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sammoody··on Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two zero-day vulerabilities
When making security patches it’s often best to leave those details out, as otherwise it’s used as a guide for bad actors
sammoody··on Ny.gov does not recognize my protonmail address as valid
I use protonmail for email hosting, with a personal domain name, and the city I live in (which in turn uses Microsoft for hosting their email) always has my emails sent to spam, so I have to call every potential email recipient and have them individually whitelist me.
sammoody··on Amazon acquires Roomba: iRobot CEO told us they will never sell your data
This is my preference, plus you don’t worry about brands shutting down and you have more control
sammoody··on GPSJam: Daily Maps of GPS Interference
It’s interesting that the only red spot in the US right now is next to Uvalde, TX
sammoody··on Do tips make for better service?
Sounds like we have tax cheat on our hands
sammoody··on Lab Leak 2.0?
The claim wasn’t that Delta originated from a lab leak but rather that Delta happened to leak from a lab (after the point that it existed in the wild). Additionally, the phylogenetic points from the article would suggest that Delta is of natural origin
sammoody··on “Footage of apparent SpaceX debris hurtling over the Pacific Northwest tonight”
I saw this and thought it was a squadron of fighter jets and my partner thought the city was under missile attack (to be clear I thought they were jets from the local bases)
sammoody··on Nvidia just replaced video codecs with a neural network
I applied to YCombinator with a very similar project back in 2015