cowchase

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One dead, nine injured in autonomous test vehicle crash in Germany(swr.de)
39 points by cowchase 4y ago|7 comments
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by cowchase 9y ago
Awful. Who are the suits that are sabotaging Mozilla's core mission? Don't they understand that Mozillas Unique Selling Point is trust? Why the hell are they fumbling the ball?
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Vue.js Component Tips(vuejs.org)
2 points by cowchase 12y ago|0 comments
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by cowchase 12y ago
This is a great concept. Getting rid of settings, add-ons and plugins for people that "just want their browser to work" is a good thing, especially when this is paired with good privacy defaults. However, I see the auto suggestion
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by cowchase 12y ago
For anyone looking into free DynDNS alternatives: I have tested several of the established alternatives without success. I then looked into some of the newcomers and ended up choosing http://duckdns.org . The setup was super easy
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by cowchase 12y ago
To cite the wiki: "sandboxing the content processes is a separate project from Electrolysis". So Electrolysis lays the foundation for sandboxing.
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by cowchase 12y ago
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned SQRL for truly anonymous identification and authentication yet https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
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by cowchase 13y ago
I'm surprised they went live with this without an expiration date on their permanent redirects. Now there's no way back, even if anything breaks. Looks like an unintentional Big Bang launch to me. http://getluky.net&#x2
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by cowchase 13y ago
> Whitelisting is free for all small and medium-sized websites and blogs. However, managing this list requires significant effort on our side and this task cannot be completely taken over by volunteers as it happens with common filter li
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by cowchase 13y ago
Agreed. There was also AdBlock Lite, but they now recommend ABE too https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock_lite/
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Adblock Plus Payday – $ 30 million from Amazon, Ebay, Google and Yahoo(translate.google.com)
18 points by cowchase 13y ago|9 comments
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by cowchase 13y ago
Here's a sample nginx config that would prefer PFS over other key exchanges if the client supports it and is not vulnerable to the BEAST attack: ssl_ciphers EECDH+AES:EDH+AES:-SHA1:EECDH+RC4:EDH+RC4:RC4-SHA:EECDH+AES256:EDH+AES256:
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by cowchase 13y ago
> Gmail messages must only be captured when they leave the Google network. They are the only provider to support server-to-server TLS We should start lobbying for broader support for server-to-server TLS with perfect forward secrecy. Whi
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FireHost jacks up the price for entry level VMs to $350 per month(firehost.com)
1 points by cowchase 13y ago|0 comments
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Google paid AdBlock Plus to get its ads whitelisted(translate.google.com)
426 points by cowchase 13y ago|233 comments
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by cowchase 13y ago
It sounds a bit as if you were worried your CA could hand out your key to the NSA. That's not how SSL works. CAs only certify the validity of your public key. Your private key never leaves your machine. If you are looking for a vendor
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by cowchase 13y ago
Alternatives: Chrome: http://getadblock.com/ Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/ Safari: https://safariadblock.com/
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by cowchase 13y ago
Hudson CI - Jenkins CI
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by cowchase 13y ago
I don't think they will be able to hold up to their promise to provide "a comprehensive analysis of (...) potential costs, timeframe, and technical challenges". A rate of $100 per hour leaves them only 15 minutes per project
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International Contest: T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) Promises $650,000 Seed Money(telekom-innovation-contest.com)
1 points by cowchase 14y ago|0 comments
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Tech Entrepreneurs Resurrect Stylish Trailer Series From The 30s(nytimes.com)
2 points by cowchase 14y ago|0 comments
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by cowchase 14y ago
It's interesting to see major players beginning to compete on the level of privacy they offer to their users. "Personal information" has become one of the currencies on the web by which we "pay" for free services. Microsoft now seems to try
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by cowchase 14y ago
iCab Mobile had to remove the YouTube download function with the latest update: Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is a
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by cowchase 14y ago
It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use ( http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict... ).
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by cowchase 14y ago
This submission was triggered by this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5163371
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IOS Apps are not allowed to save YouTube videos for offline viewing(icab.de)
2 points by cowchase 14y ago|1 comments