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joe_g_young··on WP Engine sent “cease and desist” letter to Automattic
I think your response can be said of any application made before now.
joe_g_young··on How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)
The A,B and C teams seem to line up with the Sociopath, clueless, and losers in Gervais Principle.. or at least from this url(https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...)
joe_g_young··on Age verification is incompatible with the internet
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their kids. [https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/privacy-security/child...]. It requires explicit consent from the parents by entering a credit card as a form of ID or a video chat where the web platform confirms the adult is the parent or guardian
joe_g_young··on The rule says, “No vehicles in the park”
More like a little red cart on wheels pulled on a handle.
joe_g_young··on Show HN: Aquarium – AI Controlled Containers
Reminds me of a short story by Neil Stephenson, where they hook up an AI as a car alarm.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jipi_and_the_Paranoid_Chip

joe_g_young··on Yes, It’s Censorship
Should a persons worldview dictate whether or not they perform a service? For example making a wedding cake for a same sex marriage? Perhaps this more nuanced.
joe_g_young··on Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings and Shootings for Hire
Me too
joe_g_young··on Don't buy enterprise hard drives off Amazon
I bought Dell business laptops from Amazon and they lasted less than a year. Motherboards died. I assumed the seller was dumping them. He probably knew better and could get a buck off them.
joe_g_young··on 'I want your Instagram account': a deadly campaign over coveted handles
The Gmail domain will deliver email to an email address regardless of periods in the username. My email address is first name period middle initial period last name. I can a period between any letter, all letters or none and I can still receive it.
joe_g_young··on A Case for an Open Source CS Curriculum [pdf] (2018)
Perhaps the size of the company could dictate the size and scope of work. With a small company, one person would bear responsibility for everything. Whereas within a larger corporation, the responsibility is spread amongst a cohort of people who then can focus on a subset of skills.
joe_g_young··on Show HN: Simple Gantt Chart Software
What has changed since the last time you posted your website 5 months ago?
joe_g_young··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
Chrome has a log in screen like windows and Mac. You can login and out between google accounts like a gmail.com or a k12 account. Similarly but not the same— there is a second “add account” after logged in. This secondary account does allows access email but not override them, bookmarks, etc
joe_g_young··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
Yes. It would be re installed at login
joe_g_young··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
GoGuardian is an extension tied to the user and installed at login. This extension only runs on chromebooks and does not know which device is owned by who.
joe_g_young··on Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it
Goguardian is an chrome extension that is installed by a policy configuration of the district. It only works on chrome divides and not the chrome browser.
joe_g_young··on AirPlay in a high-density environment isn't great
I work in a school district where we had all the schools on a single network. Each of the principals used a Apple TV as a presentation device. All 12 or more were in the drop down airplay menu
joe_g_young··on Hypercard Simulator
I would be interested in a HyperCard and scratch hybrid application.
joe_g_young··on You Shouldn’t Use GraphQL
I am on my fourth rewrite on my in house web application. I am using ruby’s Sinatra with react as the front end. Including graphql in my front end and back end was easy. Querying the api was made easier with the “GraphiQL” app
joe_g_young··on Britain's Age Appropriate Design Code has made inroads into big tech's dominance
I think Facebook and Google have TOS agreements that state a user has to be above the age of 13/14. If you stated your age on Google+ as younger, Google disabled your account.
joe_g_young··on Humans could recolonize Earth after mass extinctions with ectogenesis
Radiation cats [1] would serve as a warning when books disappear.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Forc...

joe_g_young··on The Push for a “PBS for the Internet”
I thought they relied on yearly fundraisers. This is how OPB gets income
joe_g_young··on Show HN: Cocert: split your private keys securely amongst untrusted network
Horcrux is interesting. This is my take on it. I combined Horcrux with image steganography to make a mock online treasure hunt.

https://ocsdtreasurehunt.netlify.app/

joe_g_young··on MUM: A new AI milestone for understanding information
Would it be reasonable that a vendor to put their merchandise by behind an login page?
joe_g_young··on Show HN: PSX Party – Online Multiplayer Playstation 1 Emulator Using WebRTC
Here is an online retropi version[0]

[0] https://cloudretro.io/

joe_g_young··on Show HN: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
I heard of a story of an SD card purchased from china that did not have the disk space specified. In fact, the card would continue to over write the contents without reporting full.
joe_g_young··on Ask HN: Were you in a computer user group, back in their heyday?
My parents were apart the Atari club in Eugene Oregon, US. I grew up with the 16bit, 32bit, the STE and the Mega STE ataris before stopped making them in the early 90s. My parents still have them around. My earliest memories were loading games off of a cassette tape
joe_g_young··on Free AI-generated headshots put stock photo companies on notice
AI can capture the skill and tone of the human and can replicate it in mass faster that the human could
joe_g_young··on FCC Screws with Its Complaint Process–and You'll Still Need to Pay $225[Updated]
Maybe we need a 3rd party hosted solution that is public and transparent with semi anonymous posting. Maybe with a pgp proof of authorship.
joe_g_young··on Why Is Location Data No Longer Private?
What other companies purchase phone geo tracking that provide it online. Would polling congressmen's public assessible location be ok if provided online?
joe_g_young··on My Younger Brother Can Access My iPhone X: Face ID Is Not Secure
It seems to me like the face ID functionality acts more like a 'no pin' option at unlock but still have a pin in case. Too bad that Apple dropped the finger print scanner though.
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