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CommitSyn··on New Bitcoin DDoS Technique
There are many tools that will help you answer things like this i.e. Wireshark.
CommitSyn··on Proxmox
Please do! I also recently purchased a Beelink U59 and have not decided what exactly I want to do with it.
CommitSyn··on Ask HN: Has there been more conspiracy comments on HN lately?
Also the karma limits. I have almost 150 comment karma and still can't downvote. I'm not sure when downvoting/report, etc. come into play, but I'm fine even if it's much higher -- it seems to be working well.
CommitSyn··on 'I took magic mushrooms at 64 and the fog I've lived under my whole life lifted'
Mushroom spores are legal in most US states because they don't contain psilocybin (in contrast to cannabis seeds being illegal - they contain trace amounts of THC).

You used to need a pressure cooker and a lot of supplies. However, with the advent of the Uncle Ben's method, you just need some bagged rice from the store, a legal spore syringe purchased online, and a bit of curiousity, community reading, and time. There is a subreddit dedicated to it: /r/UncleBens

Many choose to innoculate in the bags and then transfer to a fruiting tub, but it works just as well if you never remove them from the bag - just a smaller yield. Perfect for you and a couple friends.

ETA it probably doesn't need to be said, but if you aren't anti-crypto and are short on time, there are easier and much faster ways to get them.

CommitSyn··on Nasal Cycle
It's possible to change them at will as well.
CommitSyn··on Z-Library Aftermath Reveals the Feds Seized Dozens of Domain Names
> Not idea for frequently accessing large chunks of data 1-100mb PDFs.

This is where I2P and eepsites shine.

CommitSyn··on Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST
Neat project. Where does the funding come from?
CommitSyn··on Patch OpenSSL on November 1 to avoid “critical” security vulnerability
This is a stupid question but is the patch not being released until Nov 1, or is the security patch already in the Ubuntu updates and they're just not publicly releasing the vuln until Nov 1?
CommitSyn··on Marijuana users more prone to infections after knee, shoulder surgeries
Ah yes, that's true - many people here in the states do smoke from blunts. I've never been a fan so I didn't even make the connection that it's like a joint wrapped in tobacco. Personally I'm a fan of slow, controlled burns and as little smell (excess smoke) as possible.
CommitSyn··on Chromium based browsers leak user local IP via WebRTC foundation attribute
> All that’s missing is the weird window size (vertical taskbar)

TBB actually adds a border at the bottom of the browser so the reported size isn't the actual size. If you change the size of your browser window to the tor-reported size then it should work.

Unless I'm misunderstanding and you mean something to do with the scrollbar?

CommitSyn··on Chromium based browsers leak user local IP via WebRTC foundation attribute
If so, I'd love to hear it. As far as I know all iOS browsers are forced to use the same rendering engine, and I suspect there's no way to modify that.
CommitSyn··on Marijuana users more prone to infections after knee, shoulder surgeries
What country are you referring to? I know that in the UK it's often mixed, but in (Midwestern) America almost no one I've known has mixed tobacco with their cannabis.
CommitSyn··on Pool-Party: Exploiting Browser Resource Pools as Side-Channels for Web Tracking
> Firefox alone was vulnerable to the Web Workers form of the attack (a surprising finding given that Tor Browser uses the same Gecko engine).

Are Web Workers enabled by default in the Tor browser bundle, and if so, what about the 'safest' setting?

CommitSyn··on Google Play apps with 20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth
End of article gave a chuckle

> In a statement, a Google spokesperson noted that all apps reported by McAfee had been removed. The representative went on to say: “Users are also protected by Google Play Protect, which blocks these apps on Android devices.” The spokesperson didn’t answer a follow-up question asking how the apps racked up 20 million installations if they’re blocked.

CommitSyn··on Firefox Beta for Android now supports custom add-on collections
A number of months now.
CommitSyn··on HP Accidentally Uses macOS Screenshot in Ad for Windows Laptop
Bringing Occam's razor into the mix, it may not not be a Bootcamped Windows install running Mac in a VM running Windows, which is running a browser-based MacOS emulator.
CommitSyn··on Drone footage reveals The Line megacity under construction in Saudi Arabia
> Still, a circle would have been better because you could have trains going both directions

In this case couldn't you just walk across the street and take the opposite direction train? I may be misinterpreting the idea in my mind, but it seems like it could be treated as an extremely long, skinny ellipses (this sentence begs for a math nerd to comment with the correct terms.)

You could even have multiple (or 60 each way, oil tycoon style) trains if utilizing tunnels and overhangs for people to 'walk through' the lines of running trains.

CommitSyn··on URL monitoring made easy: self-hosted open-source tool
This is a nice simple tool to do exactly what I've needed. Thank you!
CommitSyn··on Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s
It may be worth trying the /r/tipofmytongue subreddit.
CommitSyn··on Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s
These are all from old floppy disc and CD-ROMs so the chances are slim, but not impossible I guess.
CommitSyn··on Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
Yes... Unless it's able to somehow alert you that you're texting someone with Signal, it seems like Signal will be phased out because everyone will default to SMS, unless they have a reason to use Signal for a conversation, which hurts the entire privacy ecosystem.
CommitSyn··on Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
Yes, this is an idiotic decision that makes me question the decisions being made as a whole by Signal.

Does anyone have recommendations for a good default SMS app on Android?

CommitSyn··on Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ detected in commonly used insecticides in US
Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266691102...
CommitSyn··on Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens
nitrIte, not nitrAte.
CommitSyn··on Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens
As said elsewhere, it's actually 'sodium nitrite' and searching for 'sodium nitrate' does not show the relevant suggestions. For anyone that might be curious to search it from this comment.
CommitSyn··on Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on
Plus, Firefox is soon implementing HTTPS-Only by default if I remember correctly. What was it, maybe 2016 there was a big push for SSL and the majority of the web, even login and payment pages, were HTTP? Now only a small percentage of the web isn't HTTPS. I have HTTPS-Only enabled in Firefox and rarely do I have to click the 'Continue Anyway' button to browse an HTTP page. For most general users that only use popular services, I'm sure it's even more rare.
CommitSyn··on TikTok privacy policy says they monitor names of other installed apps
Does that mean they can collect all the filenames on the device?

Personally I'd be more worried about these: "keystroke patterns or rhythms" and "Where you log-in from multiple devices, we will be able to use your profile information to identify your activity across devices. We may also associate you with information collected from devices other than those you use to log-in to the Platform."

CommitSyn··on Soft White Underbelly demonetized by YouTube [video]
Have you ever watched a Soft White Underbelly video?
CommitSyn··on Blocking web fonts for speed and privacy (2016)
The best middle-ground would be to spoof the most common set of fonts (probably Windows X default fonts?) as that would surely increase the number of probablistic matches over custom fonts / no fonts I can't imagine a large percentage of users (probably no browsers) completely disable web fonts and web font fingerprinting.

Is it possible to spoof information like that in a browser without reprecussions though? I don't think I've seen any extensions to spoof things like this, just settings to block the gathering of data in the first place.

CommitSyn··on US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years
What do you mean by "framed" them?
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