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rastafang

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shadow-banners have no spine ;)

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rastafang··on Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities
They don't need leaks to find vulnerabilities... although the source code would probably help.
rastafang··on Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities
> I really, really hope something changes. Soon.

I would not hold my breath... it's been like this for decades at least.

rastafang··on Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?
Yes, looks like Russian text with attachments... About daily.
rastafang··on Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
Cheating in CS:GO's casual mode is still very common, not sure about competitive. But yes, server-side detection would make more sense.
rastafang··on Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt
I wish stores and every other websites that require registration would stop requiring an email address in the process.
rastafang··on The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
Does that work with encrypted DNS?
rastafang··on Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram
> yet also to champion decentralized sharing systems which would make this sort of content uncensorable.

Because it is decentralized doesn't mean that the content can't be filtered by the user... it depends how you build the system...

rastafang··on Secure and private email without accounts
Looks like they store your password in plaintext?

https://i.imgur.com/PEggcGM.png

rastafang··on MIT study finds Tesla drivers become inattentive when Autopilot is activated
I'm more attentive when I drive over the speed limit...
rastafang··on McDonald's Happy Meal Toys to Go Green Globally by 2025
Why wait so long? Just look at what Wendy's is doing... (probably not 100% green, but a lot better and they aren't useless toys).
rastafang··on iOS 15.1 Beta Lets Users Add Covid Vaccination Card to Wallet App
A simple picture of the QR code in your gallery should be enough...
rastafang··on Amazon leaks new Kindle Paperwhite with larger 6.8-inch display
Glad to see that they did reduce it:

> In order to achieve that minimal increase in size, Amazon has shrunken down the bezels on the new Paperwhite.

rastafang··on Amazon leaks new Kindle Paperwhite with larger 6.8-inch display
Sorry, they did reduce it:

> In order to achieve that minimal increase in size, Amazon has shrunken down the bezels on the new Paperwhite.

rastafang··on Apple and Google accused of political censorship in Russia during elections
Why aren't they accused of the same thing in the USA? we know that they favor a side... happens to be the same side as HN
rastafang··on Amazon leaks new Kindle Paperwhite with larger 6.8-inch display
If it was a lot smaller (no bezel), I could hold it like a phone and it would fit in my pocket... The bezel is roughly 40% of the area of the device's front face...
rastafang··on Amazon leaks new Kindle Paperwhite with larger 6.8-inch display
I wonder if they got rid of that massive bezel...
rastafang··on 3D Pipes Screensaver
It is now safe to unplug your flash thumb drive... (oops, still a problem)
rastafang··on Ask HN: What things are the human mind bad at?
statistics
rastafang··on Elections are flawed -it’s time to start choosing our representatives by lottery
Saying that elections are flawed is putting it lightly...
rastafang··on NTSB says Tesla must address 'basic safety issues' with semi-autonomous features
So full-auto-pilot (Tesla) is the same as auto-pilot (planes) and also the same as not-auto-pilot (English)
rastafang··on NTSB says Tesla must address 'basic safety issues' with semi-autonomous features
> In most Autopilot-related incidents, wasn't the driver somehow intentionally defeating safety features, such as by hanging a weight on the steering wheel?

It is full-auto-pilot... so it shouldn't be an issue. But either way, I don't think that it was the case in most malfunctions.

rastafang··on Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
Every little bits count
rastafang··on Trillion-Dollar Coin
That is why they don't want to eliminate the penny....
rastafang··on Twitter locked my account (again) for an obvious joke
Most companies including Twitter, Reddit, HN, etc want to control speech and ban an increasingly large number of accounts (or shadowban when they don't have a spine).
rastafang··on Excision's CRISPR HIV therapy is heading into human testing after FDA clearance
hope they don't jack up the prices to some unreasonable levels like some companies like to do
rastafang··on WireGuard for Windows now uses high speed kernel implementation
even without that, it was probably faster then everything else? I wouldn't know because I avoid Windows...
rastafang··on Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords
yeah, I tripled my "investment" in 10 years, I might be biased... the only thing I regret is not getting a more expensive home
rastafang··on Man who unlocked nearly 2M AT&T phones gets 12 years in prison
yeah it's a bit like copyright damages...
rastafang··on Gimp 2.10.28
v2.99+ is also pretty nice... aka Beta
rastafang··on Android 6 and up will start stripping unused apps’ permissions
Is Google feeling a lawsuit coming?
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