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Handytinge··on Lost something? Search through 91.7M files from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s
And how could you do this, Mr. Hacker Man?

Are you compromising my ISP, the server host, or my client?

In any of these situations, I have a bigger problem than TLS, and a lot of vectors I can be attacked from.

Handytinge··on 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12
I envisioned a lycra bodysuit with springs taped all over it, so the kid would bounce up in the event of falling over.
Handytinge··on 2/3 of kids bike to school in Assen because it was designed that way (2013)
They also travel significantly faster than normal road users.

Yes, if I was travelling 300kmph in my car, I would wear a helmet.

Handytinge··on Why do teachers give girls higher marks than boys? Researchers have the answer
Yes, creating more victims should help.
Handytinge··on /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story
It shocks and concerns me that someone needs to ask that.

Of course they can. It was never "yours" any more than "your" Facebook or Tiktok account.

Handytinge··on Missing the Point of VR
Varjo Aero and Quest Pro both have this.
Handytinge··on Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', 'women with children'
There is a big difference (I think you know this) between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.

Regardless of who benefits more currently (and may benefit in the future), creating new victims of discrimination is not a good solution, unless the problem is "how do we add more discrimination to the world?".

Equating the fact that some groups have benefits over others does little to help the individuals being discriminated against.

Handytinge··on Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', 'women with children'
Agreed. And if you make that decision between multiple qualified people based on sex or race, that's a problem.
Handytinge··on Why you can’t tickle yourself
Your viewpoint is that because peoples experience don't match your own + the studies results, it must be a lie?

I hope my interpretation's wrong here, that's a very closed-minded and sad way to live.

Handytinge··on Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year
What a viewpoint.

The number of gmail users in the USA is obviously significantly lower, and the number of homeless or people in similar situations globally is obviously significantly higher.

Handytinge··on Hyperlinks in Handwriting
Having support for those who use screen readers is a huge improvement ovet the majority of sites, surely?

May I ask, what other accessibility conditions do you feel this site doesn't meet?

Also - for a non corporate website - why should accessibility be a relevant factor? For a personal project, I don't see why anyone has to make it targeted for every case.

Handytinge··on When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”
Firmly disagree.

Anyone can use any protocol they wish to, that's the beauty of the internet.

Handytinge··on When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”
If you're security focused, why not GRE tunnel to a vultr or similar VM and exit there? Then your ISP gets no information.
Handytinge··on When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”
None of those are networks I could consider secure.

Even with https, there's no scenario where I'm not encapsulating all traffic in a tunnel there.

Handytinge··on When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”
Don't use random Wi-Fi then? Or if you do, have an always on routed VPN?

You're leaking data all over the place, placing the burden on the website owner is silly.

Handytinge··on Ask HN: Ads triggered by WhatsApp “end to end encrypted” messages?
It's incredibly easy to prove. You could prove it by setting up clean devices.

Plenty of people have attempted to prove it, and gone radio silent after trying.

There are billions of users, and tens of millions of them are technical, and tens of thousands of them work for these companies. Yet there's 0 evidence of this ever actually happening. Does this not seem strange to you?

Handytinge··on Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]
As someone who did support for dial up in Australia many years ago, I've been thinking of doing this.

It would be trivial to set up a VoIP service restricted to outbound POPs.

Handytinge··on So You Want to Compete with Steam (2018)
> What happens if/when Stadia goes under? Who knows, but there's a decent chance of, "tough shit, all your games are gone."

This had now been answered [1]:

> We will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia Store.

1. https://www.ign.com/articles/google-is-shutting-down-stadia-...

Handytinge··on So You Want to Compete with Steam (2018)
In Australia, Nintendo are required to refund in this scenario too (and would).

These are consumer law issues that should extend beyond games.

Handytinge··on 9M Australians affected by Optus data breach
Bendigo also do physical tokens as well as app based 2FA.

Macquarie have unpersoned me before (cancelled all of my accounts with no explaination or notice, on a Friday afternoon). I've heard of it happening to others too. As such, I make it my mission whenever dealing with large scale finance in business to refuse to deal with them.

Handytinge··on The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video]
Not sure where you're from, but in my Australian suburban jungle, cunt is a pretty common term.

You don't say it if you're over at mums for lunch on a Sunday, but hanging out with the boys? For sure.

"What's with this cunt?" etc is common venacular.

Handytinge··on Cloudflare Beta (2009)
Are you recommending we do the world a favour and cap him like old yeller?
Handytinge··on The sooner we accept RCS is dead, the sooner we can choose the next platform
For the record, the vast majority of Androids lifecycle, Google has also not supported RCS. This is a recent uptake, after they shut down their 8th failed messaging platform.

The "RCS" that Google implements does not follow the standards that have been around decades.

The interopability and push for RCS is a marketing exercise.

Handytinge··on The sooner we accept RCS is dead, the sooner we can choose the next platform
Yes. It's incredibly common and still the standard most places I go.
Handytinge··on Software engineers paying 75K to get 3 inches taller
Whilst that may be broadly true, I've seen my female friends on various dating apps. They're scrolling photos and going almost entirely on looks.
Handytinge··on Patagonia founder gives away the company
Why? Being inaccessible for days is many peoples dreams.
Handytinge··on YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before video starts
The irony of feeding the advertiser rich information for the purpose of reducing ads.
Handytinge··on Weightless: Parabolic flight on an A310
How did he find it?
Handytinge··on Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as 'Not My King' tag grows
But it's not "real power", it's theoretical power.

The crown rarely if ever exerts such powers, and on that rare occasion it does so on the advice of the parliment.

Technically such a power exists, but calling it "real" is silly.

Look at the countries of the Commonwealth. The crown appoints a governor general based on the recommendation of the prime minister. This person acts in a ceremonial capacity, and on behalf of the crown. The handful of times a GG has actually acted have been within the interests of the country, have had little to no input from the crown, and are decades apart.

Handytinge··on Living Like Nothing Matters
You seem to be intentionally finding offense. This isn't the right forum for that.
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