tomcooks

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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   suckless' sloc works great and it's very customizable https://tools.suckless.org/slock/
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   Should you want to try it on a cheap VPS and fail at it, make sure that your shared host has tun-tap and wireguard modules installed (open a ticket)
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   [Original article here is better]( https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3077122/hangzhou-park... )
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   Cynical for sure, don't know about that "needlessly" given it's an endless fight where everytime you give up a right it's taken away forever. This time they give you the opensource bit, next time it's "a m
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   I believe you are very, very, very wrong on all 3 assumptions my friend.
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   I'd agree if remote tracking was the only option, and if there was a guaranteed policy against public backslash towards those that don't comply out of privacy reasons (which would skyrocket in a health hazard emergency). These pri
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   Have you got any source on this? If you do you should contact italian authorities.
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   Can't wait to be tracked by tech developed by a governmental team in the name of safety. Opensource or not a leash is a leash.
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   by tomcooks 7y ago

   Isn't that the same thing?
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Patient zero in Lombardy has never been found.
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    It's inevitable, the very core nature of markets will inevitably lead to either one single player or an oligarchy of players using shared strategies
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    More rigorous tests than Italy, seriously?
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Then there is that adoption share thing to fix and it's all going to be great /s
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    More like "brief periods of sleep are better for your body and sanity than powering through, which is a common misconception"
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    > I don't think anyone expects whatsapp to be a super privacy focused app If you only knew the amount of criminals caught in Europe because of the perceived privacy of WhatsAPP.
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    Thought-Controlled Music via CV(youtu.be)

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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    So you downvoted because we agree?
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Hoping not to sound nasty, but isn't this just a promo for a book thinly veiled as a problem?
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Compare with HN posts of 5 years ago suggesting one moves her blog to LinkedIn streams or Medium
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    The "my brilliant friend promo" effect
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    > The CIA’s faulty cell phone tradecraft used in the 2005 extraordinary rendition of Hassan Mustafa Osama in Italy With "extraordinary" I hope the author means illegal (the 23 CIA operatives cowardly fled Italy to avoid being i
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Since version 17.04 "In Ubuntu 17.04, we added /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news"[0] [0]( https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6k7a86/comment/djkd8... )
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    It's literally how mythos and folklore has always worked. A couple of tropes and interchangeable characters.
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Yes it's a joke, he almost certainly meant remove.
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Maybe he meant that they will host the icon remotely, so he can block it in his hosts file if he really doesn't like it.
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    If I were this person I would invest my time fixing the HTTPS cert on my site[0], instead of focusing on the trivialities of commercial-backed festivities, passing them as religious offences. [0]( https://www.servicelayer.no&#x2F
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    I was wondering the same, maybe there are some NYT publicists spamming new articles? I've seen a lot of WSJ as well tho. Tangentially, if you want to see how several media outlets deal with a single piece of news i suggest https:&#x2F
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    Related https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    > Yeah, where actually have forums gone? "Stop necroposting! You have been warned" "You have to login to search" "You need to wait for an administrator to confirm your account before you can login" "Yo
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    by tomcooks 7y ago

    > If selling the DNA I provided as part of a research dataset (that I provided without knowing who would be doing the research, but knowing it'd be someone because that's how research works) cures Parkinson's, I'm on