isjamesalive

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by isjamesalive 10mo ago
I think they meant in the sense of it being worn away and destroyed as an intended use. Adjective definition 3 from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ablative
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by isjamesalive 1y ago
I'm assuming the cure for paracetamol-related autism is equal parts bleach, ivermectin paste and hot sauce.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
The user’s password would protect the disk’s key, but would not necessarily derive it, I think.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
> No good music players for MacOS for instance Slightly OT but Doppler is quite good in my opinion.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
My physical workstation (a Precision laptop) was affected and a single reboot fixed it. Most of my colleagues weren’t as lucky.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
To be fair, the only place the words ‘open’ and ‘source‘ appear in the readme are once in a sub-heading, where it’s phrased ‘open-source’. It’s clearly labelled ELv2. Possibly more of a subtle miscommunication or misunderstanding than a del
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
I don’t feel optimistic about this.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
I’ve been using NearlyFreeSpeech.NET since for 15 years or so and have never needed to consider moving.
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by isjamesalive 2y ago
> QEMU is a large project and doesn't have much formal design or API documentation. This is bonkers to me considering how it’s used in industry.
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by isjamesalive 3y ago
Which comments sounded entitled? I didn't get that from any quotes in TFA.
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by isjamesalive 3y ago
> if you accept no input, you can't attack that system But this is a side channel attack, right?
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by isjamesalive 4y ago
Do you mean Truffle Security or Microsoft? Bonus points for any explanation (purely out of interest).
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by isjamesalive 4y ago
This looks cool, and thank you for using rust and not js/npm.
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by isjamesalive 4y ago
100% agreed. I switched from Google to Fastmail about 8 years ago and it has been wonderful. In that that time: * I have not had to worry that I’ll inadvertently trigger an account ban and lose my email account/all my email with no rec
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by isjamesalive 5y ago
+1 for bit/vaultwarden. Nice mobile apps, nice browser plugins, nice web interface. Regular updates, easy to install. Using it for a year + (two years?) no issues. Super grateful.
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by isjamesalive 5y ago
eBay forced its Australian users to pay with PayPal a few years ago: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/accc-probe-of-ebays-paypal... I’m still annoyed about that.
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by isjamesalive 5y ago
> This vulnerability was reported to Apple in Dec 2019, and it got patched somewhere in 2020. I don’t know why a CVE-2019 ID is given. FYI: The year part of a CVE ID is either when the ID was assigned or when the issue was publicised: h
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by isjamesalive 6y ago
Really scary. Whenever I see the latest Boston Dynamics video, I’m always thinking ‘and now imagine it’s hunting you’.
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by isjamesalive 6y ago
TL;DR: What is wrong with the world that software that prints text to the screen has/needs a special project by a megacorp to make it perform/operate acceptably. But you could say the same thing of browsers.
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by isjamesalive 8y ago
Isn't this kinda what Brave/Brendan are doing?
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by isjamesalive 9y ago
Does IGN review books now? I genuinely don't see any conflict here.
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by isjamesalive 9y ago
Where did you get that idea? His stance on SSM aside, Brendan Eich is not a guy I typically associate with evil. The whole raison d'être of Brave is to restore privacy to consumers of advertisements while being fair to publishers. The
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by isjamesalive 10y ago
Deep condolences to you and to their friends and families. x