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5y ago
If you can order the ice cream and take possession of it before paying, you've incurred a debt. At that point, the store must be willing to accept cash (or forgive the debt altogether). End result: you've got ice cream. If you ord
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5y ago
Some anti-cheats like BattlEye try to detect if they're running in a VM.
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Right, but if you've taken possession, you've definitely incurred a debt. If they've scooped the ice cream but haven't handed it to you, while there may technically be a debt at that point, I expect most stores would jus
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It's a very real and terrifying threat. A standard PC has numerous components with their own firmware that can potentially be flashed. Some of those components may have integrity checking schemes that are supposed to ensure only vendor
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5y ago
Do they actually give you the ice cream before you pay?
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5y ago
I don't know if that employer has been prosecuted yet, but I don't think it was legal. At minimum, it should qualify as illegal dumping under [GA Code § 16-7-52]( https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2019&
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5y ago
> What about the IP address used to communicate with the app’s server? Yes. I've been wanting Apple to launch a VPN service for a long time. A commercial VPN service can aid privacy by aggregating thousands of users behind a single