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by m0dest 2mo ago
Yes, the decision to rely on modern CSS is more like serving restaurant food that contains cilantro. The predominant failure mode is partial credit. The quality perception of this user segment is relative, too. That visitor who is using a
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by m0dest 9mo ago
Even if it's just the build server, it's really hard to defend just having 1 physical server for a project that aspires to be a core part of the software distribution infrastructure for thousands of users. The build server going d
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by m0dest 10mo ago
So, product idea: A powered "cold storage box" for M.2 SSDs. 2 to 8 M.2 slots. Periodically, an internal computer connects one of the slots, reads every byte, waits for some period of time, then powers off. Maybe shows a little gr
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by m0dest 10mo ago
Yeah, regardless of how one feels about the design decision to fail without fallback, the messaging seems like an oversight.
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by m0dest 11mo ago
It looks like Mozilla does use DNS to verify requests to join the list, at least. $ dig +short txt _psl.website.one @1.1.1.1 "https://github.com/publicsuffix/list/pull/2625" Doing this DNS in
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by m0dest 1y ago
These days, if you're just wiring to a single workstation in a nearby next room, 50 meter active optical Thunderbolt 3/4 cables can carry 5K+ DisplayPort video passthrough and data from your USB peripherals. (It's "passt
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by m0dest 2y ago
With a locked screen, key presses go to the password field. I have twice caused my user account to become disabled due to too many password attempts while cleaning my keyboard .
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by m0dest 2y ago
Yes. Most of the major apps play this review game, and there's no way to compete if you don't play it too. The major apps typically exploit selection bias to solicit 5-star reviews. They will wait until the user meets some criteri
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by m0dest 2y ago
Yep, this is achieved using slices, which can be arbitrary regions of the frame. Each slice can have its own quantization parameters (ranging from highly lossy to perceptually lossless). Each slice can also switch between intraframe predict
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by m0dest 2y ago
The state of the art here is really Parsec, Moonlight, and Apple's "High Performance Screen Sharing" [0]. All three of these use hardware-accelerated HEVC in some UDP encapsulation. Under the right network conditions, they a
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by m0dest 2y ago
If you were forced against your will to aid in this type of fraud, might you not intentionally include a subtle error in your work that reveals its illegitimacy to a careful observer?
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by m0dest 2y ago
From what I can tell, the "Request Ride" intent for Uber is broken (throws error on any request) and has been like this for at least 2 years. The Ride Request API [1] seems closed off to developers now, too. [1] https:/&#x2F
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by m0dest 2y ago
Exactly. The privacy characteristics of government ID cards are worse than any other solution. When sharing such an ID, a person is providing several global, stable identifiers (e.g. ID number, full legal name). For adtech and data broker
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by m0dest 2y ago
The lock-in situation with passkeys seems far worse than with password managers, though. There is no "export" option for iCloud passkeys - despite being cloud-synced across your Apple devices. If you decide to switch from an iPhon
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by m0dest 2y ago
iOS 17 added explicit support for 5G slicing for QoS in consumer apps: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/network/nwparamete... Android 14 added 5G slicing upsell for consumer apps: https://sourc
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by m0dest 2y ago
It probably makes sense to start isolating build processes from test case resources.
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by m0dest 3y ago
Only in the US. In all other markets, the HBO Max app still functions, and the Max app will only show a "not available" message.
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by m0dest 3y ago
The trademark issues with the BlackBerry logo on the keyboard, combined with the "Beepberry" name, are going to be a problem.
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by m0dest 3y ago
When you tunnel/encapsulate your traffic, many variables change at the same time, such as: - maximum transmission unit (MTU) - TCP maximum segment size (MSS) - different DNS responses leading to different edge servers - TCP reordering,
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by m0dest 4y ago
(likes / views) is still interesting, but you need to grade on a curve
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by m0dest 4y ago
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#quicktype-ke... QuickType Keyboard: Multilingual Typing English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Hindi
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by m0dest 4y ago
iOS autodetects and automatically switches languages as you described. The globe icon is just for switching key layouts. Language is independent of key layout.
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by m0dest 4y ago
Do you really trust your average IT department to make an informed decision about whether WebKit JIT is currently secure or not? I don't see Apple putting these in MDM Configuration Profiles. If they do, it will only be for Supervised
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by m0dest 4y ago
If anyone is getting a sense of deja vu, it's because this is was Outlook mobile strategy. Microsoft acquired a popular third-party Exchange mail client for iOS/Android, named Acompli, and rebranded it to Outlook.
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by m0dest 4y ago
This is the million dollar question that Apple hasn't answered. What happens to these forwarding addressses if you cancel iCloud+? The result is bad either way. It's either A or B. (A) Canceling iCloud+ doesn't remove existi
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by m0dest 5y ago
Don't forget that mobile is the majority now. As long as the hit target is appropriately sized, this is the kind of task that is much faster with touch than mouse/trackpad. Users value attention more than time. I'd bet that
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by m0dest 5y ago
This is awesome. I hope the client code will be included in the Apple's open source repository [1] after they update it for Monterey. It's hard to fully rely on a test without seeing its implementation, especially the responsive
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by m0dest 5y ago
Frankly, this would still be a good start compared to the norm today: You can't even find information about account deletion from most mobile apps, let alone initiate the process.
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by m0dest 5y ago
I tried to remove myself from all of Facebook's Audience-Based Advertising lists - the ones where companies upload lists of people that they want to target with ads. https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settin
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by m0dest 5y ago
No, they're separate baseband chips with Qualcomm-designed Snapdragon ICs running Apple-signed firmware with their own build flavors of Qualcomm's RTOS. Apple has to verify that the fab produces the low-level hardware exactly as

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