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datalog19908

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datalog19908··on Yubico and Microsoft Introduce Passwordless Login
> he new YubiKeys support an on-device PIN that isn't shared with the server

Doesn't this PIN become a master password for all the websites at that point?

datalog19908··on The Economics of Writing a Technical Book
> This breaks down to we each get $.99 for a physical book and $.46 for an ebook.

Isn't this just a huge rip off of the authors. They'll probably make way more money if they did a humble bundle or just ask readers to pirate the book and send them a $5 in bitcoin or something.

datalog19908··on Google is shutting down the QPX Express API for airfare data
I get a Error: SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE when I try to access that.
datalog19908··on What Do IBM Mainframe Computers Look Like Today?
"if you don't speak nerd"

Usually used by people who want to pretend like they have deep technical knowledge. It's a big red flag that a lot of bullshit is coming next.

datalog19908··on Reverse engineering of competitor’s software cost company big
How is this different from when AMD revere engineered x86 instruction set and made a processor that could execute that. I thought reverse engineering was specifically allowed legally.
datalog19908··on 11-year-old girl inspired by Flint water crisis creates cheap kit to test lead
> "unforgiving world of high school competitive research"

wtf? learn and be curious. Have fun.

datalog19908··on 11-year-old girl inspired by Flint water crisis creates cheap kit to test lead
just curious. how did you turn up? what are you up to these days?