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DuckyC

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DuckyC··on Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say
but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?
DuckyC··on Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta
"past several quaters". The DMA entered force November 1. 2022.
DuckyC··on Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
"Notarization involves a combination of automated checks and human review." From the article. Human review means apple staff reviews it.
DuckyC··on Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease
I would argue that the end consumer of the device and emulator cares... Which i guess is the point of the previous comment.
DuckyC··on TIFU by using Stripe as a payment processor for my small business
I think the fact that a company vehicle was sold for the $3300 hardly matters.
DuckyC··on $35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from a museum during WWII
Deportation is a war crime?
DuckyC··on I heat my home by mining crypto currencies
The article says he only mines when the price is high enough and the house needs heating.
DuckyC··on Don’t try to sanitize input – escape output
My name contains Ø, and im guessing i would not be able to enter that with your method. I would consider that mangling my name if i had to write o or oe.
DuckyC··on Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%
Are you saying that there isn't free speech in the EU? What are you basing this statement on?
DuckyC··on The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet
This is exactly what android does when it uses WiFi for location tracking
DuckyC··on Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
No, Alphabet is the parent company to Google. There's a slight difference.
DuckyC··on Keybase’s browser extension subverts its encryption
Keybase is clearly stating that it is infact not a bug, but an intentionally not implemented feature.
DuckyC··on Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
Didn't you read the part where they compare it to any other sport? “Apnea is not different from many other sports, in the sense that practice at a high level often leads to deleterious impacts on human physiology,” he said. “Think about alpinists going to Mount Everest, climbers, gymnastics, marathon runners—every sport has its drawbacks when performed at the élite level.”
DuckyC··on 5G Network end-to-end demonstration by Ericsson
In Denmark data caps are rising a lot. It's not unusual to have 30 or even 50 GBs of data. I don't know the reason why, but it's most likely not capacity since we are probably using the same system.
DuckyC··on Out of date Chrome results in ERR_CERTIFICATE_TRANSPARENCY_REQUIRED
it could also have been built-in build-time time-bomb.
DuckyC··on Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
there's a legend at the bottom of the video
DuckyC··on FingerIO: Using Active Sonar for Fine-Grained Finger Tracking
How does your phone protect other people from pressing your volume buttons, or using your touchscreen? Security is pretty irrelevant for a HID.
DuckyC··on Show HN: Browsertime, bringing popcorntime to your browser with webtorrent
Someone finally did it. I had this idea when WebTorrent first came out. This is great!
DuckyC··on Breaking the fourth wall with Minecraft
Redstone has no means of communication to the outside, so even if you created an entire computer with redstone(very unlikely) you would have no means of communication outside of minecraft.