throwaway52022

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by throwaway52022 4y ago
The NREL inertia video explainer felt a little like it was begging the question - "inertia protects the grid because it has inertia and keeps spinning" - it doesn't quite feel like it explains where the extra energy comes fro
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by throwaway52022 4y ago
For web apps/services, the browser needs to be involved here too, right? (And maybe the OS?) How can I tell Chrome on my desktop to use my "software token" instead of Chrome looking for a hardware token over USB or finding it
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by throwaway52022 4y ago
Except it kind of is - the way I read this is "Apple/Google will turn your phone into a hardware FIDO token, but will use iCloud/whatever to reduce the huge painpoint of having more than one hardware token and keeping them al
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by throwaway52022 4y ago
I don't trust Google or Apple to be my main authentication provider, or to manage syncing my private key. Their customer service is terrible and they are way too arbitrary on locking folks out. I would trust my bank (well, my credit un
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by throwaway52022 4y ago
I keep an off-site backup at my parents house. Right now it includes a printed copy of my backup codes, so if my house burns down and everything is a total loss here, I at least don't have to start from zero. They live far enough away
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by throwaway52022 4y ago
I've resisted switching to a hardware key because I know that I'm going to break it, and that seems like a huge pain in the ass. I really want to be able to make a couple of backup keys, or maybe put another way, I want to be able