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datapolitical··on Agent Safehouse – macOS-native sandboxing for local agents
This really is not going to be safe on something like Mac or Windows until it’s built into the OS.

But given how fast agents are moving, I would be shocked if such tools were not already being built

datapolitical··on Let's Talk About the Bidet, the Bathroom's Best-Kept Secret
I’ve always found this YouTube video on Bidets fairly instructive: https://youtu.be/zQx-ZbSQSBM?si=7YB6FYq6xdpH5wn3
datapolitical··on First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
Illinois does not have party registration.
datapolitical··on AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
And there are internet providers there https://go.silverrapid.com/internet/
datapolitical··on An airline said her bag was lost, her tracker said otherwise. She flew to get it
AirTag data is encrypted with a key that resides only on your devices. It cannot be decrypted by Apple.
datapolitical··on An airline said her bag was lost, her tracker said otherwise. She flew to get it
If your job is paying you to beat up pregnant women, would you still say that it was primarily on the corporation?

People are responsible for their own moral choices.

datapolitical··on FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provider One Owl
Politicians do not use the same companies. There are very specific firms that primarily handle political communications and text messages and phone calls.

And political communications are exempt from CAN-SPAM

datapolitical··on Hacker mods an M1 Mac mini to receive power over Ethernet instead of AC
Can you explain
datapolitical··on Blood–brain barrier opening with ultrasound device in patients with glioblastoma
His comment was frank, but it wasn’t insensitive. It’s important to be able to distinguish between those two things.
datapolitical··on Dad says glitch in ‘Find My iPhone’ app directs angry strangers to his home
Apple’s location database uses the location of Wi-Fi routers to get proper GPS locations. If someone is spoofing his routers MAC address, then that could fix it.
datapolitical··on How to participate in Monday’s oral arguments re: Internet Archive
Someone would spin up a nonprofit and buy the assets and keep it going
datapolitical··on Alameda County admits tallying error in ranked choice voting
SF publishes the cast vote record…does alameda not?

With the full CVR it should have been obvious they were fucking up the count, because anyone could replicate it.

datapolitical··on Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
I could see doing this in cargo assuming the planes could land themselves.

But most likely it’s just a negotiating tactic to get a related concession like reduced training hours.

datapolitical··on AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten System (2018)
My grandfather Fred executive produced the see it now broadcast mentioned in the article. It was noteworthy at the time because it was the first time someone showed both coasts of the US at the same time on the same screen, live.

I never knew the tech behind it until now.

datapolitical··on The “Oscar movie” is dying
Other way around. See above.

Source: my family is in the Academy

datapolitical··on Enabling the Future of GitHub's REST API with API Versioning
Well, you don’t need the header
datapolitical··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster?
The answer is that Ticketmaster gives 50% of their revenue to the venue, which is a pretty good deal for the venue, so they have every incentive to keep that relationship going
datapolitical··on Six months as a full time pancreas
Except type one diabetes is only partially affected by genetics. A woman with type one diabetes has less than a 4% chance of passing it to her child.

The biggest risk right now to our genetic success is overwhelmingly the fact that the people most likely to reproduce are the ones with the least amount of education.

datapolitical··on USPTO to add surcharge on non-DOCX patent applications in 2023
Depending on the size of the entity. Small organizations qualify for a discount in filing fees.

https://www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/micro-entity-status

datapolitical··on Show HN: Lunar XDR Brightness control
Your software looks amazing, unfortunately I use a Windows computer at work. What’s the best equivalent?
datapolitical··on Show HN: Mailwitness – Digital Signatures over Email
“to sign this, just forward the email” seems like a pretty compelling one.

I’ve done a lot of lightweight consulting work, and having a solution that doesn’t involve signing a big contract makes a lot of sense.

datapolitical··on [dead]
That was true on Friday. You’re assuming it’s the same problem.
datapolitical··on [dead]
I’m sure if it was intentional that we will find out very soon.
datapolitical··on Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]
Issuing the strike when the process is not complete is an example of them getting involved.

Especially since there’s no strike for copyright holders if they issue a false claim.

datapolitical··on An update to our YouTube TV members on Roku
Can someone explain what the actual issue is here? Roku is claiming it’s not about the money and they both seem to be talking past each other to a degree.
datapolitical··on To upgrade the SSD in a Mac Pro, you need a second Mac computer
Anyone with a Mac Pro has a Mac laptop or a friend with a Mac laptop.
datapolitical··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
At least for Jekyll, GitHub Pages has been excellent.
datapolitical··on Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook
I get using FB tracking for your payment flow but it’s sketchy as hell to have it on every page of a paid product.
datapolitical··on Robot AI beats world-class curling competitors (2020)
No, you don't have to sweep, but you're allowed to. Playing without sweeping is throwing out half the game, and a big part of what makes it hard.
datapolitical··on Next Gen Static Blogging
Those are Latin words, drawn from a Latin source.

“Pencil what comma building twenty section human fedora”

is English, even if it makes no sense.

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