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by ziddoap 2y ago
I wasn't attempting to prove or disprove anything. It's a comment.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Encryption does not solve the leaking issue because encryption keys are also subject to leaking.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> the actual realities of dumping a bunch of 18-22 year olds together when a significant minority of them are from extremely dysfunctional backgrounds[...] This is either really sad or maybe I'm just naive? Since when is the "
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by ziddoap 2y ago
For those of us not in-the-know about national intelligence acronyms: SCIF = Sensitive compartmented information facility
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Unfortunately, this is not really what happens in my experience. The output of plagiarism tools is taken as fact (especially at high school levels). Without extraordinary evidence of the tool being incorrect, students have no recourse, even
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by ziddoap 2y ago
The Brave ads cryptocurrency stuff was/is a turn-off for many. That'd be my guess regarding the downvotes, anyways. As well as the Brave redirection to affiliate links left a sour taste.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> Why were these teens visiting a courtroom? It's not really that unusual. Every student in my district (thousands) visited their local courthouses in Civics class in 10th grade. > Why did the judge think "Scared Straight&q
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by ziddoap 2y ago
For those of us not in-the-know about licensing acronyms. CLA = Contributor License Agreement
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Yep
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Article 36 is a pretty fun one, too. > States Parties are encouraged to establish bilateral or multilateral arrangements to facilitate the transfer of personal data.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Articles 29, 30, and 45 are the relevant ones which touch on data collection.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
As far as I am aware, it just updates the timestamps of the original to the time of the 'lobbing'.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Second chance pool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 > HN's second-chance pool is a way to give links a second chance at the front page. Moderators and a small number of reviewers go through old submissi
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by ziddoap 2y ago
They are also quite effective at subjecting completely innocent people to criminal investigations.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Maybe it is just too early in the morning for me, but Kary Mullis disagrees with what in particular? That astrologers disagree with each other? That astrology does no better than random guessing? The wiki link has a single line, saying that
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> They won't actually do anything unless legally mandated to. This is a good thing, and pretty refreshing compared to the kafka-esque scenarios that Google and others offer when shutting down entire businesses based on the whims of
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Yes, you're right, the other person had a very helpful tone indeed. My mistake.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
I feel like a crazy person, trying to convince strangers on the internet that I really did manage to install Windows with a local account. Why? I'm not even sure. This isn't how I imagined my future when I was a kid. You can take
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Or it was 3 days ago, so it was the image available on Microsoft 3 days ago?
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> use anecdotal evidence while denying others the opportunity ... They said "It's not possible to install a local account any more." . I'm sure you can understand why my own memories of just recently doing the app
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by ziddoap 2y ago
That's a fair call out. I'm generally either at work or just done work when I'm on HN so I'm in "work mode". The next time I'm called on for family tech support on a Sunday, I'll think back to this th
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by ziddoap 2y ago
"windows 11 local account" in Google has this bypass in the first result. I Googled things when I setup various Linux distros as well, and I didn't consider that to be very difficult. For a tech forum, I'm surprised at t
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by ziddoap 2y ago
We just have really different ideas on what "very difficult" and "extremely obscure" are. Use whatever phrasing you want, no worries.
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Did you miss this part of my comment? > While it's absolutely stupid that it needs to be done at all
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by ziddoap 2y ago
"Very difficult" is a bit of an exaggeration. Don't connect to the internet, press 1 hotkey and enter 1 line of text ("OOBE\bypassnro"). While it's absolutely stupid that it needs to be done at all, it's n
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by ziddoap 2y ago
I'm not sure what to tell you. Friday, 3 days ago, I setup a brand new Windows 11 Home computer. I didn't connect to Wi-Fi, I did OOBE\bypassnro, and I created my local account. Nice and simple. There are other people in this very
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by ziddoap 2y ago
And QuickBooks Enterprise, and CAD, and Windows-only CRM systems, and Windows-only internal financial programs in banks/credit unions, and Windows-only programs in government environments... It's a lot more than just Office that r
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Yes, it does. I'm not the only one in this thread, the other Windows thread from today, or online that has installed Windows 11 Home in the last week and successfully setup local-only accounts. When dozens of people say it still works
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> It's not possible to install a local account any more. Apparently all the loopholes have been closed. It just loops you back to the "oops looks like you lost internet access" page. This simply isn't true, I did a c
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