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by traceroute66 1mo ago
> Nobody owns the .co part of .co.uk. If you buy foo.co.uk, that is registered with Nominet, who are the registry for .uk. Yup. The original statement was dangerous FUD which should be urgently corrected.
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
> geez, dude, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning... 5 seconds on wikipedia or google would have stopped them spreading completely dangerous FUD about .co.uk.
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
> disagree on .co.uk being a problem Nominet and therefore .co.uk has been around since 1996. .co.uk is not going anywhere, and neither is Nominet. The only "problem" is the original poster did not do their homework. I suspect
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
> I'm able to load a bunch of different models on my little mini-PC with 16GB RAM, but the performance is terrible With all due respect, I'm not clear why you are so surprised ? By your own admission its a little mini-PC with 1
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
Not a fan of Mr Dyson politically or "inventor" wise. Politically he was a loud backer of Brexit and then disappeared off to Singapore when it actually happened – he moved back two years later, perhaps having seen the bad PR but t
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
> Tape drives are much simpler Maybe back in the 90's :) LTO-9 increased track density, increased the total number of tracks by reducing their width and increased linear density. The "how" certainly does not sound "mu
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by traceroute66 1mo ago
This is from 2025. I don't know why someone has seen fit to repost it again in 2026.... I'm guessing they didn't look at the date. And lots of people here are spouting FUD. In the ensuing period, the EU took expert advice la
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> If a person off on holiday just had their face burned off I suggest you actually read my post, because its clear you did not. If you had read it, you would have seen the phrase "Of course, if you have a temporary mismatch due to b
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
I don't follow. You cite three meaningful changes in biometrics: disfigured, loss of fingerprint and retinal issues. In all three cases surely the right and proper thing do to is to get your details updated on the system ? It may even
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
Please do not attempt to move goalposts. My original comment was quite clearly about businesses, I wrote company/companies three times. I was unaware German Impressum applied to a natural person who is not running a business. If that
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> I live in the Czech Republic ....build a website without identifying yourself I am not familiar with Czech Republic law but out of curiosity I asked an LLM: § 435 of the Civil Code (Act no. 89/2012 Coll.) The law expli
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> it's a very naive thing to think that it's just "customers/suppliers" looking at who they're dealing with Its still no excuse. Nobody forces anybody to start a business. If somebody chooses to start a busi
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> Some countries like Germany also require legal contact information (an Impressum). Technically it even applies to sites outside Germany that Germans can visit I don't understand people bitching about Impressum like its some sort o
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
Yeah, I was trying to get hold of the list from Github myself before posting the edit. It is unfortunate strict isn't truly strict, but at least now I know. Thanks for that. Pending Github fixing itself, could you confirm if `browser.e
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> I wonder if this is necessary for Firefox users to get past Cloudflare's various bot/scraping protections? I also daily-drive Brave and Mullvad browsers, both of which correctly block `static.cloudflareinsights.com` and I nev
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
I just double checked `about:preferences#privacy` is "Enhanced Tracking Protection: Strict" and clicking "Advanced Settings" confirms the radio button is indeed under "Strict". Firefox 153.0.4
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
I have "Enhanced Tracking Protection" strict mode enabled in Firefox and surprise surprise it is allowing `static.cloudflareinsights.com` not blocking it. So much for "Firefox shields you as you browse, blocking trackers aut
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> It's like saying "we'll cure infectious diseases" Don't worry, I'm sure that's his next blog post. Right after Claude has finished solving famine and poverty. ;)
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> The thing that will work is actually curing cancer. This is honestly hilarious. Dario must think people are stupid. First, cancer research charities are some of the most well funded on this planet. They all obtain donations on the ba
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint Its not a viewpoint "man", it is a FACT. There are people here actively using the term "it verifies" in relation to their $40 toy they bought on Amazon, they absolutely
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> Wouldn’t a zero data retention agreement be pretty close to this? 1. A ZDR clause is "trust me bro". You have zero way of verifying their pinky-promise. 2. A ZDR clause is still subject to the old-classic "government,
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> If I want to tell a cable that can do only USB 2 from one that can do 3 from one that is actually thunderbolt And if the marker chips in your "some unknown usb cable" are fake / counterfeit ? Then what ? Your $40 toy won
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support A $40 toy won't tell you if the marker chips it has just read are fake / counterfeit. You need the expensive
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> Then I am kidding myself, because I'm convinced it does a lot more. Good luck spotting those counterfeit / phony markers with your $40 toy. Just one of many examples of basic things your $40 toy won't tell you.
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> What are campaign finance laws like in the UK? Can he crowdsource this to offset his cost? Anybody can donate to a political party in the UK so that's how you would do it. There's no citizenship/residency requirement AFA
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
Quoted from the blog post: > user-data can be protected from data breaches, but then the service provider cannot provide features that depend on the data, such as spam or virus detection I think they forgot "or advertising" at
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> You need a six figure wallet to want to spend $20k on a tester :) Heh. I'll give you a +1 for that one. Reminded me of the old joke... What's the quickest way to become a millionaire ? Be a billionaire and buy an airline.
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> What would be really interesting is if I could connect a cable to two ports on a Mac and have the Mac test the cable. Not reproducible and introduces all sorts of other random variables to your test (buffering etc.).
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> verify what's actually in the cable (not blindly trusting the marker) the latter is sufficient But as was repeated 101 times on that thread .... All that those cheap $40 boxes are doing IS reading the marker. Sadly you are kiddi
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by traceroute66 2mo ago
> Are you suggesting there is no middle ground Sadly yes. Like many people on that thread concluded: The best "middle ground" thing you can do is pay a premium to buy your cables from reputable manufacturers.

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