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willk

574 karma · joined October 1, 2010

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willk··on Blindsided by a Devastating Veto, Alaska University System Pleads for Lifeline
This feels really short sighted, all for an increased annual payout to residents that won't cover the cost of sending students to higher education.
willk··on Google Now Forces Edge Preview Users to Use Chrome for the Modern YouTube
> Mozilla/5.0 is the general token that says the browser is Mozilla compatible, and is common to almost every browser today. [0]

[0]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Us...

willk··on Dropbox adds a device limit to free accounts
It turned into https://www.resilio.com/
willk··on Meltdown Update Kernel doesnt boot
Is this endangering the life of anyone? A car manufacturer doesn't do a recall if personal safety isn't at risk.
willk··on Google reveals its servers all contain custom security silicon
My guess to the decommissioned disks is that HDD manufactures will sometimes give a hefty discount on disks if they can have them back at the end to run diagnostics on them. My company has a no disks leave the company policy and there has been talk about modifying this for the discount on disks.
willk··on Intel subsidiary fined for unlawful export of software that enables encryption
It was an Intel subsidiary. The article is not very informative. It appears as if Wind River didn't file for an export permit and the BIS fined the because of it; moreover, they voluntarily disclosed it [0].

[0]:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/17/intel_subsidiary_cry...

willk··on Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
Your argument is invalid. The fart sound board market is pretty saturated, but there isn't any drone strike mapping apps.
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