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blackboxlogic··on Air Canada is responsible for chatbot's mistake: B.C. tribunal
That's why I start with "are you a human or a robot", then "what's your favorite color"
blackboxlogic··on Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever"
I've been reading on the topic recently and that is referred to as "criminal trespass". I want to put up signs that say "yes trespassing"
blackboxlogic··on Lowercase letters save data
Don't forget to track if the rooks or kings have moved, for castling eligibility. And what the previous move was for en passant. And the full game history back to the most recent capture for draw by repetition.
blackboxlogic··on Federal Killjoys Tell States to Stop Putting Jokes in Highway Signage
We have that law in Maine. It's wonderful. I don't see why it would be ok at the state level but not the federal.
blackboxlogic··on SMS Censorship
or... userd could opt-in to auto-substitution of blocked words. The recipient gets "m*rphine".
blackboxlogic··on All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were Bogus
Yes, humans make mistakes, and we improve by creating strong disincentives for mistakes.
blackboxlogic··on Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets
Bluetooth is a running joke around our house. When I'm talking on the phone and my girlfriend gets in the car and suddenly my phone call gets teleported to the car that I'm not in. When we go to watch a movie and the sound decides to come out of the projector instead of the speaker system. When I want to listen to a podcast outside and it start coming out of the speaks in the basement. Just give me a wire.
blackboxlogic··on Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets
So you can't charge your phone and listen to audio at the same time. That sentence would sound crazy 10 years ago.
blackboxlogic··on Why every microwave sucks these days
It's not a setting you'd "see", it's a secret you'd find on the last page of that manual you threw out.
blackboxlogic··on When XML in Word Became Illegal
Yep, we had a similar use-case. I remember the error message pointed to a help page which pointed to an article about this patent.
blackboxlogic··on When XML in Word Became Illegal
I believe I ran into this issue a few years ago and discovered the patent case when trying to work around. The xml file format allowed for arbitrary properties to be added (as xml does), and we were trying to embed metadata in word files. But when MS Word opened a file with anything extra in it it gave a warning like "this file has extra stuff in it" and it automatically removed anything that wasn't explicitly expected.
blackboxlogic··on Ask HN: How do you look for jobs in 2023?
I just checked out otta.com, and started their "quiz". Third question: "where would you like to work?" and only lists major cities, nothing in my state. As if to say "if you want a job, move or go remote". I've gotten this same message from many channels.
blackboxlogic··on Ask HN: Seeking computers for kids programming class
Since we already have computers this seems very attractive. Thank you for the suggestion, I'm pursuing it.
blackboxlogic··on I Block Ads
Audio ads playing at gas pumps is now the only factor that determines which gas station I go to.
blackboxlogic··on Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy
I try to ignore the message of bad-faith content instead of penalizing the person who it seems to favor. Otherwise you enable false flag attacks.
blackboxlogic··on CAN Injection: Keyless car theft
I installed a reed switch just under my windshield to unlock the doors. Swiping a magnet is easier than keeping a key in my pocket. Getting myself locked out is more of a concern than a stranger noticing the switch and finding a magnet. I'll even mention it on the internet, if any of you want to steal my car, please just fill up the gas and return it after. Thanks.
blackboxlogic··on Show HN: Find words “halfway” between two others
sock -> hat = hock I can see that logic
blackboxlogic··on Lo-Fi ATC
it might pan the audio side to side each time there is silence just for effect.
blackboxlogic··on Unihertz Atom 2.45 Inch Screen Rugged Smartphone
FM radio receiver and a headphone jack! Both are hard to find and on my wishlist. This might be my next phone.
blackboxlogic··on MS Teams 2.0 – trying to fix the issues
Coworkers copy/pasting code snippets through teams led to data corruption in production. That was a fun one to track down.
blackboxlogic··on Where do stolen bikes go?
Air tags ring so abusers can't use them to track a person secretly. The speaker can be disabled though.
blackboxlogic··on Ask HN: What simple facts have you learned surprisingly late in life?
That fruit salad is called salsa.
blackboxlogic··on Bright flash is a black hole jet pointing at Earth, astronomers say
Could gravitational forces between particles in a beam tighten a beam as it travels?
blackboxlogic··on Ssehc is a chess variant with normal-chess rules played in reverse
I made a chess variant. Looking for play testers and feedback, particularly around the scoring system and clarity of the directions. It takes a minute to get your brain into reverse mode, but if you know and like chess, give it a try.
blackboxlogic··on Congress.gov API
1) Scrape a news source and check how many times the bill is mentioned? 2) How many results on a search engine for the bill's title? 3) Train something similar to sentiment analysis model based on the text content of the bill. You'd need historical data for that but see options 1 and 2.
blackboxlogic··on Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes
Don't forget the full body x-ray before each match.
blackboxlogic··on Making iron from sand [video]
This is "Primitive Technology". It sounds like you're looking for a "Post-Apocalypse Technology" series. I would watch that as well.
blackboxlogic··on Librarian's Letter to Google Security
MFA is a great option to provide, and I would even suggest it should be default on, but what's the harm in allowing the user to opt out of MFA?

If available, it seems to me it would be the best option for this demographic.

blackboxlogic··on Librarian's Letter to Google Security
I think it would be fine for the library to have/be the 2ND FACTOR and the user would still need their password. Being at a physical location seems like a reasonable 2FA (more reasonable than a phone in these cases).

Could the library buy a few FIDO tokens, hot glue them into the backs of the computers, users add them as 2fa to their accounts and now the computer being wiped between users is no longer an obstacle?

blackboxlogic··on In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia
For the smallest change with the fairest result, I would reseed the random IDs on a schedule.
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