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robrtsql··on Unofficial APIs
Don't all of these libraries require you to provide your own credentials?

I do think this violates their ToS anyways though.

robrtsql··on Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results
I can't use a mouse on my lap, though.
robrtsql··on 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro review: The standard macOS workhorse
> as Louis Rossmann (watch his Youtube channel before getting a Mac) points out, you actually want some flex in a computer frame, and you don't get it with an aluminum unibody.

You do?

Would you be willing to share why that is?

I know you cited a source, but depending on how many videos the channel creator has, and how long they are, it might take me a while to find exactly what you are referring to.

robrtsql··on Old box, dumb code, few thousand connections, no big deal
> Ever since I wrote about the whole Python/Gunicorn/Gevent mess a couple of months back, people have been asking me "if not that, then what". It got me thinking about alternatives, and finally I just started writing code.

I actually want to know: then what? As a web developer who usually reaches for Django or Flask with Gunicorn because I just don't know any better, is there a better stack that doesn't face these problems? Or is this a 'call to action' for somebody to build a better web server that follows this advice?

robrtsql··on Hideo Kojima’s Video-Game Worlds
I don't have a problem with the dialogue but Twin Snakes had all of the cutscenes totally re-directed from the original Playstation version. The cutscenes in Twin Snakes feature ridiculous stunts and out-of-character overreactions.

I consider the gameplay to be superior, but it might not be worth it when it ruins the game's storytelling.

robrtsql··on Ubuntu Mate 20.04
> We have given MATE Optimus an update. MATE Optimus adds support for NVIDIA On-Demand and will now prompt users to log out when switching the GPU’s profile.

I wonder if this will actually work. It seems like, in version 18.04 of *buntu, there was a pretty major regression which required a reboot in order to turn on or off the dGPU and save power in Optimus laptops, when previously it only required a logout. Kind of a pain in the ass for my Dell XPS 15 9570 which seems to take a long time to reboot.

robrtsql··on Userscripts Are Fun and Are Still Very Much Relevant
> for video hosting sites it's about the content

Invidious is an alternative front-end for YouTube--so you are getting the same content.

https://www.invidio.us

robrtsql··on Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run?
Is any company employing people to work on touchpad drivers, though?
robrtsql··on Show HN: Execute any comment from issues and pull requests on GitHub
Wonder if this was developed for https://githubhackathon.com/ or not.

This is by far the most interesting Action I've seen yet.

robrtsql··on Pleroma 2.0: a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols
For what it's worth, there's a decent number of 'free-speech' instances out there. They tend to be populated by the sort of thick-skinned people who playfully call each other slurs, which you may or may not be into.
robrtsql··on Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits
It matters a lot to the sound of the song, but does it matter to the court?

If I take the entire melody of a Beatles song, including the verse and chorus, but set it to an entirely different chord progression, would the court recognize that as an original song? What if I lifted all of the lyrics as well?

robrtsql··on Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS (2018)
The exchange between Troy Hunt and Jacob Baytelman is a little aggravating for me--they appear to be talking past each other.

Jacob challenges him to "hack [his] static blog". I don't know what 'hacking a website' means to him, but to you and me it probably means compromising the web server, which is not directly related to HTTPS (although I can think of a lot of ways that the use of HTTP could lead to a web server being compromised).

Troy responds by taking him up on this challenge, accuses Jacob of thinking that his site is immune from transport layer risks, and then performs a man in the middle attack on himself using Jacob's site (when in reality literally any HTTP site could have been used).

It's like these two are having completely separate conversations.

robrtsql··on Go's Tooling Is an Undervalued Technology
Yes! Try it!

I often find myself working on a legacy codebase. The application will enter a state that I don't think should be possible. The debugger can usually help me figure out how that happened.

It's worth mentioning that debuggers are less essential in languages like Go where the control flow is purposefully very straightforward. I often debug Python and end up being totally surprised to see the execution jump somewhere else because of a decorator.

robrtsql··on I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raided (2015)
PIA might not be a good option anymore: https://restoreprivacy.com/private-internet-access-kape-cros...
robrtsql··on Open-Source Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 3
This seems like a good opportunity to point out that FF6 is available for iOS for $7:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/final-fantasy-vi/id719401490

The App Store/Play Store has quite a few games without in-app purchases or ads (which you have to buy up-front, of course, but that's only fair), but all the ones that I can think of are ports or remakes of classic games that predate smartphones.

robrtsql··on Serverless Development with Serverless Framework
I was curious about that too--apparently there's a '.christmas' TLD, and a company named "Bekk" is making programming-blog-advent-calendars for Christmas.

From the bottom of https://thecloud.christmas :

> Bekk is all about craftmanship and the people crafting it. This year, we're creating 12 calendars, each with daily content, articles and podcasts.

It made me think that we were being hit with a bunch of blogspam, but the content appears to be original and decent quality.

robrtsql··on FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers a window into homes
I think you have it backwards--the 'dumb TVs' are the ones that are expensive now. Presumably smart TVs are subsidized by the manufacturer selling the data they collect on you.

