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ycombinatrix··on Hyperlinks in terminal emulators
Not true. At the very least it can leak your IP address. There's a reason whatsapp & other messaging services have an internal proxy for generating web previews.
ycombinatrix··on UUID package coming to Go standard library
especially when they don't depend on libc.
ycombinatrix··on Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk
I meant "just use dm-verity" as in "don't do full disk encryption"...
ycombinatrix··on Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk
FYI your decryption key can be MITMed during this process by anyone with physical access to the system, which defeats the purpose of encrypting the disk in the first place.

Just use dm-verity for remote servers.

ycombinatrix··on Emails to Outlook.com rejected due to a fault or overzealous blocking rules
How is it not a disguise? It means you can't block marketing emails without also blocking the legitimate support emails.
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Free Browser-Based Tools Client Side Only, No Uploads, No Tracking
How does a DNS lookup work "client side only"?
ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: Who Is Using XMPP?
>Doesn't Discord require every user to create a new account, even if they're already using Discord in some other community?

No, the same account is used. You get prompted to choose a nickname each time you join a server though.

>So when they say "a Discord server", they really mean it--they're like droplets running independent deployments or whatever

No, they're probably all run on the same compute. The "official" name for a discord server from the API documentation is actually a "discord guild" and it works pretty much like a subreddit.

ycombinatrix··on IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report
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ycombinatrix··on Why the KeePass format should be based on SQLite
I see, thanks. Have you considered moving to Bitwarden?
ycombinatrix··on IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report
I think GP was making a joke - since zionists claim any anti-zionist behavior is anti-semitic.
ycombinatrix··on Why the KeePass format should be based on SQLite
>Important to note is that every time a KDBX file is updated, no matter how small the edit was, the entire file gets rewritten.

This seems like an implementation issue rather than a format/spec issue.

ycombinatrix··on IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report
This is most certainly not something that is covered on TV news. Seems on topic to me.
ycombinatrix··on AI uBlock Blacklist
If the website is not AI slop, presumably they would remove it from the list.
ycombinatrix··on RocksDB development finds a CPU bug
AMD's security bulletin: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/a...
ycombinatrix··on Harrier: A high-performance Rust hashmap using SIMD-accelerated cuckoo hashing
Have you considered no_std support?
ycombinatrix··on The Economics of a Super Bowl Ad
Sorry, I didn't realize we weren't supposed to be having sex.
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Sameshi – a ~1200 Elo chess engine that fits within 2KB
Hmm, I don't quite follow. For usages like counters or version numbers, it seems like allowing negatives makes things more complicated rather than less.

Like, what if you're getting a u32 over the wire? I feel like using an i32 to represent that data makes it more error-prone. Numbers will unexpectedly appear to be negative?

ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Sameshi – a ~1200 Elo chess engine that fits within 2KB
How come there's no unsigned numeric types in Bau?
ycombinatrix··on The Day the Telnet Died
global variables are public enemy number one
ycombinatrix··on The Day the Telnet Died
>some dude is singlehandedly responsible

Well, one person to put up the PR and one dude to approve it - back in 2015. It isn't the security researcher's fault.

ycombinatrix··on ZeroDayRAT malware grants full access to Android, iOS devices
>Users are recommended to only trust the official app stores, Google Play on Android and Apple Store on iOS

Lol. Lmao, even. There's tons of malware on the Play Store. F-droid is far more reputable.

ycombinatrix··on Bazzite Post-Mortem
The fix for being held captive by a large company is not to hand yourself over to a different large company.
ycombinatrix··on Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number
>In "good" times this made investigations run smoothly.

Yeah no. This was always bad and is often abused by law enforcement (& people pretending to be law enforcement)

https://gizmodo.com/fake-cops-stole-user-data-from-meta-and-...

ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: How to handle a 'Junior' title when Im doing Mid-level work? Time to go?
Your manager is right. Drop the word "junior" from your resume and start interviewing.
ycombinatrix··on Marc Benioff makes 'cruel' ICE jokes at company event
"In a room filled with thousands of Salesforce staffers, he asked who traveled from abroad to stand up for recognition. He then proceeded to make a joke about ICE agents being in the back of the room"

wtf?

ycombinatrix··on Bazzite Post-Mortem
What do you mean? SteamOS is backed by a large company.
ycombinatrix··on 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with WW1 shell lodged in his rectum
Not really fair to the guy, he admitted to inserting it.
ycombinatrix··on 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with WW1 shell lodged in his rectum
wow! three different people decided this was a good idea.

free business idea for YC Spring 2026 batch: weld flared bases onto demilitarized artillery shells. make the world a safer place.

ycombinatrix··on Making physical Japanese flashcards: The full walkthrough from zero to launch
I thought this article was about Japanese business cards from the headline but it is actually about flash cards to learn Japanese
ycombinatrix··on The $125B Secret: Amazon Told Wall Street One Thing and Employees Another
"AI News & Strategy Daily"
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