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nisdec··on ChatGPT Is Down
Same here
nisdec··on Facebook has auto-enrolled users into a facial recognition test in Europe
There are way too many emotions and little facts provided in this article, it's a really hard read tbh.
nisdec··on Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systems
Could someone please enlighten me why an installation would need 8gb of free ram?
nisdec··on Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
There is hope. Discord and Slack.
nisdec··on Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly
I'm curious how it works. How does the Google car know that it's getting pulled over?
nisdec··on Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
SAP?
nisdec··on To hack an Android phone, just type in a really long password
Summary:

1. Only affects stock Android 2. Only works with password protection (PIN, pattern = OK) 3. Already patched

nisdec··on UpUp: a tiny script that makes sure your site is always there for your users
On paper you should be able to do the same with a HTML5 manifest file.

Don't get me wrong, it's a really neat wrapper, I'm just curious about why I should use this library instead of an already in HTML5 implemented, easy way which does pretty much the same?

nisdec··on To Reduce VR Sickness, Add a Virtual Nose
It's called seasickness and known for thousand of years.

You get it or you don't and there is nothing technology could do about it for a long period of time at least.

Well someone could take some medicine before playing VR, but that would be a little bit too much, wouldn't it?

nisdec··on US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x38jkFlPeg
nisdec··on Ask HN: What VPN Services do you use/recommend?
He asked for recommendations because of many biased reviews. I told him what I use and why. That's it.

Here is the article I mentioned: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=ht...

nisdec··on Ask HN: What VPN Services do you use/recommend?
A few months ago I read an article where the author interviewed a hacker with a good reputation (sry, forgot the name) and where they talked about a bunch of VPN providers.

The hacker mentioned https://www.ipredator.se/ as a very good VPN service for various reasons. I'm using it since then and they accept Bitcoin as payment.

nisdec··on C+= now hosted on Gcode after GitHub and BitBucket shut it down
Out of their Hello Worl.. EH Hello Feminists example:

  xe womain() //the alphabet "m" should be banned because it reminds me of the word "man"
(Source: https://code.google.com/p/c-plus-equality/source/browse/exam... )
nisdec··on Your location history
https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0/dashboard is even "scarier". A combination of your locations history and nearby places.
nisdec··on Bullshit Job Title Generator
This remembers me of the "Spiegel-Online" jobtitle-generator which came in a "casino-bandit" style.

This one: http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/berufsleben/jobtitel-generato...

nisdec··on Calling the NSA: "I accidentally deleted an e-mail, can you help me recover it?"
Why doesn't it work from these countries? Just curious.
nisdec··on Google says e-mail users should have no legitimate expectation of privacy
Quote: "...they nonetheless impliedly consent to Google’s practices by virtue of the fact that all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing.

Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient’s assistant opens the letter, people who use web-based email today cannot be surprised if their communications are processed by the recipient’s ECS provider in the course of delivery.

Indeed,“a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.” Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735, 743-44 (1979)..."

I think this is a good summary.

nisdec··on Chrome's insane password security strategy
At least on Windows, Chrome uses a provided API function which makes the encrypted data only decipherable by the Windows user account used to encrypt the password. So essentially, your master password is your Windows account password. As a result, once you are logged into Windows using your account this data is decipherable by Chrome.
nisdec··on Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
http://youtu.be/4Sg4AtcW0LU?t=5m3s
nisdec··on Coolest robots.txt ever
Disallow:/nsa

Hopefully this helps

nisdec··on Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments
If you do an image search on google you can actually find companies which are using them... for example:

http://sobytes.com/world-news-translate-piechart-news-option...

( Did the image search with this one: http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/stage/stage_image/113/bree... )

nisdec··on Solve one of the worlds major health issues: $4000
And then they slightly change the software to actually track <insert random military item here> instead of mosquitos and they would have a perfect defence weapon.
nisdec··on System Administrator Appreciation Day
I'll never forget a SysAdmin Day again I promise. Why? Because today is my birthday :D
nisdec··on Show HN: HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News
Yep. I would suggest to add a position: fixed to the header. And place the searchbox there of course.
nisdec··on How clothes should fit
Just sent it to Mr. Zuckerberg.
nisdec··on Apple's Data Centers Now Running on 100% Renewable Energy
Greenwashing.
nisdec··on Show HN: After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this...
I'm getting an error when I'm on http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2 and clicking next: "Error loading page"
nisdec··on NowJS - makes realtime apps really easy
"For customers that are looking for even greater scalability and reliability, we'll soon be licensing a distributed version of NowJS"
nisdec··on Show HN: Wuchthosting - We were frustrated by cPanel and built this
The site seems to be very fast and reliable. I like the Javascript header and I love your pricing model. :P

To be honest, I think jpmc is right. Allowing demo users to upload files on a real server could cause U some serious damage one day.