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by skymt 9y ago
I can confirm this after a look at the source. https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Sour...
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by skymt 9y ago
Project Zero has found a number of major flaws in the LastPass extension. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=88... https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/iss
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by skymt 9y ago
Step 1: eliminate centralized services. This would only make Bitcoin stronger if it's already a functioning economy that doesn't depend on connections to the existing financial system. If you can't buy and sell Bitcoin with t
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by skymt 9y ago
FreeType used to ignore TrueType hint bytecode to avoid infringing on related patents, but those patents expired in 2010 and FreeType's interpreter is now enabled by default. http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html
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by skymt 9y ago
It was massively abused by spammers.
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by skymt 9y ago
It's perhaps less interesting as technology than pure machine-generated text, but I find it fascinating creatively. In practice it's a collaboration where the machine provides absurdity, and the human writer shapes it into a form
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by skymt 9y ago
Speaking for myself here, but I'm not concerned that Mozilla might push malware into Firefox installations. I'm concerned about the lack of judgement in pushing an extension with a vague, scary-sounding name and description simply
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by skymt 9y ago
I believe clouddrover is talking about this tracking protection feature, which uses Disconnect's list of tracking scripts: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection
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by skymt 9y ago
Alternate take: video creators can already use Patreon; Google adding an equivalent feature doesn't help them. It would actually be harmful if Google decides to pressure creators to move off Patreon onto their own system, since the cre
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by skymt 9y ago
That doesn't remotely address the problem we're talking about, which is videos that are wildly inappropriate for the age groups they target.
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by skymt 9y ago
If you're just looking for something to help with self-control, start by setting up parental controls on your phone. Having to tap in a lengthy passphrase to access apps not on your approved list breaks the instant feedback that feeds
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by skymt 9y ago
The same is true of any other distributed storage system. Adding a blockchain doesn't change the situation in any way, other than making complying with the law far less convenient. Though I should add that while the DMCA is indeed a US
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by skymt 9y ago
And when your DMCA-proof storage system receives a valid DMCA notice for an actual case of infringement, what's the plan?
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by skymt 9y ago
Copyright law doesn't care what technology you use to store and distribute material. If you have a blockchain that contains unauthorized copyrighted material, any host participating in that network would be legally subject to DMCA requ
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by skymt 9y ago
There is a paid plan: SoundCloud Go. https://soundcloud.com/go
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by skymt 9y ago
That depends on how you read section 6 of the GPL2. It states in part: > You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. The central right granted under the GPL is, of course, th
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by skymt 11y ago
It would be good if you would mention that you work for Facebook when you enter this kind of discussion. That fact colors your argument.
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by skymt 11y ago
I tracked down the graphics a while ago for exactly this purpose. http://imgur.com/a/R9b84
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by skymt 11y ago
Until recently Steam handled password resets through the client. The new web-based reset interface was introduced less than a month ago: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcemen... I'd assume t
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by skymt 11y ago
The relevant part of the CFAA, chopped up for readability: > Whoever ... intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains ... information from any protected computer ... shall be p
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by skymt 11y ago
It would be really cool if people would refrain from citing this until "extend" is reached. Because right now all Microsoft is doing is financially supporting some good developers who are doing good work.
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by skymt 11y ago
The Office Ribbon is notable for being designed entirely for discoverability. What it lacks is familiarity. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jensenh/archive/2005/09/14/467126.as... > Office "12&
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by skymt 11y ago
No way Google can move Android completely away from Java until long after the legal situation is resolved one way or another. There's just too much third-party code.
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by skymt 11y ago
AOL, perhaps? They own whatever parts of Netscape haven't been sold or transferred, and since API copyright is an intellectual property that no one knew existed then the rights to the original JS API would fall to them.
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by skymt 11y ago
It's typically not a good idea to choose technology based on fashion. If you like what Go has to offer, it's there for you to use, and don't let the hype backlash get you down. Maybe start with a small personal project, if yo
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by skymt 11y ago
It means that if you upgrade to Windows 10 by July 2016, you have it for the lifetime of the computer. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-...
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by skymt 11y ago
No censorship, you say. Suppose I were to write a script that text-encodes a file and splits it up among a bunch of posts, and another that reverses the process, like the Usenet binary tools. Now suppose someone uses this to leak a highly-a
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by skymt 11y ago
The spyware ads have disappeared for me. Do you still see them? Google's actions were too broad, but they seem to have been effective.
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by skymt 11y ago
Before Google's new terms for software AdWords, it was extremely common for scumbags to wrap freeware or OSS in spyware and buy ads for the software's name. Users would click what looked like the first result, land on what looked
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by skymt 11y ago
This essay is... confused. (Or maybe I'm the one who's confused; I admit I have no training in philosophy.) Goodman juggles vastly different concepts of what a "meme" is without consistently distinguishing between them.

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