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loopback_device··on Why does iPhone 13 screen replacement disable Face ID
Perhaps to prevent (or at least make it harder for) someone shorting around the security it is supposed to provide, i.e. by emulating or modifying the replacement part - not that that'd really stop the determined ones
loopback_device··on Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
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loopback_device··on Human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA
Dr. Doug Corrigan seems to have more of a history in pseudoscience and pushing religious theories than science, not sure what the relevance of his blog is here, other than that it's rehashing the original source and weaving conspiracy theories into it.
loopback_device··on Pentagon confirms leaked photos and video of UFOs are legitimate
Why would UFOs imply extraterrestrial origin? It's the least likely explanation for them being there by a wide margin. They're just unidentified flying objects, in the literal sense of the acronym.
loopback_device··on For the first time, scientists find X-rays coming from Uranus
Original article: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/first-x-ra...
loopback_device··on The Deno Company
> To provide a modern, productive programming system that adheres to browser APIs.

In my opinion, the best part of node is (or was) that it didn't adhere to the browser APIs. That brought in some fresh air, and gave us buffers, native bindings, streams etc.

loopback_device··on NSA warns against using DNS over HTTPS inside enterprise networks
Sounds like they're either sitting on something, or are grumpy that they lost access / visibility
loopback_device··on Scuttlebutt – A decentralized secure gossip platform
Scuttlebutt wasn't built by "Silicon Valley hackers", but people from New Zealand, Sweden etc.

Unrelated to who builds it, decentralized or self-hosted platforms have been the go-to place for lots of extremist groups, even before MAGA, so not sure what this comment is supposed to bring to light?

loopback_device··on Images of the the samples returned to earth from the asteroid Ryugu
This is about samples returned to Earth, analysis is not constrained by instruments on a spacecraft
loopback_device··on Just Wanted to Say Thanks
HN comments: 110

People who said thank you: 5

loopback_device··on Why East Germany is a map zombie
The only ones incapable of letting the ghost of the GDR go seem to be the outlets like this one; Obviously there are things that can be charted to make some differences appear, it's only been 30 years... German newspapers also love digging the wall back up whenever they need a few more clicks. These people need to let go already
loopback_device··on Plain Text Offenders
Considering that emails fly through a bunch of MTAs and also occasionally aren't transmitted via TLS, none of it matters, your password is public by the time you see the email
loopback_device··on NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report
Kaliningrad Oblast is right between Scandinavia and Germany already, and Russia also has plenty of mainland coastline in the Baltic Sea.
loopback_device··on The Hydraulic Press Channel Is the Internet Sensation of Our Time
No.
loopback_device··on Facebook Says It Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down
> since the US could just force FB to give them access to the EU data centers.

Which would then violate the EU laws, right?

loopback_device··on The most important feature of Sublime Text
"…is that it doesn’t change."
loopback_device··on Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital
German newspapers report that it's currently classed as manslaughter (fahrlässige Tötung)
loopback_device··on Spotify reportedly fighting with employees about hosting episodes of Joe Rogan
> We have lost our minds: the ability to freely and discuss literally any topic was an American staple.

Sex, breasts, swearwords? As far as I can remember the American staple was and is to bleep every fucking thing that could potentially be connected to a nipple.

loopback_device··on Amazon’s Constellation of 3,236 Satellites Has Astronomers Freaked Out
> because they couldn't call around for help from lack of infrastructure

there are other places than low earth orbit for infrastructure

loopback_device··on The rise of embarrassingly parallel serverless compute
Kubernetes is a proper noun, and thus always to be capitalized in English, while the "&" is a ligature of the Latin "et", the word for "and". Not sure why that would be jarring, it's all fine and correct English.
loopback_device··on An in-depth look at OCaml’s new “best-fit” garbage collector strategy
How do you allocate a 1% buffer of time? The GC issue in games (or any other timing sensitive application) is about the "world freezing", not memory. Which is why incremental GC is a thing. At best, you're borrowing time.
loopback_device··on 'I wasn't allowed to buy my burrito with cash'
> It's a rare person in today's world who doesn't have a credit card.

Ever been outside the US?

> I don’t see the problem here.

Total lack of privacy, and control.

loopback_device··on U.S. wants the EU to accept chemical-washed chicken as part of trade deal
Yeah, but that does not necessarily make it edible again. Rotting is basically just all the little critters (bacteria, funghi) around us digesting it, which gradually turns the object in question into their output. That output can be toxic for us humans, and doesn't necessarily break down into digestable substances during cooking. I'm not very knowledgable on the topic and processes, so ymmv, but I wouldn't try it, food poisoning isn't very pleasant.
loopback_device··on U.S. wants the EU to accept chemical-washed chicken as part of trade deal
Not sure if sarcasm or not, but please don't try that. You can use vinegar or other acidic marinades to prolong its edibility, but only before it has started to rot.
loopback_device··on Plants emit ultrasonic 'scream' when they are hurt, researchers find
Original article: https://www.livescience.com/plants-squeal-when-stressed.html
loopback_device··on I was a drug rep and know how pharma companies pushed opioids
I would argue that the obligation should rather lie in finding the cause of the pain, and working on fixing that, rather than fixing the symptoms
loopback_device··on Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s mailroom
Yes, yes, it does
loopback_device··on Living Near Trees, Not Just Green Space, Improves Wellbeing
yeah, no shit... who would'e thought. like homo sapiens ain't an animal.
loopback_device··on World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone
Fusion reactors cannot melt down, if the containment fails, the plasma will be cold by the time it reaches the walls. Wikipedia has a decent rundown of the various failure modes and resulting effects.
loopback_device··on Man Invents Glasses to Give Short People a Height Advantage
It's a periscope.
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