usually 2. Then the time it takes to move the vector to a new location is amortized as the vector g
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by nroets 3y ago
If we start doing it at scale, a lot of people will assume it will work and think it's okay to make cross country trips in a big RV. Already there are people who think recycling will save the planet.
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by nroets 3y ago
"An inconvenient truth" and Greta Thunberg hardly had any effect in changing policy. So don't tell me the lies of the oil companies had any effect on policy. Congress saw the conflict of interest, but didn't want to do a
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by nroets 3y ago
Oil companies also know that their products are critical to the production and distribution of food and a long list of other modern day necessities. Should they cease operation and let us starve ?
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by nroets 3y ago
Also ask them who the indigenous people of Southern Africa are. They will never acknowledge that it's the Khoisan and that the Bantu are colonizers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan
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by nroets 3y ago
Agreed! Next they will arrest anyone critical of the government and lock them up for using end to end encryption on WhatsApp.
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by nroets 3y ago
Yes, Microsoft really need the brand exposure /s
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by nroets 3y ago
I'm guessing it will also make airline passengers more productive.

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