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by permo-w 3y ago
>Here I was naively thinking that if no counter examples were found in the first, say, 10^10 numbers, no counter examples should exist why on earth would you ever think that
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by permo-w 3y ago
https://www.rt.com/russia/592561-alexey-navalny-blogger-oppo...
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by permo-w 3y ago
it's a very clear example of a completely disingenuous defence from Apple. Apple could very easily please all parties if they wanted to. they could add safeguards like this and more to maintain the safety of vulnerable users, and still
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by permo-w 3y ago
then just have it off by default, changeable deep in settings? or let it be a permanent choice when you set up the device? or have a separate browser for side-loading that doesn't come pre-installed? the majority of chickens aren'
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by permo-w 3y ago
reconfigurable with a visit to a physical Apple store is massive overkill. reconfigurable by reinitialising the device or changing a flag in BIOS are both more than enough to deter some demented pensioner from installing malware on their de
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by permo-w 3y ago
you're missing something Apple could: hide a default off "install third party apps from safari" flag somewhere deep in the settings make it so you can only install 3rd party apps from the web using a special browser that does
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by permo-w 3y ago
this seems really obvious. you're not an insider if you're ... not an insider? how is this question even being considered
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by permo-w 3y ago
being "the opposite extreme" doesn't mean it's wrong
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by permo-w 3y ago
>I’m a non smoker period, and I can only assume this “oh everyone says they can’t get addicted to cigarettes until they start smoking” attitude can only be projection from hapless addicts. It just doesn’t work that way for me. this is a
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by permo-w 3y ago
I had an interview with a recruiter recently where I asked them about their data protection practices and they put the phone down on me
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by permo-w 3y ago
the point is that they could prevent, if they wanted to. they have no obligation to allow that third party app in their store
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by permo-w 3y ago
everyone's a never-smoker until they're not. the sense I got with this article is that the author started with the presumption that nicotine from sources other than smoking is basically okay and built up from there. that's no
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by permo-w 3y ago
if they wanted to prevent side-loading, why do they allow it via a free app in their app store?
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by permo-w 3y ago
I agree about ad-injection and data collection, but if they wanted to prevent side-loading they would have done it by now, at least via the main route, which is the Downloader app they seem to have no problem hosting in their app store Amaz
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by permo-w 3y ago
>probably-too-offensive-to-the-current-generation rabbithole 4chan offensiveness isn't so much a generational thing as it is a personality thing
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by permo-w 3y ago
your vision is sounder then one true way to prevent counterfeiters from circumventing your verification would be to give each plug a unique code, then have the device send off to your manufacturer servers to check the unique code is valid
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by permo-w 3y ago
much like Das Kapital, Gell-Mann Amnesia is sound in its observations, but poor in its conclusions
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by permo-w 3y ago
in the UK in the "meal deal" section of supermarkets, you can find peeled anything in a little plastic box
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by permo-w 3y ago
in a similar area, it absolutely pains me to see the amount of personal information demanded by online job applications. realistically how hard would it be for me to set up a fake job listing on Indeed and just hoover up highly valuable PII
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by permo-w 3y ago
if you don't just ban it, you get the whole GDPR consent banner issue. what is the downside of banning it? it's not like businesses couldn't manage advertising before the internet was around
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by permo-w 3y ago
explosives are a 10 minute youtube video away
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by permo-w 3y ago
they did this with PS3 controllers and it just made it an inconvenience to charge your remote that any counterfeiters could bypass anyway like great so I can't charge from the wall unless I buy a sony-branded charger at a huge markup?
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by permo-w 3y ago
how is the sound?
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by permo-w 3y ago
the tone of this article makes me question who paid for all this
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by permo-w 3y ago
the issue here isn't the wrapping on vital foods. no one is asking for that to be banned. or no one should be anyway. the issue is the wrapping on literally everything else
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by permo-w 3y ago
it's fascinating to see in real time. you would think it would be Semmelweiss-esque - a lone discredited voice - but it's not. everyone seems to be fully aware of the problem and its likely dangers ... and yet the problem is as ba
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by permo-w 3y ago
seriously. I'd say more often than that even. is it that they are being used and we're just not hearing it, or is there something holding them back?
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by permo-w 3y ago
give it a try
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by permo-w 3y ago
look, I'm one of the bigger toxin-opponents out there, but if reducing one toxin means increasing another, then that needs to be taken into account. the transition to EVs and green energy helps though
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by permo-w 3y ago
well yes, but why?

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