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by sildur 7y ago
Unit tests could prevent reintroducing old bugs.
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by sildur 7y ago
But the droplets the virus uses to spread are bigger than 5-10 micrometers. You don’t need a N95 mask to stop that.
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by sildur 7y ago
This is the first time in many many months I’ve read an article from begin to end, in one sitting. And then I looked the date it was written: 1971. We don’t have shorter attention spans. We simply cannot handle the utter crap that passes by
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by sildur 7y ago
For most people, self hosting their own data isn’t even an option. For the subset of privacy concerned people who have the technological knowledge to self host, making mistakes with their data is not “orders of magnitude less likely”.
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by sildur 7y ago
I care. I care that I even if I log off, even if I use a vpn, even if I go into incognito mode, they still can associate my requests with the account I initially logged in.
336.
by sildur 7y ago
You are going to have a heart attack if you check the energy consumption of bitcoin.
337.
by sildur 7y ago
As if nobody ever read the newspaper while the radio is on. Or watched the tv and listened to the radio. Or talked to other people while scanning the newspaper. All of that is old as dirt. Come on...
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by sildur 7y ago
They are broadcasting patient data. It’s not more stealing than me publishing in a web site CB conversations.
339.
by sildur 7y ago
I would very much prefer the so-called “shit show” to having a binary-only distro.
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by sildur 7y ago
> Hence, users achieve a significant productivity increase with the mouse in spite of their subjective experience. Sorry but between doing a high level, interesting activity that takes a few more microseconds and doing a mind numbing act
341.
by sildur 7y ago
A novel also is produced by a “herd”. There are a lot of people involved. People that make suggestions, corrections, the editor... It’s not a single person effort.
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by sildur 7y ago
Yeah, in the same vein the discontent in Venezuela must be diminishing, as there is been quite some time from the last big demonstrations.
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by sildur 7y ago
> I don’t trust a browser nor a search engine if an ad imperium paid for it and gives it away for free. Yeah, that’s why I don’t trust chrome or google search.
344.
by sildur 7y ago
Apple too?
345.
by sildur 7y ago
They are (ab)using let’s encrypt.
346.
by sildur 7y ago
Yes, but you did not manipulate the concept. You did not invent that phrase, but simply learned its meaning. A machine can do that.
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by sildur 7y ago
Sí, tienes razón. Deberíamos extender eso y expresarnos cada uno en nuestro idioma. La experiencia va a ser enriquecedora y seguramente no vamos a encontrar pegas.
348.
by sildur 7y ago
This is how Apple does it: The fingerprint sensor is active only when the capacitive steel ring that surrounds the Home button detects the touch of a finger, which triggers the advanced imaging array to scan the
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by sildur 7y ago
For me it unlocks with my eyes closed. It only does that when I’m using glasses and from an angle below my face, but it unlocks.
350.
by sildur 7y ago
No sophisticated attacker can make a phone run for five days without recharging. Just leave it on for five days and you should be fine.
351.
by sildur 7y ago
Doesn’t seem to do anything on IPhone’s safari.
352.
by sildur 7y ago
She was 17, and at that point in time 17 was above the age of consent in the US. It was changed to 18 around 2002. So it would have been completely legal back then.
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by sildur 7y ago
Which RSS client do you use, if you don’t mind? I’m on my personal quest to find a good RSS client, without success, for now.
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by sildur 7y ago
I once tried to put away an oil fire with water, and I can attest it is not a good idea. The flames were impressive, though.
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by sildur 7y ago
I replaced Google with Microsoft, Oracle and SCO, and the feeling is the same.
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by sildur 7y ago
All I can see is a man pathetically trying to justify himself, and failing.
357.
by sildur 7y ago
It fails with ipv6 URLs like http:// [::1]:3001/
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by sildur 7y ago
They are not banned in the U.S.: As of January 2017, many brands of magnet spheres including Zen Magnets have resumed the sale of small neodymium magnet spheres following a successful appeal by Zen Magnets in the Tenth Circuit US Court of A
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by sildur 7y ago
Oh, I can tell you what is going to happen. It is going to be killed in about 2-3 years.
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by sildur 8y ago
Maybe all they can afford is a really old or weak server machine, and are afraid of the extra computational power that enabling https on all pages would incur.

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