BrandoElFollito

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by BrandoElFollito 3d ago
This is what annoys me most when people talk down security by obscurity. Sometimes it is not even security, but logs sanity. I usually ask them if they prefer to have more or less useless logs. Still waiting for someone to want more (except
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by BrandoElFollito 3d ago
You can add a camera pointing to the display and analyze the image. You would have a perfect galvanic separation for reasons.
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by BrandoElFollito 3d ago
First of all, this is impressive. I do not know how what the legal context is in your country, but you may need to have a device that uses public roads licensed to do so. In case of any legal issues (accidents, mostly) not only you would no
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by BrandoElFollito 6d ago
SSR (Server Side Rendering) provides the browser with a page that is created on the server (and possibly enhanced/hydrated on the client). Having a separate backed and frontend allows for separation of duties: the client is responsible
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by BrandoElFollito 7d ago
From a security perspective I greatly prefer a client-server approach: you have an unsafe frontend where you care about ergonomy and aesthetics, and a backend which provides an API which handles the security. Two different worlds and often
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by BrandoElFollito 8d ago
I doubt they are doing this in the EU. One GDPR request and they would be in a lot of trouble.
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by BrandoElFollito 8d ago
Since I cannot find any mention of this in the French press and after asking a few friends who have children in high school (hopefully this is lycée, a tad too late to push people to reding) -- it is very likely not a nationwide experiment
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by BrandoElFollito 8d ago
A friend of mine briefly managed a "celebrities and ovni" kind of newspaper. His first decision was to distribute papers to generic people asking them to highlight the words they did not understand. He then proceeded to having the
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by BrandoElFollito 13d ago
I am French. When working for a large US company, I visited SF several times between 1998 and 2008. It was usually great, especially in the earlier years. Then I went to visit with my kids in 2019. Oh man, what a change. The city felt reall
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by BrandoElFollito 18d ago
I guess you are talking about that guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case If so this was an action coordinated between the US and Italy, and he was not Italian either.
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by BrandoElFollito 20d ago
Does not work for France, it's a pity. I guess that all of EU will be out too as we have similar systems
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by BrandoElFollito 20d ago
An in addition Ireland is not part of Schengen
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by BrandoElFollito 20d ago
Ireland is not part of Schengen.
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by BrandoElFollito 20d ago
Do you have any examples? I expected Schengen to have a common set of requirements regarding visas.
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by BrandoElFollito 20d ago
Sorry, what I meant is that they are Italians and as much as the US would like to exercise extraterritoriality, they are safe in Italy
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by BrandoElFollito 21d ago
In the EU you do not need to leave to renew your visa. I don't know how common it is elsewhere.
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by BrandoElFollito 21d ago
While they are not directly in trouble, this is yet one more reason to have a sovereign financial system in Europe. Especially a direct competitor for the credit card networks (VISA, Mastercard) and SWIFT. These are the immediate threats.
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by BrandoElFollito 21d ago
A friend of mine has family in the middle of nowhere. Actually in the nowhere of the middle of nowhere. Beautiful place but you better not forget to buy the salt. When I was calling him, he had to climb a tree to get basic voice reception
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by BrandoElFollito 21d ago
Zero. We pay out taxes in Euros.
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by BrandoElFollito 21d ago
> very small percentage of elite people Except when these "elite" people are inhabitants of a lost hole in the middle of the Creuse and suddenly all children can access Internet in a civilized way. The same way the true elites
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by BrandoElFollito 28d ago
Thank you for the term I was missing. What are the "more extreme" elements?
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by BrandoElFollito 28d ago
Can you please elaborate? To me autism is a spectrum, from statistically non neuro divergent (if there is something like that), to severely disabled (there may be more dimensions)
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by BrandoElFollito 28d ago
This comments section was one of the most entertaining (and weirdly instructive!) I ever read.
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
I like coffee and drink about 5 to 7 Nespresso capsules a day. Except when I forget, or have no access to coffee. I did not notice any change between these two extremes.
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
For a French, Spanish is not a particularly easy language. Italian is much closer to French, and easier to learn.
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
We already had a system in France which is phased out. The difference is that that previous system was opt-in, and now it i the duty of the telemarketers to get authorization. The problem is that many of the calls come from abroad (and most
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
There is (or at least - was) a similar test for Paris taxi drivers. They needed among others to explain turn by turn the drive between two places indicated by the examiner. Today this knowledge is arguably less useful.
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
Yes, we agree then. Interestingly enough, I noticed, at least in Europe, that a low participation is usually a sign of a country going well. People are more of less unaffected by the changes in politics so "either is fine". And th
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
> I'm not sure what nitpick you're trying to make. The non voters are routinely used in discussions to lower the results of various parties. The message is "in reality only (a small) percentage supports them" (and the
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by BrandoElFollito 1mo ago
I am glad I'm not the only one. At least in France there were traditionally stacks of cartoons as well (and some magazines)

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