For now, I've settled for buying a smart TV and not connecting it to the Internet. Until they come up with a way to phone home without my Wi-Fi, I think I should be safe from spying and vulnerabilities..

robrtsql··on ICE arrests 90 more students at fake university in Michigan
I don't buy it, but the article includes a quote that appears to attempt to address your concern:

> "Their true intent could not be clearer," Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Helms wrote in a sentencing memo this month for Rampeesa, one of the eight recruiters, of the hundreds of students enrolled. "While 'enrolled' at the University, one hundred percent of the foreign citizen students never spent a single second in a classroom. If it were truly about obtaining an education, the University would not have been able to attract anyone, because it had no teachers, classes, or educational services."

Their argument is that, because no student ever attended class, all of the students were knowingly attempting to commit fraud. That claim seems suspect, considering that there were no classes for the students to attend.

I suppose you could argue that, if a student found out that there were no classes and did not attempt to report the university or un-enroll, that they were complicit in the fraud, but still, what the hell?

robrtsql··on He Was Murdered in a Hate Crime. She Brought His Blood-Soaked Phone Back to Life
I disagree. Regardless of what the etymology seems to imply, "hate crime" is understood to mean a crime where the victim was targeted due to their membership in a certain race or social group.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20crime

robrtsql··on Publish NPM Package with GitHub Actions
Does this rely on the `.npmrc` file being cached from a previous run (which will only happen if you use a self-hosted runner)? Or does this vulnerability mean that PR contributors basically have direct access to all of the secrets that you put on your GitHub repo?
robrtsql··on Why I'm sort of leaving Linux
> If you don't want to do things their way, fuck you, that's their motto. Then they wonder why people keep choosing other OSs.

I definitely feel your pain (I can't count the number of times I have run into UX issues on various Linux distros, and in search for a fix/answer find many people that ran into the exact same issue but find that the maintainer has stubbornly refused to consider changing or fixing it), but really? If you don't like something on Linux, you can fork and fix it yourself.* If you don't like something on Windows or macOS, it's Microsoft and Apple that are telling you 'fuck you, deal with it.'

* Whether or not doing so is feasible is a different story..

robrtsql··on Key Change
I think that the 'checking stolen CC numbers' is the most convincing theory about Adam Pisces but ultimately the ReplyAll host concluded that it was an attacker looking for vulnerabilities in the Domino's online ordering system.
robrtsql··on Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles
A certain number of hours for some features is reasonable. But if I recall correctly, the controversy was that you had to play for 40 hours in order to unlock just one of these characters.

The community got mad when they tried to say this was to cultivate "a sense of accomplishment" when the goal was really to encourage players to buy lootboxes in order to skip the grind.

robrtsql··on Ask HN: How do you build applications that require zero maintenance?
I think the implication here is that you have to 'maintain your credit card'. Not an issue until you switch banks or have some sort of issue with a corporate card that you use with your AWS account.

I think it's being nitpicky for the purposes of this discussion but I think there are probably several HNers who could tell you about how their product hosted in AWS went down because of a credit card issue.

robrtsql··on Void Linux (musl) on the Huawei MateBook X Pro
> reflash bios to toggle discrete graphics

Really? My understanding was that the RTX series of GPUs support toggling discrete graphics on the fly if you use beta/dev versions of the drivers and X. Even if you don't, the worst case scenario should be having to reboot to enable or disable your graphics card, right?

robrtsql··on People don’t want to commute; they just don’t want to miss out
One thing that I don't hear mentioned much when it comes to remote work is that it's the easiest way to get your own office and bathroom. My office's bathrooms are full of motion sensors that don't work reliably (ideally, a toilet should not flush when I am sitting on it, and SHOULD flush when one of my co-workers walks away after leaving waste in it.. neither of these are usually accomplished). I am a lot more productive when I don't have to walk far to find an available and clean restroom.
robrtsql··on Meeting online has become the most popular way U.S. couples connect: study
> What's wrong with being hit on (assuming that it's not sexual harrassment)?

Regardless of the intent of the pursuer, it (sometimes) makes people uncomfortable. I believe that people deserve to be able to grocery shop without having to worry about letting someone down easy or dealing with someone who gets aggressive when rejected.

robrtsql··on Why GNU/Linux Viruses Are Fairly Uncommon
At the risk of appearing ignorant.. what exactly is the problem here? Do we trust the nodesource deb repo but we do not trust the bash script which is coming from the nodesource domain?
robrtsql··on 33 dead after arson attack at Kyoto Animation studio, dozens injured
Really? I've worked and seen a few places in Minneapolis and they all had pretty decent security.

Granted, only the 'office' areas were secured--every building, which was shared by multiple offices--had a common area which was not secured at all.

robrtsql··on Nintendo Switch Lite: a smaller, cheaper Switch built for handheld play
You can pair joycons with the unit, but they got rid of the kickstand? I guess you can lay the unit on its back, but that seems like an oversight...
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