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541.
by shawnz 5y ago
Using "Optional" doesn't provide any extra compile-time guarantees except that the function could return Optional.empty(). It's already possible to see that it could return null, so there's no extra guarantees the
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by shawnz 5y ago
I am just talking about the battery. I don't see any privacy issue there.
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by shawnz 5y ago
What's wrong with the current solution of having a software switch, aside from lack of use/knowledge about it? What's the advantage to making it physical?
544.
by shawnz 5y ago
It's not just based on the studies though, mainly I formed that opinion by correlating the feeling with drug experiences. I don't think it takes that much exploration before you begin to see the commonalities between them.
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by shawnz 5y ago
Anecdotally I think I do have an idea of how a "serotonin rush" feels. There's a particular feeling I get most noticeably when seeing the sunshine outdoors on an early morning that's pretty similar to certain feelings I&
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by shawnz 5y ago
On the other hand, who else besides FAANG has the resources to resist the NSA, at least in small ways?
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by shawnz 5y ago
Why don't the provisions in the bill of rights lead to an amorphous group of oligarch gangsters and cartels who can escape prosecution because they are protected against searches/seizures/etc? Are those provisions a regressio
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by shawnz 5y ago
Windows is available for ARM, and it supports emulation of x86 apps just like Rosetta. I am using it right now on Parallels and it works fine for me. I suspect they just don't want to publicly commit to Windows compatibility due to lic
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by shawnz 5y ago
Maybe one of the lesser search strategies will find a better search strategy? Isn't that how humans came around after all?
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by shawnz 5y ago
How do you stop a rootkit that's designed into the firmware of the system you're running on?
551.
by shawnz 5y ago
Yes, I believe that feature uses WPBT. On my ASUS motherboard I was able to disable it by turning off "Q-Installer" in the BIOS settings.
552.
by shawnz 5y ago
While I hate the idea of the WPBT "feature", in Microsoft's defense, it was created as a response to vendors like Absolute Software who already were injecting rootkits using their own less reliable methods.
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by shawnz 5y ago
The banking system would obviously cooperate with authorities.
554.
by shawnz 5y ago
> completely irrelevant to the point. It's the entire basis of the argument which I am making. Maybe you are reading past what I am saying if you think it's irrelevant. > What monopolistic position?! The position in which th
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by shawnz 5y ago
No, I am saying they don't have the resources to produce phones which are competitive with iPhones on performance. And in the rare cases where a big vendor is able to achieve it, then they inevitably take advantage of that monopolistic
556.
by shawnz 5y ago
Manufacturers that are interested in catering to that market don't have the capital/resources to compete with Apple on more common customer needs like performance and efficiency. So there's effectively a natural monopoly on h
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by shawnz 5y ago
So if you think the risk of permanently losing your assets via legal channels is, let's say, 99-to-1 compared to the risk of losing your assets to cryptocurrency attacks, then wouldn't it make sense to hold 99% of your assets in t
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by shawnz 5y ago
> There are controls in place to stop them from stealing it al. If someone just transferred it to their own account, I could use the courts to get it back. What if it's taken thorough wrongful civil forfeiture? Will you be able to a
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by shawnz 5y ago
Without the dongle you couldn't use iPhones with micro-USB AC adapters that don't have detachable cables. However I agree that besides that specific circumstance, they were basically already compliant. The 2009 initiative wasn&#x2
560.
by shawnz 5y ago
It was still considered a success because it at least reduced the need for proprietary AC adapters. Now it seems they want to expand on that to fix the proprietary cable/dongle issue too.
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by shawnz 5y ago
Interesting, I wasn't aware that was supported. Thanks for the information
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by shawnz 5y ago
But you can now use them even if the phone is turned off, unlike previously where the "web" devices just provided a view of data from the phone.
563.
by shawnz 5y ago
This article is regarding a new beta feature in which you can have multiple "host" devices connected to the same WhatsApp account. It's not the same as the previous "WhatsApp Web"/"Signal desktop" exp
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by shawnz 5y ago
That is what I mean about it only being better in the limited scenario where you are getting the package from an already-trusted central repo. But that is surely not the case in this particular situation for example.
565.
by shawnz 5y ago
But there's no advantage to starting with a Windows binary and executing a Linux binary just to have it execute a Windows binary again. You may as well just start with the final payload if you are already able to run code in Windows, t
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by shawnz 5y ago
I think the idea is that the user would run these malicious binaries in WSL themselves, thinking it's a safe environment for testing. But actually, anything run in WSL will have the same privileges as the user who started the session,
567.
by shawnz 5y ago
Money can be used to better realize your principles. It's sort of like the trolley problem. What if you were being offered so much money that you felt you could achieve a greater net good with it than without?
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by shawnz 5y ago
Like you say yourself it is possible that non-state entities can have their travel documents recognized in some cases. I don't see any reason why that non-state entity couldn't potentially be a US non-profit. Obviously in this par
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by shawnz 5y ago
Why would a passport need to have legal status in the US to be recognized anywhere besides the US?
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by shawnz 5y ago
Why was AT&T forced to allow third party landline telephones on their network? Those aren't general purpose computing devices either, right?

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